Football Playoff Game Analysis

The playoff system should give every school in division 1 opportunity to earn a chance to make it in the playoff picture, all 11 conferences in the FBS. Since the BCS conference automatically qualifies for BCS bowl games, power five conferences will only play for New Year's bowl game.

#8 Indiana (25-7) - All year long, the Hoosiers were criticized about its weak schedule. After losing in late December to Duke, they started playing good defense and ended up running away with the Big Ten Conference title at 15-3. A low RPI landed them a five seed, but this is the third best shooting teams in the Division I at over 50% from the field. Led by All-American guard Yogi Ferrell, they could get hot and run the table.

The Bowl Championship Series has worked for years. The overall effectiveness of the Bowl Championship Series shows when you look at its track record. The Bowl Championship Series consistently puts the top two college football teams from the regular season against each other. With a playoffs, it is a shot in the dark. A playoff rewards teams that do well in the post season rather than the regular season. So in essence, it is taking away from the importance of the regular season. The excitement of the college football regular season is unparalleled. Because every professional sport and every other collegiate sport uses a playoff system to determine it’s champion, the

The second-seeded Sooners (27-7) used a 36-point performance from the senior guard to defeat the 10th-seeded Rams 85-81 on Sunday afternoon to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season.

This is one area that is frequently disputed. Occasionally, when a small conference school has a remarkable season, but lose in their conference tournament, that school will bump a major or mid-major school from consideration.

The top twenty-five teams in Division I football battle each and every week for a better spot in the rankings. Most of the time it comes down to the last week of season play to determine which two teams will progress into the national championship game. The top teams should be given an opportunity to earn their way into the championship

The Michigan defense so far this year has been nothing short of superb. In their first six games, the defense only allowed two rushing touchdowns and less than one-hundred total rushing yards a game. (Brouwer 1). Outstanding. As sports reviewer Chris Peterson proclaims in his review for gbmwolevrine.com, “[…] when you dive deep into the numbers, [it is] hard not to call Michigan football’s defense the best in the country” (3). With their great plays on defense frustrating opposing offenses game after game, Michigan has definitely rebuilt their defense. The defense is one of the main reasons why the team is national championship worthy. Another area that the team is working on is developing their fresh quarterback.

It makes no sense to me, no sense at all. Yes, we all have high expeditions with the LP3, but this is the first year they are back to playing together. Did anyone really think this was the year?? Did anyone really expect to be on that road to the final 4?? Yes, the loss to UVU and San Diego hurt, I personally still have not forgiven them for losing to UVU, but let us use logic just for a

Welcome back to the March Madness Mania blog. Once again, this has been a crazy week of college basketball. Top 10 teams have continued to fall and at this point it’s hard to predict who will grab the title this year. In this blog post I will be covering teams with March Madness stock that’s either rising or falling.

The Mountaineers' offensive line has the ability to give the running backs and receivers a chance to flourish against anyone in the country.

NCAA college football enthusiasts are already placing Notre Dame out of the running at a spot in the College Football Playoff, after their 41-8 loss on a Saturday night. The Fighting Irish immediately dropped from the No.3 top NCAA college team to No. 8. Surprisingly, the Miami Hurricanes (8-0, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) quickly ran through their opponents to face-off the Notre Dame leaders (8-1) within the Hard Rock Stadium in front of the mighty 65,000 fans.

The Big XII with BYU and Louisville on board is a very stable conference with all the benefits of being a championship game able 12 member conference. BYU brings a new face, a storied history, a new time zone and a new market/national market to the league. Louisville brings a great regional fit, a storied history, and stability to the league. This new Big XII with BYU, Louisville, TCU and West Virginia definitely secures the place of the Big 12 in

Madison Dreckman also commented, jokingly, “If Iowa State ever wins, it is an upset.” Many of these upsets will bust a person’s perfect bracket and that is why it is called ‘madness.’ As the brackets come out fans look to see if their favorite teams will make the tournament. Will Pottebaum believes that his team, Iowa State, will miss out on the tournament this year.

Defense: The Trojans didn’t have their strongest performance against Western Michigan defensively. USC was gashed on the ground for 263 yards. USC however was without Cam Smith for the first half due to a targeting penalty during last season’s Rose Bowl Game, but outside of that the Trojans missed a lot of tackles and the middle of the defensive line was pushed around most of the game. USC had a lot of alignment issues which led to the Trojans not lining up fast enough and getting pushed around, they’ll have their hands full against a Stanford team who loves to bully teams on the line of scrimmage. USC will have to push back and limit the Cardinal on the ground. The secondary had will also be key for the Trojans. Jack Jones and Iman Marshall had pretty solid games last week; however both were also hit with penalties that continued drives. The sooner the Trojans can get the Cardinal offense off the

In spite of the fact the Sun Devils had a solid record on the 2014 season, that record might be a little deceiving given the fact the Sun Devils had a season of highs and lows and probably weren't as good as its record indicated. That said, the offense certainly did its part by racking up solid numbers across the board. The team scored 36.9 PPG while taking good care of the ball with only 13 turnovers throughout the season.