For the past several years, conferences like the SEC, Big 12, and Pac-10 have been complaining that the Big Ten is overrated. I’m a Big Ten fan, but I can’t say that I disagree. After a 9 – 0 start, Iowa rose out of the ashes of the Big Ten this year, and we all held the hope that this would be the team to challenge Florida or Texas or another awesome team for the National Championship.
It doesn’t look like that will be the case. Today, Iowa fell, but not to Penn State (no, they beat them gloriously – sigh …read more

The fate of Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes had been up in the air for some time before coach Urban Meyer announced that he’d be suspending the player for the first half of the Vandy game next week. Although no penalty was called during the game, Spikes clearly stuck his hand into the face mask of Washaun Ealey of the Georgia Bulldogs last week.
Here’s the video, in case you haven’t seen it:
The SEC agreed to this punishment, but football fans everywhere have been grumbling that the punishment wasn’t harsh enough. So, Spikes decided to take matters into his own hands. After …read more

With over 100 teams in major college football, I can’t follow them all. That’s why most of the posts you’ll read here deal with teams from BCS conferences or teams in the top 25.
But today, I wanted to take a moment to congratulate The Temple Owls. They had a rough start at the beginning of the season, losing to Villanova and Penn State, but since then, they’ve won six games in a row, keeping them undefeated in the MAC.
That means that Temple is bowl-eligible for the first time since 1990. That’s a long time to suck. Their next four games …read more

Right now, everyone’s so intensely involved in the season that the problems with the BCS system are taking a backseat. That’s bound to change as we approach the end of the season, though, and Bowl Championship Series officials are considering hiring someone to defend the non-playoff post-season full-time. Right now, these responsibilities belong to the BCS coordinator, a job that rotates between the commissions of the BCS conferences.
The job won’t be an easy one, and some are opposed to any one person being in such a position full-time. Says former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese,
“I don’t think anybody should serve …read more

18-year-old Christopher Mutchler, a University of Connecticut student, was arrested today and charged with “hindering prosecution, committing an act or terrorism, and several other misdemeanors,” according to reports.
Mutchler posted several messages on Facebook and an ESPNU news page warning people to “stop snitching” following the stabbing of Connecticut player Jasper Howard, who died despite attempts by fellow teammates to save his life at the scene of the crime.
One of the messages he posted reportedly said:
“STOP the snitching and post the names of anyone you know who gave information to the cops…jazz didnt deserve do die the person who killed him …read more

I haven’t been exactly nice when talking about Jimmy Clausen in the past. I don’t think he’s a horrible player, but I do think that he’s arrogant for no reason. Jimmy Clausen’s biggest fan is Jimmy Clausen.
I’m not the only one who recognizes the douche-baggery going on with Notre Dame’s quarterback. Apparently, before teh Boston College game, he was talking trash and even pushed another player. Now this is all according to BC player Rich Gunnell, so you have to take the report for what it is.
After the incident and the game, though, Gunnell says that Clausen put on another …read more

After this past week, at least two college football coaches were given warnings about negative comments. The two comments in question?
Comment #1:
“I don’t even know why we have replay right now in the Southeastern Conference if they’re not going to utilize it…I hope he’s severely punished if he ever works another SEC game again, because I think it’s completely unacceptable.”
- Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, in regards to a play he thought should have been reviewed and overturned
Comment #2:
“You run another play and you throw an interception or they throw another flag on us — I wasn’t going to let …read more

Last year, Sam Bradford might have been the number one pick in the NFL draft. With little quarterback competition and his shiny Heisman, he was a strong prospect. He decided, however, to come back for one more year with the Sooners, a decision also made by Tim Tebow of Florida and Colt McCoy of Texas.
Only Bradford isn’t having quite the same season as Tebow and McCoy are having. In fact, I’m beginning to wonder if he wasn’t REALLY naughty when he was a kid, and this is some kind of karmic joke. Bradford got hurt early in the season, and …read more

A new study by the Boston University School of Medicine shows that college players could potentially develop Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease that causes symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s and leads many patients to problems with addiction and impulse control. Before the team’s research, CTE was only thought to be a significant risk in NFL players.
The disease develops after repeated head drama, so any player with multiple concussions could suffer from CTE immediately or later in life. Most college players don’t rack up many concussions just during college, but researchers found that former Western Illinois University player Mike Borich, …read more

If Ole Miss has anything to say about it, the south won’t rise again. At least, not in a way that promotes intolerance and hatred.
One of the most popular fight songs at Mississippi is “From Dixie with Love,” and during part of the tune, fans chant “the South will rise again,” a recent development. In other words, this isn’t a long-standing tradition at the school. Administrators have asked the student body to stop the chant, which some find to be an offensive reference to the intolerance and hatred that was part of southern life for so long.
Ole Miss has worked …read more