By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst And then there were two. The same two which a month ago played for the SEC Championship. The same two which were pre-season picks to make it this far. Ahh, the preseason. Remember that time? It's almost like Spring Training in baseball, where "every team is a contender." Turns out there are only two … [Read more...]
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Holiday Bowl Events Show The Price Fans Pay For Corporate-Sponsored Bowl Games
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The Holiday Bowl is coming to downtown San Diego. For the first time in the game's history it is being played at Petco Park, home of the Padres. It's in the Gaslamp/East Village area of San Diego and is a dynamic area full of bars and restaurant/bars. I happen to live a few blocks away so when this was announced, I was … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Playoffs Analysis & Picks
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst The dust has hardly settled on all the coaching changes as well as on National Signing Day with its name, imagine and likeness impact as the College Football Playoffs lurk in the background of the holidays. Let's see, a group of boosters in Texas announces a $50K "charity" program for offensive linemen … [Read more...]
Top College Football Bowl Games For Fans & Party Destinations 2021
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One of the most fun aspects of bowl games are the different teams, fans, bands, cheerleaders and students that show up for them. The destination also plays a huge part in the atmosphere and the mood, along with any bowl pageantry, such as a parade, pep rallies and other activities. Team matchups can also add spice to the … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Conference Title Game Picks & College Football Coaching Changes
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst Rare is the time when conference championship games takes a backseat to what is happening at other programs. But this is 2021 and, as one legendary college coach would always tell his players before big games, "expect the unexpected!" It all started with Lincoln Riley suddenly switching from red and … [Read more...]
Alabama’s Iron Bowl Comeback Exorcises The Tide’s Demons At Jordan-Hare
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor The nightmares at Jordan-Hare. The Kick-6, the extra second on the clock before the half leading to an Auburn field goal, the ball bouncing off the back of a receiver being returned for a pick-6, the phantom holding call on O.J. Howard when the game appeared to be won and even in this game the first fumbled hold of a … [Read more...]
Analyzing College Football Hires, Lincoln Riley USC, Brian Kelly LSU & Billy Napier Florida
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Analyst When USC fired Clay Helton back in September, the first person I felt it should go after was Lincoln Riley. Never, ever, tho, did I think AD Mike Bohn would make such a bold hire. Surprisingly, he did and it was done in such secrecy that media quizzed Riley about the LSU job after Bedlam and nobody mentioned USC. … [Read more...]
Nick Saban Has A Rat Poison Rant On Alabama Fans’ Unrealistic Expectations
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Nick Saban went OFF on a caller's question calling out what he feels are unrealistic fan expectations for the Alabama football program during his weekly "Hey Coach" show, broadcast on Facebook and other platforms. Normally serene in the calm setting of Baumhower's Victory Grill in Tuscaloosa, Saban nearly exploded … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: UCLA Hangs A Record 62 On USC
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst With the season headed into the short days of November and December, it's not just the rivalries and championship aspirations that are heating up but restless alumni. Nervous ADs have canned coaches at Virginia Tech and Washington within the past week and more are likely to be sent to the showers in the … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: College Football Playoff Rankings Weekend Games Picks
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert The College Football Playoff Committee has spoken and the resulting chills and thrills are going through schools and fans now like a cold November wind. People do like to overreact to such things without taking a moment to step back and seeing the big picture. Which in this case is the fact that a lot of … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Weekend Games
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The World's Largest Cocktail Party is this weekend, the annual Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville, FL, and it has all the makings of a Dawgs day afternoon. Elsewhere it is Halloween eve, which may cause a few teams to get spooked – anticipating this, Cincinnati let this happen a week earlier against … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: Alabama-Tennessee Is Still An SEC Rivalry
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub College Football Blogger If you listen to the media and tune into programs like the Paul Finebaum Show (as pretty much everyone in the South does), then you will hear there is no rivalry anymore between Alabama and Tennessee. The Tide has won 14 straight in the series, it's no longer competitive, the fans don't care and it's no … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: Can Alabama Bounce Back From Last Week’s Shocker?
