I love it when the bogus BCS is a mess. Major college football stubbornly refuses to have a playoff and the result is a unsatisfying system that got turned upside down Friday night when Iowa State stunned previously unbeaten Oklahoma State, 37-31, in overtime. LSU and Houston are the only major unbeaten teams and Houston [...]
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Former college football linebackers tell of atmosphere of homophobia while playing
Inside Higher Education has a comprehensive look at a research study focusing on seven former college football linebackers, all of whom identify as “non-straight,” and how awful their experiences were while playing. The study by Lawrence J. Mrozek and Elizabeth Burns found: When players were found out, they could become targets. One former student who [...]
Ohio State loses, so who’s your No. 1?
The first BCS poll will be out Sunday and the big question is who the top two teams will be. It won’t be Ohio State, 31-18 losers to Wisconsin. The Buckeyes became the second straight No. 1 team to lose, following Alabama a week earlier. Oregon, which was idle, will almost certainly be one of [...]
College football’s shirtless photos trend
With college football starting this week, the Wall Street Journal looks at what it terms “college beefcake photos,” which have become more widespread thanks to the Internet (see gallery below). What’s missing is any discussion of the homoerotic aspects of the photos, though there is some discussion about “sending the wrong message.” At some schools, [...]
Alabama tops AP preseason football poll
No surprise, but defending BCS champ Alabama is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as No. 1 in college football, if the preseason AP poll is accurate. The Tide garnered 54 of the 59 first-place votes. Rounding out the Top 5 are Ohio State, Boise State, Florida and Texas. It’s Boise State at No. 3 (the [...]
College football: Who’s your No. 1?
The 2009 college football season starts a week from Saturday and every one has an opinion on who will play in the BCS title game in the Rose Bowl in January. Florida is an overwhelming favorite to win its second straight BCS title, but teams such as Texas, Oklahoma, USC and Alabama are widely considered [...]
Poll: Many college players have gay teammates
In the upcoming college football issue for ESPN the Magazine, there is a poll of 85 current players. Among the tidbits was this: Do you have any gay teammates? Almost half of those surveyed (49.4%, to be exact) said yes, they believe they have at least one gay teammate. In the Pac-10, 70% of those [...]
Going Bowling – Week 3
We all love our college football and will be sad to see it go. But it’s the 3rd week of exhibition match ups and we’ve still got a couple of (lol) meaningful games to go, including the biggest one of all: The Gators National Championship Coronation Game. So, one more time… while Cyd is worrying [...]
Anti-gay hate at Fresno St. football
(Update: Fresno State president issues statement saying he is “deeply troubled by the homophobic slurs.” See below.) It started out like a normal college football Saturday evening in Fresno, albeit with a little more excitement than usual. The nationally-ranked Bulldogs, for the first time in school history, were hosting another ranked team at home. And [...]