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Quality and Quantity: A Look at the Georgia Bulldogs' Non-Conference Record
(Warning: It is not a stretch to suggest that the posting that follows easily could be read as an optimistic assessment reaching the conclusion that the glass in Athens is half-full. Proceed with caut...
The Pac-10 Cannot Expand Without Both Utah and BYU
Since I raised the issue of Big Ten expansion last night, I suppose it’s only fair that I mention the much more immediate likelihood of Pac-10 expansion while I’m at it. There has been talk to the...
Evaluating My Preseason Conference Championship Predictions
Now that the best offseason ever has settled down somewhat in the wake of all the firings, resignations retractions leaves of absence, cowardly departures from Knoxville at night amid rioting in the s...
Final 2009 College Football BlogPoll Ballot Explained
In the immediate aftermath of the national championship game, I posted a preliminary draft of my BlogPoll ballot and responded to constructive criticisms of it. While I remain open to (and, in fact, o...
How the Mountain West Can Become an Automatic BCS Qualifier
The ongoing agitation for a playoff, while not without its intelligent and principled adherents, nevertheless is in some quarters largely a knee-jerk reaction born primarily of greed and envy. Last ni...
Don't Bet On It!: College Football Bowl Edition (Part II)
I made it through the Sin City Las Vegas Bowl in my last round of picks, so it’s time to rejoin the postseason schedule on the eve of Christmas Eve and run down my next four bowl predictions. As alw...
Week Three BlogPoll Ballot Draft
As I indicated earlier, Georgia night games and day-long Sunday church obligations are not conducive to my duties here at Dawg Sports, which include voting in the BlogPoll. This week’s top 25 is a m...
Official Dawg Sports Glib and Flippant Conference Championship Forecasts
Each autumn, on the eve of football season, I like to take a stab at picking the winners of the various conferences, as well as offering a few oddball predictions. I will revisit all of these in Janua...
Kyle Gets Conciliatory: An Encouraging Word About Boise State's Place at the Table
The recent Congressional hearings on the Bowl Championship Series are as unlikely to produce anything except talk as the Congressional hearings on steroid use in major league baseball, but give the gr...
Kyle Gets Contrary: Congress, the B.C.S., and the Virtue of Being Elitist
It is no secret to anyone that I am staunch in my opposition to a Division I-A college football playoff in any form whatsoever. It is, I hope, also no secret to anyone that I give mid-majors their due...
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