https://www.thesportsjudge.com/ College Football stories from The Sports Judge. en-us Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/meredith-mans-the-island-texas-lands-nations-no-1-corner/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/meredith-mans-the-island-texas-lands-nations-no-1-corner/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT William Horschak College Football Steve Sarkisian keeps the best cover man in America home, denies the SEC's heaviest hitters, and stamps an already loaded haul with a genuine blue-chip cornerstone. R ecruiting is a long con of patience punctuated by the occasional lightning strike, and on Friday evening the Longhorns got the str… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/joe-paterno-fired-has-nobody-to-blame-but-himself/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/joe-paterno-fired-has-nobody-to-blame-but-himself/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:48:09 GMT Robert Jamieson College Football T he Penn State football program, and to a large extent the university as a whole, is forever tainted because of the actions of Assistant Coach Sandusky and inaction of PSU officials, including Joe Paterno. What happened at Penn State is worse than the NCAA violations that happened at USC, Ohio S… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-college-football-preview/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-college-football-preview/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT Winfield Icewood College Football E very August, somebody hands me a depth chart and a glass of something cold and asks who's going to win it all. And every August I tell them the same thing: the trophy is the easy part. Anybody with a pulse and a preseason poll can guess the champion. The fun is in the undercard — the walk-on wh… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/why-college-sports-are-better-than-professional-leagues/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/why-college-sports-are-better-than-professional-leagues/ Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:16:00 GMT Mark Smith College Football T he NFL and NBA lockouts have cast an ugly shadow over professional sports. There are pros and cons for following pro sports, but the greed and stubbornness on display by the players and owners only make college sports look even better by comparison. I personally find professional leagues easier… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/sec-overtakes-pac-10-for-unofficial-title-of-best-baseball-conference/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/sec-overtakes-pac-10-for-unofficial-title-of-best-baseball-conference/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:23:00 GMT Itsgoodtobetheking College Football D oes anyone see a pattern emerging here? For the record, it would be totally ludicrous to dismiss the accomplishments of the Pac-10 in college baseball: It is extremely difficult to argue with 26 College World Series titles. However, it is equally difficult to ignore a trend that has been develo… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/highest-paid-assistant-college-football-coaches-2011/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/highest-paid-assistant-college-football-coaches-2011/ Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:48:00 GMT William Horschak College Football T he 2011 college football season is only a few more months away. As TSJ continues to deliver its preseason college football coverage, I decided to compile a list of the highest-paid assistant coaches in college football. Coach School Salary --- --- --- Gus Malzahn Auburn Tigers $1.3 million Char… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/pryor-taking-the-road-less-travelled/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/pryor-taking-the-road-less-travelled/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:18:00 GMT Mark Smith College Football I remember when I was jealous of Terrelle Pryor. He seemed to have it all: he was the star quarterback of Ohio State University, he’d led his team to two-straight BCS bowl wins, and at 6’6” tall and 230 pounds he is a man among boys on the field. I’m not as jealous of him anymore. He’s still a gr… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/worthless-strippingis-there-such-thing/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/worthless-strippingis-there-such-thing/ Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:19:00 GMT Chris Foshee College Football T he BCS finally passed a movement to strip USC of their 2004 National Championship. The ruling followed a long investigation by the NCAA that proved that former USC running back Reggie Bush was ineligible during the championship game due to receiving extra benefits from a sports marketer. Bush’s… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/ohio-state-offense-may-need-spark/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/ohio-state-offense-may-need-spark/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:01:00 GMT Matt Marcil College Football W ith the 2011 college football season around the corner, most schools have had a quiet off-season to evaluate their talent and organize depth charts. This task can be somewhat daunting without the right people involved, and one school in particular has to do all of this in the midst of an NCAA s… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-preseason-all-sec-team/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-preseason-all-sec-team/ Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:44:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football T wo SEC West schools dominate the TSJ preseason All-SEC team. Arkansas sports 13 players (Joe Adams counted twice for WR and PR) on