Like some of the teams’ performances from last week, my predictions were sub par. While my computer opponent managed to break even with a 3-3 mark, I stumbled out of the gate with a 2-4 record. Not a good way… Read More ›
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Week 2 College Football six pack predictions
College football returned a little too early for me. See, I had big plans to mine college football player data to build statistical models that would surely lead to better predictions. (This is just a fancy way of saying I… Read More ›
How do you join college football’s elite? First you have to pay admission
By MIKE HERNDON Who are the favorites to win college football’s national championship this season? The names are familiar: Alabama, Ohio State, Florida State, Oklahoma, Clemson. They’re the names we see at the top of the preseason polls pretty much… Read More ›
The ballad of Hugh Freeze: We hardly knew ye
By MIKE HERNDON We humans can look past a lot of things. We can celebrate criminals as heroes, exalt the ignorant as erudite, revere the repressive as liberators. We can rationalize away almost anything, particularly when someone is telling us… Read More ›
Nothing worse than new money: The ACC stakes its claim as college football’s best conference
By MIKE HERNDON There’s nothing worse, the old saying goes, than new money. The recently rich usually don’t know how to handle it. They buy gaudy crap. They flaunt it when they don’t have to. They exaggerate their wealth… Read More ›
Alabama vs. Clemson: Who ya got?
(Dabo Swinney leads Clemson against Alabama on Monday for the college football national championship. Photo by LambeauLeap80/Wikimedia Commons) Alabama (14-0) meets Clemson (13-1) in Tampa on Monday night in Tampa for the college football national championship, a rematch of last… Read More ›
It’s silly season: Don’t fall for the BS
(Photo of Jim Harbaugh by Eric Upchurch, via Wikimedia Commons) By MIKE HERNDON Did you hear Jim Harbaugh might be going to Los… Read More ›
2016-17 College football’s regular season predictions recap
The final whistle for the last game of week 14 not only signaled the end of a college football week’s scheduled games, but it also sounded out the last note of my college football regular season predictions. No disrespect to… Read More ›
College football week 14 predictions
All good things come to an end, and as college football week number 14 approaches, another great college football season’s last few chapters are all that’s left. Sure, witnessing a team crowned champion is the end goal, but let’s slow… Read More ›
Ball don’t lie: This isn’t your big brother’s SEC
By MIKE HERNDON There are certain things that most Southerners hold to be self-evident. Tea should be sweet. Chicken should be fried. The Andy Griffith Show should always be on the air somewhere. And the SEC is the best football… Read More ›
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