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Is it Good for Nebraska to be the Face of the BCS?

Comments 4 comments so far July 22, 2009 by Steve Hanway

The recent Orrin Hatch/Harvey Perlman Capitol Hill face-off was a fairly predictable affair. Hatch ranted and raved about Utah getting left out of the national championship game and Perlman defended the status quo in college football. Aside from how you...

The Natural Progression Of Fans

Comments 2 comments so far May 22, 2009 by Tom Cudd

I used to have this progression in my mind for how Bo Pelini was going to get the Huskers to win a National Championship. It was more like a "five year plan" that a business or company would strive for....

Asking the right question in the BCS v. Playoff debate

Comments 19 comments so far May 12, 2009 by Brandon Vogel

Until last Thursday it was difficult to put a face on the cabal of conference commissioners, corporate sponsors, television networks and bowl committee members who continue to thwart the cries from the pro-playoff populace and offer up the BCS as...

The Equation for a Championship Part 2

Comments 7 comments so far May 6, 2009 by Tom Cudd

Last week, I took a look at the BCS winners from 1998-2002 (Tennessee, Florida State, Oklahoma, Miami, and Ohio State), and broke down the most obvious pieces of their Championship status. The one overarching theme every year was great coaching....

The Equation for a Championship Part 1

Comments 3 comments so far April 29, 2009 by Tom Cudd

How does a team like the Huskers make that jump from being a good team to competing for a Big 12 or BCS Championship? The mystery is not always in the year a team actually wins, but what they did...

The Cold, Hard Facts From the National Championship

Comments 40 comments so far January 9, 2009 by Renny Vandewege

The National Championship game didn’t have a ton of drama and was pretty sloppy, probably from a five week layoff (see: Texas). Once you wipe off the grossness that is the media lovefest for Tim Tebow, you are left with...

Blow Up The BCS

Comments 18 comments so far January 7, 2009 by Darren K. Carlson

On Thursday, Oklahoma and Florida will play for the coveted and hotly debated BCS National Championship. Somebody will win and be crowned. It will be a moment for fans and media to enjoy. And yet, because of undefeated Utah, (and...

New TV Deal Keeps Big 12 at Disadvantage

Comments 6 comments so far May 10, 2007 by Steve Hanway

The Big 12 presidents and athletic directors probably swung the best deal available. It certainly will boost the profile of Big 12 basketball nationally and provides a modest extension of the footprint for regional football broadcasts on ABC. Still,...

The Bigger Picture

Comments 4 comments so far November 16, 2006 by Steve Hanway

As painful as it is this time of year to have Nebraska on the outside looking in at the national championship, it doesn’t mean that we Husker fans can’t get caught up in the arguments that are going on all...

Freakonomics For College Football

Comments 11 comments so far July 17, 2006 by Steve Hanway

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner has been a runaway bestseller for some time. It’s a book where an economist uses data to answer a bunch of interesting questions like why drug dealers live with their Moms. Being...

BCS Changes - For Better or for Worse?

Comment 1 comment so far June 27, 2006 by Lucas Jameson

There have been several changes to the Bowl Championship Series system for the upcoming college football season. First, the standings will be released on Sundays instead of Mondays. Also, a fifth bowl game will be added and the top...

Nebraska Among Schools Vying for Championship

Comments 4 comments so far June 20, 2006 by Steve Hanway

As summer progresses, the 2006 preseason rankings and college football predictions come out. Rather than try to guess the order each team might finish, I’ll instead try to identify the field of teams in the hunt for the Sears...

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