Just eight years after a hire that put Washington on top of the world, the Huskies are staring into the abyss and No. 1 on this week’s Misery Index.
Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY
Opinion: In college football, it’s about results – not committee rankings. Playoff teams will emerge right on time.
The process of separating the true contenders from the rest of the pack always happens in November. And look what we’ve learned already.
Opinion: CAA’s shameful ban on James Madison’s ‘student-athletes’ is the worst of college sports
With JMU set to move to the Sun Belt, the Colonial Athletic Association is banning the school’s teams from conference championships.
Opinion: Don’t fall for the College Football Playoff committee’s meaningless rankings
The dirty little secret of the CFP rankings is that until the conference championship games are played on Dec. 4, none of what’s said Tuesday matters.
Opinion: Gary Patterson’s sudden departure is sad ending for the man who transformed TCU football
TCU called Gary Patterson’s departure a mutual parting of ways, but underlying implication was the school’s greatest coach had essentially been fired.
By sticking with Stetson Bennett, Georgia’s Kirby Smart is making a risky QB call
Is Kirby Smart — for the second time in his tenure — boxing himself into playing an inferior quarterback as he pursues a national title at Georgia?
Opinion: Time to declare the end of Justin Fuente era at Virginia Tech
It’s not official, of course, but we can pretty much declare the Justin Fuente era over after Virginia Tech’s home loss to Syracuse in Week 8.
Opinion: Atlanta Braves make unfortunate anti-vaccine statement with Travis Tritt as NLCS national anthem singer
Tritt recently announced that he was canceling shows at venues with vaccine mandates, which earned the country singer airtime on Fox News primetime.
Opinion: No sympathy for Nick Rolovich after Washington State fired him. Skipping vaccine was his call.
The way ex-Washington State coach Nick Rolovich handled the state’s vaccine mandate exposed him as a poor leader, a narcissist and a coward.
Opinion: Tony Dungy, Mike Tirico should have known better when supporting Jon Gruden
Tony Dungy and Mike Tirico came to Jon Gruden’s defense on Sunday. The next day the Raiders coach resigned after more disturbing emails went public.