Fading Kevin Wheeler Part IV – Stalter’s Football Picks: ‘Enough of This Crap’
The “Fading Kevin Wheeler” series took a bad turn last week. After back-to-back weeks where Kevin and I went .500 against each other, he got the upper hand last Saturday…
NCAA Football
Mizzou Showed Saturday That They Can Compete With Any Team on the Schedule
There was certainly a school of thought Saturday before Mizzou hosted Georgia on that the Bulldogs’ history, tradition and name gave them a decided advantage. But as we saw, Mizzou can play…
Six Takeaways From Mizzou’s 61-21 Win Over Eastern Michigan
New Mizzou head coach Barry Odom won his first game, as the Tigers routed Eastern Michigan 61-21 on Saturday night at Faurot Field. Mizzou showed us some great things, and…
Six Takeaways from Mizzou’s Ugly Loss to West Virginia
The Barry Odom era is underway at Mizzou, with a rather uninspiring 26-11 loss to West Virginia on Saturday that sounded alarm bells for defensive tackle Josh Augusta, who told…
11 Players, Coaches, and Dates That Will Decide the 2016 NCAA Football Season
The 2016 college football season had a soft opening Friday night in Sydney, Australia when Cal routed Hawaii, 51-31. The game was mostly a blowout from the second quarter on,…
10 Questions to Ponder Ahead of the 2016 NCAA Football Season
The 2016 college football season is rapidly approaching, so let’s look at 10 questions to ponder before the action kicks off next week. 1. Can Bama repeat after being forced…
Dumping DGB Was Mizzou’s Only Logical Move
There was a lot of discussion last week about whether or not Mizzou’s approach to the Dorial Green-Beckham saga was performed with the right approach. The institution and the athletic…
Crazy Thursday Night in College Football Further Muddies BCS Picture
Our tidy little BCS plan went out the window in about five hours last night, when unbeaten, sixth-ranked (BCS standings) Baylor hammered No. 10 Oklahoma 41-12, and fifth-ranked Stanford held…
Mizzou’s Pinkel Deserves His Due
I’ve always thought that when a football coach knows how to win, he doesn’t all of a sudden forget how to win. Sometimes work ethic and energy wane with age,…
NCAA, EA Sports Should Be Out of the Game of Profiting from Student-Athletes
Since 1993, the NCAA has had a deal with EA Sports to allow EA to produce a college football video game, first called Bill Walsh College Football and then switched…