Barking Carnival

Wonder who in college football is opposed to a playoff system? Look no further than Ohio State.
President E. Gordon Gee, athletic director Gene Smith and head coach Jim Tressell are all opposed to a playoff, and they think the current system is fine. It’s actually not just them, but pretty much everyone in college football […]

…at least until 2014. That was the consensus of the BCS commissioners today at their Florida meeting. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive made his pitch, with the help of ACC Commish John Swofford, but it didn’t even come up for a vote.
In fact, the SEC and the ACC were the only conferences who wanted to continue […]

All the players involved in the BCS are spending a few days this week in Hollywood, Florida, talking about the future of the BCS system. As for any action coming out of the meeting, don’t hold your breath.
The BCS league commissioners, Bowl Representatives and TV officials are all there. Wednesday SEC Commissioner Mike Slive will […]

Cream Puffs, Cupcakes, Strudel, with some Danish on the side. That pretty much sums up the non-conference scheduling philosophy of the Big 12. The rest of the BCS has a sweet tooth as well when it comes to out of league play, but it’s the Big 12 with the biggest sugar high.

There are some […]

H/T to Blutarsky at Get The Picture on this find from Sunday Morning Quarterback
SMQ took on a daunting task breaking down some very interesting statistics regarding the last six years of recruiting data and plotting it against the winning percentages of all of the BCS conference teams. While many things can be nit picked […]

Four out of five games are blowouts. Non-BCS representative Hawaii fails to make the trip to the mainland. The Rose Bowl gets its coveted Pac 10/Big 10 matchup. The Sugar Bowl holds on to its SEC connection. Ohio State takes another beating in the championship game. And Fox watches its BCS ratings erode a […]

Over the last three years, Ohio State’s offense has been largely responsible for all five of their losses. You’ll hear pundits argue that it’s their “slow Big 10 defense” that can’t keep up with the spread and, though there are small elements of truth there (despite what the NFL draft consistently demonstrates), the key […]

He beats up on a weak ass conference that still gets respect based on name recognition, but really has nothing to offer in the way of competition.
The first good team that he faces is often his final opponent in the BCS.
His defenses are good . . . unless you spread them out.
Won a MNC title […]

This has similar electricity to the Tulsa/Bowling Green game.
Both QB’s are playing extremely well, particularly Flynn.
LSU is outcoaching Ohio State right now. Pelini’s safety blitz was a game changer and Crowton is mindfucking OSU with misdirection.
Jacob Hester runs freaking hard. He’s Jim Taylor reborn. Look at the helmet snap of the poor […]

As the bowl season heads to its conclusion, we are 29 down and three to go. Two more “minor” bowls will be played this weekend, leading up to the BCS Championship Game.
So far, three of the four BCS games were blowouts, Kansas gets the Big 12 to
5-3 in bowls this year, while LSU and […]