The Fifth Quarter: Week 4 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. NO.1? LET THE BRONCOS BE YOUR GUIDE Since the beginning of the season, Ohio...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 5 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. B1G PROBLEMS… FOR EVERYONE The Big Ten entered Week 5 with the nation’s No. 1...
View ArticleWeek 5, Statistically Speaking
A statistical snapshot of the week that was in college football… .6 — Yards per carry, on 25 attempts, Washington State averaged in a 34-28 loss to unbeaten Cal, which averaged just 2.6 ypc on its 30...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 7 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. DID YOU SAY UTES? Why yes, Judge Haller. When discussing the best team in the...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 8 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. BRINGING 2014 C-BUS TO THE FARM? Ohio State showed last year, in the inaugural...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 9 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. CRYSTAL BALLING INITIAL CFP TOP FOUR With nine weeks of the 2015 season tucked...
View ArticleWeek 9, Statistically Speaking
A statistical snapshot of the week that was in college football… .18 — Pass efficiency rating of Vanderbilt’s Johnny McCrary. The quarterback completed 2-of-9 passes for 24 yards, zero touchdowns and...
View ArticleThe Fifth Quarter: Week 10 Rewind
As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it’s merely intentional. SHAKEUP SATURDAY AS CHAOS COMMENCES At one point in the early evening hours...
View ArticleWeek 10, Statistically Speaking
A statistical snapshot of the week that was in college football… .540 — Winning percentage (20-17) of road teams in Pac-12 conference games this season. .966 — Winning percentage of Ohio State (28-1)...
View ArticleArkansas State claims fourth SBC title in five years
There might not be a more impressive Group of Five football program than Arkansas State right now. The Red Wolves have had five different head coaches since 2010. This season under Blake Anderson is...
View ArticleDerrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey and Deshaun Watson headline AP All-America...
They’ve all taken home more significant honors this season, but the decorated trio of Alabama running back Derrick Henry, Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey and Clemson quarterback Deshaun...
View ArticleBig 12 wins approval to stage title game as 10-team league
Score one for the Big 12. The league won, by a 7 to 2 vote (the AAC and ACC were the two dissenters), approval to stage a championship game as a 10-team league, removing the requirement that...
View ArticleIdaho, NMSU out as Sun Belt members after 2017
Apparently, Idaho’s sales pitch wasn’t as compelling as they’d like. Two weeks ago, Idaho unveiled a 19-slide presentation aimed at continuing their football membership in the Sun Belt Conference,...
View ArticleArkansas adds New Mexico State to 2017 slate
To avoid the rush, go ahead and mark your calendars now and plan accordingly. In a press release, Arkansas announced that they have reached an agreement on a 2017 game against New Mexico State. The...
View ArticleSun Belt announces creation of title game; last league to do so
Welcome to the postseason party, Sun Belt. Earlier this month, the Big 12 announced that it had voted unanimously to reinstate the conference’s title game following the 2017 regular season. A couple...
View ArticleWATCH: Sun Belt hails arrival of championship game with hype video
Summer is the time for blockbusters, so it makes sense the Sun Belt marked yesterday’s blockbuster announcement with a movie trailer-styled hype video. Beginning in 2018, the Sun Belt will become the...
View ArticleNew Mexico State’s leading receiver joins Maryland as grad transfer
Teldrick Morgan had been a significant part of New Mexico State’s passing game the past two seasons. In 2016, he’ll try to play the same role at a Big Ten school. Maryland announced in a press release...
View ArticleDeshaun Watson, Christian McCaffrey headline Maxwell watch list
One of the most prestigious awards in college football has thrown its annual hat into the watch list ring. Tuesday morning, the Maxwell Football Club unveiled its 2016 watch list for the Maxwell Award,...
View ArticleMichigan, Ohio State as co-B1G favorites among Bovada conference title odds
You know how I know we’re getting closer to the start of the 2016 season? I look at the calendar, of course. Well, that and another batch of odds being released by a Las Vegas book. Bovada.lv has...
View Article2015 finalists Leonard Fournette, Christian McAffrey part of Walker Award...
With 2015 winner Derrick Henry of Alabama off to the NFL, there will be a new winner of the Doak Walker Award in 2016. Based on the projected performances of a couple of other finalists from a year...
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