Archive - August, 2008

Week One

August 28 0 Comments Category: NCAA 2008

Like a five year old on a road trip, so have college football fans endured the spring and summer months, but finally, after a seemingly never ending prison term (no pun intended, Georgia), college football season is now upon us. With roughly three decent games to watch, the first week of the season is more [...]

Can It, Lou

August 25 1 Comment Category: NCAA 2008

I don’t think there is a person in the world, ok, maybe one or two, that would argue Lou Holtz doesn’t know the game of football. With a national championship, and 249 wins, clearly he knows a thing or two. Knowledgeable as he may be, however, that certainly doesn’t prevent blind biased from rearing its [...]

Warm Bucket of Spit

August 20 1 Comment Category: NCAA 2008

Vice President John Nance Garner once stated that the Vice Presidency wasn’t worth a “warm bucket of spit.” Seems like an accurate description of pre-season polls as well. Never-the-less, AP, USA Today, and every other sports writer with an opinion just aches to show the world that without seeing a single snap, they can predict [...]

The more things change

August 12 2 Comments Category: NCAA 2008

In late April, the BCS in a bold and daring move, set as a unified voice in their never failing pursuit to better the game, decided to do…. nothing. No change. Despite the 93% of college football fans screaming for a playoff system in any form, the BCS conference commissioners, and the Nortre Dame AD [...]