The National, 4/29/13: Slip Slivin' Away
Mike Slive opened Pandora's Box, and now everyone's talking about cost of attendance and a potential split of Division I. Of course, Jon has thoughts.
Mike Slive opened Pandora's Box, and now everyone's talking about cost of attendance and a potential split of Division I. Of course, Jon has thoughts.
The NCAA is getting roasted over the Louisville travel issue, but blaming the NCAA is taking the easy way out.
Jon started pondering where this year's darlings belong in the Cinderella Pantheon, and discovered some neat stuff. Are the Eagles the NCAA Tournament's greatest Cinderella story ever?
IT'S ALIVE. Jon finally finds some free time and explains that there's really only one revenue sport now, at least if your school plays big-boy football.
Next month will be K-State's 16th bowl game. Counting down, Jon takes a look back at the 1996 season and the 1997 Cotton Bowl.
Rece Davis took some time from his busy schedule to chat with Jon about the Capital One Cup, the Heisman, the Fiesta Bowl, and the BCS title game.
The regular season is over, save for Army-Navy, and that means it's time to get your red pen out and edit the entire college football landscape.
Kirk Herbstreit had his say about Northern Illinois last night. Now, before an audience of millions fewer people, Jon rebuts. With, you know, LOGIC.
This week, Jon absolutely tears into every single team in the top 25 for being worthless dreck. Also, poll silliness.
Along with a trip around SB Nation's content from last week, Jon prepares for holiday misery.
The wheels of realignment are spinning again, and Jon explains why it's imperative for the Big 12 to get off the pot immediately.
In the wake of disaster, Jon tries to make sense of it all while learning how to worship Loki.
A seismic shift atop the rankings led, naturally, to lots of things for people to write about. The Midweek gathers it; here, we talk about it.
There's a new number one now, and there'll probably be another one tonight. Jon blitzes the Top 25 while we wait to be anointed.
The votes are counted, and the best of SB Nation's college content has been elected. Join Jon in an analysis of trends and surprises.
Two unbeatens came oh-so-close to totally clearing up the BCS picture, but stunning conclusions reset the status quo. As always, Jon blitzes the top 25, dissects the polls, and projects the BCS situation.
All the news that's unfit to be printed from around the SB Nation College Network.
Florida excused themselves from the discussion yesterday, while Alabama's remaining challengers continued their respective arguments. Jon breaks it down, and examines this morning's poll data to see where we really stand.
Take a gander at the best of this week's content from the Mothership, then express your outrage. Or just chat about it.
Amid a stable day atop the BCS Standings, almost every fanbase is suffering from some form of delusion... or has had their illusions shattered.
Welcome to Wednesday. This week's smorgasbord of content from the mothership includes many of the usual suspects (but, as of this moment, no Numerical or Eliminator). There's a couple of the usual...
Still in shock, Jon recaps the insanity in Shreveport on Saturday night, then breaks down the BCS rankings.
South Carolina and West Virginia? Kicked off the wagon. Notre Dame? Exposed somewhat. Jon recaps the top 25, and also recounts the most ridiculous day in FCS history.
It was a moderately ugly Thursday night, as has become the custom. While everyone else was watching our nation's most silly form of Reality TV, Jon watched football. Pity him.
Another Thursday, another rambling bumpy ride through the world of Things What Isn't Footbaw.
Our Monday peek at key weekend games focuses on three games rather than the usual two, as Jon examines the three top-five upsets.