Kiffin Lied; but USA Today is the One Without Integrity
by Travis Normand Do you remember when the AP’s college football poll was part of the BCS formula? Do you remember why the AP decided to remove its poll from the BCS? It was essentially because the...
View Article2012 AP Top 25 Preseason Poll Released
by Travis Normand The AP poll has always been one of my favorites, so you can understand my excitement when the AP released it’s 2012 preseason top 25 poll yesterday. USC: (25) 0-0, 1445 pts. Alabama:...
View ArticleUSC TOPS FWAA’S PRESEASON GRANTLAND RICE SUPER 16 POLL
27 August 2012 Press Release FWAA Trojans garner 9 of 16 first-place votes DALLAS (FWAA) – If the 2012 Grantland Rice Super 16 Preseason Poll is correct, the Southeastern Conference will finish out of...
View ArticleThe Trojans of USC are NOT who you (the AP voters) thought they were!
by Travis Normand In case you missed it, Stanford defeated USC 21-14 on Saturday evening 15 September 2012, marking the fourth straight win for the Cardinal over the Trojans (and the fifth win in the...
View ArticleFirst BCS Standings of 2012 Released
by Travis Normand If you are like me then you love this time of year. I realize that I am one of the very few people who actually like the BCS system but that doesn’t keep me from posting about …...
View ArticleBCS Standings – Week 2 [Oct. 21, 2012]
by Travis Normand Click HERE to see the BCS standings as of October 21, 2012. This is the second BCS ranking of the 2012 season. A few of my observations from this week’s BCS rankings: Alabama remains...
View ArticleTexas Aggies are the early preseason No. 1
by Travis Normand You read the headline correctly, the Texas Aggies are considered the No. 1 overall team — in a very early preseason poll — for the 2013 season. While I personally couldn’t be more...
View ArticleAndy Staples ranks Aggies number two
by Travis Normand Last week I posted about Dennis Dodd ranking the Aggies number one in his very early 2013 pre-season poll. As it turns out, Dodd is not the only one with high-praise for Texas...
View ArticleUnderstanding the CFB Playoff
by Travis Normand A couple of weeks ago, select members of the media participated in a mock college football playoff selection meeting. Andy Staples’ wrote about the event and how the selection...
View ArticleCFB Playoff Rankings: The First Week
by Travis Normand Yesterday, (28 Oct. 2014), the college football playoff committee released its first rankings for the 2014 season. You can see the rankings in PDF format HERE, or on their website...
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