the two deep roster while Alabama placed 12. The Georgia Bulldogs were also well represented with eight players making an appearance on the preseason list. The Hogs… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/osu-in-trouble-but-ncaa-needs-changing/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/osu-in-trouble-but-ncaa-needs-changing/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:19:00 GMT Dave Radcliffe College Football I think everyone gets it by now. Ohio State football has dug itself a hole that not even Terrelle Pryor could launch a football out of because of multiple accusations of crossing the strict boundaries the NCAA has in place. Whether it be the discounted cars, selling memorabilia, withholding infor… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-preseason-all-b1g-team/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-preseason-all-b1g-team/ Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:56:00 GMT Cody Steger College Football T he Big Ten will have a new look this upcoming season all over the place. First off, we have the newest addition to the heartland of the United States with Nebraska University. The Cornhuskers left the rugged Big 12 to join a conference that wanted a conference championship game. Since a new tea… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-preseason-all-big-12-team/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/2011-preseason-all-big-12-team/ Sat, 28 May 2011 17:45:00 GMT William Horschak College Football W ith the departure of Nebraska and Colorado, Oklahoma has made the most of it, earning 12 selections to the 2011 Preseason All-Big 12 team. Heisman hopeful Landry Jones highlights the Sooner selections, with All-America hopefuls Ryan Broyles and Travis Lewis not far behind. Meanwhile, Mack Brown… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/ncaa-rejects-uscs-appeal-2004-bcs-title-gone/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/ncaa-rejects-uscs-appeal-2004-bcs-title-gone/ Wed, 25 May 2011 21:42:00 GMT William Horschak College Football L eaked sources have stated that the NCAA has denied USC's appeal, which will ultimately mean the Trojans will have to vacate their 2004 BCS National Championship. The Bowl Championship Series will not officially announce this until the NCAA officially releases its report and the Presidential Ove… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/hog-running-backs-battle-for-position/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/hog-running-backs-battle-for-position/ Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:58:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football M ake no mistake about it. Knile Davis is starting to look over his shoulder, and he’s looking for Ronnie Wingo Jr. The talk around Fayetteville, Arkansas this postseason has been the position battle at quarterback. Both Tyler Wilson and Brandon Mitchell have drawn strong praise from the Razorbac… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/razorback-message-board-pwns-phil-steele/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/razorback-message-board-pwns-phil-steele/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:04:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football O dds are you won’t hear Phil Steele make a joke about the lack of internet in a redneck state like Arkansas anytime soon. He found out the hard way that not only do the Razorback fans have the internet, they are willing to use it as a weapon of war. After the BCS games were over and done, everyo… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/experts-tell-the-tale-malletts-stock-is-up/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/experts-tell-the-tale-malletts-stock-is-up/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:51:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football R yan Mallett’s stock is going up. Now, you wouldn’t believe that if you read Sports Illustrated, Yahoo sports, ESPN, or various bloggers nationwide that piggy-back off the journalists that pretend to have some great insight that nobody else has. NFL Mocks, National Football Post, and Walters Foo… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/best-recruiting-class-ever/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/best-recruiting-class-ever/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:46:00 GMT Jarod Mitchell College Football T ommy Tuberville has really worked his butt off by giving Texas Tech its best ever recruiting class. Tech finished with 29 commitments in their 2011 class. Tuberville has always been a great recruiter, and he traveled all over the U.S. this off-season to bring some great kids to Lubbock. At his… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/the-joneses-2011-texas-longhorn-coaching-salaries/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/the-joneses-2011-texas-longhorn-coaching-salaries/ Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:36:00 GMT William Horschak College Football A few months back, when the Texas program appeared to be heading back toward a dark place, Mack Brown was busy convincing the board of regents to approve hefty pay raises for his current staff and soon-to-be staff. It appears the regents didn't need much convincing — not after USA Today and the A… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/ducking-a-loss/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/ducking-a-loss/ Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:50:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football G otta love the West Coast vibe. If you don’t win, just pretend it didn’t happen. Everybody feels good. Everybody gets to drink the Kool-Aid. The Oregon Ducks are champions at that as well. The Duck football team was