Anyone who has ever placed a bet against a point spread on a college football game knows that there are parallel games being played. One game is being played by two opponents to win. Another game is being played between a favorite and an underdog to cover points. The two games have different turning points. […] READ MORE
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College Football: The Beauty of Imperfection
College Football: The Beauty of Imperfection Just stop, John Swofford, just stop. Everyone else calling for an eight team playoff…also just stop. Yesterday, Swofford, the ACC Commissioner, gave voice to the inevitable discontent with our current method for crowning a college football national champion – even before the conclusion of the first iteration. This frustration […] READ MORE
How the College Football Playoff Differs from the BCS
The first, and most obvious, difference between the old BCS and the new College Football Playoff (CFP), is the additional game that teams will have to play to win the national championship. While before there was one game to determine the champion, we now have a seeded plus-one, which means that four teams will be […] READ MORE
This Is the College Football Playoff We Have Been Waiting For?
A few of us are old enough to remember the “old days” of college football’s postseason. We remember things like the long-gone Astro Bluebonnet Bowl or the Freedom Bowl. We remember all the major bowls being played on New Year’s Day and watching all of them until our eyes were bleeding by the time of […] READ MORE
The Best non-AQ Conference Teams for 2014
Every year there are potential “BCS-busters” who fight for inclusion in the BCS bowls at the end of the season despite coming from a conference that doesn’t gain an automatic qualifier spot. Last year, a shock in the MAC Championship Game occurred, as Bowling Green denied Northern Illinois an unbeaten season and the possibility of […] READ MORE
Jameis Winston Not Charged
After nearly a month of speculation, and weeks of investigation into an alledged sexual assault, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston will not be charged with sexual assault, state attorney Willie Meggs announced Thursday. “We have a duty as prosecution to only file those charges if we have a reasonable likelihood of a conviction,” Meggs said […] READ MORE
Michigan State, Wisconsin are Undervalued
Michigan State and Wisconsin are under valued. While its difficult for the BCS to ignore major conference undefeated teams, the system picks and chooses one loss teams to include in the mix. Pollsters put in their rankings, then the BCS computers add together their stats, and finally the BCS rankings are released. These rankings shape […] READ MORE
BCS Quest for Clarity Remains Elusive
Another year, another BCS mess. The system that arrived in 1998 and immediately delivered an impossible situation of distinguishing several comparable one-loss teams, will undoubtedly leave us in a similar quandry. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. In the case of the BCS, it is broke so get rid of it. Unfortunately, 15 years […] READ MORE
BCS or Bust: The Demise of the Oregon Duck Dynasty
The #5 Stanford Cardinals met head-to-head with the #3 Oregon Ducks on what was arguably the most anticipated Thursday night of the season, with two top-10 matchups on the schedule (#6 Baylor also played the #10 Oklahoma Sooners). With revenge, redemption, and BCS implications on the line, University of Oregon running back De’Anthony Thomas summed […] READ MORE
LSU vs Alabama: On Legacies, Upsets and Quarterbacks
Saban’s Legacy Intact Nick Saban’s legend has been built and confirmed repeatedly at Alabama. We saw our first glimpses of that legend when Saban was at LSU. Young college football fans take the Tigers being a consistent top ten team for granted, but Saban arrived in Baton Rouge to an SEC doormat that had racked up eight losing seasons in the […] READ MORE
About Author
Lindsay Higgins
Lindsay got hooked on football after attending an Indianapolis Colts pre-season game in 2005. (See, pre-season isn't completely useless). The daughter of two Minnesota alums, she spends September through March following the Gophers' football and hockey teams as closely as possible from Connecticut, along with the New York Giants and Montreal Canadiens. She's also a winger on a local women's hockey team, and has a foster elephant in Kenya named Esampu.