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WVU vs. Pitt: Them’s Fightin’ Words
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pittsburgh is one of the best — and better named — rivalries in college football.
And it’s also home to the Big East’s rudest fan bases, according to a survey of college football fans by SI.com.
The survey of 33,144 fans nationwide voted West Virginia and Pittsburgh [...]
Holiday wish list: Ten bowl matchups that would be a treat
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Amid all the celebration of Navy’s victory over Notre Dame this past weekend, service academy administrators accepted a bid in the Texas Bowl. The news kick-started college football’s annual postseason jockeying, a process sure to create at least a few compelling matchups. With the help of a spreadsheet and some wishful thinking, here are 10 [...]
Zebra Report 2009: A (Re)Introduction
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Well, hello. It’s good to see all you regulars again (though, if I could actually see you, I’m not sure I’d say it was a good thing). Regardless, we’re back for another season of The Zebra Report. For those new to TZR, here’s a quick refresher to get you up to speed. I’m in my [...]
Minnesota Favre vs Houston Texans: MNF Subplots to Watch
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Monday Night Football game between the Favres Vikings and Texans is certain to have a ton of Brett Favre talk, even with Tony Kornheiser departing the booth. Post-shoulder surgery Favre playing an entire half of football with his new team is news. Football fans will be watching to see if he can make the [...]
Spread Attack: Tony Franklin Explains Why Auburn Flopped
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, we coined the term trophy coordinators, applied to college football’s answers to trophy wives, hotshot coordinators hired to be paraded around on the arm of a head coach in need of a boost.
So what does a trophy coordinator think about the term? How hard is it to come into a new team with [...]
Sports Illustrated Declares This Week’s Magazine ‘Favre-Free’
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Surely, some football fans have taken potshots at the NFL media for their coverage of Brett Favre over the years. One of the bigger targets has been Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, who’s enjoyed a good relationship with the legendary quarterback.
With Favre’s latest comeback — this time with the Minnesota Vikings — now official, the [...]
Indiana Sells Big Ten Home Game
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
While there is precedent for it, this is the kind of money grab that can make college football fans uncomfortable. It’s one thing for someone like Navy to take a seven-figure paycheck to get trampled by Ohio State, but then there is the concept of selling off a conference home game.
Indiana has become the latest [...]
2009 Preseason Has Been Uncommonly Full of Must-Watch Games
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The NFL preseason is normally a sleepy time that football fans pay attention to intermittently, mostly to make sure that none of their team’s star players find themselves being carted off on a stretcher. Few of the games are appointment viewing, however, because it isn’t all that often that games that don’t count can generate [...]
‘Is Tim Tebow a Virgin?’ and Other Burning Questions for SEC Media Days
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, the annual circus known as the SEC Media Days kicks off in Birmingham, Ala. As college football has become a year-round sport, the three media days down in Birmingham have become the official launch date for SEC football fans, a time when our region’s football obsession officially begins anew. Even if, you know, it [...]
Jim Tressel: The Youngstown State Scandal Revisited
Saturday, July 18, 2009
While many see the sweater vest normally worn by Jim Tressel as a symbol of purity and integrity, to the vast majority of us, it symbolizes a life vest attempting to keep him afloat in the pool of denial he swims in. It’s been a few years now that Tressel has been at Ohio [...]
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
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