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst The Crimson Tide got held back by an unexpected wall in College Station – I mean where did that team come from!? – and now tries to weather the storm in a remote Mississippi town known as Starkville to get back into serious National Championship contention. The answer as to whether or not Alabama can … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 6 Picks & Predictions
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger And then there were two? After the first weekend in October?? That remains to be seen but there were some interesting developments in Week 5 that lead into Week 6 in college football. One of the Cockroachs got crushed while the other one was kept alive by Coach Oh (No!), Oregon proved that Duck Farts … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator On The Cockroaches Of College Football
Auburn & Notre Dame Keep Surviving While It's the Hogs At The Dogs And Alabama Hoping To Roll Over Ole Miss By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger I have a nickname for two college football programs. Upon first reading this you are likely to come to the quick conclusion that it is an incredible insult. But that is not the case. … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 4 Picks & Predictions
UCLA Trampolines Turn Out To Be Fool's Gold By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Sometimes, the Pigskin Prognosticator buys fool's gold. Goes against what I know best, and that is picking games based on certain schools' tendencies and traditions of successes or failures. So when that gold looks good – like the gold on UCLA's … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 3 Picks & Predictions
A White Out At Penn State, The Renewal Of An Old Big-8 Rivalry And Alabama Goes To The Swamp By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger As college football rolls into its third week we know a few things while some others remain a mystery. For example, the Nuts' defense cracked and now the team is fighting for its playoff life. The Hogs … [Read more...]
USC Will Fight On Without Clay Helton And It’s About Time
The 'Nine Lives' Coach Finally Runs Out Of Luck By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger In the "what took so long" category, USC has finally fired Clay Helton. The "nine lives" coach, who seemingly was like a cat being dropped from a balcony who always landed on his feet – could not overcome getting blown out by Stanford. The 42-28 loss to a … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 2 Picks & Predictions
Oregon-Ohio State Highlights This Week's Games While Clemson Licks It Wounds And LSU Braces For Impending Doom Under Coach Oh By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert The first week of the college football season is over and apparently, it's over as well for Vanderbilt football, the ACC, most of the Big 10, a lot of the Pac-12 and Coach … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 1 Picks & Predictions
Clemson-Georgia Top Opening Weekend Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert After an offseason that had you not knowing your SEC from your NIL and will eventually have you not knowing your ACC from your Big 10 and even the Pac-12, it's time for the teams to tee it up and tee off on each other. It won't be long before the … [Read more...]
A Great Bobby Bowden Story From This Sportswriter
Legendary Florida State Coach Was No Bear Bryant In His Own Words By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Bobby Bowden has died. Dadgummit. The legendary Southern-talking, media-loving Florida State football coach passed away in August of 2021 – the time of year when he would be running a pre-season training camp – at the age of 91. I met … [Read more...]
Nick Saban Comments At SEC Media Days Show Why He Stands Above All Other Coaches
Alabama Football Coach Basically Kicks Sand In The Faces Of Other League Coaches By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor If you wonder why Alabama is always on top of the SEC in football, it's because it all starts at the top. And once again, Nick Saban showcased it, albeit in in a very simple environment this time: not on the field but at the … [Read more...]
Back On The (College Football) Grid: College Football Playoffs & NIL Analysis
Waking Up To Bad Reality In One Of America's Top Sports By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Ever since the last of the confetti fell to the turf after Alabama's latest National Championship, I have been off the college football grid, enjoying other aspects of being on Planet Earth such as March Madness, going to the beach and getting back to a … [Read more...]
Tennessee Football Hardly Goes Out Of Its Way To Hire Josh Heupel
AD Danny White Hires His Central Florida Coach Tennessee football, Josh Heupel By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Tennessee Football sure didn't go out of its way to hire its next football coach. New Athletic Director Danny White, recently of Central Florida, hired Josh Heupel, also from Central Florida. Gee, hope the school … [Read more...]
Tennessee Football Turmoil: Vols Face Hiring New AD, Coach & NCAA Sanctions
Philip Fulmer Steps Down, Jeremy Pruitt Fired & Possible Heavy NCAA Sanctions Await The Struggling Program Tennessee Football, Jeremy Pruitt, Vols, Rocky Top By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor It has the Vol Walk, the Salute To The Hill, the Splitting of the T, Smokey the mascot and the checkerboard end zones. And now, there is now a … [Read more...]
The End Of The 2020 College Football Season Means Relaxed Saturdays Again
Fans Can Put The Routines & The Superstitions Behind Us And Relax. Until Next Fall college football 2020 season, sports blog Published Jan. 16, 2021 By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The 2020 college football season is over, and that means I can finally have my Saturdays back again. You see, Saturdays for a rabid … [Read more...]
