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Laremy Tunsil got paid, sorta

Former Ole Miss tackle Laremy Tunsil had his twitter and instagram accounts hacked before or during last night’s NFL draft.  “My account was hacked” is the standard excuse for doing something stupid on social media, but Tunsil may actually be … Continue reading

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More please

Miami and Florida have agreed to play in the Citrus Bowl to open the 2019 season.  This is good news for those of us who want to see good football every weekend.  I’ve reached the point where I’m not interested … Continue reading

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ACC Network looks Dead on Arrival

After the Big Ten, SEC and Pac12 conferences put together television networks other major conferences, the ACC in particular, wondered when they would get nearly unlimited coverage of their network.  Fans wanted to see more of their teams and wanted the … Continue reading

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When in doubt, it is a foul

A bad rule gets worse. On Tuesday the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel decided that the targeting penalty had been such a huge success that the only thing they needed was more targeting penalties. The Panel voted to allow replay … Continue reading

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Much Ado About Nothing at Ole Miss

The Jackson Clarion-Ledger obtained copies of most of the allegations currently leveled by the NCAA at Ole Miss.  They aren’t incredibly interesting, salacious or serious.  A sampling: “After the repairs were made, [name redacted] attempted to return the loaner vehicle … Continue reading

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Late Kickoff times

In response to last week’s article about TV ratings Jim H asked a question on our Facebook page.  His questions is this: if so many viewers are in the east, why do prime match-ups start so late? First, I could not … Continue reading

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College Football TV Ratings

The Number Monkey, a writer at Big XII Fanatics, has a very interesting piece up about television ratings for college football.  In this piece he looks at the Tier 1 games, those on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.  In addition … Continue reading

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Half Measures: Florida Edition

Florida is going to allow alcohol in parts of their football and basketball stadiums but not in all. It’s the latest half measure from administrators to stem the flow of fans away from stadiums and toward TVs. Continue reading

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LSU Football is Untouchable

LSU is always talented.  Next season they appear to be set to return more talent than usual.  Typically the NFL draft hits the Tigers especially hard, a problem many teams would be happy to have.  All of that could be … Continue reading

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Distraction Season

What’s the worst thing that can happen to your team in the offseason?  Is it injury to key players?  Is it a signing day flip?  Is it an unexpected coaching change, or is it an off field distraction? College football … Continue reading

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