Tag: USC Trojans
Big Ten, SEC stalemate headlines College Football Playoff meetings with strength-of-schedule metrics in focus
Whether tweaks to the College Football Playoff selection process will be enough to stave off a switch to an automatic qualifier-heavy model will be at the heart of discussions this week in Asheville, North Carolina, when 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director meet. The meetings, which begin Tuesday and run until Wednesday afternoon,…
LSU ‘circled’ season opener against Clemson with Brian Kelly in search of first Week 1 victory
Brian Kelly is 0-3 in season openers thus far in his LSU tenure. While other programs across college football largely began their campaigns with matchups against Group of Five opponents or FCS squads, the Tigers embarked on the last three seasons with daunting battles against Florida State (twice) and USC. It does not get easier…
Boomer or bust: Firmly on the hot seat, Oklahoma’s Brent Venables pushing all his chips in for 2025 season
Oklahoma’s famous Sooner Schooner has weathered a few bumps in the road in the past, but after suffering through two losing seasons in three years for the first time this century, Brent Venables knew he had to pull the reins. Oklahoma’s head coach began re-evaluating his plans in October, amid a dreadful start to his…
College football’s 25 most dynamic players of the past 25 years: Reggie Bush, Cam Newton lead memorable group
Settle in for a minute or two and try to recall the most memorable plays over the course of your college football fandom. Sure, many of these are likely team-specific, but a betting man would place odds on several highlights seared in your brain coming from a few of the greatest dynamos of all-time whose…