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Sports Central June 8, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
Expansion Talk Sweeping the Nation What happens over the next few months could definitely change the landscape of college football.  |
Sports Central November 16, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Ducking a Kansas Comet So how many losses will the teams in the BCS title game in New Orleans have?  |
Sports Central November 21, 2007 Adam Russell |
BCS Still a Muddy Mess It is possible that only one of the top five teams in the BCS standings could end up in the National Championship Game -- Ohio State.  |
Sports Illustrated November 20, 2000 Jack McCallum |
BCS means bogus college standings Calling for a national championship playoff...  |
Sports Central November 26, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Case for Florida After Notre Dame's 22-13 win against USC effectively clinched its spot in Miami on Jan. 7, the Fighting Irish will almost surely play the winner of next Saturday's SEC Championship Game between Georgia and Florida for the BCS crown.  |
Sports Central December 16, 2003 Jeff Zaginailoff |
The Solution to the BCS is a Playoff Tournament Despite recent efforts to reform it, the process for deciding the national champion in college football, the most noteworthy and public of all college sports, is still far from perfected.  |
Sports Central December 9, 2003 Adam Russell |
Best Championship System, or Best Contender Screwed? The University of Southern California has been jilted out of the Sugar Bowl by the BCS computers, despite being ranked number one in both human polls.  |
Sports Central November 14, 2012 Andrew Jones |
What Alabama's Loss Means For BCS College football fans were worried a choice between Kansas State and Oregon for the right to battle Alabama for the national championship would be close to impossible to make and then the unthinkable happened: Alabama lost.  |
Sports Central September 3, 2007 Ryan Day |
The Folly in Preseason Rankings Preseason rankings are completely meaningless and only serve to make teams look better than they ever are.  |
Sports Central October 2, 2007 Kyle Jahner |
Chaos on Campuses After the most turbulent week of college football in recent memory, you have to wonder if pollsters and experts were just picking schools out of a hat.  |
Sports Central January 7, 2008 Adam Russell |
Are Two "Best" Teams in BCS Title Game? A proposed playoff system for college football.  |
Sports Central November 10, 2008 Andrew Jones |
How the BCS Could Become a Nightmare Solutions are offered for problems brewing in the BCS.  |
Sports Central December 12, 2008 Brad Oremland |
How John Swofford Killed the BCS Another column whining about how college football needs to reform its Division I postseason -- and offering a proposal that has no chance of becoming reality.  |
Sports Central August 17, 2006 Adam Russell |
College Football '06 Winners and Losers To focus on the preseason, let's look at who the biggest "winners and losers" are from last year to this.  |
Sports Central March 8, 2012 Adam Russell |
Confusing Geographical Lines When I was a kid, I excelled at U.S. geography, partially because I knew my college football conferences like the back of my hand. And they all made sense.  |
Sports Central November 3, 2005 Adam Russell |
2005 Shaping Up a Lot Like 1984 When it comes to college football, there are quite a few similarities between this year and 1984, a number of differences, and a really eerie coincidence.  |
Sports Illustrated November 22, 2000 Tim Layden |
Pros and cons of a playoff In the world of college football, we recently entered BCS season. Grab a 12-gauge and fire away at the Byzantine system used to select the national champion...  |
Sports Central October 9, 2007 Jean Neuberger |
Top 10 Thoughts of the Weekend A look at college football teams and this weekend's upcoming match-ups.  |
Sports Central December 15, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
There's Something About Kansas There's always something about the Jayhawks. Every year, when it's time to fill out the brackets, I always pick Kansas to go deep  |
Sports Central October 26, 2005 Avery Smith |
Bluebook Notes #7: BCS Conference Rankings Each year, there is a debate as to which college football conference is the toughest in the country. Here is a ranking of the six BCS conferences based upon the strength of the top third of their teams.  |
Sports Central August 7, 2004 Adam Russell |
Computers Decide Who's No. 1 Again As real as a video game may seem, it's still not real people playing football. But can it be used to predict how the upcoming college season will end up?  |
Sports Illustrated November 15, 2000 Ivan Maisel |
A new spin on Rivalry Week Previous Rivalry Weeks have featured as many games that meant so much. This week, however, feels different. Perhaps it's because our attention isn't turned to the usual places...  |
Sports Central October 21, 2013 Andrew Jones |
Perfection Possibilities Teams are lining up to see if they can make it to the end of the NCAA football season unscathed.  |
Sports Central October 6, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
Who is This Year's Auburn? If you haven't realized it by now, the frantic chase to the first College Football Playoff is officially on.  |
Sports Central November 22, 2010 Andrew Jones |
The Bane of Auto-Bids This year has been quite an anomaly in college football. TCU and Boise State have been making noise for a few years and everybody seems to keep hoping that they'll finally make the coveted step into the National Championship Game.  |
Sports Central November 28, 2007 Rich Lyons |
BCS, Heisman Races Coming Into Focus Just when you thought it couldn't get any more crazy, it did.  |
Sports Central November 29, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
A Chance to Give Thanks Bright spots in each college football division.  |
Sports Central November 1, 2010 Paul Foeller |
