By MIKE HERNDON Let’s see if we can put this in terms you’ll all understand. Say there’s a popular New Year’s party that everyone wants to get invited to, but not everyone can. At this party, there’s a beer-chugging competition…. Read More ›
College football
Quality wins are a myth, and other things we’ve learned in the last nine weeks
By MIKE HERNDON Why do we even bother to expend energy talking about “resumes” and “quality wins” while we breathlessly await the College Football Playoff rankings each week? The CFP selection committee keeps showing us, week after week and year… Read More ›
Overreaction Distraction: Debunking first-week myths
By MIKE HERNDON There’s no better time than the week after the first games of the college football season for knee-jerk overreactions. We can fight that urge and say “the jury is still out” or “let’s wait until the conference… Read More ›
Despite a beatdown, rumors of Alabama’s demise are greatly exaggerated
By MIKE HERNDON Here we go again. Have we gotten to the point where every time Alabama loses a game, people will be lining up to declare the dynasty dead? Apparently. No, you’re right: Monday’s 44-16 beatdown by Clemson was… Read More ›
For good or ill, who wins Bama-Clemson IV?
BY MIKE HERNDON Back in August, when we first kicked off this fun-filled four-month jaunt known as the 2018 college football season, I picked Alabama and Clemson to meet in the national championship game. That would be impressive, if practically… Read More ›
Jalen Hurts is a hero, but not for the reason you think
By MIKE HERNDON Picture sharpens to a football field, where 21 players stand while one is behind helped off the field, arms slung around two trainers, walking gingerly. Camera follows this player as he exits, then picks up another running… Read More ›
Everybody wants Bama: 2018 college football predictions
(Even Purdue wants Bama. And they couldn’t even beat Northwestern./Twitter @capstonekid) By MIKE HERNDON “We Still Want Bama,” the sign read. And as Central Florida made its season opener against UConn look like a glorified walk-through in a 56-17 victory,… Read More ›
A little perspective on Media Days, the Heisman, and sports writers
By MIKE HERNDON There may be more animosity and mistrust of the media right now than in any time in American history. Or it may be that we just see and hear it more now due to social media and… Read More ›
Of participation trophies and non-participation championships
By MIKE HERNDON You’ve got to give Central Florida this much: They’re committed to the bit. UCF Athletic Director Danny White, seizing on his school’s status as the only FBS college football program to finish the season undefeated, boldly declared… Read More ›
Second-guessing the king
By MIKE HERNDON We are a nation of Monday-morning quarterbacks, even on a Tuesday. It’s probably not even an American thing, just an innate impulse we carry as humans to second-guess anything of which we think ourselves capable. And we… Read More ›
