Florida State University quarterback Tommy Castellanos called his shot: “I dreamed of moments like this. I dreamed of playing against Alabama. They don’t have Nick Saban to save them. I just don’t see them stopping me.” Did he follow his… Read More ›
Auburn claimed seven more national titles this week. But they don’t award those for “trust me, bro.”
LSU head coach Ed Orgeron must feel the heat coming into his kitchen after losing to Auburn in Death Valley this past Saturday. This loss, plus coming up short against the “sissy blue shirts”, makes two with the bulk of… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
(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 ›
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