Why College Football Schools Made The Right Decision To Play In 2020
Teams, Players, Conferences And Fans All Win (And So Does Alabama) college football 2020, sports, COVID-19 Published Jan. 14, 2020 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor When the 2020 college football season ended in early January 2021 with the Alabama Crimson Tide winning the school's 18th National Championship and Head Coach Nick Saban his … [Read more...]
Why Nick Saban Is The Best All-Time Coach In Alabama Football History
Six National Championships In 12 Years Surpasses The Accomplishments Of Bear Bryant Nick Saban, Bear Bryant, Alabama football Published Jan. 11, 2020 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor The University of Alabama has been blessed to have had some of the greatest coaches in the history of college football. Wallace Wade and Frank Thomas … [Read more...]
Why The 2020 Crimson Tide Is The Best Alabama Team Of All Time
Nick Saban Leads Bama To The School's 18th National Championship Published Jan. 11 2020 Alabama football, Crimson Tide, Nick Saban By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Anytime a team goes through a season with dominance and wins a championship in convincing fashion, there are a lot of "best ever" questions posed by media and fans. But … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Predicts The Alabama-Ohio State Outcome (And Why)
Like It Or Not, The Crimson Tide & Buckeyes Play For College Football's National Championship By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Tide is high and the Buckeyes are blooming. Alabama and Ohio State are playing in college football's National Championship on Monday, Jan. 11, at Hard Rock Stadium outside of Miami, tho … [Read more...]
How A Non-Power 5 School Can Make The College Football Playoffs
Cincinnati, Boise State, Liberty And Other Small Conference Teams Need To Follow This Formula By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor If you listen to some in the media, it is impossible for a team from a non-power conference to make the College Football Playoffs. That is simply not true and here's why that is the case. The College Football … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Picks The College Football Playoffs Semifinals Games
Breaking Down The Alabama-Notre Dame & Clemson-Ohio State Winners By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There are some who said it would never happen, a few who didn't want it to happen but were forced to make it happen, and others who wish it had never happened at all. But college football went forward in 2020 and thanks to … [Read more...]
Alabama-Notre Dame Series History – From An Alabama Fan’s Point Of View
Crimson Tide Has A Long History Of Frustration At The Hands Of The Irish, But Can Thank Them For One Great Coach By Kevin Wilkerson, College Football Editor (And Alabama Alumnus) The series history between Alabama and Notre Dame isn't long. But it sure is historic. The storied schools have played just seven times but four of them have had National Championship … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Conference Championships Game Picks
ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 & SEC Title Games With Playoffs On The Line By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger While the ACC and Big 10 slept, the Florida Gators wept, the USC Trojans kept (their faint playoff hopes alive) and a flying shoe got more attention than the final results. Florida is no longer a shoe-in for the playoffs even … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Picks Ohio State-Michigan Canceled Week
Big 10 Worms It's Way Out Of A Corner By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There is a conclusion in the SEC, submission in the ACC, confusion in the Big 10 a blindsided Buff in the Pac-12. With Alabama and Florida set to play for the SEC Championship, Notre Dame gifted a place in the ACC title game, the Big 10 failing to can save … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 14 Games Bold Picks & Predictions
Top Four In College Football Playoff Rankings To Roll To Big Wins By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Ryan Day is out for another game; Michael Penix, Jr., is (unfortunately) out for the season; Sarah Fuller is back kicking; Nick Saban is back coaching and Coach O is, too, much to the chagrin of LSU fans. As college football … [Read more...]
Conference Schedule Makers Should Be College Football’s Heisman Trophy Winners
Collectively They Are More Valuable Than Any Single Player By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClubc.com College Football Blogger The MVPs of this college football season are not quarterbacks Mac Jones, Justin Fields, Trevor Lawrence or any of the players, but the schedule makers in the various conferences. Collectively, they should be awarded the Heisman. That is … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Thanksgiving Weekend Games Bold Picks & Predictions
A Unique Look At This Week's Top Games – The Ones That Still Are Scheduled, Anyway By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The schedule makers have been doing as much juggling the past week as a circus clown. Except this isn't funny. Confusing, now that's a different matter. Tennessee was scheduled to play Vanderbilt but the … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 12 Games Bold Picks & Predictions
Indiana Hopes To Go Nuts Against The Acorns In This Week's Top Game By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger In this year of the underdog and the unheard of, there is still some stability with the powerhouses. While there is Liberty, Coastal Carolina, Cincinnati, Indiana and BYU, there is also Alabama, Ohio State Notre Dame, Clemson … [Read more...]
