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It’d be a major long-shot, but Anthony Boone might be the next major college football hero

The ACC Football Championship is this Saturday evening, around 8pm, commencing from Charlotte, NC. On one side, you have the No. 1 team in the country in Florida State — 12-0 and their closest game this year was a two-touchdown victory —… Continue Reading

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The Apple Cup sometimes seems like an irrelevant rivalry, but … it’s the American struggle at heart, y’all

The Apple Cup — an annual football clash between Washington State University (Pullman) and University of Washington (Seattle) — has been played roughly 105 times. In that period, both teams have been ranked only five times: 1936, 1972, 1981, 1997, and… Continue Reading

Nick Marshall, Georgia native and former UGA CB, can lead us out of our long national nightmare

It’s fun to watch dominance in the beginning — that is to say, the ascension to dominance. Watching LeBron go through his foible-laden paces (sweep via the Spurs, The Decision, the Dallas series) was interesting, and it made the 2012 Finals… Continue Reading

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UCF Football has some cool backstories: George O’Leary’s redemption, Blake Bortels’ rise, and hot girls too

I looked at the CBS Bowl Projections this morning, as I tend to do every Sunday morning. Everything seemed pretty logical in the wake of Baylor’s loss — Alabama vs. FSU was still the BCS Championship, and you had Oklahoma… Continue Reading

Andre Williams is a paradigm shift for college football

Andre Williams, seen above rushing for 339 yards this past weekend against NC State, is a rare breed of RB these days. He has some Heisman talk to him, but probably isn’t a real threat for that since BC is 6-4.… Continue Reading

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So … about Tavon Austin, the story of NFL Week 10

Before today @Tayaustin01 had the fewest Yds/Catch of all WR. After today he's the only rook since 1940 to have 3 TDs of 57+Yds in a game. — FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 10, 2013 About nine days after saying… Continue Reading

Jeff Ireland seems like mostly not a great person

I didn’t really want to do any type of post surrounding what’s happening with the Miami Dolphins right now (base summary), because it’s pretty tied up in bigger issues about athletics, masculinity, the media, how people spin stories, etc ..… Continue Reading

The six degrees of Nick Foles

The story of the Philadelphia Eagles’ season was supposed to be Chip Kelly, or Michael Vick, or Chip Kelly working with Michael Vick, or maybe a more wide-open NFC East, or something along those lines. Now, the story may well… Continue Reading