It’s time for the NFL playoffs, which means it’s time for the worst rule in the NFL to rear its ugly head again. No, not the ridiculous rule of an unrecovered fumble out of the opposing end zone being a touchback — although we’ll probably see that too during the playoffs. This refers to the NFL’s ridiculous insistence on giving division winners automatic home games.
James Franklin’s coaching in a different era, and one where sportsmanship has to take a different definition. Here’s why I agree with Franklin and why if anyone deserves criticism, it’s Maryland coach Mike Locksley.
At most schools, Ryan Day would be set up for an extension, not a pink slip.
But Ohio State is not most schools.
Mack Brown did not deserve to be pushed out as the UNC coach with a firing announced the week of the game with North Carolina State. He also didn’t deserve to be immediately ousted as the Tar Heels’ coach.
We’ve now reached championship week in college football, and that means it’s time to take a look at who’s going to make it to the College Football Playoff.
This is why you don’t eliminate divisions. Or if you do, you make sure the schedules are at least somewhat uniform.
The Big 12 still has half the conference alive for its two spots in the conference title game in Arlington, and you might need to be a math major to understand who might make it and what needs to happen. Or, you need to be someone like me who has way too much time on his hands.
The Minutemen almost seem set up to fail, and what’s worse, they’re set up to fail in a way that makes zero sense. It would be one thing if UMass was sending its football team out to get its brains beaten in every week for the good of its other sports, but it harms them.
It’s been a bad time to be a fan of football in and around New York. Over the past few seasons, the least embarrassing team to play in New Jersey has actually been Rutgers.
Take a look at the top 10 teams in the College Football Playoff, and you’ll see some familiar names in the mix. However, there’s a few more that are far less associated with being a blue blood.
Indiana at No. 5 overall. SMU with an inside track at a top-four seed. BYU still undefeated and in the top 10.