OFI: Welcome (Back) To the Machine
At Football Outsiders, the final wrap-up of the season marvels at Alabama's machine-like success, along with a final top 25 and the Lowsman Trophy Watch.
At Football Outsiders, the final wrap-up of the season marvels at Alabama's machine-like success, along with a final top 25 and the Lowsman Trophy Watch.
The Buckeyes' 2012 season will go down as an opportunity missed, and one of the greatest in Ohio State history
The day's most pivotal players, personalities, match-ups and schemes
New year. Better teams. Higher stakes. Same brutal slugfest.Coming Soon
At Football Outsiders: Every piece of evidence logically points to a Notre Dame victory over USC, but since when does logic matter in the BCS? Plus analysis, advanced stats and picks for the weekend's biggest games.
Miami braces for the hammer, ESPN plants its flag on the playoffs and the BCS picture hinges on USC's new starting quarterback, all in today's roundup. (Goo goo kachoo.)
Did anyone in the Big Ten office sit down and calculate the effects of increased travel times, or how expanding membership to 14 teams would affect the frequency of century-old rivalry games like, say, Michigan-Minnesota for the Little Brown Jug? Do
Weekly notes from the undercard
At Football Outsiders, the weekly roundup is up, covering Notre Dame's improbable ascent to the top of the polls, plus weekly notes, a new top 25 and the Lowsman Trophy Watch.