These Are The College Football Teams That Eat Their Own Mascots
Steers On The Grill And In Hog Food Heaven, Fans 'Gobble Up' These Nicknames By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor It's one thing for LSU fans to yell out "hold that Tiger," even tho their mascot is a Tiger. And it's quite another thing for a fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks to roast a pig at a tailgate party. Yet it happens – there's a lot of … [Read more...]
Why Everyone Should Want Alabama To Win The National Championship
After A Tumultuous 2020, The World Needs A Return To Normalcy By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor In difficult times, it is always comforting to find something that is right in the world. That at least a few things are where they belong and that not everything is in chaos. That is certainly the case this year, a year like none other in our … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 11 Games Bold Picks & Predictions
With Much Of SEC Plus Ohio State Sidelined, These Teams Take Center Stage By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger After smooth sailing for much of the season, the Good Ship College Football ran aground this week, especially in the SEC. COVID-19 protocols caused the postponement of four games – including Alabama-LSU – and this leaked … [Read more...]
Alabama-LSU And Texas A&M-Tennessee Games Postponed Due To COVID-19
Tide & Tigers Might Have To Be Canceled By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Posted Nov. 10 Two more SEC football games scheduled for this weekend have been canceled Alabama-LSU and Tennessee-Texas A&M. Earlier in the week, Mississippi State was forced to postpone its game against Auburn. After having pretty much a COVID-free … [Read more...]
SEC Teams Dealing With COVID-19 Cases; Auburn-Miss State Postponed
Alabama-LSU And Tennessee-Texas A&M Games Up In The Air By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor While the Big 10 and Pac-12 have been dealing with COVID-19 issues, the SEC is now facing the same issue. On Monday, it was announced that the Auburn-Mississippi State game scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed due positive test results … [Read more...]
College Football Week 10 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Which Team Will Win Clemson-Notre Dame And Welcome To The Party, Pac-12 By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Usually, the crazy things in college football happen on the field. But in this odd year, they are taking place both inside and outside of the white lines and some of the happenings are clearly out of bounds. For example, … [Read more...]
College Football Week 8 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Big 10 Joins The Season; Bama On A Roll By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger After watching the first part of the college football season from the bench, the Big 10 finally gets off the sideline and onto the field. The teams are sure to keep a safe social distance from their school presidents, who tried to squash the season only to … [Read more...]
Watch Out SEC – And College Football – The ‘Bama Factor’ Is Back
Crimson Tide's Domination Of Georgia Sends A Clear Message: Alabama Is Back By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor There were questions after the defense gave up more than 600 yards to Ole Miss the previous week but make no mistake, Alabama is back and not only that, but the "Bama factor" is back. So watch out SEC and college football. The … [Read more...]
College Football Week 7 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Georgia The Key Matchup In Latest Crimson Tide 'Game Of The Century' By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert First, it was defense on the field. Now, the SEC can't seem to defend against another relentless opponent: coronavirus. Just as the Prognosticator settled in to write this week's column, Nick Saban – tho asymptomatic … [Read more...]
What In The College Football World Is Wrong With SEC Defenses?
Even Alabama Is Giving Up Points & Yards In A Big 12 Style Of Play By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Once the standard in college football for playing defense, the SEC is now resembling the Big 12. Traditional defensive football teams Alabama, Florida and LSU are surrendering yards and points in alarming numbers (alarming to the fans … [Read more...]
College Football Week 6 Rewind: Top Winners & Losers, Highlights & Lowlights
Georgia Emerges On Top, Lane Kiffin Wins While Losing, Jimbo Fisher Gets The Alumni Off His Back (For Now) & Bad Defenses Are All The Rage By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Whoa, that was exciting. College football delivered close game after close game after close game in Week 6 (Oct. 10) in a storm of points that rivaled … [Read more...]
