Archive for College Football

Spring Forward

Hey All. Since I’ll be posting here on a regular basis, Avinash suggested I introduce myself. For those of you who don’t know me already, I’m a 2000 Cal alum currently living and practicing law in New York. Thanks to Avinash for the opportunity to contribute to the discussion and thanks to [...]

Posted by: Tony on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

3rd Down Offense in the Pac-10

Numbers are always fun to look at, and this week I’m going to look at the all-too-crucial third down conversion. While I can’t generate anything as awesome as MGoBlog’s graphs, I can do some basic breakdown of numbers.
The Division I rushing yards per carry ranking is listed in parentheses.

Rushing
3rd and 1-3
3rd and [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Worst Officiating Calls in College Football, 2007

Unfortunately for us, not all college referees possess the awesomeness of Ron Cherry. Most of the best have graduated to the NFL; the rejects get piled on in the college and high school level. So in the college ranks (as we’ve been reminded recently in the hoops game), we’re prone to a plethora of bad [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, April 11th, 2008

Updated Pac-10 Helmet Schedule

Tennessee and UCLA rescheduled their matchup to Labor Day, so the original Pac-10 helmet schedule had to be updated. I have a feeling I’ll be updating this about ten more times before the season starts, but no biggie.
Again, you can click on the image above for something visually readable, and you can also download it [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Which Conference Proved The Most in Bowl Season?

Extending with our deep and important discussion from regular season into bowl season, which conference had the toughest slate of opponents? Which conference had it easy goings?
Well let’s look at the bowl performance. We can get a good examination by taking a look at this chart, with each row featuring a game, starting with the [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Which Conference Proved They Were the Strongest?

Who’s the best conference?
This seems to be part of a minimal but growing debate–and by debate I mean chest-thumping–about the Pac-10 (usually USC fans angry at how indifferent southern college football fans are to recent Trojan dominance) and the SEC (indifferent to West Coast bluster, every year). The heat has been rising summer after summer, [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, March 24th, 2008

Cal Football 2007 In Numbers: 4th Down

4th Down Offense
T6 ASU 13/19
T14 Oregon St. 9/14
T30 USC 10/17
76 Cal 5/10
T81 Stanford 8/18
T81 Washington 8/18
T87 Oregon 6/14
112 UCLA 4/13
114 Wazzu 7/24
116 Arizona 5/19
4th Down Defense
T-7 Stanford 5/17
UCLA 5/17
T-9 [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, March 10th, 2008

Pac-10 2008 Helmet Schedule

Just a little something I cooked up–I was inspired by the SEC version and decided the nations’s other great conference deserved a little visual representation. Click on the image below for the gigantic version, because the helmets are pretty.
You can also download it as an Excel file by right-clicking on the link at the end [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Saturday, March 8th, 2008

CFBA Ballot, Part II

Part I here.
The Brady Quinn Award
FOR: The prettiest blog. CRITERIA: An aesthetic appeal and usability. The best looking and most functional blog.

Buckeye Commentary
Eleven Warrors
Orange And Blue Hue
MGoBlog
Rocky Top Talk
Gate 21

I like MGoBlog’s design–absolutely functional and works perfectly within the contours, but they asked for the prettiest, and pretty is such a superficial term. So I’m [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, February 24th, 2008

My College Football Blog Award Ballot, Part I

Generally, in many elections and choices for big awards, I like to keep my vote private. In this case? No way. I’m not up for anything and have nothing at stake, so the process be damned. And you always need more college football sources to read in your life.
Best MSM Blog

Greg Auman
David Ching
Bruce Feldman
Spencer Hall
Stewart [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008