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I applaud Tennessee's coach for not being held hostage by one star player. I guess hold outs are the next unfortunate change to college football. :( I love that Tennessee sent him packing rather than give into a Me First player. Interesting, listening to ESPN this morning, they reported that...

You will never convince me that Fran's ejection was not purposeful. It was Norman Dale in Hoosiers ("you got pigeon shit in your eyes"), but for a different purpose. Fran knew he was gone at the end of the year. He also knew the game was slipping away and that Illinois just had better horses...

Slow day. I was thinking of how absurd the tush push as an NFL play. It used to be illegal (remember Reggie Bush and USC) and I suspect the rule gets changed again because Philly is too damn good at it. But, how about this. You put your smallest guy at QB, like a small slot reciever...

This looks like it has real momentum. The Big10 and the SEC would have 4 playin games on what is normally Conference Championship weekend, guaranteeing each conference gets 4 teams into the playoffs. The Little 12 and ACC would get two and there would be two at-large bids. So, last season...

So, I suspect most of you saw the gaffe where Illinois hung this kid's jersey upside down for the unveiling ceremony. Too good. Made me chuckle, but digging deeper, maybe the universe was speaking. A few thoughts: First, this was a number retirement. Meaning this kid was so important to...

A lot of reporting that CM has basically quit the team and won't be traveling this weekend.

So, I see three obvious, but solvable, problems with college football: 1. There are too many teams. They can't play each other enough to get to a merits based playoff system like the NFL has, so we have to rely upon a group of humans rather than play on the field. Committees and polls are...

This is mostly rhetorical because I know how the word works. But compare Iowa and Michigan this year: Two non-con scrub games, one of which Michigan struggled with. Iowa took care of business in both. Both took a beat down by a Top 5 team, but Michigan got drubbed in the Big House. Iowa in...

I feel like the D, especially the secondary, has been really exposed the last couple weeks. Mostly there have been mental and technique breakdowns. But, there is no one better at plugging that specific hole than Phil Parker. I expect a tighter performance from the D. The offense should be...

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40697664/sources-buccaneers-ot-tristan-wirfs-agree-1406m-extension

Good to see the Hawks getting some national respect. 5th in this conference is likely a Top 20 finish and 10 wins. Its a manageable schedule except for the for sure loss at OSU. Excited for the game to start...

Like Sandhill Cranes flying through central Nebraska, the annual traditions of Iowa's win total being set at 7.5 and Nebraska's W/L line being inflated both continue. Iowa is coming off 10 wins, has most of an elite defense returning, has a favorable schedule, and will be improved on offense...

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39492371/ohio-state-hire-ucla-coach-chip-kelly-new-oc Wowza, this story has a lot of facets to it. Kelly was not fired as UCLA's head coach. He had the option to come back next year even though he has been basically .500 in his time there...

The other thread on this topic has gone off topic. Figure a fresh start might be useful. Names I heard from a buddy in IC (and I recognize this is internet scuttle) is that KF took Frost's call but has no interest. Chryst and Philben are legit candidates. Does not sound like an internal...

At the risk of alienating those who are not in the mood for anything positive about Iowa football right now, let me offer that attending the game this past weekend was a Top 5 Iowa football experience for a guy who has been an Iowa fan for 49 years. It was easily 5-1 Iowa fans. Everyone was...

Wow, the coaches were allowed to vent to the Commish for an hour without Harbaugh on the line. What I took away from this is how serious this really was. There were some folks out there that were dismissive of the seriousness of what Michigan was doing (everyone steals signs, this is no big...

If the refs had not jobbed us on the punt return, I think we all agree that there was less than 1% chance Minny drove and scored, and we win and go to 7-1. It would not change the offensive stats or performance one bit, but do you think Beth still has the juice to force this down KF's throat...

Can we take a break from beating up BF and give props to the OL??? Yes, there were a lot of 3 and outs. But, there was also a lot of push and no negative runs that I recall. 2nd and 8 was about the worst position we were in all day. In addition to push, there was occassional holes to bolt...

This was on the Today's Show this morning leading up to the Peacock broadcast tomorrow. Its 4 minutes, but worth the watch. I did not know this story. Finally some really good press for this team...

Look, I am mad too, and the national joke Brian Ferentz and offense have become is beyond pissing me off. But, hear me out. We have mostly played to the competition. We are pretty much what I thought we would be. We handled two home cupcakes with relative ease, and beat a not completely...