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To project how this season is likely to pan out, The Wall Street Journal compiled an extensive database of statistics on all 120 major-college teams. The data included not only current predictors of success, like the high-school-recruiting rankings of a team's starters and how many starts its offensive linemen have made, but also numbers from the past five seasons regarding each team's experience level.
The latter data set, provided by college-football analyst Phil Steele, who publishes a popular season-preview magazine each year, revealed statistical trends, such as what percentage of returning players often leads to a successful (or painful) season.
Steve Gorten of the South Florida Sun Sentinel did what all good journalists should do. He stared danger in the face. Gorten, who was in El Paso this past week to cover the Sun Bowl, decided to spend an afternoon in Ciudad... more »
There are 21 teams in the Big Ten and SEC combined. 11 of them are playing on either New Year's Day or in a BCS bowl game. January 1, once the day that defined college football, is now a place for Big Ten or SEC teams that win... more »
With 1:13 remaining in the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl and trailing 36-28, Kansas State quarterback Carson Coffman found receiver Adrian Hillburn for a 30-yard touchdown. Having cut the deficit to just two points, the Wildcats... more »
Fireworks crackled overhead and snowflakes fluttered to the turf and Notre Dame moved about the Sun Bowl turf a bit, well, unmoved. An acutely resolute performance capped off a stirring late-season renewal while gutting former... more »
The sentiment grew in resonance from the few remaining Michigan fans seated near the team as the clock mercifully counted down the closing moments of the U-M’s worst beating ever in a bowl. “Har-baugh! Har-baugh!” they... more »
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