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Recruiting: An inexact science for an inexact sport
“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.” -Proverbs 26:11 Sorry, I don’t normally go Biblical until at least the second paragraph. Still, avid college football fans (or anyone who watched ESPN for 30 seconds this week) know that Wednesday is National Signing Day. Every year signing day gets [...]
Bones’s Bowl Preview: The Big One
Well, we’re here. 34 bowls after we started, we have finally arrived at the National Championship Game. And after gems like the Humanitarian Bowl and the Capital One Bowl, as well as slaughters in the Orange Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl, who can wait?! Ironically, despite the fact that this is the only game since [...]
Bones’s Bowl Preview: Cotton and Scraps
With the majority of the bowls behind us, most eyes in the college football world will turn to Tempe, Arizona, where Oregon and Auburn are set to play in the National Title game. A few eyes will turn to Dallas, where LSU and Texas A&M will play in the second-to-last battle of ranked teams. But [...]
Bones’s Bowl Preview: Orange and Sugar
As I said in my previous post, New Year’s Day used to be the day that mattered in college football. Now, it’s just a day to enjoy lots of football. In 2011, New Year’s Day also provided an opportunity for one of the major conferences in college football to get egg all over its face. [...]
Bones’s Bowl Preview: New Year’s Day
Historically, January 1 was the day of big bowls. It was the day on which many a national title was decided in years past. Thanks in no small part to a combination of ballooning bowl numbers, greedy bowl execs, and the BCS system, New Year’s Day is now just a day with a high number [...]
