By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Editor The push for expanding the College Football Playoff to 12 teams has some people – many of those in the media who have been pushing this proposal – having visions of what March Madness has brought to college basketball. Thrilling early-round games, monumental upsets of big programs by little schools and buzzer-beaters at such a … [Read more...]
Despite The California Atmospheric River, Georgia & TCU Fans Won’t Get Wet At SoFi Stadium (Maybe)
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Rain, rain and more rain. The California atmospheric river has transformed the state from a sun drenched one to rain drenched one. That may dampen the pregame spirts of Georgia and TCU fans in Los Angeles for the College Football Playoffs National Championship who no doubt were expecting the tropical scene of gently swaying palm trees, … [Read more...]
Be Careful What You Ask For When It Comes To A 12-Team College Football Playoff
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor Be careful what you ask for when it comes to a 12-team college football playoff. Why? I list five reasons below. 1.) Expect Even More Playoff Blowouts You think Georgia's whipping of Michigan in last year's semifinal was so bad you changed channels after the first quarter? Clemson's 30-3 snoozer over Notre Dame in … [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...]
Rose Bowl Moved To Texas Is Another Blow To California Gov. Newsom
College Football Playoffs Semifinal Between Alabama And Notre Dame To Be Played In Dallas Instead Of Pasadena By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com California Editor Published Dec. 20, 2000 The Rose Bowl – and California Gov. Gavin Newsom's unbending and restrictive COVID-19 policy – has been intercepted. The "grandaddy of them all" has been moved out of California … [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...]
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...]
College Football Blogger: CFP Playoff Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Oklahoma & Clemson-Notre Dame Winners (And Why) By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The appetizers have been laid out on the table – the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Cheeze-It Bowl, even the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl among the offerings – but these are mere pre-party snacks while we all await the main … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Ohio State’s Loss To Purdue Eliminates It From Playoff Contention
Why The Buckeyes Are Out Of The National Championship Picture By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger It was this year's Iowa. Ohio State was knocked out of the 2018 season College Football Playoffs on the road against a middle-of-the-road Big 10 team. And make no mistake about it, the Buckeyes' hopes of winning a National Championship are … [Read more...]
Alabama, Georgia To Advance In College Football Playoffs: The Pigskin Prognosticator
Tide To Escape Clemson In Another Classic; Dawgs Will Shut Down Baker Mayfield By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The College Football Playoffs kick off just about the time that New Year's Eve hangover starts to fade away and people start to emerge from their caves like bears coming of their dens in the springtime. And if you're … [Read more...]
Los Angeles To Host 2023 College Football Playoffs National Championship
New Rams Stadium In Inglewood Site Of Title Game By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger On the day the Dodgers were playing in Game 7 in an attempt to win their first World Series in nearly 30 years, Los Angeles scored a big hit in another sport. The city will be hosting the 2023 college football National Championship game, the final game of … [Read more...]
Will Nick Saban Use A Two-Quarterback System In The College Football Playoffs?
Alabama Gives Opposing Coaches Another Headache To Consider By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Something interesting happened in the third quarter of Alabama's 45-7 win over Tennessee. The Tide had just taken the second-half kickoff to build a 28-0 lead – putting the game well out of reach for the offense-challenged Vols – when Nick Saban … [Read more...]
Chaotic Upsets Won’t Change College Football Playoffs (For Now)
Clemson & Michigan Still In It While U-Dub Pretty Much Eliminated The College Football Playoff committee got what it did not want, a Saturday full of chaos when not just one team in its Final Four lost, but three of them. Yes, 3/4 of the teams that would be playing for the National Championship "if the playoffs were held today" went down on a single … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Playoff Picks
Inside The Helmets For Clemson-Oklahoma and Alabama-Michigan State This college football playoff thing has already cost Alabama one National Championship and now the school is in it again. Standing in its way this time is another team from “that” conference while two other teams are shoved off to a side stage. If this were a big music festival Alabama-Michigan State would … [Read more...]
College Football Playoffs On New Year’s Eve A Dumb Idea
NYE Is For Celebration & Partying, Not Watching Games By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Playing the College Football Playoffs on New Year's Eve is a dumb idea. Period. For fans of the teams involved, this means NYE will be spent in an anxious, tense mental state. And after the games, while fans of the winning teams will be partying it … [Read more...]