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  • The New Look Big 12 With West Virginia and TCU

    It didn’t take long for the Big 12 to release their 2012 schedule with West Virginia in it, only hours after the Mountaineers severed their ties and relations with the Big East, a conference they were a part of since 1991 and won its title 7 times. They aren’t the only change to the Big 12 in 2012, with TCU joining, Texas A&M and Missouri already gone.

  • What’s Wrong With Running Up the Score?

    We’ve gotten used to Bill Belichick not being the most popular head coach in the NFL. Taping the Jets, now taping the Broncos, and the cynical, cynical act of letting Tom Brady punt on third down. So what? People would have him running up the score, which he was criticized for in 2007?

  • Alabama as BCS Champions – Good for College Football?

    Alabama destroyed LSU 21-0 in the BCS championship game, making sure there would be no splitting of the 2011 national title, getting the #1 spot in the AP poll as well, in a year that might be final straw for College Football to finally change the current bowl system.

  • BCS Mess Ups in the Last 10 Years

    BCS controversies usually mess it up for teams from non-AQ conferences. Mostly Boise State, TCU and Utah. The rich and powerful just get more chances of remaining such and eliminate threats while the human polls turn into late season popularity contests.

  • The Best Rivalries in College Football

    The 2011 College Football season is winding down towards it’s most decisive weeks, and with thanksgiving upon us, it only means it’s Rivalry Week’s turn to grab the national spotlight in the BCS race.

  • The End of the Joe Paterno Era

    Penn State and Joe Paterno, no more. The Jerry Sandusky scandal made waves and they hit the shore fast. After being the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions Football program since 1966, 45 years, at 84, Joe Pa steps down amid terrible controversy, allegations, and an unknown legal future.

  • Alabama Shouldn’t Get Another Shot at LSU

    One ‘Game of the Century’ is enough in a season. LSU and Alabama did their best not to win one of the more highly anticipated College Football games in recent years, but the no.1 Tigers scored their overtime field goal, while the soon no longer no.2 Alabama missed four during the game.

  • The Oldest Rivalries in College Football

    LSU vs Alabama might be one of the oldest rivalries in College football, being played for the first time in 1895 with 74 games between them, but it’s nowhere near the oldest or most played in College Football. The South, or Deep South, is nowhere near the Big Ten when it comes to antiquity of the rivalry games.

  • LSU – Alabama Game of the Century Predecessors

    As the LSU – Alabama Game of the Century comes closer, we take a look at other historic games in College Football over the years when #1 met #2 and their clash got the same demanding billing.

  • Top Ten Biggest College Football Stadiums

    With the 2011 College Football season already on its way, it’s time to refresh this list. It’s been two years since we put this list out, and its still the same ten stadiums that have the largest capacity in College Football, with a few shifts. Most importantly, especially for Michigan fans – Michigan Stadium is back on top, as the top 3 spots are owned by Big Ten teams. The SEC has four venues, The Pac-12 with two and one from the Big 12. Those numbers, the conference names, are likely to change pretty soon.