by Terry P. Johnson | Dec 7, 2014
Behind a solid, all-around effort on Saturday night in Charlotte, Florida State defeated Georgia Tech and guaranteed itself a spot in the College Football Playoff. Judging by what we saw in the ACC Championship Game, the Seminoles are a threat to win it. Make no...
by Bart Doan | Dec 7, 2014
Follow TSS on Twitter @TheStudentSect Author @TheCoachBart Ohio State eviscerated Wisconsin, and by proxy, the Buckeyes belong in the College Football Playoff. Final score? 59-0. Not making that number up. I promise. That’s about as loaded for you as meeting...
by Matt Birch | Dec 7, 2014
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby is set to name Baylor and TCU co-champions, and Bears head coach Art Briles is not happy about it. Briles felt that Baylor should be named champion being that they beat TCU head-to-head. He ripped Bowlsby after the team’s 38-27...
by Kevin Causey | Dec 7, 2014
It was Championship Weekend and heartbreak was expected across the board, but the teams with the most on the line didn’t fall prey to the upset bug. In a twisting finish to a season that has seen “chaos” rule around every corner, the top six teams in...
by Ryan Palencer | Dec 6, 2014
The SEC Championship Game that everyone thought would be a blowout did not defy expectations. After a full season in which the SEC West and SEC East lived in different worlds, the matchup of champions from the two divisions was as lopsided as it figured to be. From...
by Brian Wright | Dec 6, 2014
The winter meetings—MLB’s signature offseason event—occur in the midst of the holiday shopping season. The event features many “buyers” attempting to push other competitors aside in hopes of landing a hot commodity to upgrade their respective teams...
by Brian Wright | Dec 6, 2014
The winter meetings—MLB’s signature offseason event—occur in the midst of the holiday shopping season. The event features many “buyers” attempting to push other competitors aside in hopes of landing a hot commodity to upgrade their respective teams...
by Matt Zemek | Dec 6, 2014
The Pac-12’s decision to stage a conference championship game at Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco made sense on a conceptual level. The league’s headquarters are located in the city, which is the geographical center of a conference that stretches from...
by Philip Rossman-Reich | Dec 6, 2014
It took about a month into the season. It took some trials and tribulations. Some hard lessons learned from the young players and some teammates to get used to. The storyline followed the similar path that the Heat did when LeBron James joined the Heat. He had the...
by Phillip Bupp | Dec 5, 2014
Hooliganism has long been a black eye on the sport of soccer. To many, it would seem as if it was something we read in the history books and doesn’t happen all that often. If this week has been any indication, there is still hooliganism and no one seems to be...
by Phillip Bupp | Dec 5, 2014
Hooliganism has long been a black eye on the sport of soccer. To many, it would seem as if it was something we read in the history books and doesn’t happen all that often. If this week has been any indication, there is still hooliganism and no one seems to be...
by Matt Verderame | Dec 5, 2014
Ray Rice was reinstated into the NFL after winning his appeal last week, claiming the indefinite suspension for knocking his then-fiancee Janay Palmer unconscious in an elevator was unjust. Going by the law, it was probably the right decision. NFL commissioner Roger...
by Tom Gower | Dec 5, 2014
With the season winding down and playoff races heating up, this weekend is loaded with interesting matchups. These are some of the most interesting potential personnel battles in Sunday’s afternoon slate to get you prepared for the Patriots-Chargers nightcap. 1....
by Matt Zemek | Dec 5, 2014
On a Thursday that swung the coaching carousel ’round and ’round, lots of college football writers and pundits, including those close to the program, viewed Nebraska’s surprise hiring of Mike Riley with approval: Analysis: In Mike Riley, Nebraska...
by Zach Reynolds | Dec 5, 2014
Though the 2015 NBA Draft is still six months away, who goes number one when projecting today? Is there a transcendent, franchise-changing prospect at the top of the 2015 NBA Draft? Maybe. Jahlil Okafor has been incredibly impressive to begin his freshman season,...
