It’s Still O.K. to Cheer. You’re Allowed.
You’ve resigned yourself to the following truths: Penn State will never be the same again; what we think of Penn State will never be the same again, more correctly. What happens from here on out takes...
View ArticleP.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 11
We see it in the national polls: top-heaviness. There are seven great teams in college football; there are 15 very good teams in college football; then there’s a great gap of space from No. 16 through...
View ArticleMy 2011 Offensive All-American Ballot
You may have noticed a dearth of West Coasters on my defensive all-American ballot from yesterday. Not a one: five players from the SEC — including the entire secondary — three from the Big Ten, two...
View ArticleP.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 12
I thought it was over. Done deal, lock it in, make space on the mantle: Andrew Luck was taking home the Heisman Trophy regardless of whether Stanford won or lost against Oregon on Saturday. Then the...
View ArticleYet Another Award Season Travesty
The most disappointing aspect to this particular slight is that it’s now becoming an annual event. The recently released list again lacks the most deserving name: now fooled twice, it’s clearly...
View ArticleP.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 13
After months of relative certainty – Andrew Luck was going to take home the Heisman, most thought – we’re down to only one guarantee when it comes to this season’s winner: the winner, when he is...
View ArticleFive Things to Bet on Happening Tonight
L.S.U. will win because L.S.U. doesn’t lose – in 2011, at least. But what about in 2012? The calendar has turned: Alabama has had two months to consider what went wrong in Tuscaloosa in early November,...
View ArticleL.S.U. Dismisses Mathieu, Face of 2012 Team
L.S.U. has dismissed all-American cornerback and Heisman finalist Tyrann Mathieu from the program for a violation of both a team and school rule, said athletic director Joe Alleva, ending the would-be...
View ArticleNo. 1: L.S.U.
History isn’t on L.S.U.’s side. Since the advent of the B.C.S. in 1998, only one runner-up has bounced back to win the national championship in the following season: Florida State, after losing to...
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