I have a friend who used to sly-grin chicks into going out to lobster dinner with him. Then he would…
Bowl-itis: Join the resistance
Bowl-itis. Agitation brought about by exposure to an excessive number of bowl games. Symptoms include low-grade moaning, ambivalence, and…
Who will win the FBS championship?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two Tigers walk into a championship game . . . It was…
Bowl games, 2019 review, and a glimpse at 2020
And now, with just the national championship game remaining, we can look back at some of the fun we had…
Predictions for 30 bowl games, from week two to the national championship
Depending upon who you listen to, either this year’s Fiesta Bowl match between Ohio State (13-0) and Clemson (13-0) is…
Predictions for all week 1 bowl games
The 2019 bowl season opens this week with eight games. However, of the sixteen teams in action, only two are…
Ceded Power: the decline of Stanford football
PAC-12 fans have long known Stanford football for its brute-bully mammoth linemen who push and grind and bulldoze freeway passages…
The Dangerfields of college football
It’s too early to make much of national statistics, but it’s not too early to see who is getting respect…
College football oddities – then and now
Do you love odd history? Is it possible to overdose on it? I hope so, but for the sake of…
The Strange Saga of the Impostor Opponent
On a balmy Saturday in South Florida, fans were filing into the Orange Bowl to watch their Miami Hurricanes play…
