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...
BYU v. #22 Utah
Sam Boyd Stadium -- Las Vegas, NV
December 19, 2015 -- 3:30 pm Eastern (ABC)
Why You Should Watch
Did you already watch the New Mexico Bowl? It seems like you might as well keep the momentum going, especially since this will be the first bowl game of the season featuring a CFP Top...
I missed out on much of the Madness that transpired in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, sequestered from the world of sports by school finals and my sister's wedding. Blissful ignorance, though, makes this set of Sweet 16 contests no less compelling.
Five ACC schools made it to the second weekend of the tourney. The Pac-12...
#22 Utah v. Colorado State
Sam Boyd Stadium -- Las Vegas, NV
December 20, 2014 -- 3:30 pm Eastern (ABC)
Why You Should Watch
This is the first bowl game for a Power Five team, and it affords an interesting matchup to flip to opposite the New Mexico Bowl. This pairing used to be an...
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...
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...
Nowadays the NCAA relies on a series of computer polls along with two human polls to determine the ranking of teams and where they are going to be placed for a bowl game. The problem with that? There are eight teams in the top 25 that have two losses, and three of them are 15th or higher, bet you can guess what conference they...
Last week turned out rough for the crew, with nobody finishing with a winning record. As it was, the chaos that swept through college football also wreaked havoc on our records picking against the spread.
After the improvement of last week, we all feel back to Earth once again. When it all balanced out, here's how each of us fared...
Most of our picks last week converged, meaning we would either sink or swim by the results of the Saturday games. Luckily for all of us, most of those choices came through, highlighted by Missouri's upset of Georgia. Ultimately, though, Matt pulled even with me in the overall standings after I laid the points with Texas A&M and...
It was a rough third week for a couple of the Tailgater crew, as both Matt and John finished below .500 with their picks from the weekend. As final scores trickled in and spreads went uncovered, the carnage on last week's picks was unfathomable.
The third week results brought separation back to standings that had tightened up after...
