Tailgater: Week 6 College Football Preview
Zach Bigalke: Welcome back to another edition of the Tailgater here at Breaking Tackles. I’ll be piloting this week’s panel, joined as always by Matt Strobl and John Mitchell. Every team has at least four games under their belt at this point, and as we near the midpoint of the season things are starting to come into focus across the college football. Some teams are better than we expected; some teams are worse. But while we can plot and predict... Read More
Missouri Reportedly Receives Offer from SEC
Coming to an SEC near you? According to multiple sources, the Missouri Tigers have received an invite to join Texas A&M in the SEC, giving the conference 14 teams. The sources say that the Southeastern Conference has extended an offer to Missouri, but is willing to wait for an answer until the Big XII’s future is decided. It continues to look like the Big XII’s demise is imminent with the possibility of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech,... Read More
College Football Conference Rankings: 2011 Week 2
So we’ve now got twice the sample size, and it is starting to appear like the universe is shaking itself back into order after a weird first week that saw things flipped around from the norm. But things are still a little out of whack, though there are extenuating circumstances that mitigate that reality. Take for instance the case of the non-AQ conferences, the leagues loaded with schools chasing BCS Buster dreams. The battle... Read More
College Football Conference Rankings: 2011 Week 1
The first weekend of the college football season is now officially behind us, with just one more in-conference ACC matchup to play. Thus it’s time to plug the numbers into the system once again to see which conference comes out on top. A quick disclaimer for those who are new to the College Football Conference Rankings: For purposes of non-conference BCS games, Notre Dame is counted among the BCS schools due to personal entry qualification... Read More
BCS Buster Bites the Dust
Maybe Casey Pachall will prove to be the young man to succeed Andy Dalton with distinction as TCU heads into a new era of its storied history. He certainly showed glimpses of greatness in leading the team back from 24 down in crunch time to take the lead late. But when his final pass of the night flew into the hands not of a Horned Frog receiver but Baylor safety Mike Hicks in the closing seconds, he started his career 0-1. TCU must now rebound and... Read More