How Hurricane Delta Is Affecting These SEC College Football Games
LSU-Missouri Relocated; Alabama-Ole Miss Kickoff Time Moved Back 90 Minutes By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Hurricane Delta is scheduled to hit the state of Louisiana west of New Orleans on Friday, and its wind and rain will be traveling up the state thru the weekend. Its conditions will also be felt in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi on … [Read more...]
College Football Schedule Oct. 10 Games Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Hurricane Winds Are Blowing In Louisiana And Mississippi While There Are Potential Winds Of Change In Auburn, Oklahoma And Texas By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert There's a lot of storms brewing in college football this week, one created by a Delta Force hurricane and more from stirred up alumni and fans. Hurricane Delta has … [Read more...]
College Football Rewind Highlights & Lowlights – High Tide, Texas & OU Lows
Looking Back At Oct. 3 Games And What It Means For Now And The Rest Of The Season By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger So maybe the SEC isn't going to collapse under the Air Raid after all. This is the problem most prognosticators have, to jump to conclusions faster than Mike Leach's offense throws a pass rather than waiting for … [Read more...]
College Football Schedule Oct. 3 Top Games Pigskin Prognosticator Picks
Will Florida Chomp Or Flop, Georgia-Auburn And Alabama-Texas A&M Predictions By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst College football is back. The SEC is back. But enough with the welcoming committee it's time to get down to some serious football! Week 1 – all previous weeks were just warmups until the SEC teams took the field – … [Read more...]
College Football Rewind Highlights & Lowlights SEC Is Back Week
The Pigskin Prognosticator Reviews Mike Leach's Debut And LSU's Decline, K-State Owns OU & Other Observations By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Analyst That didn't take long. LSU, coming off of a dream season, proved that last year was indeed a Coach O fluke, and the Tigers will "geaux" significantly backward in 2020. When a … [Read more...]
College Football Schedule Sept. 26 Top Games Pigskin Prognosticator Picks
Kiffin & Air Raid Debuts, The SEC Is Back & FSU-Miami Is Wide Right (Or Is It Wide Left?) By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert We usually have to wait until about November for the word "crazy" to describe the college football season, but in 2020 it's been used long before the first kickoff. The coronavirus pandemic, … [Read more...]
College Football 2020 Is Back, And What A Start
Central Arkansas Beats Austin Peay As Game Goes On Without A Hitch By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Published Aug. 29 The teams were unknown, the game was boring and the announcers were of the quality you would expect to find on a Tuesday night ESPN game. But hey, college football is back, and what a start – it began with a dazzling … [Read more...]
SEC Won’t Allow Bands On The Field For College Football Games
No Pre-Game Or Halftime Shows Or Traditions Like UT's 'Splitting Of The T' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Published Aug. 29 There will be no "splitting of the T," drum majors leaning back with legs kicking high in the air or pre-game or halftime shows in the SEC. The Southeastern Conference will not be allowing bands to take the … [Read more...]
No Alabama Tailgate Parties For 2020 Crimson Tide Football Season
Tailgating On The Quad On The Sidelines By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger In a move about as surprising as Najee Harris being named the starting tailback, the University of Alabama announced there will be no official tailgating on the Quad this fall. The tailgate parties are as much a part of college football as the games themselves but … [Read more...]
By Delaying Decision, Big 10 Doesn’t Make One
Postponing College Football To The Spring Shows League Just Wants COVID-19 Situation To Disappear By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger So the Big 10 will play college football in the spring. In other words, the school presidents delayed a decision yet again because they could not make one. In sailing terms, this kind of lack of leadership … [Read more...]
College Football, Once A Dream, Is Now A Nightmare In 2020
Canceled Season Can't Possibly Be Reality By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger I had a dream the other night. Actually it was more of a nightmare. And a kind of foolish one at that – part of it included USC's football game with my alma mater, Alabama being canceled. Haha, glad it was only in a dream. Alabama and USC haven't played very often … [Read more...]
No To College Football In The Spring; It Belongs In The Fall
Why The Season Needs To Stay In Its Traditional Time Of Year By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There is some talk about moving college football to the spring. You know, the time of the year when you’re starting to mow the grass again, falling asleep on the couch to Spring Training or early-season baseball game, when March means … [Read more...]
