Category Archives: NCAA issues

For NCAA, True Reform Trumps TNT

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

I thought the USA Today piece about potential changes in – or abandoning of – the NCAA model that could be coming down the pike was excellent in a lot of ways, but the No. 1 reason is that it … Continue reading →

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Bigger Playoff Means Better Regular Season

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Let’s get this out of the way: In college football, the ideal of a truly meaningful regular season was lost 20 years ago. Let’s stop wasting our time worrying about it, OK? Nothing did more to hurt the regular season … Continue reading →

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Urban Meyer’s Evolving Playoff Position

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer’s name was all over Twitter yesterday after he publicly questioned the practicality of adding another game to the ledger for teams in the national championship hunt. As Spencer Hall pointed out, Meyer was for … Continue reading →

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The Last Night The Regular Season Mattered

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

College football 2011: The year the regular season died, taking with it the last remotely defendable aspect of the current system for selecting a national champion. The patient had been sick for quite a while, but not everyone noticed at … Continue reading →

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How Not To Pay Forward

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

An aspect of Ohio State’s final NCAA plight that cannot be overlooked is the simple and stupid fact of the matter that the Buckeyes can’t play for the 2012 Big Ten championship* because Jim Tressel and Gene Smith previously were … Continue reading →

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