The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think what’s coming is going to be better, but this worked really well,” said Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, one of the architects of the 12-team system that goes into effect next season. It’s easy to forget now, but the idea of a playoff …
Before I begin excoriating the committee, let me acknowledge that no four-team combo it decided on last weekend would have been the “right” answer. — Randy H. No, it’s mostly real, genuine outrage at the dumbfounding notion that “does any rational observer think this team would beat the other four” would be used to pick which teams get to play …
Political parties reacted to the change of guard in the BJP by either saying it was match-fixing between the ruling parties at the Centre and the state, or averred that the change may not resolve the differences though. Rama Rao with Central ministers and his explanation of the Telangana situation resulted in this change, so that the BJP and the …
An expanded 12-team College Football Playoff is coming soon, opening the door to far more schools having legitimate hopes of making it into the field, even if the number of teams that can actually win it may still be limited. Twelve current Group of 5 teams would have made at least one appearance, led by Boise State in eight of …
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series by The Athletic looking at five pivotal upsets from the 2001 season that still resonate 20 years later. “I think I was in shock for a long time — weeks, months, years,” said Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch, the 2001 Heisman Trophy winner and Sports Illustrated cover subject the week of the …
