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Winners and Losers from Week 3 of College Football
Here are my five winners and losers from week 3 of the season. (Other than me, who is off to a blazing 15-3 start!)
Winners
1 – Dabo Swinney
Listen, most people knew Auburn was not a great team after week one, but this does not diminish how big this win was for Clemson at home. [...]
All-SEC Voters and Heisman “Idiot” Pundits Take Notice
This is to all the “experts” that vote on various awards, including the self-proclaimed, self-serving yahoos at ESPN. Maybe when you are doing a weekly Heisman watch, you can actually pay attention to what is going on during the games. Are you seriously telling me that there are 13 players who have had [...]
5 Things We Will Learn in Week 3 of CFB
As a weekly feature, I am going to give you five things that you will learn from week to week about certain teams, players, and/or coaches. Are there more than 5 things we will learn? Sure, but I don’t have the time to do 50.
1 – Will Bryan Kelly feel the heat for [...]
Winners and Losers from College Football Week Two
Week Two of College Football provided several teams with opportunities to show how much they have improved. Here are my five winners and five losers from week two:
WINNERS
1 – Coach Derek Dooley and the Tennessee Volunteers
Cincy was by far the popular pick for upset of the week, and the reverse line movement scared me. [...]
The “Reverse-Line Movement” as it Relates to the Public
We all know that Vegas doesn’t have fancy hotels and sportsbooks because they lose money. They feast on the urges of degenerate gamblers. Don’t ask me what goes into setting a line for a college football game, because I don’t know. One thing I do know is that as the season progresses, [...]
Week Two Analysis and Plays – Easy Boys
OK, we got off to a great start in week one of college football going 6-2(75%). Remember, the goal is to hit in the 57-59% range. Things begin to change, the lines get tighter, and the public gets crazy. I will address all that in another post, so let’s get on to [...]
Breaking Down the 2011 Tennessee Vols – Can Derek Dooley’s Impact Happen Already?
It’s almost football time in Tennessee, and that means year two of the Derek Dooley era on Rocky Top. Before I get into where I see this team going potentially, breaking down some of the early season spreads, and the over/under on total of wins; I just want to say after all Tennessee fans [...]
Coaches, Media, and the Art of Making a Few Extra Shekels
Tennessee’s coaching staff allowed some members of the media to attend Saturday’s scrimmage if they paid $50 to attend a coaches clinic put on by the Volunteer coaching staff. The rest of the media was not allowed to attend and only a couple of major outlets were even informed of the option.
Haven’t gotten official word [...]
Dooley Press Conference Recap
Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton led the press conference talking about how Tennessee’s new coach has a great recruiting background and has a very famous dad. Sound familiar?
There is a big difference. Lane Kiffin was a guy coming from the NFL that had no head coaching experience at the college level. Derek Dooley talked about how [...]
Chuck Smith Likes the Dooley Hire
Former Vol Chuck Smith just told me that he thinks Dooley is a good fit at Tennessee and he likes Dooley. Smith was a high school teammate of Dooley’s at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga. Smith is a very passionate former Vol that always tells it like it is. Smith is a good [...]