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
The final regular season weekend of college football is upon us, with the Pac-12 Championship Game this evening. Things could go according to plan, or they could become a total mess, like the October 4th weekend this year — which… Continue Reading
Go and search “Mike Riley” on Twitter. Scroll down past all the various regional outlets, sports websites and Husker fans talking about him. Once you clear that mass of space, find the tweet most recently sent before we all knew… Continue Reading
When coaches start getting fired after a season ends (any season, really, in any sport), the repercussions can be insane. With football, it’s even more intense. You have college coaches going to the NFL, NFL coaches going to college, and 17… Continue Reading
Let’s start with “innocent until proven guilty.” Let’s say you believe that Jameis Winston did nothing in the potential rape case, that no one interfered with it at all, and that his on-campus outburst was just immaturity. After all, if you… Continue Reading
There are six Top 20 games on Saturday in college football: (10) Baylor vs. (16) Oklahoma (8) Notre Dame vs. (11) Arizona State (9) Kansas State vs. (6) TCU (4) Alabama vs. (14) LSU (13) Ohio State vs. (7) Michigan State (5)… Continue Reading
There’s a long article on Grantland about the relationship between Mike Leach (potentially the most interesting college football coach of the past 15 years) and QB Connor Halliday up at Washington State, in Pullman. The article is great and laden with anecdotes… Continue Reading
Here’s what we know right now: Florida State beat Notre Dame, and if you look at the rest of their schedule, they may not lose again. Mississippi State was off. Alabama came back from a shaky win at Arkansas by… Continue Reading