Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where goal posts keep going swimming: First Quarter: Culture of Excess | Second Quarter: Heisman Watch Third Quarter: Hot Seats Everywhere No head coaches have been fired yet this season, an unusual show of restraint in recent times. But coordinators have started
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Forde-Yard Dash: Michigan, Texas A&M Embody College Football’s Culture of Excess
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where you do not mess with the Texas Southern tuba players mid-song: First Quarter: Connor Stalions Is the Inevitable Product of an Excessive System Jimbo Fisher (1) and Connor Stalions (2) would appear to have only one thing in common: they
Forde-Yard Dash: How Are the New Guys Doing?
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (NIL-sustaining pork products sold separately in Ames): First Quarter: Trash-Talkin’ Coaches | Second Quarter: Pac-12’s Heisman Race Third Quarter: How’s your new guy doing? Beyond Boulder, The Dash looks at high-profile newcomers and slots their four-week performance accordingly. (This is a
Forde-Yard Dash: New Era of Coaches Embracing Trash Talk Has Arrived
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, a sport that is completely off its rocker at the moment: First Quarter: Wrestling Tights for Everyone, Please We keep receipts! It’s personal! Ohio against the world! They’re fighting for clicks, we’re fighting for wins! Whew. Let’s all take a deep breath, shall we? In a
Forde-Yard Dash: Deion Sanders, Colorado Back Up Offseason Full of Big Talk
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (receipts sold separately in Boulder): FIRST QUARTER: A DEBUT FOR THE AGES The conventional wisdom for coaches coming into a season is to under-promise and over-deliver. As is the case with almost every aspect of how he does the job, Deion
Forde-Yard Dash: Pros, Cons of an Expanded CFP Calendar
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (onside kick onions sold separately in Eugene): MORE DASH: Congrats, You’re Stuck Second Quarter The Pros and Cons of the Expanded Playoff Calendar As colleague Ross Dellenger reported last week, the College Football Playoff folks are busy working to rearrange the schedule to
Forde-Yard Dash: Sorry Fans, These College Coaches Are Here to Stay
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where a problem at long snapper can lead to a four-safety calamity: First Quarter Congrats, You’re Stuck With Him The biggest administrative failure in college football has been losing control of the coaching contract market, and the repercussions of that failure are
Forde-Yard Dash: What Happens When Collectives Come for Your Players
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (third-down defense learner’s manual sold separately in Gainesville): MORE DASH: Saturday to Remember | Resetting the Playoff Picture Third Quarter When the Rival Collective Comes to Tamper With Your Players Not long ago, Utah athletic director Mark Harlan (21) picked up his phone and
Ahead of Jimbo vs. Saban, More Coach Fights We Want to See
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (offensive coordinators sold separately in the Mountain West, where two have been fired already this season): MORE DASH: Hot Seats | New World Order THIRD QUARTER COACH FIGHTS! We’ve reached the feisty part of the season—tempers getting shorter, slights being perceived more
Why a 12-Team Playoff Is Good for College Football
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (quarterback controversies sold separately in Ann Arbor and Clemson): MORE DASH: Successful Debuts | Break-Up Time? THIRD QUARTER A BETTER PLAYOFF IS COMING In classic fashion, the College Football Playoff managed to whisper incredibly big news into a jet engine last week—it