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Behind The Scenes: How BCS Rankings are Chosen

Behind The Scenes: How BCS Rankings are Chosen

 Ever wonder how the BCS rankings are chosen? Numbers, difficulty of schedule... it rarely ever seems to make sense. 

 

Well, the guys over at Global Sports Fraternity seem to have some ideas about how this years "BCS champion" was chosen. With all the debate over what happened, and the fact that USC was a) not higher and b) stuck playing a team...

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Buzzkillers: How to Kill the College Football National Championships BCS Fever

Buzzkillers: How to Kill the College Football National Championships BCS Fever

Buzzkillers is a new CollegeOTR feature on the silly things that will kill a buzz faster than you can say, genocide.

 

It’s going to be huge tonight. HUGE. The national college football championship between the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners promises to be a fantastic battle between two schools that breathe football like air. And a fant...

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Spike TV Producing a College Football Comedy Series

Spike TV Producing a College Football Comedy Series

In a thinly veiled attempt to appeal to the college demographic, Spike TV is producing a football-themed comedy series based on the wonders of NCAA football.

 

The show, entitled “Blue Mountain State,” follows three freshmen attending a college by the same name in the Midwest who must “quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, cl...

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Congress Calls for College Football Playoffs

Congress Calls for College Football Playoffs

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has introduced a bill to Congress that, if passed into law, would eliminate the BCS and replace it with playoffs for college football.  You know the BCS really sucks when  the United States government is ready to intervene.

 

The bill does not specify what type of playoff would be put in place, but it "will prohibit the...

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Top 10 Reasons For Cal to beat Stanford

Top 10 Reasons For Cal to beat Stanford

The 111th Big Game between Cal and Stanford is on Saturday, and everyone at Berkeley is gearing up for it. With festivities going on around campus all week, including the annual bonfire on Friday night, Cal Bears are ready to bring back the axe. Here are the top ten reasons for Cal to beat Stanford:

 

10. Still no Stanfordium.

9. I don't bleed r...

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Oregon State 3 Games Away From Rose Bowl, Plays Cal This Weekend

Oregon State 3 Games Away From Rose Bowl, Plays Cal This Weekend

Oregon State may have its first Rose Bowl bid in over thirty years. Though still three games away, it’s the closest the Oregon State Beavers have come in a long while.


The International Herald Tribune reports:

Oregon State is three victories away from securing its first Rose Bowl bid since 1965 — and the Beavers really don't want to talk about...

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Pete Carroll Says USC Still Has a Shot in the BCS

Pete Carroll Says USC Still Has a Shot in the BCS

USC fans, have heart. The Trojans still have a fighting shot in the BCS says USC football coach Pete Carroll. The team is currently ranked sixth, but it’s not over till the fat lady sings the last football has been slung.


The Daily Breeze reports:

For a guy who says he never cares about the BCS rankings, USC coach Pete Carroll was quick to poi...

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UF Football Star Jacques Rickerson Arrested for Assaulting Girlfriend, Kicked Off Gators

UF Football Star Jacques Rickerson Arrested for Assaulting Girlfriend, Kicked Off Gators

Jacques Rickerson had a bright future as a UF football player until dashing his chances with the team by getting arrested for slapping, choking, and suffocating his girlfriend. The second-year student had played eight games so far this season, with ten tackles and one interception.


According to the International Herald Tribune:

Florida cornerb...

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Tyrone Willingham to Step Down as University of Washington Football Coach, Huskies on Losing Streak

Tyrone Willingham to Step Down as University of Washington Football Coach, Huskies on Losing Streak

Less than a week after Lute Olson announced his retirement from the University of Arizona basketball team, University of Washington football coach Tyrone Willingham has announced that he will step down at the end of the season. While the Huskies were hardly kicking ass previously, Willingham hasn’t exactly turned the team around either, losing t...

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This Week in College Football

This Week in College Football

This week in college football headlines from Bleacher Report.

 

Some seem to think that Oklahoma is overrated at No. 4 in the nation. However, one fan is arguing the opposite, and maintains they should in fact be No. 2. What is he smoking?

 

What’s it going to take for Tennessee to upset Alabama this weekend as the Crimson Tide face off against ...

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