As Penn State prepares to face Michigan, Ohio State, and Michigan State in consecutive games, James Shaw asks whether the Nittany Lions can emerge unscathed through the toughest gauntlet we’ll see in college football this year.
Following Alabama’s 27-19 win on the road at Texas A&M, Nick Saban remarked that he was growing concerned with all the good press and praise being hurled in his players’ direction.
The (2-1) Pittsburgh Steelers may stand at the top of the AFC North, but with each passing week we’ve been left with more doubts about the state of Ben Roethlisberger’s much-hyped offense. Through three weeks of football, the Steelers’ jekyll-and-hyde act, which became a motif of their 2016 season, has...
In a week of College Football that will be remembered for producing consequential upsets and a raft of unconvincing wins, the Alabama Crimson Tide emerged unscathed, demonstrating that their spot at No.1 is both deserved and indisputable. Who’s Next, Now? In the aftermath of Clemson’s destruction of Louisville last...
The balance of power between pro football’s American and National conferences is shifting. The AFC’s stock is firmly up and the NFC’s reign as the strongest and most competitive conference in the NFL could be coming to end, writes James Shaw. Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1966, the American Football...
Week Three’s slate was by no means the most appetizing of the year. Replete with potentially one-sided match-ups and just a handful of marquee games, the widespread expectation was that the third week of the FBS calendar would be a quiet one, providing just enough to tide us over until...
Forget the off-season hype; disregard the preseason rankings; discount the menacing reputation — this year’s Ohio State Buckeyes don’t look good enough to win a Big10 title, let alone a national championship.
All hail the Chiefs. With their 42 point destruction of New England’s defense on Thursday night, Kansas City — led by their oft-doubted QB, Alex Smith — were alone this week in putting on a truly impressive offensive display.
Following another week of Out-of-Conference play — which saw Oklahoma take on Ohio State, and Clemson host Auburn — we’re looking at how the “Power Five” leagues match-up after a chaotic week two.
After Murray’s improbable and splendid 2016 campaign, which saw him chalk up 9 tour wins including a Slam and an Olympic Gold, most observers knew that gravity was always likely to set back in — but no one expected the Scot’s descent back to earth to be quite this abrupt...