Archive for January, 2006
Big Ten Home Field Advantage
Matt at Statistically Speaking has done his homework on homefield advantage in the Big Ten. A few interesting tid-bits for the number crunchers in the crowd. Going beyond win-loss records, he calculates the point difference in home vs. away games and
Game Changing Calls
We could talk about quite a few in this shootout, but let’s getright to the end of the game. Texas scores to make it a 5 point game with less than 5 minutes to play. USC has converted 4 second half possessions into 28 points. Odds are a USC possession equals several first downs and [...]
Young Carries Texas to Title
Vince Young scores twice in the waning moments to overcome USC’s 12-point advantage winning the College Football title game 38-35. With 19 seconds remaining Young scores his third touchdown of the game to put the Longhorns up for good and then caps it off with a quarterback draw to complete the two-point conversion.
Final 2005-06 Conference Showdown
Conference BowlGames Wins Losses WinningPercentage ACC 8 5 3 63% Big 12 8 5 3 63% Big East 4 1 3 33% Big Ten 7 3 4 43% Conf. USA 6 3 3 50% MAC 2 1 1 50% Mtn. West 4 2 2 50% Pac 10 5 3 2 60% SEC 6 3 3 [...]
Coaching Changes
Here are the head coaching changes in college football for the 2006 season. TEAM OUT IN Boise State Dan Hawkins Chris Petersen Buffalo Jim Hofher Turner Gill Colorado Gary Barnett Dan Hawkins Kansas State Bill Snyder Ron Prince Middle Tennessee Andy McCollum Rick Stockstill Rice Ken Hatfield Todd Graham San Diego State Tom Craft Chuck [...]
ABC Sports Exec Talks of College FB Playoff
Loren Matthews, retiring Senior vice president for ABC Sports, told CBS Sportsline that a playoff is a very real possibility in the future. He suggested either a plus-one or an eight team playoff. In any event, it will be five years before current contracts expire. The four big bowls, Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange, begin [...]
USC Investigating Possible NCAA Violations
Former USC football player, John Papadakis, may have violated NCAA recruiting rules. Papadakis, the owner of a San Pedro, CA. resturant, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he has discussed USC football with potential players in his resturant. USC is investigating if these discussions violate the NCAA bylaw 13.1.2.3, which restricts off campus recruiting to [...]
Weis wins Eddie Robinson Award
The Football Writers Association of America presented the Eddie Robinson Award for the best coach in America to Charlie Weis of the Fighting Irish at the last press conference before the Fiesta Bowl on Monday.