by Matt Zemek | Aug 1, 2014
Two seasons ago, I began to take notes on plus-territory drive starts for teams from the power five conferences, the American Athletic Conference, the Mountain West, and the four major independents (Notre Dame, BYU, Army, and Navy). Freelance researcher Ryan Orlinski...
by Matt Zemek | Jul 30, 2014
Last year, freelance researchers Aaron Calhoun and Ryan Orlinksi helped me to examine a decade’s worth of college football regular seasons, 2003 through 2012. We used several statistical categories and comparisons in the course of our research. One example...
by Matt Zemek | Jul 29, 2014
A third of a century ago, in 1981, college football wasn’t televised wall-to-wall on Saturdays. The courts had not yet busted open the television landscape, changing forever the way Americans consumed college football as a product… and the ways in which...
by Matt Zemek | Jul 25, 2014
Officiating college football is a much tougher job than it used to be. The speed and power of the athletes have increased, but the speed of the game has increased as well. Faster athletes running hurry-up-no-huddle offenses with spread formations and more downfield...
by Matt Zemek | Jul 25, 2014
Officiating college football is a much tougher job than it used to be. The speed and power of the athletes have increased, but the speed of the game has increased as well. Faster athletes running hurry-up-no-huddle offenses with spread formations and more downfield...
