Breaking down why TCU’s Gary Patterson deserves his AP Coach of the Year Award… and why his most distinguishing move occurred off the field.
Well-Deserved Recognition
Another BCS-busting first for the Horned Frogs of TCU–Gary Patterson has been named the first non-BCS conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press.
The irony of that being [...]

Bowl season is upon us, kicking off Saturday, December 19, with two games, the New Mexico Bowl and St. Petersburg Bowl.
That being the case, here are my picks for this year’s match-ups–take them with a grain of salt, or perhaps a couple margaritas.
NON-BCS BOWL GAMES
NEW MEXICO BOWL
Fresno State vs. Wyoming – Dec. 19
Pick: [...]

Okay, I admit it: I’ve been slow on the uptake in commentating about the 2009-2010 NHL, NBA and college basketball seasons. It’s not that I haven’t been following those sports, but some years I follow certain sports more closely than others, and in 2009 I paid a lot more attention to college football than [...]

So the NCAA college football regular season is finally over. Before I’m called out on the veracity of that statement, yes, there is one game remaining, Army-Navy. Often an afterthought, the traditional service academy rivalry game does indeed have bearing on this year’s post-season; if Army wins, the Black Knights will have the [...]

NOVEMBER GOLDEN TAMPON AWARD
The nominees:

Josh McDaniels or Roger Goodell, after McDaniels apologized for–or was forced to apologize for–an “MF” bomb dropped on the Broncos sideline during a nationally televised game. However, the young coach’s apology sounded so sincere and well spoken, we might for a moment believe it came from his heart and not [...]

Ah, the weekend in college football. The six undefeateds remained just that, although two (Texas and Alabama) actually faced challenges! Colt McCoy played his heart out to life the Longhorns, perhaps locking up the Heisman trophy in the process; the Tide, however, narrowly squeaked by, benefiting from poor clock management on the part [...]

With the top teams rolling–Florida, Alabama, Texas, TCU and Boise State all crushed their opponents, while Cincinnati had a bye–only one game on this past weekend’s schedule delivered much intrigue.
The Connecticut Huskies defeated Notre Dame 33-20 in double overtime at South Bend.
Before we go into any of the greater meanings or implications of this game, [...]

Hmmm…
Zzzz…
Some weeks simply not much happens. I channel surfed vigorously, trying to find a game worth watching (and I receive a lot of channels). A very few games that I had a passing interest in (if only because of their Bowl Championship Series implications) were on the air (er, cable… er, Uverse fiber-optics), [...]

Is it any surprise that, once again, the most overrated team in the college football polls and BCS standings is a member of the Big Ten Conference?
Iowa struggled against Michigan State two weeks ago and looked abysmal against lowly Indiana for three quarters this past Saturday before an impressive fourth-quarter comeback saved them. It’s [...]

We’re roughly two-thirds of the way through the college football regular season, smack dab in the middle of the conference portion of the season, a time when one has come to expect multiple Top 25 showdowns every week. Not so during Week 8, when only two such match-ups existed, and one of those was [...]