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A BCS History Lesson: Should We Have Had a Playoff All Along?

The last few years have seen a majority of College Football fans jump on the playoff bandwagon, with most people convinced that the BCS is stupid, dumb, biased, or something similar...

Written by Ned Dutton about 11 months ago 1,107 reads 23 comments
Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week 13

It's Friday afternoon, and I write this week coming off one of my best weeks of predictions to date. I got seven out of 10 last week, but it seemed much closer than that...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 587 reads 12 comments
Rich Rodriguez Doesn't Have the Attitude to Beat Ohio State

A new chapter in the greatest rivalry in sports will begin this Saturday when Ohio State and Michigan take the field. For the first time since 1995, Lloyd Carr will not be coaching the Maize and Blue...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 2,080 reads 56 comments
Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week 12

It's been a couple weeks, but I am back and ready for more humiliation with my weekly list of predictions. The last time out I performed pretty miserably, but let me assure you, it was not embarrassment, ...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 3,130 reads 18 comments
Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Nine

Another Friday, another fresh slate of predictions for the upcoming slate of College Football games. Before I get to this week, however, let's take a look at how I did last week (while Tim Tebow was taking another Bye Week): Texas won...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 649 reads 14 comments
Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Eight

It's Friday, which means I have yet another chance to embarrass myself with 10 seemingly random and mostly unintelligent predictions for the weekend. I took last weekend off (sorry), but I'm back this week ready to go...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 566 reads 10 comments
Michigan is Saving Ohio State's Season

The 2008 season has not gone according to plan for the Ohio State Buckeyes; there's no way around it. Ohio State was supposed to be ridiculous this year; that's why all those seniors came back...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 476 reads 12 comments
Ohio State: Team Of The Millennium

[Note: The following is a transcript from a Press Conference that will be held January 12, 2009] Jim Tressel: "I'd just like to thank all of you for showing up for this—I know it was last ...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 302 reads 1 comments
Ohio State/Wisconsin: What We Learned

Ohio State played another game under the bright lights of (regional) national television last night, for once a game that lived up to preseason hype...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 520 reads 2 comments
Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Six

I'm writing this a little later than I usually do on Fridays, so I apologize—I am a college student, after all, and while I love writing these weekly predictions I do need to keep my priorities straight...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 349 reads 3 comments
Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Five

It's Friday, which means another round of weekend predictions by me. Also, it means last night was Thursday night—how about the season premiere of The Office? Oh, right—and USC lost, so I guess it was a pretty big night overall...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 295 reads 0 comments
JoePa Lets College Football World Know He's Not Dead Yet

Remember June? College Football was still a couple of months away, USC/Ohio State was still considered a pretty even matchup, Rich Rodriguez was undefeated at Michigan...it was such an innocent time...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 374 reads 4 comments
10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Four

Before I begin: For all 100 of you that read my (previously) weekly "Inside the Numbers" post, I apologize for not writing one this week...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 389 reads 1 comments
10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Three

It's Friday, which means another installment of my "10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend." After Week One, I had four total points. Not too shabby, but I thought I should crank it up a notch and make bolder predictions in Week Two...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 851 reads 10 comments
The Irrelevant Ohio State/USC Preview

It seems like all the major media outlets have caught on to the fact that there's a big game this weekend, and are all providing borderline excessive previews of this Week Three game (included are a few links for the non-believers/sub-rock citizens)...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 532 reads 8 comments
Inside The Numbers: Week Two Of College Football

Week Two of College Football is in the books, so here's a look at some numbers from the week that was... 0: The Big Ten did not have any teams lose in Week Two. 4: Oregon had four RBs who ran for over 50 yards against Utah State...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 277 reads 2 comments
10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Two

Before I get into this week's 10 things, let's take a look at how I did last week. Not all the Top 10 won. (-1) There is still no clear Heisman leader. (+1) College GameDay was really boring...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 778 reads 13 comments
Inside The Numbers: Week One Of College Football

Week One of the College Football season is in the books, and after scouring through box scores, here's a light-hearted statistical look at the week that was: -11: Rushing yards gained by Youngstown State against Ohio State...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 149 reads 0 comments
10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week One

Before I begin: Sorry for the delay between articles. After writing my third article for Bleacher Report, I went to Canada for a couple weeks without access to any technology, but now I am back...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 298 reads 1 comments
Why the Big Ten Can't Have a Conference Championship Game

How big of an advantage is it to finish your season later rather than earlier? Jim Delaney and the rest of the Big Ten asked this question this past offseason and decided it would be to their ...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 1,260 reads 49 comments
NCAA Football: Out of Conference Schedules, The Risk/Reward Game

One of the most popular debates among college football fans and pundits is the age-old question, "Which conference is best?" Instead of perpetually arguing this debate, however, we should realize teams are pretty much stuck in their conference...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 2,058 reads 35 comments
Why Ohio State's Most Important Game is Not USC

Here we are, one month from the opening kickoff of the 2008-'09 College Football season. The preseason magazines are being released, camps are about to open, and everybody has their own opinion about the upcoming year...

Written by Ned Dutton about about 1 year ago 1,716 reads 36 comments

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Ned Dutton Article Archive

A BCS History Lesson: Should We Have Had a Playoff All Along?

Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week 13

Rich Rodriguez Doesn't Have the Attitude to Beat Ohio State

Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week 12

Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Nine

Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Eight

Michigan is Saving Ohio State's Season

Ohio State: Team Of The Millennium

Ohio State/Wisconsin: What We Learned

Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Six

Ten Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Five

JoePa Lets College Football World Know He's Not Dead Yet

10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Four

10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Three

The Irrelevant Ohio State/USC Preview

Inside The Numbers: Week Two Of College Football

10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week Two

Inside The Numbers: Week One Of College Football

10 Things That Will Happen This Weekend: Week One

Why the Big Ten Can't Have a Conference Championship Game

NCAA Football: Out of Conference Schedules, The Risk/Reward Game

Why Ohio State's Most Important Game is Not USC

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