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On TwitterOne-on-One: Who can break up Clemson-Alabama monopoly?
Clemson and Alabama seem to have the national championship trophy in a headlock. Could Michigan, Oklahoma or another powerhouse threaten their dominance? Michael Weinreb and Kate Rooney weigh in.
From zero to warp speed? Miami-Florida winner could rev up its program
In Saturday's college football opener, Miami and rookie coach Manny Diaz have far less to lose than Dan Mullen and Florida, Michael Weinreb writes.
Why Scott Frost's Nebraska rebuild might take longer than expected
Scott Frost's 2019 recruiting class at Nebraska was considered a top-20 haul by most experts. But he faces challenges that Tom Osborne never did when he was building a Cornhuskers dynasty, Michael Weinreb writes.
'Embrace the suck' shouldn't be possible for Michigan's Harbaugh in 2019
The most shocking moment of an otherwise surprisingly predictable 2018 college football season may have occurred on a Saturday afternoon in late November.
When a Hall of Fame bronze bust is perceived as a 'bust'
When Ray Lewis unveiled his bronze bust at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018, Twitter went crazy. THAT'S the Baltimore Ravens linebacker? Michael Weinreb explores what goes into the creation of a bronze likeness.
NCAA just threatened California. It isn't going to work.
Has there ever been a head of a major sporting organization who draws more vitriol than NCAA president Mark Emmert? It’s hard to think of one, writes Michael Weinreb.
Why Texas-Texas A&M, other dormant rivalries must make a comeback
College football is at yet another turning point as the Playoff Era matures, and those changes make it even more attractive for old rivalries to be renewed, Michael Weinreb writes.
Why alcohol sales at SEC games may be sign college football is growing up
The idea of alcohol sales at games has breached perhaps the final frontier of skepticism, and that's a good thing, Michael Weinreb writes.
Get to work, NCAA: Return of football video game makes sense
Given the amount of money being pumped into college sports, it seems like a no-brainer to allow athletes to profit from outside revenue streams, Michael Weinreb writes.
Protector of his realm, Alabama's Nick Saban reaches a crossroads
It feels as if we’re at a watershed with the Crimson Tide coach, Michael Weinreb writes about Nick Saban, a Game of Thrones fan.
Can analytics help you win your NCAA tournament pool? Don't bet on it
Back in the days before the internet became an all-consuming repository of humanity’s foibles, I decided to attempt a new method for filling out my NCAA Tournament bracket...
Kyler Murray is the kind of quarterback who could beat Alabama (and alter his own future)
More than six years later, we may have reached yet another turning point, both for a generational talent at quarterback and for an Alabama program that somehow seems to keep gathering momentum under Nick Saban.
Three ways a Notre Dame upset of Clemson would alter college football as we know it
Gather round, kids; have I got a story for you: Did you know there was a time when "Notre Dame Bias" meant something altogether different than what we know it to be today?
Why the best college coaching hires were the names you may not know (yet)
A funny thing happened a few weeks ago when North Carolina made the decision to part ways with four-star rhetorician Larry Fedora: They didn’t call the guy they probably should have called.
Urban Meyer's legacy is winning, and the rest is up for debate
Urban Meyer’s second retirement, at age 54, felt more like a sigh of relief than a wail of mourning. At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, he came
College Football pick-six: Oklahoma was the political choice, Kirby wasn't that dumb, and the 'flex' playoff system is a million-dollar idea
Here are three counterintuitive pushbacks to the prevailing wisdom/"Arguments" of a contentious College Football Playoff selection weekend, each guaranteed to make your blood boil.
A (premature) review of the College Football Playoff committee's logic
On Sunday, a group of people will gather in a conference room and most likely make the choices we all expect them to make. This will leave many people unhappy, almost certainly including me.
College football pick-six: Michigan built its own prison, UCF is getting shafted again, and old coaches are all the rage
Cliched storyline of the week I was somewhere around the fourth round of leftovers when the realization took hold: Michigan was going to lose to Ohio State.
College football pick-six: Is Urban Meyer on the brink? Are Notre Dame and Michigan the wrong types of playoff teams? Will Colorado ever be good again?
Cliched storyline of the week Back in the early 1950s, the best college football coach in America was a man named Frank Leahy. Leahy, the head coach at
Has the moment arrived for Will Grier and Dana Holgorsen at West Virginia?
For a long time, Dana Holgorsen came across as a novelty act. Part of it was the way he looked — hair beating a steady retreat from his forehead while
College football pick-six: Four-loss teams are the new market efficiency, Bama is the Death Star, and let the rivalry games commence
Cliched dtoryline of the week In general, it is safe to assume that college football will defy common sense. This is the charm of the sport; this is what sets it apart from the professional ranks, where playoff status is clearly delineated, and success is measured in hard and objective terms.
The Playoff committee's shifting logic shows it has no interest in ever including UCF
The committee has no interest in including teams outside the Power Five, because it doesn't view those teams as deserving. Why is it doing this?
College football pick-six: Saying WTF to Alabama, saying why not to UCF, and let's pretend Boston is a college football town
Cliched storyline of the week There came a moment last Saturday night when we had nothing left to do but cling to the tiniest shred of a moral victory.
Is this the year LSU punches back at Alabama?
Back in 1982, a Louisiana native, in his third season as coach at LSU, managed to achieve the unthinkable. In ending an 11-game losing streak to Alabama with a 20-10 victory, Jerry Stovall not only hastened Bear Bryant’s retirement, but he also restored the luster to a rivalry that had turned lopsided.
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