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TCU: A Defense-Centered Team Now Needing To Rely On Offense

Up until recently, the TCU Horned Frogs have been truly known for their top-tiered defense year in and year out. At the helm of that prestigious honor is Head Coach Gary Patterson. Unfortunately, Patterson’s team enters this 2015 season of college football riddled with a number of injuries on their defense. It’s happened before. Prior… Continue reading TCU: A Defense-Centered Team Now Needing To Rely On Offense

The Shifting Balance of Power in the SEC and How Parity Makes it More Interesting

2014 proved that maybe the SEC’s dominance over the college football landscape isn’t as strong as it once was. For the first time in a long time, namely since Vince Young and Texas beat USC and Reggie Bush in the 2006 for the BCS National Championship, that there was no SEC team in the National… Continue reading The Shifting Balance of Power in the SEC and How Parity Makes it More Interesting

College Football Will Never Get it Right

In 1998, the Bowl Championship Series was born. That was going to solve the problems of College Football and ensure that a national champion was crowned on the field. No polls, no politics, nothing. For fifteen years there were complaints about the teams that made it. Some didn’t even win their conference championship, but… Continue reading College Football Will Never Get it Right

Hoke Era Ends With a Whimper

Brady Hoke is out as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines after four seasons. Hoke was brought in with much fanfare after the Rich Rodriguez disaster and thing have gone from bad to worse in Ann Arbor. In three years under Rodriguez, the Wolverines went 15-22 with only one bowl appearance. Rodriguez never really… Continue reading Hoke Era Ends With a Whimper