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FACTOR FIVE FIVE FACTOR PREVIEW: CAL AT USC
I'M SURE STEVE SARKISIAN WON'T TOTALLY EMBARRASS HIMSELF ON NATIONAL TVThe Factor Five Five Factor Preview is EDSBS's best, and only, Thursday preview. It measures each team based on five precise...
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THE CURIOUS INDEX, 11/14/2014
CAL REMAINS OUR FINEST NOT REAL GOOD FOOTBALL ENTERTAINMENTCAL IS THE GREATEST MEDIOCRE FOOTBALL TEAM OF OUR TIME Cal cannot help but live the same nightmare over and over again: down huge early after...
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BILL SNYDER'S LIVED THROUGH BIGGER DISASTERS
A LOSS TO TCU IS NOTHING Kansas State lost a 41-20 blowout to TCU last weekend, but don't weep for Bill Snyder. The Wildcats will bounce back, not only because they are a resilient football team, but...
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BLATANT HOMERISM: SOUTH CAROLINA
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR LUNCH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? The unique manner of loss this time was, as always, a new low. The falling behind was an old move; so was the comeback and the numerous fourth...
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College Football Playoff threat watch: We'll get to see either FSU or Bama lose
An instantaneous survey of the teams in the best position for the College Football Playoff at this moment, based on what happened this weekend and what's yet to happen going forward.1. Florida...
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Will Muschamp is gone
The Florida Gators declared the end of a four-year era. The primary emotion, maybe even for the outgoing coach himself, is relief.1. Getting a coach fired is taking your socks off after a long day. It...
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THE CURIOUS INDEX, 11/18/2014
THE NICEST EX IN THE WORLD SAYS IT WAS HIS FAULT THE NICEST BREAKUP EVER. Will Muschamp may have been a disappointment as a football spouse, but he's going to make a wonderful ex. (So far: there's...
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HATIN' ASS SPURRIER VISITS A BAD LAUNDROMAT
WASH THAT TROPHY WHEN YOU GET IT BACK, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S BEENSex and football are both games of two halves, and Steve Sarkisian doesn't believe in the female orgasm.Makes sense that the Bear...
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SHUTDOWN FULLCAST 2.12: AAAAAHHHH GAAAAAME CONTROL AH AH
WHAT IS IT, AND DOES ANYONE HAVE IT, AND WHY WASN'T THIS A MIXTAPE TITLE AT ONE POINT IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY? This week's Shutdown Fullcast includes the following critically important...
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THE CURIOUS INDEX, 11/20/2014
GO NOLES BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS. Thoughts and best wishes to anyone effected by the library shootings in Tallahassee.THE GEEK RENAISSANCE MAY BE OVER. Hinton writing about Stanford does make the...
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The College Football Playoff Risk board
With seven or so teams still in the running for college football's national championship, it's time to assess how the game's gone so far.No. 3 Florida StateBeset on all sides by threats, but still...
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FACTOR FIVE FIVE FACTOR PREVIEW: UNC AT DUKE
THE ONLY PREVIEW WHERE YOU GET A MEANINGLESS VOTEThe Factor Five Five Factor Preview is a statistically illiterate and arbitrarily weighed preview posted too late in the day to be of any real worth to...
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College Football Playoff threat watch: Don't forget about Mississippi State
An instantaneous survey of the teams in the best position for the Playoff at this moment.1. OregonThis is all a forecast, so let's get meteorological. Things look clear for Oregon through the next week...
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HAMLET: THE PAUL FINEBAUM ALTERNACAST
IF YOU'RE GONNA RUN THE IRON BOWL WITH LIVE CALLER COMMENTARY, WHY LIMIT IT TO FOOTBALL GAMES, SEC NETWORK? Seriously, if we're going to do this, we have to open up the possibilities SEC Network....
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Consider the villain, or 24 hours at Florida State
The Seminoles know their role. Do you?Florida State -- if you want to address them as a whole, collective personage -- knows. They know. They know you hate them, and their quarterback, and their fans,...
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SHUTDOWN FULLCAST 2.13: ALTON BROWN WILL NEVER BE OUR ROOMMATE
SERIOUSLY YOU DON'T NEED AN INFRARED THERMOMETER TO MAKE AN OMELET DAMMIT This week's surprise Shutdown Fullcast--the only thing ever delivered early in the history of this website--covers these...
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THE CURIOUS INDEX, 11/28/2014
OREGON NEEDS HELP BURNING STUFF OREGON'S A RURAL STATE. And you know this because where most state's rival coaches do anti-DUI ads, Oregon's coaches have to tell you to be careful when you're burning...
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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is full of sports
1. It has a soccer robot.If that's a Brazuca it'll never go anywhere in a straight line, but if it isn't an official Adidas ball it'll be vaporized by FIFA stormtroopers in a matter of seconds, anyway....
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College Football Playoff threat watch: Get your anger ready
An instantaneous survey of the teams in the best position for the Playoff at this moment.1. Oregon They might have only beaten Oregon State in a 47-19 thrashing, but consider just how dodgy every other...
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Nebraska is not insane for firing Bo Pelini
Consistently good but never great with Bo Pelini at the helm, Nebraska needed to get out of the rut.Nebraska isn't totally insane for firing Bo Pelini. Seven seasons of Pelini at the helm yielded no...
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