Follow the Bouncing Ball Handler: The Rise of Quarterback Transfers Brings...
This time last year, Chad Kelly was well on his way to obscurity. As Clemson’s spring practice progressed, it became increasingly obvious that Kelly, a third-year sophomore, was the odd man out in the...
View ArticleIn Like a Lion: Day 1 of March Madness Doesn’t Disappoint, But Kentucky Looms...
At the end of a long day of basketball around the country in an NCAA tournament in which 67 teams generally are considered to be playing for second place, the only acceptable question is the one...
View ArticleMiami and Everyone Else: What Single-Season College Teams Have Produced the...
With free agency finally entering the “Jacquizz Rodgers signs a one-year deal” phase, it’s officially draft season. As we now have a year’s worth of hindsight, one of the more enduring questions...
View ArticleIrish Eyes, Unsmiling: Everett Golson’s Roller-Coaster Notre Dame Career...
When news broke on Thursday that quarterback Everett Golson plans to transfer from Notre Dame to spend his final season of college eligibility elsewhere, the first order of business was trying to...
View ArticleBeaty’s Burden: How Kansas’s New Coach Is Tackling One of College Football’s...
Kansas, as the locals will tell you, is not as flat as you’ve been led to believe. It can feel that way over certain stretches, if you happen to be traveling west on I-70 or one of its rural siphons,...
View ArticleCollege Football Identity Crisis: Can Charlie Strong Save Texas From Turning...
Transience defines college sports, but an unusual amount of soul-searching seems to be taking place this preseason. So as we gear up for the 2015 season and the second installment of the College...
View ArticleCollege Football Offseason Controversy Power Rankings: Crop Tops, Satellite...
Because college football features a cruelly protracted offseason, fans require a heavy dose of off-field drama to survive the lean months between January and September. Whether that drama is authentic...
View ArticleCollege Football Identity Crisis: Kliff Kingsbury Doesn’t Want to Be a Sex...
Transience defines college sports, but an unusual amount of soul-searching seems to be taking place this preseason. So as we gear up for the 2015 season and the second installment of the College...
View ArticleCollege Football Cram Session Preview: 2015 Power 5 Conference CliffsNotes
College football is back! The 2015 campaign kicks off Thursday, with Michigan’s first outing in the white-hot crucible of Harbaugh mania headlining the 19-game FBS slate that will ring in the first...
View ArticleCollege Football Week 1 Wrap: Chosen Rosen Soars for UCLA, Alabama Finds an...
Don’t worry, cherished readers: Matt Hinton, your trusty weekly wrapper, will be back in full force next Monday to take you through everything you need to know about the main events. This weekend,...
View ArticleNotre Dame Credit Check: When Will It Be Safe to Trust the Fighting Irish?
Notre Dame: Either you love the Fighting Irish, hate them, or feel a curious ambivalence toward them not represented by the prevailing love/hate binary. But regardless, can you trust them? After...
View ArticleCollege Football Week 4 Wrap: Quack in the Armor
Duck Hunt During Utah’s thorough, 62-20 humiliation of Oregon on Saturday night — somewhere between the halfback pass that slammed the door on a potential Ducks comeback and the funky punt return that...
View ArticleBuckle Up for Another Season of Unapologetic Big 12 Bliss
Maybe I’m not adhering to the inverted pyramid here, but my favorite moment in college football last weekend was one that ultimately meant nothing. It took place in the final seconds of the Big 12’s...
View ArticleCollege Football Week 5 Wrap: Now and Gators
Swamped In the wake of Florida’s stunning, 38-10 ambush of no. 3 Ole Miss, here’s a thought I never could have imagined articulating prior to Saturday night: Maybe Will Muschamp was right. Seriously....
View ArticleDisconcerting Signals: Charlie Strong and Texas Are 1-4
Early in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Texas-TCU game, the Longhorns were trailing 47-0. TCU lined up for a field goal. Snap, hold, wide right. Yesssss, I thought, savoring a small and useless...
View ArticleCollege Football Identity Crisis: Can Charlie Strong Save Texas From Turning...
Transience defines college sports, but an unusual amount of soul-searching seems to be taking place this preseason. So as we gear up for the 2015 season and the second installment of the College...
View ArticleCollege Football Offseason Controversy Power Rankings: Crop Tops, Satellite...
Because college football features a cruelly protracted offseason, fans require a heavy dose of off-field drama to survive the lean months between January and September. Whether that drama is authentic...
View ArticleCollege Football Identity Crisis: Kliff Kingsbury Doesn’t Want to Be a Sex...
Transience defines college sports, but an unusual amount of soul-searching seems to be taking place this preseason. So as we gear up for the 2015 season and the second installment of the College...
View ArticleCollege Football Cram Session Preview: 2015 Power 5 Conference CliffsNotes
College football is back! The 2015 campaign kicks off Thursday, with Michigan’s first outing in the white-hot crucible of Harbaugh mania headlining the 19-game FBS slate that will ring in the first...
View ArticleCollege Football Week 1 Wrap: Chosen Rosen Soars for UCLA, Alabama Finds an...
Don’t worry, cherished readers: Matt Hinton, your trusty weekly wrapper, will be back in full force next Monday to take you through everything you need to know about the main events. This weekend,...
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