When will the 2015 Clemsoning happen?

Clemsoning

Clemson is currently No. 3 in the AP Top 25 and No. 6 in the coaches poll; they just beat a team (Miami) so badly that said team fired their coach. They won a massive game earlier in the season… Continue Reading

Heisman Trophy 2015: Leonard Fournette vs. Trevone Boykin, right?

That’s how it would seem, about halfway (six weeks) through the season. Fournette has 119 carries for 1,022 yards and 12 TDs; he’s in a tie with 10 other all-time players for the fastest person to 1,000 yards in a… Continue Reading

Urban Meyer’s three national titles all came vs. Heisman winners

Urban Meyer vs. Heisman winners

Just a quick note of interest: look at Urban Meyer’s three national titles (2006, 2008 with Florida and last night with Ohio State). Look at the “Heisman Curse.” The three times he’s won a national championship as a head coach, he’s… Continue Reading

What’s the ultimate lesson of an Oregon-Ohio State CFB Championship?

Oregon Offense Fast

Headline’s probably a bit misleading, because there are a lot of lessons — not just one. If you’re a coach or a crazed fan of a team, though, there’s seemingly one takeaway about this being the game — the final game of… Continue Reading

My life is all “Sliding Doors” right now with ESPN in Sundance Square

ESPN Sundance Square

Back in summer 2001, a bunch of my friends and I lived in DC (we were all between sophomore and junior year at Georgetown). The people from that summer are still pretty much some of my best friends, minus my… Continue Reading

Jim Harbaugh vs. Urban Meyer isn’t another 10 Year War, sadly

Jim Harbaugh Urban Meyer

Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers parted ways last night, as expected; interestingly, he won exactly 49 games as their coach, including one NFC Championship. He’s now purportedly headed to Michigan, according to literally every report under the sun. He was… Continue Reading

Marcus Mariota is going to be the biggest Heisman Trophy margin of victory ever, right?

Jesus, Girls, and Marcus Mariota

At this point, the largest Heisman Trophy margin of victory ever is 2006, when Troy Smith won and Darren McFadden came in second — neither of their careers did a ton after that, honestly — with Smith getting 2,540 points… Continue Reading

CFB: The Wisconsin job is better than the Michigan job right now. Odd.

Michigan Wisconsin Football

When Gary Andersen left Wisconsin for Oregon State yesterday, one conventional narrative was that “Wisconsin had a coaching problem.” After all, Andersen had only been there two full years, and he was headed back to the more western part of our… Continue Reading