Unparalleled Parity There is as much parity in college football this year as there has been in a very long time. Eleven of the top 25 teams weren't ranked when the season started, including five of the top 15.  |
Sports Central February 6, 2007 Seth Doria |
Madness in the Making: Part II Between now and the NFL draft, college basketball has the stage to itself: Three on the Way Up... Three on the Way Down... Could Go Either Way... etc.  |
Sports Central February 9, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
Consistency Propels Jayhawks This year, for North Carolina's shocking collapse and Kentucky's triumphant rise back into the college basketball elite, there is the continued greatness of the Kansas Jayhawks.  |
Sports Central November 14, 2005 Alfons Prince |
For Once, BCS is Avoiding Controversy With the college football season coming to a close, the participants for this year's national championship game are pretty close to being finalized.  |
Sports Central September 12, 2008 Jean Neuberger |
Thoughts From Row 1, Seat 2 Observations and predictions about the 2008 college football season.  |
Sports Central September 7, 2010 Jean Neuberger |
Thoughts After Week 1 College football never ceases to disappoint when it comes to drama. The anticipation for this season certainly lived up to expectations in a wild first weekend and already, we've learned quite a bit from what has unfolded.  |
Sports Central January 16, 2013 Greg Suttich |
March Madness Starts in January As we near the end of another NFL football season, we start to feel the blues. But then March comes and the event called March Madness gets us back on our couches cheering and fist-bumping over our favorite team while keeping our brackets and a pen within arms reach.  |
Sports Central November 21, 2011 Paul Foeller |
What a Mess College football now has six one-loss teams, half of which haven't lost to anyone outside of the top-10, and an undefeated Houston team -- leaving eight teams (including LSU) with legitimate claims of a rightful place in the national title game.  |
Sports Central August 28, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
State of the Imperfect, But Glorious, Union I'm happier that college football is arriving next week than Donte Stallworth on sentencing day.  |
Sports Central November 14, 2007 Ryan Day |
SEC: Overrated or Underappreciated? Don't be surprised if the Southeastern Conference takes home another national championship.  |
Sports Central September 18, 2006 Matt De Lima |
What a Spectacular Seperation Saturday What a day of college football. I am nearly speechless. Separation Saturday lived up to its billing and then some ... and then some!  |
Sports Illustrated October 31, 2000 Ivan Maisel |
Still not sold on Oklahoma November is upon us, the time of year when one glance at the BCS rankings sends you into paroxysms of rage or laughter, depending on your emotional involvement...  |
Sports Central July 12, 2012 Andrew Jones |
The BCS Four-Team Playoff: Really Better? Under the new agreement, the BCS Bowl Games (Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and Rose) will take turns hosting the semifinals for the national championship with the winners of those two games meeting to determine a winner.  |
Sports Central February 13, 2008 Kyle Jahner |
Checking Out the Menu A look at the most important non-conference matchups awaiting college football fans during the first four weekends.  |
Sports Central December 3, 2012 Jean Neuberger |
Instant Reaction: The 2012-13 Bowl Season It's 35 games and three and a half weeks of pure football feasting. Another December and bowl season has fallen upon us. And as the matchups are now official, here's a rundown of initial thoughts as we head into the final stretch of the 2012 college football season.  |
Sports Central October 6, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
Get Even? No, Just Get Mad Coming into the halfway point of the regular season, many teams with high expectations have been "Maddening" to their fan bases. On the flip side, several programs have seen an uptick, showing signs of "Mad Genius." So, in each of the power conferences, who's tiptoeing through the Mad Scale?  |
Sports Central June 13, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
The Big Break Up Throughout this week of collegiate football upheaval, the main talk has been focused on the Cornhuskers and Missouri.  |
Sports Central December 11, 2006 Zach Jones |
So Much For a BCS Rematch... Coaches unwilling to endorse a double-jeopardy rematch between Michigan and Ohio State took Florida's 38-28 victory over Dec. 2 as the perfect excuse to drop the Wolverines in the polls.  |
Sports Central September 26, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
When the Mighty Will Fall Predictions about which college football teams will not finish the season undefeated.  |
Sports Central October 1, 2008 Andrew Jones |
Ranking College Football Conferences There are too few games in the college football season for a subjective ranking system to matter all too much.  |
Sports Central February 4, 2013 Andrew Jones |
NCAA Contenders and Pretenders As of the week 13 rankings released on January 28, 10 teams have been in the AP top five at one point or another this season: Michigan, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, Duke, Syracuse, Louisville, Arizona, Ohio State, and Kentucky.  |
Sports Central October 10, 2011 Ross Lancaster |
Collision Course October is a time of sorting in college football. Teams have largely ceased to play non-conference opposition for the balance of the season, and have now moved into the meat of the season, conference play, whereby seasons will largely be judged.  |
Sports Central March 8, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
I Wish I Was a Little Bit Smaller Once every year, the basketball world known as the Big Eight used to converge on my hometown to decide their automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.  |