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Something Smells Rank: How the Media Is Leading College Football Fans Astray

There is a reason that NFL teams have preseason games. There is a reason why many of the top college football programs choose to play cupcakes for the first few games of the season...

Written by James Colt about 2 months ago 204 reads 6 comments
College Football's Week One Upsets and Locks

With the first weekend of the 2009 college football season staring us down, I'm going to try and provide everyone with some upsets to look for, and some games that look like they may be close but I view as locks...

Written by James Colt about 3 months ago 369 reads 4 comments
Texas Longhorns: Parallel Seasons, Parallel Championships?

History is said by some to be cyclical. Hopefully, for the 2009 edition of the Texas Longhorns, it is. If you look back on the events around not just college football, but all of college sports, ...

Written by James Colt about 3 months ago 256 reads 17 comments
2008 Should Serve As a Blueprint for 2009 Longhorns

The exploits of the flawed 2008 college football season are quite well known by college football fans by now. However, like the saying goes, "if we don't learn from our history, then we are doomed to repeat it...

Written by James Colt about 4 months ago 218 reads 2 comments
Folks Aren't Just Whistlin' Dixie in Declaring the SEC's BCS Dominance

Sometimes when I'm just sitting around with nothing to do, some random thoughts run through my head. Today, I began to wonder if USC could have beat LSU in the 2004 Sugar Bowl if they would have played the way many of us expected them to play...

Written by James Colt about 4 months ago 1,048 reads 130 comments
Gator Blog Posts Ridiculously Biased Poll

Thanks to Big 12 blogger Tim Griffin, I came across a Florida Gators blog which is debating what college football team has been the greatest team of the decade, and the author really emphasizes the phrase so far...

Written by James Colt about 5 months ago 586 reads 22 comments
College Football's Summer Top 25: Head Coaches

This time of year always has people putting out their top 25 lists of teams heading into the season. I put one out myself shortly after the regular season ended...

Written by James Colt about 6 months ago 3,665 reads 33 comments
Michigan Wolverines Futility Leaves Door Open for Texas Longhorns

The Michigan Wolverines, as most people know, are the winningest division I college football team of all-time. Not only do they lead the world in wins with 872, but also in win percentage at ...

Written by James Colt about 6 months ago 1,093 reads 26 comments
Should There Be Optimism in Arlington?

This May has created all kinds of optimism amongst fans of the Texas Rangers. Outsiders looking in on the Rangers are still nay-sayers because of the history of the Rangers...

Written by James Colt about 6 months ago 54 reads 3 comments
Things That Irk Me About College Football and Its Fans

Not a day goes by that I hear something from someone or watch something on t.v. where somebody says something incredibly stupid or lame...

Written by James Colt about 8 months ago 278 reads 19 comments
2009 SEC Power Rankings

A quick glance at the SEC shows that it would appear the West division is going to be a murderer's row, and perhaps the best division in college football. The East division, with the exception of Florida, appears to be in rebuilding mode...

Written by James Colt about 9 months ago 1,655 reads 56 comments
The Greatest Big 12 Championship Games

Wherever you go you will always find proponents and opponents of conference championship games in college football. You really can't argue with the fact that there have been some pretty meaningless ...

Written by James Colt about 9 months ago 275 reads 17 comments
Earlier Game should be Big Time Boost for Texas

The Texas-Texas Tech game has been moved from Nov. 7 to Sept. 19. This means that when the two meet in Austin, Tyler Potts will have only two games under his belt instead of almost an entire season...

Written by James Colt about 9 months ago 229 reads 5 comments
Pittsburgh Steelers Can Only Lay Claim to Two Super Bowl Titles

About nine days ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers became the NFL's greatest franchise by claiming their record sixth Super Bowl title. They had been previously tied with the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49er's who each have five...

Written by James Colt about 9 months ago 820 reads 26 comments
Top Running Backs In 2009

After quite a break I'm finally getting to part two in my series on who the best college players are heading into 2009...

Written by James Colt about 9 months ago 6,462 reads 11 comments
The Mysterious Driving Force Behind Sports and Their Fans

Well today, I'm in a very reflective and deeply introspective mood for some reason. I should probably be writing a different article that I've planned on writing, and have said in other articles ...

