The BCS Wants To Social Network With You
In the past two weeks, the Bowl Championship Series has made a string of moves that are about as strange as that time your weird uncle Harold signed up for a MySpace account.
LeGarrette Blount’s Future Is Fuzzy, Ask Again Later
Labor Day seemed as good of a day as any to clean out the Sidelines attic of all the rubbish that no longer had any real use for us in the office, foolishly concluding that our future-gazing crystal ball was one of such items. There are no surprises left in sports, right? Of course Tila Tequila risked getting choked out by a San Diego Charger. Of course Venus Williams was going to get busted out in the third round by a player who’s been breastfeeding for two years. And of course an Oregon Duck was gonna do some punching to start the college football season.
I mean, who couldn’t see those things coming?
In the case of Oregon’s pluckiest Duck, LeGarrette Blount, there are enough unknowns left in that kid’s future to make keeping the ol’ crystal ball around a while longer seem like a decent idea.
Act Now, Before The SEC Smashes Your Computer
Now that the Southeastern Conference has established its dominance over the rest of college football, it’s now turning its attention toward smothering the internet with a pillow.
The SEC’s television deal with ESPN made national headlines a year ago. But as the SEC on ESPN debuts this fall, the conference’s policies on new media are starting a brush fire across the Internet.
The SportScape College Football Odyssey
In college football, 90 percent of the games you attend are your team’s home games. And if you’re lucky, you go to the bowl game and maybe an away game too. But sometimes you need to dig out of a single-team rut. We’ve found a way.
Tebow Vs. Mothra: Go!
Tim Tebow has mastered college football. And he’ll master the NFL soon enough. But until then, we think he should take on some higher challenges. Here are three things we’d like to see Tebow face off against before he wins his third national title this upcoming 2009 college football season.
