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What We Learned: Week 12

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Billy Koehler

The Committee Loves Blowouts.  Remember when the BCS instructed the computer rankings to take out margin of victory?  Remember how they didn’t want to see teams run up the score?  The Playoff Committee isn’t like that.  Last year Ohio State … Continue reading →

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SEC – Big Ten Challenge

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Billy Koehler

Bret Bielema had a fantastic idea for scheduling.  He suggested that two conferences, like the Big Ten and SEC, have a challenge.  In his plan there would be one week of the season where the conferences would play each other. … Continue reading →

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What We Learned: Week 10

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Billy Koehler

LSU is not elite.  Two weeks ago the Tigers looked like one of the elite teams.  They had arguable the best resume in the nation with wins at Mississippi State and home against Florida.  Now, they’ve faced double digit losses … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Hail Mary

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Billy Koehler

You don’t want to have to throw a Hail Mary pass.  In fact, calling a Hail Mary means that literally everything else in your playbook is useless at this point, and you might as well just throw the ball up … Continue reading →

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Can Virginia Blitz UCLA to an upset?

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Billy Koehler

Lost among the other high profile opening weekend games is a match up which could create the first major upset of the season. After scaring UCLA last season in Charlottesville, the Virginia Cavaliers will travel to the Rose Bowl where … Continue reading →

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Abolish the preseason poll

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Billy Koehler

Earlier this week the AP released their first poll of the season, and unsurprisingly Ohio State is number one.  Somewhat surprisingly the Buckeyes are the unanimous number one team.  This is the first time in the history of the AP … Continue reading →

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The Narrative: The Fruit of Talking Season

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Billy Koehler

After the last whistle of the last game until the kickoff of the first game, we are mired in talking season.  We talk and talk and talk.  We rehash; we debate; we argue.  We do everything we do during the … Continue reading →

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