honored as part of Eugene, Oregon’s “Celebrating Champions” parade on January 22… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/suspended-ohio-state-players-keep-their-word/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/suspended-ohio-state-players-keep-their-word/ Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:26:00 GMT Dan Vest College Football “Maybe two, three at best,” that was the pervading wisdom on sports websites across the country, including right here on The Sports Jury , when discussing how many of the five suspended Ohio State football players would return for their senior season. S ure, all five had promised head coach Jim T… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/the-never-too-early-top-25/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/the-never-too-early-top-25/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:31:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football I t is never too early, despite what some pundits say, to start rattling off top 25 lists for the next season. Of course, these lists are subject to massive change depending on injuries that will inevitably happen as the season draws near, transfers, players' arrests, and star recruits being forc… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/poor-poor-rich-rod/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/poor-poor-rich-rod/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:50:00 GMT Matthew Novitzky College Football W hen Michigan announced that coach Les Miles had shown interest in taking over their mediocre football program I nearly choked. Les Miles, the man who brought LSU redemption after the exit of Nick Saben, the man who brought them a National Championship in 2007, the man who holds a 62-17 record r… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/auburn-keeps-national-title-in-sec-hands/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/auburn-keeps-national-title-in-sec-hands/ Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:58:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football T he SEC is still the SEC, and everybody else is still...well, everybody else. Auburn’s win over Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night marks the fifth straight BCS National Championship for the conference, and the fourth different SEC team to bring the title home in the pas… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/go-cheat-and-prosper/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/go-cheat-and-prosper/ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:23:00 GMT Nate Friedman College Football H ere’s a radical idea: if you’re a big-time athletic department at a big-time school, cheat. Cheat with everything you’ve got, hide it as best that you can, and play your best players regardless of the odds they get smoked by the NCAA. Do I have your attention yet? In Monday night’s Poll Bowl, A… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/paul-chrysts-gamble-doesnt-pay-off/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/paul-chrysts-gamble-doesnt-pay-off/ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:40:00 GMT William Horschak College Football P aul Chryst bet the farm and lost this week. Chryst was interviewed for the coveted offensive coordinator slot at the University of Texas, where he reportedly would have been given a hefty raise of up to $1,000,000 a year (per sources). Reports started surfacing that it was nearly a done deal, u… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/source-bryan-harsin-to-accept-texas-oc-job/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/source-bryan-harsin-to-accept-texas-oc-job/ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:30:00 GMT William Horschak College Football S ources out of Austin, TX, report that Boise State offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin is set to accept the vacant offensive coordinator position for the Longhorns. Harsin was in Austin yesterday for a second time to meet with athletic department officials. The Texas offensive coordinator positio… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/no-way-to-defend-rich-rod/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/no-way-to-defend-rich-rod/ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:40:00 GMT Winfield Icewood College Football T he Michigan Wolverines football program must get its swag back. For the last three years since Rich Rod became head coach, the winningest football team in college history lost more games than it did in its previous seven. Under new defensive coordinator Greg Robinson the Wolverines allowed the… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/lucky-break-for-stanford/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/lucky-break-for-stanford/ Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:15:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football A ndrew Luck, the Stanford quarterback widely regarded to be the first pick in the NFL draft, will pass on the NFL next year and play his junior season for the Stanford Cardinal. Luck, a redshirt sophomore, completed 70% of his passes this past season, enjoyed a 4-1 touchdown to interception rati… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/source-manny-diaz-texas-new-dc/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/source-manny-diaz-texas-new-dc/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:51:00 GMT William Horschak College Football A source close to the Texas program has confirmed that current Mississippi State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz will become the new defensive coordinator for the University of Texas. Diaz is 36 years old and received his bachelor's from Florida State University in 1995, where he went on