And so we come to the portion of the Power Five previews where we cover the conference that was looking in from the outside at the College Football Playoff last year. In 2015, three-quarters of the teams ended the year with winning records, but none ended them with fewer than two losses after conference champion Stanford fell at...
West Virginia v. Arizona State
Chase Field -- Phoenix, AZ
January 2, 2016 -- 10:15 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
Once the final whistle rings out in Phoenix, only one more game will remain in this year's college football season. With Sun Devil Stadium undergoing renovations, the Cactus Bowl...
#15 Arizona State v. Duke
Sun Bowl Stadium -- El Paso, TX
December 27, 2014 -- 2:00 pm Eastern (CBS)
Why You Should Watch
What's the oldest bowl game in football-mad Texas? If you said the Cotton Bowl, you were off by three years and 600 miles. Only one bowl game has a longer history...
Everyone needs to throw out their two cents, don't they? Everyone offers a Top 25 ranking these days. The thing about these projections, though, is that they are always an amalgamation of a popularity contest and pure guesswork. Though neither will be relevant in the College Football Playoff picture, the AP and coaches...
Since bringing in Utah and Colorado in 2011, forming a couple of six-team divisions, and holding a championship game at the home site of the team with the better record, the Pac-12 has seen power shift completely toward the teams in the North. Essentially the conference has become a two-horse race, with the winner of the...
If you are a big baseball fan or even just a causal baseball fan you probably watch MLB Network (MLBN) from time to time, if not like me, multiple times per day. If you have watched MLBN in the last month, then you are probably wondering, "Who is that player with the glasses?" I don't blame you; he is on the Oakland Athletics who,...
The BCS showdowns are set, the rest of the bowl games have fallen into place, and it is time for the Tailgater crew to set down their final ballots of the 2013 regular season. The final weekend offered one last chance for teams to boost their profiles or to tumble from their perches. And as the BCS era came to a close with the final...
And we're on to the final weekend of the BCS, folks. Chaos reigned supreme once again over Thanksgiving weekend, as the top team in the land fell and the pecking order completely reshuffled in the polls.
That chaos, once again, didn't help our standings one bit. We certainly did better than last weekend... but if you're using these...
Thanksgiving weekend offered a whirlwind of chaos, none more chaotic than the final minute of the Iron Bowl. With Auburn's last-second defeat of Alabama, there is a new number one atop the Tailgater Top 25... and there are now two clear contenders for the last championship game in BCS history.
Florida State and Ohio State...
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We're into the penultimate week of the 2013 college football regular season, and the stakes are high as rivals square off and conferences determine their championship contenders.
Not that you necessarily want to trust our judgment. We're limping to the finish line, with the three of us posting a combined...
