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Resistance to Bowl Leeches Might Be Starting Soon
College football sources told @CBSSports there's "strong support" to increase bowl eligibility to 7 wins in 2014 — Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyCBS) January 25, 2012 Bowl games are, in concept, a good thing for the sport of college football. While I want to see some sort of playoff system put...
ESPN College GameDay 2011 Season Picks
ESPN's College GameDay crew did their 2011 season picks today, and some of them are a bit surprising. Here are all of their picks in one simple table: table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px;...
Parting Shots: Why the Longhorn Network is Bad for College Football
Saying farewell to an incredibly busy offseason Much of the debate so far about the Longhorn Network created by Texas an ESPN has centered around whether or not it's a problem for the Big XIIish Conference and its members institutions. Which is understandable. The Big XIIish stands on the verge of...
ESPN College GameDay Headed to LSU-Oregon
ESPN has announced the first three dates for the College GameDay crew. They're continuing their recent tradition of attending a neutral site game involving an SEC team on the opening weekend, but instead of going to Atlanta for the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic, they going to Arlington for...
Pac-12 Had Last-Mover Advantage
One major concept in business is that of first-mover advantage. It's fairly easy to understand: a company that comes to the market with a particular product or service first gets a head start on sales, becomes the first brand known for that product, builds up barriers to entry, and so on. It...
A Word on the New Texas A&M-to-SEC Rumors
We discussed the Texas A&M-to-SEC rumors of last week during, well, last week, but Twitter brought us fresh new ones yesterday. As best as I can tell, they were started by our old buddy Scott Moore, though a Texas high school-focused feed broadcast it as well. The new report is that the Texas...
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