to beco… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/source-paul-chryst-to-accept-texas-oc-job/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/source-paul-chryst-to-accept-texas-oc-job/ Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:15:00 GMT William Horschak College Football P aul Chryst is close to accepting the vacant offensive coordinator position for the Texas Longhorns, sources close to the program say. Chryst and his Wisconsin offensive line coach, Bob Bostad, were both in Austin yesterday for interviews. Texas has already filled the vacant receivers and defens… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/big-ten-on-the-road-to-acceptance/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/big-ten-on-the-road-to-acceptance/ Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:28:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football O uch. That one word describes the bowl season for the Big Ten this year. It started well enough. The Hawkeyes of Iowa upset 15th ranked Missouri. Illinois dropped the Baylor Bears like they were, well, Baylor. The Big Ten started off 2-0 and things were looking good for the conference that pride… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/fixing-the-bcs-part-v/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/fixing-the-bcs-part-v/ Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:52:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football I n the first four segments of this series on how to fix the Bowl Championship Series, some important and rather dramatic proposed changes have been outlined. The series has called for all conferences to tally up at least 12 teams and play a conference championship game. It has called for the rem… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/playoffs-a-box-that-pandora-would-be-proud-of/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/playoffs-a-box-that-pandora-would-be-proud-of/ Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:01:00 GMT Jacob Colonna College Football Prologue I am an avid fan of college football with a pretty solid understanding of the fundamental differences in the sport compared to other major American sports. I am not an economist, booster, Athletic Director, or coach. I have, however, spent countless hours of my life discussing and arguin… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/reports-jim-tressel-leaving-ohio-state/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/reports-jim-tressel-leaving-ohio-state/ Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:11:00 GMT William Horschak College Football S ources close to the Ohio State football program are reporting that head football coach Jim Tressel will be stepping down after the Buckeyes' Sugar Bowl appearance. Controversy has swirled around the Buckeye program over the past few years, with 375 self-reported violations to the NCAA, the most… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/fixing-the-bcs-part-iv/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/fixing-the-bcs-part-iv/ Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:51:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football A few conferences come to mind when people start to discuss success in the Bowl Championship Series. Of course, the SEC leads the way, winning half of the twelve BCS National Championship games. In fact, the SEC has dominated the BCS over the last five years, and if Auburn defeats Oregon on Janua… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/fixing-the-bcs-part-iii/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/fixing-the-bcs-part-iii/ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:38:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football I f you have been following this collection of rule changes on how to fix the Bowl Championship Series, then you know the first two rule changes. The first change included forcing all teams to play a conference championship game. The second rule change provided for a by-law that kept everyone, in… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/report-teryl-austin-to-be-named-texas-dc/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/report-teryl-austin-to-be-named-texas-dc/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:16:00 GMT William Horschak College Football A fter conflicting reports yesterday that Randy Shannon would replace Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator at the University of Texas, multiple credible sources are now saying that current Florida defensive coordinator Teryl Austin will be named to the position. Austin served one year as Florid… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/bowl-season-sing-a-long/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/bowl-season-sing-a-long/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:47:00 GMT Ben Dial College Football W ith the bowl season among us, college football fans circle games that are “must sees” and secretly try to schedule our holiday trips and appearances around the contests that interest us most. Picking winners is good fun, and I’m sure many of us will be competing in bowl pick ‘em contests on var… https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/report-texas-to-name-randy-shannon-defensive-coordinator/ https://www.thesportsjudge.com/cfb/report-texas-to-name-randy-shannon-defensive-coordinator/ Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:31:00 GMT William Horschak College Football R eports out of Austin are that former Miami (Fla.) head coach Randy Shannon will be named Texas' new defensive coordinator later today during a press conference. Shannon will inherit Will Muschamp's defense that ranked 7th in ypg and 51st in scoring defense. Randy Shannon was a successful defens…