It might not feel like it in these early summer days, but college football will be back sooner than you think. With that, comes all the traditions, and that includes ESPN's College Gameday. Yes, Gameday has become a staple for the college football season. Every Saturday for three months, we get the tradition of watching…
Everyone make it through Opening Night unscathed? Good, because there's little time to catch your breath before diving into the Friday edition of Week 1 picks, served up cold in the Saturday Six-Pack. First-time readers might understandable be asking themselves: why is a column laying out Week 1 picks for a Friday night called Saturday…
Tim Brown won the 1987 Heisman Trophy in a landslide, beating runner-up Don McPherson of Syracuse in every region but the Orange quarterback's home Northeast, and claiming a 611-point overall lead in the ballots. Given how difficult it is for players at a position other than quarterback or running back to garner much Heisman support…
ACC basketball's NCAA Tournament success, sending six teams to the Sweet 16, has fans of the conference swelling with pride. ACC basketball boasts success similar to SEC football, but the former's collective fan base doesn't have the same reputation. Perhaps all ACC basketball die-hards need is the forum. College football is in a dead period,…
Saturday, one of either Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey or Deshaun Watson will join the most illustrious and exclusive club of college football as Heisman Trophy winners. For the runners-up, supports may well argue their inclusion on another roster comprised of some of the sport's all-time greats: that of notable Heisman snubs. Each of this year's…
Leonard Fournette tweeted the below image and message from LSU walk-through at Syracuse's Carrier Dome Friday afternoon: Earnie Davis, Jim brown, Floyd Little... Thank you guys for paving the way for us running backs to this day GOATS pic.twitter.com/54wQjlc7q6— 7⃣ (@_fournette) September 25, 2015 It's funny how the cosmos work sometime. Fournette's tweet came across…
In the spring, the FWAA solicited votes from its members -- of which I am one -- to put together this squad. I didn't receive an "I Voted!" sticker upon submitting my ballot. Boo! But my participation does mean I'm at least putting my money where my mouth is in spotlighting the 75th Anniversary omissions…