BCS DREAM EASY AS ABC

November 19, 2008 - NOW that ESPN has outbid Fox for the rights to televise the BCS championship game, one of the stumbling blocks preventing a Division I playoff has been removed. Don't get your hopes up, playoff fans. There remain many more significant obstacles, but starting in 2011 the Rose Bowl, which is televised by ABC (ESPN's partner), and the BCS title game will be under the same corporate...

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SWAMP & CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THE OL' BALL COACH

November 15, 2008 - S. Carolina at Florida 3:30 p.m., CBS Line: Florida -21 � O/U: 491/2 ANGLE: The Ol' Ball Coach returns to Gainesville, where he won the Heisman Trophy then transformed the Gators into a national...more >
ANTI-PLAYOFF EXCUSE ISN'T ACADEMIC

November 12, 2008 - UNIVERSITY presidents say they are anti-playoff because it would mean playing games in both the fall and spring semesters. I won't go completely cynical here and speculate that they really...more >
PENN STATE AT RISK VERSUS IOWA

November 8, 2008 - IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz finds himself in a somewhat awkward position today. Growing up in western Pennsylvania, Ferentz spent Wednesday nights watching Penn State coach Joe...more >
LET THE PLAYERS VOTE FOR BCS

November 5, 2008 - IT was during the tense, tough-hitting Penn State-Ohio State game that I was reminded of why I despise the BCS system: The players have no say in the process. A college football television...more >
RAIDERS WILL MAKE A LONG NIGHT FOR THE LONGHORNS

November 1, 2008 - Texas at Texas Tech 8:00, ABC Line: Texas -31/2 O/U: 731/2 In the wake of three monster games (Oklahoma, Missouri, Okie State), Texas coach Mack Brown weighed whether or not to reduce practice...more >
KNOWSHON, BULLDOGS IN FOR LONG DAY AT LSU

October 25, 2008 - Georgia at LSU 3:30, CBS Line: LSU -2 O/U: 48 If you believe that all games that aren't won and lost because of turnovers are won and lost up front, then the only pick here is LSU. Oklahoma might...more >
'HORNS WON'T GET HOOKED BY HYPE

October 22, 2008 - TEXAS seemingly has become this year's team to grasp how to handle being No. 1. Fugghedaboutit. Yes, the Longhorns have gone Sopranos on us. They have, thus far, been the best at drinking...more >
BCS FAVORITES: USC, PENN. ST.

October 20, 2008 - THE first BCS standings were released yesterday. The Post ranks the Top 10 teams' chances of getting to Miami, site of the title game on Jan. 8. BCS rank in parenthesis. 1. Southern Cal (5) -...more >
PLAYOFFS BETTER OPTION THAN BCS

October 13, 2008 - LET the debate begin. Again. Playoff or no playoff in college football? Let's condense what has become a rite of fall: Those opposed to a playoff say it will diminish the value of the regular...more >
PIGSKIN PROFIT

October 11, 2008 - TEXAS vs. OKLAHOMA (at Dallas) NOON ABC Line: Oklahoma by 7. Angle: The Big 12 and an inside track toward the BCS title game is all on the line. So are recruiting bragging rights. There are 108...more >