College Football - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/college_football/?source=rss&aim=college_football en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST The year in sports: Believe the hype By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2008/12/30/year_in_sports/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2008/12/30/year_in_sports/index.html?source=rss 2008 was a series of did you see thats that are destined to become do you remembers. As goes Tennessee football, so goes the GOP By Andrew Leonard Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/14/lane_kiffin_and_sarah_palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/14/lane_kiffin_and_sarah_palin/index.html?source=rss Lane Kiffin, the new coach of the Volunteers, garners a Sarah Palin comparison. Get ready for a blowout loss The real national champion -- and it isn't Utah By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/06/utah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/06/utah/index.html?source=rss The undefeated Utes, ineligible for the title, are this year's poster team for a playoff system. But one school has an even better claim. Was this the greatest football game ever? By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/19/harvard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/19/harvard/index.html?source=rss OK, maybe not. But "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" still spins an improbable, Fitzgerald-meets-Updike yarn about two elite schools, a turbulent year and an unbelievable ending. The year in sports By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2007/12/30/year_in_sports/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2007/12/30/year_in_sports/index.html?source=rss There were some great moments in 2007, but it was a year of death and a steady rain of scandal. Don't rile the Gators, Nancy Pelosi! By Andrew Leonard Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/07/gators_and_nancy_pelosi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/07/gators_and_nancy_pelosi/index.html?source=rss A Florida Republican asks the speaker to postpone some congressional votes so he can go to the college football championship game. Outdoor hockey, MLB Network, NFL predictions By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/02/playoff_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/02/playoff_preview/index.html?source=rss A great day for sports on TV -- even without college football -- gives way to a couple more as the playoffs get under way. The crazy bowl system, explained By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2008/12/23/bowls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2008/12/23/bowls/index.html?source=rss Yahoo's Dan Wetzel on why college football outsources its best product to old dudes in colored blazers. A quick look at the A-11 offense By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/24/a_11/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/24/a_11/index.html?source=rss Piedmont High doesn't get much of a chance to run its famous scheme in a first-round playoff loss. NFL Week 12: Big-game picks By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/21/nfl_week_12/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/21/nfl_week_12/index.html?source=rss It's rivalry week on campus, but as great as Auburn-Alabama might be, how can it compete with Texans-Browns? Wait, let us rephrase that ... The coach in waiting By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/19/coach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/19/coach/index.html?source=rss Texas makes defensive coordinator Will Muschamp the Lone Star State's Prince Charles. BCS goes to "pay TV" By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/18/bcs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/11/18/bcs/index.html?source=rss Long-feared apocalypse for sports fans, a major championship on cable, is just a routine business deal. The hot A-11 offense's female cousin By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/09/spread_offense/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/09/spread_offense/index.html?source=rss Piedmont High's all-eligible scheme is the talk of football, but a coach in a women's pro league says he's been running it for three years. Watching like it's 1985 By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/11/usc_ohio_state/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/11/usc_ohio_state/index.html?source=rss ESPN Classic is rolling out old USC-Ohio State games, and it's great to see the -- hey, where's the damn score bug?! Letters: Celebration penalties Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/10/celebration_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/10/celebration_letters/index.html?source=rss The readers write -- and seem unable to find a middle ground between boorish taunting and stoic restraint. "Celebration" crackdown hurts college football By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/10/penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/10/penalty/index.html?source=rss The NCAA's ham-fisted enforcement is a threat to the best thing about the game: the intense, celebratory atmosphere. East Carolina: Schedule whoopser By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/08/whoops/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/08/whoops/index.html?source=rss The Pirates looked like an annual easy win when the likes of Virginia Tech and West Virginia signed on for long series in '05. Whoops. The squibs return to Capistrano By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/02/football/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/02/football/index.html?source=rss The first sighting of a dumb but supposedly safe strategy by a football coach means autumn is in the air. NCAA academic penalties flunk sniff test By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/05/08/ncaa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/05/08/ncaa/index.html?source=rss The big sports money's in the big conferences and the big classroom underachievers aren't? King Kaufman's Sports Daily By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/10/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/10/thursday/index.html?source=rss Georgia president has great idea after BCS title game snub: Let's have a tournament! Plus: Pete Carroll to Atlanta? King Kaufman's Sports Daily By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/08/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/08/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Roger Clemens makes public a strange phone conversation with his accuser. Plus: LSU beats Ohio State for BCS title. King Kaufman's Sports Daily By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/18/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/18/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Where's the former trainer who says he was interviewed four times and blamed management, not players, for the steroid mess? Plus: Clemens, bowl-game grad rates. Labor war on drugs By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/13/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/13/thursday/index.html?source=rss Whatever the Mitchell Report was supposed to do, it's caused baseball and the players union to renew hostilities. Plus: NFL. King Kaufman's Sports Daily By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/05/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/05/wednesday/index.html?source=rss S.I. Sportsman of the Year: Brett Favre. No, really. It's Brett Favre. King Kaufman's Sports Daily By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/03/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/03/monday/index.html?source=rss Ohio State vs. LSU: The BCS's answer to a wild, unpredictable year is a couple of usual suspects. Sorry, Hawaii.