Written by James Colt about 10 months ago 153 reads 17 comments
The 12 Big Questions Facing the Big 12 in 2009

The Big 12 is coming off of what was a banner year for the conference in 2008. Looking forward to 2009 here, are some issues facing the Big 12 in its quest to be one of the top conferences year in and year out...

Written by James Colt about 10 months ago 532 reads 16 comments
College Football's Top 10 Quarterbacks for 2009

This is the first article in my series that will rank the top players at each position going into the 2009 season. Since it's said that winning begins with a great quarterback, that is where my series will start...

Written by James Colt about 10 months ago 10,326 reads 43 comments
Never Too Early: 2009 College Football Preseason Top 25

I know that early polls are the problem with rankings when the end of the season rolls around because it creates an expectation of teams that leads to voting biases, but since they are done anyway I'm going to submit my early 2009 poll...

Written by James Colt about 10 months ago 34,878 reads 71 comments
Who Needs a Playoff, I Want Tradition!

Why would anyone want to miss out on the annual celebration of mediocrity that is the college football bowl season? This year there are nine teams that are being rewarded for finishing their respective seasons at 6-6...

Written by James Colt about 11 months ago 160 reads 10 comments
Conference Allegiances: Why Are College Football Fans So Biased?

Every year, you hear the same conversations. The SEC is great. The Big XII is better. The Pac-10 is only one team. The ACC and Big East are garbage. Every year, the conversations and debates go on and on like the Energizer bunny...

Written by James Colt about 11 months ago 312 reads 36 comments
Conference Allegiances: Why Are College Football Fans So Bias?

Every year you hear the same conversations. The SEC is great. The Big 12 is better. The Pac-10 is only one team. The ACC and Big East are garbage. Every year the conversations and debates go on and on like the Energizer Bunny...

Written by James Colt about 11 months ago 59 reads 2 comments
They Aren't Complaining IN Tempe, But The Fiesta Bowl Could Have Been Better

The 2009 version of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will pit two of the most storied college football programs of all time against each other. Unfortunately for the Fiesta Bowl, it's not the two that it could have been...

Written by James Colt about 12 months ago 1,568 reads 12 comments
SEC Defense Is Outstanding and Big 12 Offense is Overrated, Think Again

All year long, people have argued which conference is better: the Big 12 or the SEC. Well the consensus came to a decision and decided it is the Big 12...

Written by James Colt about 12 months ago 605 reads 40 comments
The Rose Bowl: A Marriage Gone Bad

The Rose Bowl is considered the "Granddaddy of 'em all" among the bowl games. Right now it's a granddad that needs a divorce. The Rose Bowl is like a marriage that started out with lots of passion that made everyone stand in awe...

Written by James Colt about about 1 year ago 2,635 reads 75 comments

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James Colt Article Archive

Something Smells Rank: How the Media Is Leading College Football Fans Astray

College Football's Week One Upsets and Locks

Texas Longhorns: Parallel Seasons, Parallel Championships?

2008 Should Serve As a Blueprint for 2009 Longhorns

Folks Aren't Just Whistlin' Dixie in Declaring the SEC's BCS Dominance

Gator Blog Posts Ridiculously Biased Poll

College Football's Summer Top 25: Head Coaches

Michigan Wolverines Futility Leaves Door Open for Texas Longhorns

Should There Be Optimism in Arlington?

Things That Irk Me About College Football and Its Fans

2009 SEC Power Rankings

The Greatest Big 12 Championship Games

Earlier Game should be Big Time Boost for Texas

Pittsburgh Steelers Can Only Lay Claim to Two Super Bowl Titles

Top Running Backs In 2009

The Mysterious Driving Force Behind Sports and Their Fans

The 12 Big Questions Facing the Big 12 in 2009

College Football's Top 10 Quarterbacks for 2009

Never Too Early: 2009 College Football Preseason Top 25

Who Needs a Playoff, I Want Tradition!

Conference Allegiances: Why Are College Football Fans So Biased?

Conference Allegiances: Why Are College Football Fans So Bias?

They Aren't Complaining IN Tempe, But The Fiesta Bowl Could Have Been Better

SEC Defense Is Outstanding and Big 12 Offense is Overrated, Think Again

The Rose Bowl: A Marriage Gone Bad

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