Barking Carnival

Yesterday began a look at the BCS conferences and their non-conference road schedules during the BCS Era. The theory being that road records are a legitimate indication of the strength of a team and a conference since you face more hardships and usually tougher opponents when away from home. Today the Big 10
Big 10 Non-Conference […]

Forget about the BCS. Forget about a future playoff system. It’s time to look at what the college post-season is all about.
It’s all about giving.
It’s bailout time for college football teams, and bowl officials are more than happy to perform the role of Congress in doling out the goodies. In fact, for all but one […]

I finally got to sit down and watch some games this weekend.
Alabama is not as good as their ranking. They’re very one dimensional on offense, and John Parker Wilson Lewis Can’t Lose is mediocre. Any team that forces them to pass has a chance. Their defense is giving up yards but not points, and that’s […]

Just before Signing Day, we talked here about the Recruiting Rankings analysis that SMQ performed and he concluded how accurately Rivals was predicting winning percentages.
“Rivals was very, very good at picking the top teams – of the top 25 winningest teams of the last six years, all were either pegged in or very near their […]

For the second time this year, Michigan made the call down to their AAA farm club in Morgantown, West Virginia to bring up a head coach. Rich Rodriguez Monday became only the 4th Wolverine football coach in the last 40 years. He joins former WVU basketball coach John Beilein on the Morgantown to Ann Arbor […]

Nothing arouses passion like the the rivalry game. The backyard brawl, the battle for bragging rights, the border war tussle. Even a fan with no dog in the fight can feel the tension…and their own confusion. Who to pull for? Investing yourself for three hours in a team that is not your own […]

It’s true. Mostly true.
There are different variations of the spread. Urban Meyer uses the spread option at Florida, but other teams spread the field without adding the option element. The option element is what makes it so dangerous.
“It’s not that big a deal unless your quarterback is a runner, because then it’s just shotgun offense,” […]

If you play for Ohio State, your chances of winning an award goes up. I’m not talking about national awards, nor am I talking about the kind of year end awards that are handed out at football banquets. Like at say Texas.
I’m talking about awards that Ohio State hands out after every game.They have the […]

Some Ohio State fans are capable of decent behavior. While you’re picking yourself up off the floor, allow me to clarify. No, not to opposing fans. But to each other.
Buckeye fan Kevin John can attest to this. He lost his camera at the Ohio St - Youngstown St game on September 1st. The camera contained pictures […]

I live by the Golden Rule: “He who has the gold sets the rules”.
Apparently, the stewards of the NCAA agree with me.
The BCS schools (members of the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac Ten, SEC and Notre Dame) average about $12M PROFIT per year from football while Bowl […]