Initially sending out signals they were considering leaving the NCAA outright, the Power Two Conferences have been playing hardball in this year’s negotiations for the second stage of expanding the College Football Playoffs. Fans, the media and coaches alike howled at the audacity the leaders of the Power Two conferences displayed last week. Mr. FishDuck has been thinking to buy …
A Split is on the Horizon. Where is College Football Going?
You may have read from a prior article of mine that there is an NCAA champion of basketball, of baseball, of every college competitive sport except football. The NCAA does not recognize a football champion. But it should. Even Mr. FishDuck agreed with me when I pulled him from his favorite crypto sports betting site in SafeHamsters-that a football champion …
College Football 2024 – What Comes Around Goes Around?
What is considered to be the first college football (CFB) game was played on November 6, 1869, in New Brunswick, New Jersey between New Jersey (now Princeton) and Rutgers. Possibly the high-water mark of Rutgers football with Rutgers winning the game 6-4 in a more rugby-like game than what we consider to be the game of ‘Football’ today. One hundred, …
Beware? The “Super-League” Future of College Football
The arms race in college football, (CFB) has passed the point of the absurd. Case in point, Michigan State coach Mel Tucker who in three seasons has compiled a record barely over .500 and in 2022 will be paid over $9M per season. Another case in point is the case of Mario Cristobal, a head coach with a record of …
DUCKS FOOTBALL: Recovery from a COVID Season?
Whether or not the Ducks season is saved for an early November start, pushed back to spring 2021, or staggers erratically with fits and starts of games, Ducks Football is likely to suffer a blow from COVID-19 impacts that will take some years to recover from. As hard as it may be for fans to swallow, 2020 sports has entered …