Although rooted in tradition, college football is still a pretty progressive sport. Progress is evident in all the new, fancy, and innovative offenses all the time. While the NCAA and your grandfather are dragging their feet in the name of history, everyone else in college football is taking dramatic steps forward. However, the past should…
In Hollywood, one must separate the artist from his art. Christian Bale isn't actually a billionaire-turned-masked vigilante, for example. But SEC football is an exception, and Channing Tatum crossed a line. In a recent photo shoot for GQ, the rising star and Alabama native professed his support for Crimson Tide football (via AL.com). (more…)
Johnny Manziel is drawing plenty of praise as he takes the first steps of his NFL career. It's a stark contrast from a year ago when, just months removed from becoming the first freshman ever to win the Heisman Trophy, he was the subject of widespread scrutiny. His antics in the 2013 offseason were the…
Social media's unquestioned stars of the past few days are Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury and ABC quasi-reality-game-show hybrid The Bachelorette. College football Twitter was abuzz Saturday about the former's Instagram photos, taken at the Preakness. (more…)
SEC football, you can take some credit for the upcoming resurgence of Big Ten football. Some. Three programs are primed to lead the once-proud but recently struggling conference back to the forefront of college football, each led by a head coach with SEC ties. The Big Ten's three state-university programs--Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn…
In yet another reminder that the college football season cannot arrive soon enough, a page on AuburnTigers.com is causing a flap. Auburn showed off its hubris in retroactively claiming the 1993 national championship, and perpetuated a type of carny attitude in the sport similar to the attitudes of professional wrestling. College football's various, disputable claims…
#WoooPig pic.twitter.com/n93LZ4zZiv— Bret Bielema (@BretBielema) May 18, 2014 Arkansas football tying its preseason social media hype campaign into a disaster movie is not without irony. Coach Bret Bielema enters his second season as Head Hog with a disastrous first year behind him. In the SEC West, the Razorbacks face a task as tall as felling…
The College Football Playoff has been lauded as the structure built to provide college football fans, coaches, and programs with the closure that stakeholders have been clamoring for. Of course, the new system—set for its inaugural season in late August—isn't without its damning flaws. With BYU already an early favorite to play the role of…
An annual deluge of quarterback transfers turns college football's spring into a second recruiting season, as programs either try to plug the gaps missed during the winter signing season or fill immediate, pressing needs. While there are transfers across all positions, quarterback transfers are of both higher frequency and greater significance. The former is a…
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Nothing brings sparks phony indignation quite like a college athlete posing with something valuable, and the latest instance is Alabama running back Derrick Henry's car as seen in the below Instagram photo. Henry is captured posing in front of a swanky, Crimson Tide-colored Dodge Challenger. (more…)
Each new item of news pertaining to the College Football Playoff is as confounding as the headline before it. The format for which many clamored is fast becoming more insulated, laying slabs of concrete over the glass ceiling that the BCS installed. Thursday's news: the ACC will not count BYU toward the conference's power conference…
For all the absurdities the new era of college football has already brought to scheduling, rumors swirled Wednesday that overshadow all of them: an Alabama-USC game could be slated for as early as 2016. This particular rumor's origin point is titular host of the national radio program The Dan Patrick Show. Alabama head coach Nick…
BYU football made a bold gamble amid the uncertainty of conference realignment, going all-in on independence. But as the top tier of college football begins cashing in its chips, it’s becoming clearer that BYU may have gone bust. As the five power conferences with preferred access—actually, let’s not mince words—as the power conferences with exclusive…
College football headlines have thankfully been bereft of conference realignment this offseason, but the impact of previous years' reshuffling will still be felt in the coming campaign. Seven teams are set to play in new conferences, two independents rejoin the conference-affiliated ranks, and another two programs make the jump from the Football Championship Subdivision. For those…