On Tuesday, Ball State edged Northern Illinois, 20-17; Western Michigan beat Central Michigan, 38-28 – no word about any sign-stealing there (sorry, couldn’t resist); and Ohio beat Buffalo, 20-10. Wednesday night, Miami (Ohio) shut out Akron, 19-0; Bowling Green beat
You have to be a certain age to remember the Abbott and Costello skit of “Who’s on first?” Sure, I know it applied to baseball and first base. But for me, it works appropriately enough for “Who’s on the sideline?”
The Big Ten Conference did something few expected. They did discipline Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh in season, when few expected them to do so. Harbaugh, the coach of the third-ranked Wolverines, is suspended from coaching for Michigan’s final three regular
Outkick.com, the website made famous by Clay Travis and formerly known as Outkick the Coverage, has officially broken one of the most hilarious stories we’ve heard in our short existence here at The Football Beat. Our editor / publisher, Mitch
What’s the most dangerous team to deal with on a football field? Well, it’s the team that believes it’s got nothing to lose, of course. And if you listen to Lane Kiffin – coach of the No. 10 Ole Miss
The Texas Longhorns are about to get a big piece of the puzzle back out of the box. Quarterback Quinn Ewers, injured in the Longhorns’ win over Houston on Oct. 21, will return to the starting lineup for No. 7
Don’t tell Fox Sports columnist R.J. Young Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe can’t play. He doesn’t want to hear it. Young’s column on FoxSports.com on Monday (College football rankings: Alabama is for real, and so is improving QB Jalen Milroe) correctly
Apparently, enough was enough for Lincoln Riley and the Southern Cal administration for defensive coordinator Alex Grinch. The Trojans have dismissed Grinch after the latest debacle on Saturday night, a 52-42 loss to No. 5 Washington (USC fires defensive coordinator
Can the fifth-ranked Washington Huskies prove a lot of the doubters wrong, and go into The Coliseum in L.A. and leave with a win over USC tonight? Tonight is also the annual renewing of the state of Louisiana’s grudge match
Got to ask, what ya’ thought of the initial College Football Playoff rankings released by the 13-member committee on Tuesday, Halloween night? Did you pretty much agree – or did you consider it rather frightful? I was a little shocked