The College of Cardinals, er, the NCAA wasted valuable time this week, time that would have been better served making compliance more arcane and difficult. Brought before this august body was the suggestion that college football offenses should be prohibited from running plays within the first 10 seconds of the play clock. The thought, from Nick Saban’s mouth to God’s …
College Football Nation: Hot Seats and FSU’s Drastic Unie Change
This is shaping up to be the summer of the hurry up offense and the attack it has come under. I am okay with coaches arguing over the possible rule change all summer and taking jabs at each other. Imagine how much bigger the Iron Bowl will be if Alabama’s Nick Saban and Auburn’s Gus Malzahn have all summer to speak …
College Football Nation: Big 12 crumbling and Les Miles likes them young
The news of Michael Sam being gay has come and gone, signing day has passed, and now we can just live off the gossip and “trash” talk amongst players and coaches until August. With no games going on there is little action to report on, unless you have Steve Spurrier as your coach. He keeps things interesting by speaking what’s …
An Open Letter to Nick Saban
Dear Coach Saban, Thanks to you and your friends, the NCAA, recently announced they would be considering a rules change to prevent offensive units from snapping the ball during the first 10 seconds of the 40-second play clock, thus allowing defensive units to make substitutions during that time and ostensibly promote the safety of the players. It comes up for …
Rule Change Proposal Will Destroy College Football
Disingenuous, adjective: “Not truly honest or sincere: giving the false appearance of being honest and sincere.” (From the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.) They should call it the Bret Bielema rule. Or perhaps the Bielema-Saban rule, since it is, in part, due to these two coaches’ influence that this rule is now being considered. For those who are unfamiliar with this proposal, …
College Football Nation: NCAA Hating on Oregon and Michael Sam Speaks Out
What a week of college football and there is not a single game going on. We have Michael Sam making headlines for being the “first” gay football player to come out publicly and now looks to make it in the NFL, becoming the first openly gay player on a roster. You have the NCAA making new rules to make college …
College Football Nation: SEC Rules and SEC! SEC! SEC!
First off, it has been a busy week for me. Not so much with National Signing Day (NSD) and paying attention to recruiting but more on the family aspect. My wife and I welcomed our 2nd child on February 1st. I know she will be a great child because she was born before the Super Bowl, allowing me to not …
College Football Nation: SEC Dominates and Johnny F. Does It Again
It was a very exciting week of bowl games and there were a few changes in the coaching world that will be setting off a chain reaction of other coaching relocations. I think the two biggest shocks of the week were Penn State’s Bill O’Brien bolting so suddenly and then the way Alabama was not playing like Alabama in …
College Football Nation: Shootout in the Desert and Cinderella Crushed
Bowl season is here and it already has had its fair share of excitement. This is the time for conferences to boast how great they are compared to everyone else . . . ahem . . . SEC! Maybe some of the other conferences will come to play and shut up the “SEC, SEC, SEC” chant at the end …
College Football Nation: Winston Wins Right Coast Heisman and Oregon Gets Left Coasted Out
Busy week for college football – not so much with on the field action but more off field action, with the hiring and firings of coaches, the Heisman presentation, and some major money being thrown at some coaches. If you want some football before bowl season starts you can catch the FCS playoffs. The lower divisions are duking it out …
Former Player Tribute: “Nothing Like the Mighty Quinn”
John Giustina “Come all without, come all within . . . You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn!” -Manfred Mann A forgotten starting defensive lineman made a major impact during Oregon’s late 90’s – early 2000’s rise to fortune and fame. A quiet leader and huge anchor to Oregon’s defensive line, this valuable defensive end speedster played a key …
College Football Nation: Rivalry Week and Olympus has Fallen
If you were not near a TV or news feed today, then you missed out on some of the greatest games we have seen all season. When it is Rivalry Week, you can just throw out the records and expect both teams to bring it. So many exciting finishes, and I think we just might have a Heisman winner …