The Way Too Early 2020 College Football Championship & Heisman Winner Odds
Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State & LSU Expected To Be Title Contenders (Again) Call it thinking ahead. The day after LSU destroyed Clemson to win the National Championship, the odds are already out for the favorites for the next season, including the leading Heisman Trophy candidates. And Clemson is the early leader in the clubhouse and despite Trevor Lawrence … [Read more...]
Mississippi State AD Goes To Key West To Nab Mike Leach
The Conch Republic Is The Place To Capture A Pirate By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger In one of the most entertaining coaching searches ever conducted, Mississippi State Athletic Director John Cohen went to Key West – yes, the Conch Republic – to land his next coach, Mike Leach. Cohen followed that up with a creative Tweet on Twitter, a … [Read more...]
What Is Tua Tagovailoa’s Legacy At Alabama?
Second & 26 Was A Moment For The Ages, But Injuries Led To A Lot Of 'What Ifs' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There were certainly the high moments, but now that he's off to the NFL, what is the legacy of Tua Tagovailoa at the University of Alabama? Certainly, one moment stands out above all others. Second-and-26 is one of the … [Read more...]
Why Tua Tagovailoa Declaring For NFL Draft Is Good For Alabama Football
Arrival Of Bryce Young & Emergence Of Mac Jones Has Crimson Tide Fully Stoked At QB By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There was some sadness in Tuscaloosa and throughout the state (except for one particular spot) as Tua Tagovailoa announced his intention to enter the 2020 NFL Draft. After all, the quarterback from Hawaii did things … [Read more...]
LSU Scores Big With Booze; Reports $2.5 Million In Alcohol Sales
280,000 Beers & Wines Sold At Tiger Stadium In 2019 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger LSU fans were not only raising glasses to toast their successful football season, they were raising them in Tiger Stadium, too. The school's athletic department reported that it brought in $2.259 million in net revenue from the sale of alcoholic … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Evaluates The College Football Bowl Games
Interesting Things To Watch For In the 2019 Bowl Season By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The spirits of September have given way to the drama of December and while four teams are still reaching for the stars, others are either disappointed to be shoved off to places like Orlando or are happy just to have another game to … [Read more...]
Why It’s Still Hard To Believe In LSU, Despite Winning The National Championship
Still Waiting For The Tigers To Play Like They Are Coached By Coach O By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger They have set all kinds of offensive records, their quarterback has gone from nobody to the Heisman Trophy winner (and deservedly so) and the defense showed some nasty ferocity in winning the National Championship. But I still don't … [Read more...]
USC Shockingly Retains Clay Helton
Trojans Announce Embattled Coach Is Back For 2020 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger They are rejoicing in Eugene, Salt Lake City, Tempe and throughout the Pac-12. Also across town in Westwood, tho they have their own problems. This is all due to the fact that USC has shockingly decided to retain Clay Helton as its football coach. New … [Read more...]
College Football Rivalry Week Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Auburn, Ohio State-Michigan Winners Plus Other Key Matchups -By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The rivals are ready and the fans are fired up, for it's the end of the season for some teams and the end of the chase for the playoff season for others. There are often debates about which schools have the greatest rivalry - … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Ohio State-Penn State & USC-UCLA College Football Picks
A Buckeye Battle And A Southern California Cross-Town Rivalry By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Rise and shine folks, it's the early edition of college football as Saturday's lone big game takes place at bottomless mimosas time across the country, and there are no twilight teasers. A week before Rivalry Week, this is Sleepwalk … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 12 Picks & Predictions
LSU To Be Hit By A Hottie Toddie Hurricane By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There's an in-state rivalry, a cross-state rivalry and the state of several teams on the line as college football enters Week 12. The Pigskin Prognosticator makes picks and predictions from the Midwest to the plains of Utah to Plains of the South and … [Read more...]
What Bear Bryant Said About The College Football Playoffs
Legendary Alabama Football Coach Envisioned A CFB Decades Ago By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Alabama was winning National Championships long before there were the College Football Playoffs, but the man who brought six of them to the Capstone long ago envisioned the CFP being a part of the game. Paul "Bear" Bryant coached the Tide … [Read more...]
Alabama-LSU Game Predictor College Football Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Another 'Game Of The Century' Takes Place Among Top SEC West Teams By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger It's another "Game of the Century," Tuscaloosa again serving as the focal point of college football in a titanic matchup that may (or may not) determine one (or quite possibly two) teams in the College Football … [Read more...]
