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OSU Punter Zach Sinor’s Heisman Website is the Best Thing You Will See Today

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Let’s try something new since it is Friday. At the end of each week, I will try to find

something you might have missed that brings a laugh to your day before the weekend starts. This week’s honor comes from the Big 12 and reminds us that “punters are people, too.”

While there has been some bad news in college football over the last 24 hours, one thing can brighten just about everyone’s day: Oklahoma State University punter Zach Sinor’s Heisman Trophy campaign. The campaign’s website, sinor4rheisman.com, looks like it dropped straight out of the 1990s. It even includes a dancing baby that fans of the show “Ally McBeal” will remember. Continue Reading

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Conference USA Media Days and Media Predictions

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The college-football media days keep rolling on, as different conferences host members of the media to hype the new season. Conference USA will head to Dallas, Texas, from

Wednesday, July 19, to Thursday, July 20. The conference will stream coaches’ and players’ meetings with the media on Facebook Live. Schools from the West Division will begin media days on Wednesday at 2 p.m., with Louisiana Tech University kicking off the event. The University of North Texas will take the stage at 2:15 p.m., Rice University will follow at 2:30 p.m., and the University of Southern Mississippi will face the conference media at 2:45 p.m. USM head coach Jay Hopson, running back Ito Smith and defensive back Cornell Armstrong will be at the event. Continue Reading

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Alcorn Picked to Win SWAC East, JSU Picked Third

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In a vote on Southwestern Athletic Conference Media Day, head football coaches and

sports information directors selected Alcorn State University as the favorite to win its fourth-straight SWAC East title. The Braves earned 80 points to finish well ahead of Alabama State University, which garnered 66 points. SWAC officials picked Jackson State University to finish third with 59 votes, and Alabama A&M University ended up in fourth with 45 points. Mississippi Valley State University had the fewest votes overall, with 20 points for fifth place. Coaches and directors picked defending SWAC and Celebration Bowl champion Grambling State University to finish first in the West with 85 points. Continue Reading

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Bulldogs and Rebels to Finish Last in SEC West?

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There wasn’t much love from the media for the Mississippi State University and

University of Mississippi football teams at the SEC Media Days. Media members picked both to finish at the bottom of the SEC West Division. Voters selected MSU (633 points) to finish sixth in the seven-team division, with the Rebels (379 points) receiving the fewest points of any team, coming in dead last. The University of Alabama (1,683 points) was the media’s pick to win the West and the SEC Championship. The media picked Auburn University (,1329 points) to finish second in the West, with Louisiana State University (1,262 points) in third, the University of Arkansas (796 points) in fourth place, and Texas A&M University (722 points) in fifth place. Continue Reading

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The Internet Believes Hugh Freeze is on the Hot Seat

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Note: This post was written before the lawsuit filed by former UM head coach Houston Nutt. University of Mississippi Head Coach Hugh Freeze will face the media for SEC Media

Days on Thursday, July 13, and someone is surely going to ask him about his program’s trouble with the NCAA at some point. It seems that the Rebels have been under investigation for breaking rules forever. At some point, the program will have a date with the Committee on Infractions, and it will have to face the music. The University has stood solidly behind Freeze and is fighting the NCAA’s finding that the program has a lack of institutional control. Continue Reading

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College Football Is Getting Longer

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College-football fans are having to devote more and more time to watching games. Each passing season sees the length of games get longer and longer. The national average game length for the 2013-2014 season, according to NCAA stats, was three hours and 17 minutes. Games went up to three hours and 23 minutes the n

ext season and dropped by one minute in the 2015-2016 season. Last season, game-length average grew to three hours and 24 minutes, making for a total increase of seven minutes over the last four seasons. Continue Reading