Collegiate Sports
NCAA Opens a New Chapter in Conference Autonomy
Conference autonomy has arrived or at least what passes for it. Specifically, the NCAA has allowed the Power 5 conferences — ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC — to set their own rules.
Oregon, Ohio State to Close Out the College Football Season
The first-ever college playoff football championship is set with Oregon and Ohio State registering surprising wins on New Year’s Day.
How to Survive the College Bowl Season
The fall semester is over, you’re on your way home and beginning tomorrow and lasting almost to mid-January is the college bowl season.
Army-Navy and Then the Bowls Begin
It used to be that there was a month or more between the final game of the college football regular season and the start of the bowls. Top teams would finish their season in late November, learn their bowl assignments and have a month or more to prepare.
Its Championship Weekend for College Football!
With most regular season games concluded, all eyes are on the various conference championships being staged this weekend. The games should not only be immensely entertaining, but they will also set the stage for the college football playoff system and the bowl games.
Regional Rivalries Help Close Out Regular Season
For all the changes in college football, a number of regional rivalries are still in place. Certainly, some of those rivalries are held throughout the season, but quite a few have been saved for the last full week of the regular season.
TCU Hopes to Cash in This Weekend
It would be premature to assume that TCU has a leg up in the hunt for one of four college playoff spots.
5 Surprise Teams This 2014 Season
By now, you probably realize that Mississippi and Ole Miss are performing better than expected this college football season. Sure, Ole Miss now has two losses on the season, but they’re still further up the SEC line than most had expected.
Big Battles Set the College Football Table This Weekend
Every game from this point on in the college football season carries great weight.
College Football Now in Overdrive
If you have been waiting for the college football season to step things up, the wait is over. There are a number of games of critical importance this week as the season move on.
Looking Ahead: College Football Enters Its Second Half
Halftime is over for the 2014 college football season. Except for a handful of teams, most programs have now played six of their 12 regular season games. After that, it is the league championships, the bowls and, of course, the all-new four-team playoff system.
Big Football: Largest College Stadiums by Capacity
There is nothing that easily compares to a football stadium filled with cheering fans. The emotions, the unity of colors and the connection to more than 100 years of gridiron history is something that every fan should take in.