The #1 Reason Why Alabama Will Defeat LSU
Nick Saban The Difference In Another 'Game Of The Century' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Which offense is better? Which defense will crack under the pressure? The media's endless gushing about Joe Burrow. Tua, will he or won't he? All the questions and story lines surrounding another "Game of the Century" ignores the basic element … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Weekend Picks
Georgia-Florida About The Only Big Game In College Football's Week 10 By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The red solo cups are largely empty as the high fives of college football won't be playing this weekend, but the drinks will certainly be flowing at the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. There's more than a football … [Read more...]
The Definition Of What RMFT Means (Hint: It’s About Alabama Football)
Popular Bama Hashtag Expands On 'Roll Tide' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If you walk around Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama on a football weekend, you're going to see a few people wearing hats and stickers on their shirts with four letters of RMFT. You may also see it on social media posts as a hashtag. But what is it and … [Read more...]
College Football Week 9 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Wisconsin-Ohio State & LSU-Auburn Top This Week's Picks By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The champagne popped in Champagne while the bubble burst in Madison, an ankle popped in Tuscaloosa and corks are ready to explode in the Red Baton, Columbus and Norman. As college football creeps into its ninth week on this creepy … [Read more...]
How Tua Tagovailoa’s Injury Can Actually Help Alabama Football
Crimson Tide Might Be Better Positioned For LSU Game & College Football Playoffs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Concern, bordering on panic, made its way through Bryant-Denny Stadium during the Third Saturday of October. Reports came filtering into the stands to people who were not able to get updates from watching the game on TV. … [Read more...]
The Alabama-Tennessee Rivalry Still Means A Lot To Fans – And Here’s Proof
By Kevin Wilkerson, College Football Blogger With 14 consecutive wins in the series by the Crimson Tide, many of the media covering college football and the SEC in particular, have been asking in articles and on TV interviews if the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry is still, well, a rivalry. To them, one team's dominance on the field relegates it to just another game. But … [Read more...]
College Football Week 8 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Is Clemson Going Down At Louisville!? By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Love Shack in Athens town has taken on the mood of the Deadbeat Club for Kirby Smart while in Stark Vegas Mississippi State is beginning to realize the reality that Joe Moorhead is no Dan Mullen. Meanwhile in the Red Baton Coach O says things nobody … [Read more...]
College Football Week 7 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Red River Rivalry, Notre Dame-USC & Florida-LSU By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger There's plenty of toilet paper left unopened at Toomer's Corner, in Westwood the Baby Bears are officially in hibernation this week, the brightness of summer has turned into a bleak fall for the U-Dubers in Seattle and the Virginia Turkeys have … [Read more...]
College Football Week 6 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Analyzing Michigan State-Ohio State, Auburn-Florida & Other Key Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger It's Deep Breath Saturday in college football, as there are several teams doing just that with patsy conference games or by having bye weeks. You know it's slow when the biggest game draws nothing but yawns from anywhere … [Read more...]
College Football Week 5 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Winners & Losers For Late September Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Central Florida's season has hit the Pitts, Notre Dame now needs to wake up the playoff committee as well as some echoes, Utah has proven to be another Pac-12 blip on the radar and the Big Dawgs from Athens overcame their big-game nervous nature to … [Read more...]
Can Jim Harbaugh Save Michigan Football? (And Why Not?)
Big Blue Is Black And Blue By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The "Michigan Man" came back to restore the program to national prominence – and beat Ohio State – and so far, he has done neither. In fact, one might argue that Michigan football is as low as it was under Rich Rod and not be far off the mark. Certainly that appears to be the … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Referees Have Helped The League Win Two Out-Of-Conference Games
Officials Involved In Two Controversial Finishes In Two Weeks; League Defends Cal-Ole Miss Calls By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Pac-12, home of a series of mid-tier teams but no elite ones, may have finally stumbled upon a formula to improve its national perception. That is to staff road out-of-conference games with its referees, … [Read more...]
College Football Week 4 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Who Will Win And Why Between Georgia-Notre Dame, Texas A&M-Auburn And Other Key Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger It's the Battles Of The Other Boys in Week 4 as Clemson and Alabama rest comfortably in the sweet arms of Charlotte and Southern Miss, respectively. Wisconsin and Utah try to put on "hey look at us" … [Read more...]
