College football’s new world order is unfolding before our eyes and on our screens. Although television viewership at the highest level is essentially unchanged compared to this point last season,…
We have reached the midway point of an unprecedented college football season, with conference realignment and the expanded playoff heaping storylines onto a sport already oozing intrigue. With seven weeks…
Instant reaction to developments on the field … 1. October checkup We’re halfway through the first football season of this new era, with the former Pac-12 schools scattered across three…
For the last two weeks, I relaxed in Durango, Denver, New York City, Fort Collins, and Santa Fe. Cars, planes, and subways are not the wrong way to take…
The Arizona Wildcats’ offensive struggles continued Saturday at BYU, where the Cougars cruised to a 41-19 victory. For the second week in a row, scoring points proved a problem for…
Video by Eliav Gabay Article by Jordan Spurgeon Trailing 21-19 with less than three minutes remaining, every one in Tucson knew where the football was going. The best friends at…
Expansion of the College Football Playoff is arguably the greatest competitive change in the sport’s history — more significant than the move from the Bowl Championship Series to the four-team…
The Wildcats beat Utah to add another dose of mayhem into the conference race. Instant reaction to Week 5 developments … 1. Conference of chaos The Big 12 isn’t just…
The Arizona Wildcats came into Rice-Eccles Stadium and accomplished something that hadn’t happened since 2014: They beat Utah on their turf. The Wildcats out-Utahed Utah. The stop the Utes four…
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