2011 BCS Title Game: Ducks should fly past Tigers

Part two of my BCS National Championship Game preview gets to the heart of the matter: what are Oregon and Auburn are likely to do to each other in the perfect conditions of Cardinal Stadium in Glendale, AZ? Learn to Ducky – wings of steel will be needed in the 2011 BCS National Championship (Bleacher [...]

Vince and Mick’s Picks for Week 7

Long time no talk…hope you have stayed in touch with me over at FantasyCollegeBlitz.com. Let us jump right in to the picks of the week, where Mick the Piker and I bounce ideas around all week, a mixture of quantitative analysis, pure technical trends, and a healthy dose of “contextual knowledge”. Most of our interesting [...]

SEC Bowl: Gators to roll over Tide

How’s a little Heisman intrigue splashed in with the de facto college football National Championship game sound for this Saturday? For the second year running, #1 plays #2 not in the BCS National Championship Game, but in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. It is must see TV for all college football fans – support [...]

Odds for 2010 College Football BCS Champion

thanks to Sportsbook.com (USC seems like a bargain, no?) Florida +225 Oklahoma +500 USC +600 Texas +600 Ohio St +1000 Alabama +1500 Virginia Tech +2000 LSU +2000 Mississippi +2000 Notre Dame +2000 Penn St +3000 Georgia Tech +5000 Florida St +5000 Field (Any Other Team) +5000 Oklahoma St +5000 California +5000 Georgia +6000 Oregon +6000 [...]

Cincinnati Bearcats 2009 College Football Preview

Since Brian Kelly took over the reins of the Queen City’s finest football program (at least fewer arrests) the Bearcats have challenged for the Big East title (won in his first season of 2007) and put up some impressive offensive numbers. The true prognostication for Cincinnati this season remains incomplete as the appeal of former [...]

GMAC Bowl Preview:

Coaching changes provide a heavy subplot to the offensive numbers – Ball State Head coach Brady Hoke accepted the head gig at San Diego State, and Tulsa Head coach Todd Graham just signed a ten-year extension with the university

Longhorn fans should blame Blake Gideon for BCS snub

Fans of Longhorn football have blamed their snub from the Big 12 Championship Game on the Harris Poll, the BCS, global warming and probably even Barack Obama. Others blame the conference’s choice to defer the three-way tie settlement to the polls rather than settling on the field.  I hate to do this, but this was [...]

BCS Title Game – Clarity and how the Gators beat Sooners

Let me clear up all this confusion surrounding the BCS and Oklahoma getting ahead of the Longhorns today. It may be bull but is the Big 12′s fault. To paraphrase the excellent argument laid out by Dr. Saturday early this am, The Big 12 Conference themselves abdicated responsibility in the event of a 3-way tie [...]