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Around the Scorn: Who is Max Wittek?
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.)
Hail to the Eyeballs
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
Mid-Major Monday: Price at Close
Weekly notes from the undercard
One Foot Inbounds: The Virtue of Survival
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.
BCS Realpolitik: Blood On the Tracks
Each Sunday night we examine what the new BCS numbers mean for the rest of the season. Rooting interest: Chaos. Always chaos.
Stanford 17, Oregon 14: Don't Call It a Comeback
Cardinal add another feather to their post-Luck cap in the name of BCS chaos
UCLA 38, USC 28: Monopoly Money
Bruins claim Los Angeles and the Pac-12 South with a 180-degree turn that makes sense only in context of the men on the sidelines
Michigan 42 Iowa 17: Ferentz at the Gates of Stale
No one has ever expected fireworks from Iowa, but even in the Ferentz era there's never been such a glaring lack of viable talent
Game Day Keys: Saturday's Most Essential Players
On the day's most pivotal players, personalities, match-ups and schemes
7th Day Adventure: Stanford's Last Stand
At Football Outsiders, the weekly preview column is up, featuring Stanford's dominant front seven as the most significant hurdle between Oregon and a perfect season, along with analysis, advanced stats and picks for the weekend's biggest games.
Farewell Tours: Jeff Tedford, On His Way Out
Barring a miracle at Oregon State, or cold feet over Tedford's massive buyout , the next facelift at Cal will begin in earnest with the head coach
Bill Hancock, Ladies and Gentlemen
College football's quintessential company man lands on his feet
Around the Scorn: The Last Days of Denard
Michigan sends off the face of the program, Oregon counts the walking wounded and UCLA students display a healthy attitude toward their cross-town rivals, all in today's roundup
Top 25: Paper Irish
Sorting out Notre Dame's place in the championship pecking order and (still) trying to reconcile the Florida/Georgia thing in this week's rankings
One Foot Inbounds: The King is Dead?
Texas A&M may have singlehandedly stopped the march of SEC hegemony, plus a new top 25 and the Lowsman Trophy Watch
Around the Scorn: The Other Side of Mike Leach
The pirate captain comes under familiar fire, Bo Pelini gets a taste of his own fiery medicine and Derek Dooley is not fired yet, all in today's roundup
BCS Realpolitik: Everyone's Number Two
Examining what the new BCS numbers mean for the rest of the season. Rooting interest: Chaos. Always chaos.
Reaction Time: Stanford Makes Its Stand
Reflections on Saturday's games, from Sunday
Texas A&M 29, Alabama 24: Manziel over machine
A freshman quarterback conquers the irresistible force and turns all standing BCS assumptions upside down
Reaction Time: The Dooley Dagger?
Darkening skies in Knoxville, and more thoughts on Saturday's noon slate.
Game Day Keys: Week 11's Most Essential Players
Saturday's most pivotal players, personalities, match-ups and schemes
7th Day Adventure: Survival of the Fittest
The rites of November chaos, plus analysis, advanced stats and picks on the week's top games
Around the Scorn: Gene Chizik's final countdown
Auburn prepares the scaffolding, Virginia Tech lets another one slip away and Chip Kelly looks for the next challenge, all in today's roundup.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a Duck
Quantifying the Oregon knockout.