The Don’s College Football Week Seven Thursday Night Football Best Bet
A Big 12 showdown is just what the doctor ordered for Thursday night college football. Last night we went 1-1 (-0.1u)after I fell into the trap of the Miami Vice jerseys. FIU has one of the worst defe...
Can The West Virginia Mountaineers Get Above The Mediocrity Hump?
The West Virginia Mountaineers have been mediocre since the start of the Neal Brown era in 2019. They haven’t gotten more than six wins in a season and haven’t contended for the Big 12 title in ye...
Week One Points of Interest
Week One is here. There’s plenty to be excited about in a seemingly lackluster opening stanza to the 150th season of college football....
Loser of the Week: Week 12
West Virginia failed to clinch a Big 12 Championship game berth, but they did manage to clinch their second Loser of the Week honors of the season with a loss to Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State QB Ta...
CFB: Week Ten Preview
Games to Watch No. 6 Georgia (-9.5) at No. 11 Kentucky (3:30 CBS) Just like everyone expected, the SEC East will be decided this Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. Each team comes in 7-1, 5-1 and have b...
Loser of the Week:Week 7
Four teams ranked in the top-10 suffered upsets in week 7; a wonderful weekend for losing. Penn State lost to Michigan State, Washington fell to Oregon in overtime, Georgia got trounced by LSU, but ou...
The Hangover, Week 4: Getting a Sense of What We Know
Welcome to the fourth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I finally t...
The Hangover, Week 1: Let’s Take Some Temperatures
Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Charlotte, North Carolina, where I spe...
Rich Rodriguez: An Odyssey
Rich Rodriguez recently found himself out of a job. His path leading to quasi-retirement is one of the most fascinating stories in college football. Rich Rod started in the old Big East and eventually...
The Buzzer-Beater, Third Edition: Who Do You Trust?
Welcome to the third edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from beautiful Hattiesb...
Who’s going to win the Big 12?
We’re approximately halfway through the NCAA regular season and most Power 5 conferences look like they have a solid projected regular season champion. For instance, Virginia is looking like the fav...
Potential Scenarios in the Big 12
After Oklahoma’s 38-20 victory over TCU last Saturday, the Big 12 championship and path to the playoff became a little bit clearer. The conference is OU’s to lose at this point, as they remain the...
Big 12 Preseason Predictions
College basketball is right around the corner. With that being said, it should be an exciting year in the Big 12 (besides Kansas winning like always). This will be another solid year in the Big 12 tha...
March Madness Preview: Big 12
I’d just like to start out by saying, I’m going to make predictions for all Big 12 teams in the tournament, and chances are, I will get every single one wrong. The Big 12, at least everyon...
Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 27
Hey guys, welcome back to the last Big 12 Weekly Shootout before my conference tournamnet preview next week. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli also recap the ACC and Big 12, respectively, so be su...
Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 20
Hey guys, welcome back to another Big 12 Weekly Shootout. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli already do weekly articles about ACC and Big Ten basketball, respectively, so I now am starting my own a...
Instant Reaction: Kansas Rallies Against West Virginia
What a roller coaster of emotions in Lawrence, Kansas tonight. What seemed like sure defeat suddenly turned to euphoria for Jayhawk fans as Kansas stormed back, ending regulation on a 21-7 run, and th...
Big 12 Weekly Shootout: February 13
Hey guys, this is the first article of the new series I’m starting up. Friends Cody Goggin and Frank Fanelli already do weekly articles about ACC and Big Ten basketball, respectively, so I now a...
Chaos Theory Rooting Guide Week 12
Michigan State vs. Ohio State On paper, this one should be a blowout, but this Michigan State team has some talent and good at least make this game close at home. I don’t think the Buckeyes will cov...
Playoff Eliminator Week 11
The football gods heard us complaining about no good games this week, so they dropped a whole mess of upsets on us. Safe to say, these all changed the playoff positions and now I would like to admit t...
Playoff Eliminator Week 10
We are now down to just 15 contenders who have a shot to make it to the CFB Playoffs. After an uproar last week for Texas A&M being over Washington, A&M proceeded to lose to a below average Mi...
Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 10
If you’re like me, at this point of the season, your team has no chance of making the College Football Playoffs. At this point, aren’t we all just rooting for upsets and chaos to throw off the sea...
Approach the Bench: Big 12 Power Rankings Week 7
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE BREAK DOWN THE POWER RANKINGS IN THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE. 1. Baylor (Last week: 1) Baylor was off this week which makes it kind of hard to bump them off the top spot. Th...
Approach the Bench: Big 12 Power Rankings Week 6
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE BREAK DOWN THE POWER RANKINGS IN THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE. 1. Baylor (Last week: 1) Baylor barely scraped by against Iowa State on Saturday. Any time a game comes down to...
Approach the Bench: Big 12 Power Rankings Week 5
After four weeks, I have come to the conclusion that we have absolutely no idea if anybody in college football is actually good this year. We’ve already seen some predicted favorites flame out a...
Approach the Bench: Week 4 Big 12 Golden Bench Awards
THIS IS A WEEKLY COLUMN WHERE WE GIVE OUT AWARDS TO THE BEST (AND WORST) PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK IN THE BIG 12. Week 4 was far and away the best weekend of the season for the Big 12. Big 12 teams wen...
