For some college football fans, the tailgating action off the field can bring more joy than the tackling action on the field. Of course, that’s especially true when your team isn’t winning. Regardless of the pigskin prowess of their favorite colleges, millions of Americans do a lot of grillin’ and chillin’ before kickoff. At tailgate gatherings from Baton Rouge, LA, to Lincoln, NE, you’ll find folks cookin’ up chicken and burgers and hot dogs and all sorts of other...
For all the BCS naysayers, this is the final rendition of the much controversial and sometimes maligned bowl championship system as the NCAA is turning to a four team playoff next year. This year’s national championship game will feature Florida State versus Auburn. The ACC versus the SEC. It’s only fitting that these two conferences represent the final straw as they also took part in the first ever BCS national championship game. But before we get to the much anticipated...
Despite the Florida Gators finishing the 2013 season with a paltry 4-8 record, Florida AD Jeremy Foley continues to support head coach Will Muschamp. Foley is confident in Muschamp and his ability to return the team to prominence and overcome the rash of injuries and a seven game losing streak. However, not all of the Gators are buying into Muschamp’s system. Five players just announced they are leaving the program to play elsewhere to include sophomore tight end Kent Taylor,...
After Michigan State stunned Ohio State 34-24 in the Big Ten title game Saturday night, students flooded the streets of East Lansing to celebrate causing fires, flipping cars, and damaging property. In Sparty solidarity, one student started a website to help a fellow Spartan, Steven Ripley, cover the cost of his overturned vehicle—presumably wrecked during the celebratory riots. To date, website creator Karen Wood has raised over $3,000 and ensures 100% of the proceeds will go to Ripley and his...
Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin recently told the San Antonio Express-News that he still wants the Aggies to play the Texas Longhorns. In fact, he threw down the gauntlet challenging Texas, “anytime, anywhere.” However, Loftin was a key factor in moving the Aggies from the Big XII to the SEC all but ensuring an end to the 118-year old historic rivalry. As it stands, Texas is nowhere to be found in A&M’s future schedules but the Aggies do...
Electronic Arts began distributing its settlement checks related to the class action lawsuit regarding sports video game monopolies. In the matter of Pecover v. Electronic Arts, Inc., EA reached an out-of-court settlement in the tune of $27 million. If you filed a claim by May 15, 2013 you should be receiving your settlement check valued by the number of games purchased from the Madden NFL, NCAA Football and Arena Football game franchises for GameCube, Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox...
In this gilded age of college football, there is no such thing as excess when it comes to postseason play. For the 2013-14 season, there are an unprecedented 35 bowl games for 125 FBS programs. This means 70 teams or roughly 56% of FBS programs go bowling. As if this were not enough, in a financially unhinged postseason it is anticipated that three more bowl games will be added to an already oversaturated postseason for the 2014-15 season. Conference...
It’s not too often a Columbia University football player makes the news, but when he does, it’s usually not good. On Tuesday, defensive lineman Chad Washington (19) was charged with second degree aggravated harassment, a hate crime, for allegedly assaulting another student and taunting him with racial slurs. At approximately 1:45 a.m., the victim was leaving his dorm room with two women. Washington followed the group and started heckling the women. The victim jawed back with Washington and pushing...
