Category: College Football

The end of college football’s regular season is here.  With it comes the everlasting debate of whether a playoff system should be implemented into college football rather than the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS).  

Continued from “We Are Penn State Football – Part II – PSU vs. scUM Part II of II”

The Penn State vs. Michigan game really turned out to be a classic, overshadowed greatly by the great USC vs. ND game. ESPN Classic would later show the PSU vs. scUM game a few days later as an “instant classic” during the coming week. I watched the game not because I wanted to see the worst game I have ever watched all over again, but because I had to see the blown coverage on the last play of the game by Calvin Lowry. Sure enough, Lowry’s man is wide open and Lowry is no where to be seen on the TV.

Continued from “We Are Penn State Football – Part II – PSU vs. scUM Part I of II”

One second remaining on the clock. The Penn State defense gets set at the line, as does the Wolverine offense. 4th and 4 from the Penn State ten yard line but that doesn’t matter. Michigan needs to score here or the game is over. Henne drops back; stays in the pocket, looks, now finds a receiver down the middle into the end-zone…

Continued from “We Are Penn State Football – Part I”

Michigan. As I’ve said before, when I see that word I instantly think scUM. It seems every season since Penn State joined the Big Ten Conference in 1993, scUM referees really like to have fun with Penn State coaches, players and fans. Penn State vs. Michigan, as young as the rivalry is, may turn into one of College Football’s most fierce rivalries in the coming seasons. It’s too bad it hasn’t turned into a major rivalry all around the College Football world already. Because of the size of the Big Ten, every season a few teams don’t end up playing each other. There is one team that a Big Ten team is locked into playing every season, in Penn State’s case it is Michigan State, for the very last game of every season. Mix in the recent bad years of Penn State with that and the PSU vs. scUM rivalry really just hasn’t blown up yet like it may very well.

Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Names. All Game.  

It was a cold Saturday in early October. You know, the kind of day where just looking outside makes you gloomy inside. I was in Buffalo, NY for a baseball clinic the next morning and I arrived at the Marriott with my dad and younger brother a few hours before the Penn State vs. Michigan game was slated to start. PSU vs. scUM is more how I like to think about it. I hate Michigan. No, let me rephrase, I HATE scUM REFS! What are these guy’s real purposes? An average fan would tell you to conduct the rights and wrongs of a game/match, but then again isn’t that why instant replay was invented? An average fan would also tell you the job of a referee/umpire is to make sure things don’t get out of hand during events, but even an average fan must know that is not in fact the case (Pistons-Pacers brawl anyone?). So then why do we have referees? If you ask me, they were put on earth to give sports fans like myself a reason to complain. I’m not afraid to admit it. Sometimes it is mind-boggling the mistakes they make, makes you wonder why they even pay those sunovabitches.

`Tis the season to be merry, with Santa Claus, reindeer, a lot of booze, and, of course, the college football bowl season making it a Holiday season to remember. So here’s what we think the seven best Bowls will be to end what has been a wonderful 2005-6 season.

Does anyone remember it was about a year ago to the day? You heard it around your office, at school, at your local grocery store, or the sports bar you frequent. Last year, just about every college football fan KNEW the unbeaten Big 12 Champion Oklahoma Sooners were going to fly down to Miami and “open a can” on USC. They had Jason White, Adrian Peterson, Michael Clayton, and that defense, man that defense would blitz Leinart and force turnover after turnover. Hey, what was the outcome of that game? Below, I give my 5 reasons why I believe this year’s BCS Championship game will end much the same way as last year’s.

Well the time is finally upon us. The regular season is over and the bowl season is just around the corner. But before that, the individual performance awards will be given out. The most prestigious of the awards, the Heisman Trophy, will be given out on Monday. I have followed the performances of many of the best college football players and have come to a decision on who should receive the Heisman Trophy.

I know that the BCS is not what everyone wants or likes. I have created another system that may be more welcomed. It was just for fun. If it offends you or your team, it wasn’t meant to.

by Trevor Freeman

Well it took years of debate, but finally “Dirty December” has come to fruition.  Perhaps it was the realization that massive amounts of money were being left on the table (i.e. $300 million dollar BCS contract with Fox versus $6 billion dollar NCAA Tournament package).  However, the reasons don’t matter.  To the rejoice of college football fans and the gambling public, let’s breakdown our first 16-team national title tournament.