The Southeastern Conference can seemingly do no wrong, raking in more money than any other league and continuing to hold onto the trust of the majority of the college football world. After two years of falling short, the SEC is once again sitting at the pinnacle of the game after Alabama prevailed against Clemson in last January's...
The pinnacle of success for any football team is to win a national championship. But, for the 667 football teams that participate at the NCAA levels of the sport, there are just four national championships to go around.
For the rest of the hundreds of schools that don't go on to claim the ultimate prize in their...
#16 Missouri v. #25 Minnesota
Florida Citrus Bowl -- Orlando, FL
January 1, 2015 -- 1:00 pm Eastern (ABC)
Why You Should Watch
This is the second of three New Year's showdowns between the Big Ten and the SEC, so you can watch this game simultaneously with the Outback Bowl to warm up for...
In 1997, the last season before the BCS was inaugurated, the SEC was the losing finalist in the nominal national championship game as Tennessee suffered a blowout against Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. The following year, the Volunteers finished business with a victory over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl, starting a trend where the...
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...
On Friday, two of the five NBA coaching vacancies had been filled. One was an in-house hiring and the other was a former assistant coach on another team, but both coaches were unexpected.
Minnesota Timberwolves president Flip Saunders decided to coach the team himself and he made it official Friday at a press conference. This was...
I want to say that the tides of tolerance are coming to the shore of sports and helping to foster greater understanding within our greater society. I want to say that women like Brittney Griner and men like Robbie Rogers are genuinely making a difference when they openly and unashamedly live their lives freely to be...
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...
