College Football Playoff – Prestige or PR Nightmare?

College Football Playoff  – Prestige or PR Nightmare? What are They Doing? College Football Fans Need to Know For the first time the national championship game in college football will be decided by a college football playoff consisting of the top four teams and decided solely on the votes from the new thirteen-member committee.  The College Football Playoff Selection Committee that will rank the top twenty-five NCAA teams and determine the four teams to play in the College Football Playoff and six other bowl games. What this committee does and more importantly the results matters to millions of football fans,
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College Football Playoff Selection Process

College Football Playoff Selection Process Why Being First Isn’t Easy The kick-off of a new era in college football brings a new system through which the two teams that will play in the national championship game will be decided by a four-team playoff and the selection of those teams is 100% dependent on the analysis, opinions and biases of thirteen human beings serving on the inaugural College Football Playoff Selection Committee. (The committee members are listed below.) If you haven’t heard by now, a major pivot to the way college football crowns its national champion occurred last October when the BCS
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Top Five Changes in the College Football Playoff

A major overhaul to the way college football crowns its national champion occurred last October when the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) was replaced by the CFP (College Football Playoff) Committee.   Since 1998, we’ve anointed 16 champions in the college football rankings and 16 crystal footballs were joyfully hoisted in the air.  The upcoming football season will be the first national champion to play through the additional semi-final game on their way to the championship game.    The Top Five Things Every College Football Fan Needs to Know about the New Playoff   ONE:  A committee will rank the top 25
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College Football Playoff Selection Committee and ESPN’s Influence

College Football Playoff Selection Committee: Will ESPN Influence the 4-Team Playoff?   For ardent college football fans, it’s hard to imagine a world without ESPN. Since its initial launch in 1979, the growth and influence of ESPN is undeniably astounding. They set viewership records and turn around to break those records over and over. They are the best in the business – Number One in Sports Media.  How much influence will it have over the College Football Playoff Selection Committee? The best sportscasters, the best graphics, the best sports news programming and the best games, they entertain us by bringing us college football
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Iron Bowl 2013: How ‘The West’ was Won or How The ‘Three-peat’ was Done?

Iron Bowl 2013 How ‘The West’ was Won? Or How the ‘Three-Peat’ was Done? Opposing Points of View Living Under One Roof Unless you are in a mixed marriage, or you have a kid or sibling who thinks outside the fam, you will never know what it’s like to be in a House Divided, or as we like to call it “House United.” Our marriage is one such with an Auburn Fan and an Alabama Fan living under the same roof.  One of the first things we worked out when we started dating was how that would work.  We have
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Top Ten New NCAA Rule Changes SEC Coaches Want to See

NCAA Rule Changes Top 10 New NCAA Rule Changes SEC Coaches Want to See   10.  Les Miles:  What about adding a fourth time out in each half? 9.  Steve Spurrier:  I would like to be able to throw my headset at the referee with no penalty. 8.  Nick Saban:  What if we could put a limit on the length of time a QB could scramble around behind the line of scrimmage, before we just blow the whistle and call the play dead.  (That would be safer for the QB) 7.  Kevin Sumlin:  A 12th man on the field would be nice.
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Top 10 Ways You Can Tell WJOX Matt and Scot Have Been Here a Year

Top 10 Ways You Can Tell WJOX Matt and Scot Have Been Here a Year Congrats on a Great First Year A year ago, when you first heard Scot Harrison and Matt McClearin on WJOX, you wondered if two Texas transplants would ever get a clue about real college football, the SEC, or dare try to understand the Auburn / Alabama rivalry.  If you are like we are they have really grown on you. We at RollTideWarEagle.com enjoy the creative sports entertainment that Matt and Scot provide on WJOX sports talk radio daily.  In appreciation we want to honor them with
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Kevin Scarbinsky told by Big Winners, PODCAST Iron Bowl 2014

College Football Podcast (Audio) of Kevin Scarbinsky as told by Big Winners House Divided Reaction to the 2013 Iron Bowl In this College Football Podcast, sports analyst and funny guy, Big Winners, tells a hilarious story of reading a Kevin Scarbinsky article to his “House Divided,” wife Shirley Winners.  You’ll have coffee blowing out your nose listening to Auburn fan Big, dealing with his Bama sweety, Shirley.  Listen up and enjoy!  Let us know what you think. We’d love to hear from you. Full AL.com article by Kevin Scarbinsky link.  
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Quick Turf Time for 6 at BAMA

  Six BAMA Recruits expected to contribute this year The 2014 recruiting class could be the best in Coach Saban’s tenure at The Capstone, with verbal commitments from five 5-Star recruits and thirteen 4-Star.  Alabama should finish number one in recruiting for the fourth consecutive year finishing in the top five nationally every year since Saban’s first Bama class, 2008.  I’ve referred to this class on Twitter calling it Christmas with St. Nick delivering the presents in the form of top recruits to Alabama.  We’re all excited to see what the new guys can do, but how long will we
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