BCS football: Winners and losers from the bowl season
The biggest winner from the 2012-13 bowl season: Hope … Hope for lasting and significant change in major college football hiring practices. We went 14 years without an African-American head coach...
View ArticleNFL Draft: Winners and losers (the college perspective)
The big winner? That’s as easy as S-E-C. The Southeastern Conference produced 63 draft picks, which was twice as many as the next-best league (the ACC with 31). The SEC was also responsible for nearly...
View ArticlePac-12 football: The 2013 non-conference schedule (and how it compares to the...
Non-conference scheduling will carry even more significance — at least, let’s hope that’s the case — when the College Football Playoff kicks in following the 2014 regular season. But it’s a part of the...
View ArticleMy AP top-25 preseason ballot: Alabama is No. 1
Submitted my ballot to the AP office earlier today, and it’s posted below with comments on each team. I’ll update with AP rankings (for comparative purposes) when the preseason poll is published Aug....
View ArticleMy AP top-25 football ballot: Tweaks near the top and bottom; Alabama remains...
Highlights … * Not many changes this week due to the lack of meaningful results: There was only one game matching AP top-25 teams: Stanford’s win over No. 23 (with an asterisk) Arizona State....
View ArticleNFL Draft: Winners and losers (the college perspective)
Initial thought: The biggest winner of the 2014 draft, is the NFL — and my reasoning has nothing to do with TV ratings/buzz/drama/whatever. Because of Michael Sam’s courage and the Rams’ bold,...
View ArticleMy AP top-25 football ballot: LSU is No. 1; Texas A&M, Georgia and USC rise
Here's the first in-season ballot, and it requires an explanation beyond the placement of specific teams, particularly for new readers of this space. If you'll recall, my preseason ballot -- submitted...
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The Big 12 pursues expansion: A preview of the next big realignment wave?
(Credit: expansionexperts.com) I was surprised by the Big 12’s change of course on expansion until I started thinking about the conference … about its membership and its history and its fractured...
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My AP preseason top-25 ballot: Ohio State is No. 1
(Credit: Getty Images) The ballot below was submitted to the Associated Press last week. The release date for the AP’s preseason top-25 is Aug. 21, and I’ll update my ballot with the overall rankings...
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The AP top-25 preseason poll vs. my ballot: How they compare
The AP released its preseason top-25 poll Sunday morning. My ballot, posted on the Hotline 10 days ago, has been update below with the AP rankings for comparative purposes. I’ve kept the comments from...
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