College Football Cafeteria

Duke’s Coach Has Simultaneous Stroke Of Brilliance And Stupidity

Sloppy Joe — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:27:16 +0000

Every so often coaches make the mistake of addressing the media outside of the context of having just played in a game. One Florida assistance called Nick Saban the devil himeself. The Vanderbilt coach called him the same thing a few months ago. Generally coaches aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, hired instead to coach football players, not run the PR for the team. Duke’s David Cutcliffe is the latest coach to make what I think should be a bigger headline.

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Nick Saban Lays Groundwork For A Better League

Sloppy Joe — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:46:10 +0000

In case you missed it a few days ago, Nick Saban said something that should have made bigger headlines than he did. It was pretty incredible. What did he say? He suggested that the five power leagues simply play each other in their non conference schedules. That’s it. Such a great idea. And he should know. Alabama did play Western Carolina, Chatanooga and other cupcakes. Then again, every SEC team has this type of non conference game every year. He even suggested moving to a 9 game conference schedule. I think there is a better way.

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5 Dark Horse Heisman Hopefuls In 2013

Sloppy Joe — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:25:57 +0000

Guest post from Dan Goldwell

We already know the trendy picks to content for the Heisman this season. Of course Johnny Football comes up. Braxton Miller gets thrown around quite a bit. But don’t forget, Matt Barkley was the favorite to win it last year and I’m pretty sure he threw as many interceptions as touchdowns. So preseason hype doesn’t mean anything.

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Off Season Updates

Sloppy Joe — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:08:25 +0000

Wow and wow again. Anyone staying up on the college football news? If not you missed two things recently. First, in what can barely be classified as news, the Big East has been renamed the “American Athletic Conference.” I gave them much better suggestions, but oh well. Secondly, turns out Auburn did a whole bunch of naughty things after all.

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Tulsa Is Moving To The Big East

Sloppy Joe — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:38:56 +0000

The ever changing Big East landscape has changed once again. Tulsa will be joining the league in 2014. By my count that means of the 12 schools they will have in 2015, 9 of them were at one point members of Conference USA. Kind of like how the MWC was basically all once the WAC.

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Documentary On College Football Player Azaveus Dickens

Sloppy Joe — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:53:28 +0000

Just found this documentary and thought it was pretty good. It’s about the road to college football for Azaveus Dickens, a defensive back at ECU. Enjoy!

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College Football In London Launches

Sloppy Joe — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:21:57 +0000

I was approached by Nick a week ago about posting his press release regarding college football now being played in London. I think it is very cool so here is the press release for all those interested.

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San Diego State Is Coming Back To The MWC

Sloppy Joe — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:19:38 +0000

Just as predicted, San Diego State is following Boise State back to the conference they never left. This summer both schools were set to join the Big East in football and the Big West in all other sports. But with the demise of the Big East and the guaranteed money of the MWC, this was a no brainer. Boise State came back on December 31 and basically said we only come back if you take San Diego State back. After all, it was the Broncos that got the Aztecs into the Big East mess. It was their job to get them out of it. Looks like they did just that.

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What If There Had Been A Playoff In 2012?

Sloppy Joe — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:54:22 +0000

The 2012 season is now behind us, but that hasn’t kept me from wondering about what could have been. What if there had been a playoff? And not some crappy 4 team charade of a playoff. I mean a real, 8 team playoff. To give you a better idea of what we could have had, here’s what I’m talking about, timeline, teams and all.

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2013 Preseason College Football Rankings

Sloppy Joe — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:02:42 +0000

It’s that time of year again, the wait between a crappy bowl season and championship game and some crappy non-conference matchups with FCS teams in September. I’m seriously considering only watching college football during October and November next season. But I digress. It’s January as of this writing and we don’t know who all will declare for the NFL draft nor do we know who all will end up committing to each school. Sounds like the perfect time for a way too early 2013 preseason poll.

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