Addressing a Few Lingering Rule Questions
I had a handful of questions for the N.C.A.A. regarding the series of rules passed today by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel. Here they are, followed by the N.C.A.A. response: 1. Would a player who...
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2011 Selection Saturday: Full Bracket
Cutting the bracket down to 32 teams – after going with a 68-team tournament last fall – leaves several talented teams in the cold. Among the B.C.S. conferences: Missouri, Texas, N.C. State and...
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The Countdown: 2011 List
Hey, what’s this? You know the drill: I shudder at the thought of not having all of last season’s Countdown saved for posterity — all that work down the drain and so forth, but also because man can...
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See You Again, WAC, But Only in Reruns
And then there were two. Before even playing a single game as a member of the conference — let alone a member of the F.B.S. — Texas State will leave the WAC for the Sun Belt in 2013, meaning that five...
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Picture the M.W.C. in 2013 and Beyond
Upon further review of today’s post on Colorado State, one line that I first viewed as a throwaway quote seemed worthy of future examination: “The Mountain West will have a power vacuum after this...
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No. 20: B.Y.U.
The suspicion was there in October and November, but it didn’t become official until Riley Nelson duped Tulsa, Dan Marino-style, late in the fourth quarter of December’s Armed Forces Bowl. Then it was...
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Setting Early Non-B.C.S. Conference Odds
Technically, there are seven non-B.C.S. conference teams still in the B.C.S. mix: Boise State, B.Y.U., Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech, Ohio and Utah State. The number would be...
View ArticleNotre Dame to Leave Big East, Join A.C.C.
Notre Dame will join the A.C.C. in all sports with the exception of football and hockey, the conference announced Wednesday. As first reported by Brett McMurphy of ESPN, the university’s arrangement...
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Pick 10, F.B.S. Notebook: Week 3 (Sept. 15)
Do you remember the last time Notre Dame took a trip to East Lansing? You might not remember the game’s first 60 minutes and change, but that’s fine: things didn’t get wild until overtime, when...
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P.S.R. 1-124: Week 4 Re-Ranking
With the weekend in the books, here’s a look at how the country ranks — using the original rankings as the starting point, with the season’s results as rationale for any movement. The top 25 teams...
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