Breakdown: The First 8 Weeks of the 2012 College Football Season
Breakdown: The First 8 Weeks of the 2012 College Football Season If you’ve been watching ESPN GamePlan on Direct4TV, you’ve seen all the biggest NCAA matchups from around the nation. If you’re limited to what your local cable TV station considers relevant, here are a few highlights you may have missed: Week 1 The 2012 College Football season started with a slew of upsets.... Read More
BCS Sugar Bowl Offers Worst At-Large Matchup in Series History
Regardless of whether you not you support a rematch between #1 LSU and #2 Alabama, the BCS achieved its primary goal. The best two teams in the nation are about to square off for the National Championship. There is room for debate over Alabama’s inclusion in the title game; did Oklahoma State do enough to warrant a chance at the Tigers? Perhaps so, but from a pure football... Read More
NCAA Football: The Best and Worst of Week 13
After a slow start it was business as usual for the LSU defense (Graythen/ Getty) Week 13 certainly proved unlucky for those teams looking to rewire the BCS Standings. Arkansas was destroyed by an LSU that left nothing standing in its way; the Tigers are going to the National Championship regardless of what Georgia is able to do in the SEC title game Auburn was similarly beaten... Read More
NCAA Football: The Tailgater Top 10 for Week 13
In case you missed it, the SEC West’s regular season ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. Arkansas and Auburn were unable to derail the juggernauts that are LSU and Alabama as the Tigers and Tide stayed on course for their National Championship Game rematch. You may not like the idea of giving these teams another crack at one another, particularly if you support LSU. ... Read More
NCAA Football: The Tailgater Top 10 for Week 12
Not one. Not two. Three major upsets (a few lesser ones as well) rocked Week 12 and threw the BCS standings into a jumble of one- and two-loss teams all clawing to stay in the hunt. Safe from the wreckage (for the moment) is LSU, as the Tigers remained unbeaten and a clear-cut #1. Beyond that, however, is one huge debate. Oklahoma State was the heir apparent to the second National... Read More
