For the second half of the BCS's existence, no conference put more pressure on the entrenched system of power-conference hegemony than the Mountain West. With teams like Utah, TCU, and Boise State all staking their claim for national recognition, the league forced a new discussion around the place of these mid-major schools in the upper...
Fresno State v. Rice
Aloha Stadium -- Honolulu, HI
December 24, 2014 -- 8:00 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
This game features two conference champions... from last year. And with the Pro Bowl skipping out of Honolulu for the 2015 edition, this is probably the only...
Less than a month from now, we will begin to have hard data on how the impending College Football Playoff era will impact mid-major teams at the FBS level. How will teams from outside the power-broker conferences be perceived by a revamped version of a system that for so long sought to reduce their access to the lucrative paydays of...
Measurables
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 214 lbs
Hand Size: 9 1/8”
Class: Senior
School: Fresno State
40 Time: 4.69
Bench: N/A (Pro Day)
Vertical Jump: 34.5”
Long Jump: 110”
College Stats
Passing
Rushing
Analysis and Grades
Size: A-, He falls into the average 6’2”/6’3” height for...
At first it seemed as though there wasn't going to be a BCS Buster in this final season before the College Football Playoff commences in the 2014-15 season. Fresno State fell to San Jose State the day after Thanksgiving, leaving NIU in position to repeat after last season's Orange Bowl berth. Then the Huskies bombed out against Bowling...
First, excuse the tardiness. It took a week to reconcile myself to the reality that nobody would bust the BCS in its final season. While it is not the storybook ending that would cap the history of this era succinctly, it might just be the ending we needed to make us realize what this era really taught.
For the sixteen years of BCS...
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...
A week ago, we were wondering whether Northern Illinois' leap ahead of Fresno State in the BCS standings was justified. On Black Friday, San Jose State rendered that discussion moot as they went punch for punch with the Bulldogs and ended up ruining their new league's chances of landing one final BCS berth. Both defenses looked lethargic...
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...