USC & UCLA Making For A Long College Football Season In Los Angeles
'Hot Seat Helton' And Chip Kelly Leads Waining Fan Interest In Trojans & Bruins By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger College football in Los Angeles is like the tide that rolls into the Santa Monica Pier. Interest in its flows in and out, depending on the status of its teams. And with USC and UCLA both out to sea, that interest is at a … [Read more...]
College Football Week 3 Games Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-South Carolina & Clemson-Syracuse Highlight A Weak Lineup, Tho Oklahoma To Put The Hurts On Hurting UCLA By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If you need a Saturday to get out and mow the lawn, to finally agree to go shopping with your wife for those new drapes or, in the case of Tennessee and UCLA, to catch your breath … [Read more...]
Here’s What’s Wrong With UCLA Football: They Hired Chip Kelly
Bruins, Hoping For Oregon-Esque Success, Are Stuck With An Also-Ran Head Coach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger With media and fans scratching their heads, the answer to "what's wrong with UCLA football" is simple. The Bruins hired Chip Kelly. I've always felt Kelly was overrated as a coach in the first place. He received credit for … [Read more...]
When – Of If – Will Phil Fulmer Admit His Mistake And Fire Jeremy Pruitt?
Tennessee Football Coach On The Super-Hot Seat After 1-3 Start By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If there's one thing bigger than Phil Fulmer's substantial gut, it's his ego. The Big Pumpkin hired Jeremy Pruitt and now may face having to fire him a year and a half into the job. But can Fulmer – who muscled his way into being athletic … [Read more...]
College Football Week 2 Games Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Clemson-Texas A&M, LSU-Texas & What's Happening At Tennessee And In The SEC By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger There's smoke coming out of the top of 'ol Smokey and it's not another boat on fire in the Volunteer Navy. It's actually steam coming out of the ears of Tennessee football fans, who suddenly find themselves … [Read more...]
Jeremy Pruitt Passes Clay Helton In Top Spot Of Coaches On The Hot Seat
Tennessee's Upset Loss To Georgia State Does Not Sit Well With Frustrated UT Fans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The fans sat in shock at Neyland Stadium. Frustration only begins to describe their mood. Now they are saying "here we go again, another coaching search." That's what will be happening now as second-year coach Jeremy … [Read more...]
College Football 2019 Week 1 Games Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Oregon-Auburn Opening Weekend's Marquee Matchup By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub's Expert College Football Analyst The 150th season of college football kicked off with a "zero" week, and that's what it looked like for fans of Florida, Miami and Arizona. Already now proven to be overrated is Florida, the Gators looking like minnow bait to the rest of the … [Read more...]
College Football Report: Florida Is Overrated And Dan Mullen Doesn’t Trust Felipe Franks
Gators Stink While Stumbling Past Miami By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger So much for visions of a SEC Championship game appearance, being a possible playoff contender, challenging Georgia in the East and, heck, even beating Missouri. Maybe even Tennessee. The Florida Gators 2019 football team opened its season against the Miami … [Read more...]
College Football 2019: The Rumors Of Alabama’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
Crimson Tide Will Continue To Roll With Nick Saban As Coach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Expert & Blogger When a program has a dynasty, everyone outside of it hates that program. They root against the team, cheer when it experiences a rare loss and uses any negative or perceived negative to pronounce that this is the year things will start … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Games Starting At 9 AM Is A Dumb – And Desperate – Idea
Conference Tries To Get National Attention At The Expense Of Fans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The season hasn't even started, yet Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott is already throwing up Hail Marys. First, he announced that the conference will move its football conference championship game to Las Vegas. But only for two years. That's … [Read more...]
Las Vegas To Host The 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Raiders Stadium To Be Site Of Conference Title Tilt By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Looking to make a national splash at its media days to try and take some attention away from the SEC, ACC and Big 10, the Pac-12 conference announced that it will be moving its football championship game to Las Vegas. Specifically, the 2020 and 2021 … [Read more...]
Ryan Leaf Turns Over New Leaf As ESPN College Football Analyst
NFL Draft's Biggest Bust Makes Miraculous Comeback By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger In life's equivalent of a third and long facing a strong blitz, Ryan Leaf stood cool in the pocket and delivered a strike. The former "biggest bust in NFL draft history," drug addict and prison inmate has staged a comeback almost as miraculous as the … [Read more...]