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...
Miami v. Washington State
Sun Bowl Stadium -- El Paso, TX
December 26, 2015 -- 2:00 pm Eastern (CBS)
Why You Should Watch
Amazingly, this is the first ever time that these two schools will play in what we might consider calling the Dennis Erickson Bowl. After all, it was over two decades ago now...
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...
We were blessed with some tight games, some close finishes, and a couple of near-upsets last weekend. Of course, last-second heroics like Ohio State's miraculous back-door cover did nothing to help this particular trio of Tailgaters, but taken all together last Saturday offered tons of excitement.
This week, all three of us...
The first weekend of college football turned out to be a weekend of upsets and blowouts, with one top-10 and one top-20 showdown sprinkled in among an otherwise lopsided weekend of games.
That, however, doesn't mean that we here at The Tailgater are completely clairvoyant. Picking against the spread, as any sports fan knows, is as...
Hey now, everyone... football is finally upon us! We had our first taste of action last night across the country, a healthy slate of games that provided plenty of action, and now it's time to dive into the heart of the schedule.
This week I'm here with Matt Strobl and John Mitchell to offer our predictions for the champions of each...
