Category: Sports

Who to pick this year in your college football pool? No fear – here’s your guide to who will win this year in the college football bowls. Some people think they know who will win. I don’t. But, I have a system to select which teams are more likely to

In short: Yes. The NCAA sanctions the bowls, so if they approval a bowl game, that game is going to happen whether or not there are enough teams with a winning record to fill the slot. This year, UCLA is going to the renown Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl with a 6-7 record.

Andrew Luck may be this year’s Heisman Trophy winner. This would be quite the feat for a West Coast athlete from a school other than USC. In the last 40 years, there have only been 4 Heisman Trophy winners from players in the Pacific Time Zone (All from USC, Reggie

As I watched the Game of the Century last week and saw LSU beat Alabama, I asked myself, why was Alabama favored by 4.5 when conventional wisdom states that home field advantage is worth only 3 points, and Alabama was facing the #1 team in the country? They should not

College Football season is upon us. It’s about time! I wondered, who has the toughest schedule going into the season, and what conference has lined up the toughest opponents? A tough out-of-conference schedule can mean boom or bust for college football teams. With only a 12 -game season, it’s tough

I remember starting pitchers getting 2-3 innings each in the All Star game. Not anymore. AL starter Jered Weaver got 1 inning in last night’s All Star game. Not that it’s bad that more players get into the game now, but the starting pitcher, the best pitcher from each league,

In the comments of the MLB close wins post, Justin Morgan proposed doing similar analysis for NCAA football. How do close wins in college football impact final standings? Do the national champions just get lucky and eek out close wins? Do certain coaches/programs have better luck over time in close

Last year I lamented the Seattle Mariners and their tough luck losses in 1-run games. Last week’s 3 losses in a row to the Nationals in 1-run fashion reminded me to check in on who’s benefiting from a small sample size of close victories. You would expect teams to play

First, the overwhelming feeling I have when reading Greatland is jealously. How I would love to write about pop culture and sports for 1,000 words or more per day and 1) get paid and 2) have people love it and beg me for more. But the second feeling I have