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The Most Wonderful Week of the Year
It doesn't get any better than this week. After an off-season unlike any in recent memory, Auburn fans can finally turn their attention away from dying trees, idiot radio hosts and slimy oddsmakers and focus on football. For the first time in 53 years, Auburn begins the college football season as...
Three Things We Know and Don't Know About Auburn // SEC 2011
THREE THINGS WE KNOW 1. Running back is set. Michael Dyer became one of only nine players to rush for over 1,000 yards as a freshman in the SEC, a club even Bo Jackson is not a part of. Onterio McCalebb has been burning up the turf at Jordan-Hare for two years now. They form one of the best running...
Meet Duke Football, The Worst Of The Big Six (Since 2000, Anyhow)
Welcome to Duke week. It's going to be an extremely busy week here at BC Interruption, with the NBA Draft, SB Nation Conference Re-Draft results, Ultimate BC Bar Competition and your typical weekly features all on tap this week. We'll also take some time out to preview BC's week 3 opponent -- the...
Auburn Tigers' 2010 BCS National Title Confirms That Defense Still Wins Championships in College Football
Recently, Year2 reviewed Tobias J. Moskowitz’s and L. Jon Wertheim’s Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, citing in the process Jeffrey H. Anderson’s Wall Street Journal review of that same volume, in which the co-creator of one of the BCS computer...
BCS National Championship Game Preview: A Handy Guide to the Cast of Characters
A look at some of the people you'll want to keep an eye on during tonight's BCS National Championship Game. This is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of who will be important, but it should be a primer. Remember to stop by our open thread to share your thoughts about the game, and enjoy the...
Five Good Minutes: Duke Preview With Blue Devil Nation
Did you know that Duke football is also in the ACC? You wouldn't have known it from the last few years' Eagles ACC schedules. To preview this weekend's matchup between the 4-5 Boston College Eagles and the 3-6 Duke Blue Devils, we welcome Patrick from Blue Devil Nation to the blog for Five Good...
What to Watch for in Steve Spurrier's Offensive Approach against Furman
One of the things that I--and many others, from what I can gather--found really interesting about the Southern Miss. game was the extent to which Steve Spurrier opened up the playbook. We saw plenty of offensive formations ranging from power-running looks to spread formations with the receivers...
Early Season Thoughts on Auburn and the SEC
After watching the replay of Saturday's contest with Arkansas State again, there's little question the Auburn defense is far from ready to face what's ahead in the coming weeks. Most startling was how often players were out of position Saturday. It was more than just tackling. And unfortunately,...
Don't Bet On It!: Week Two College Football Forecasts Around the SEC
I managed to go 10-1 in last week’s SEC forecasts---thanks a lot for spoiling my week one perfect record, Ole Miss!---but there wasn’t exactly a lot of intrigue around the league last weekend, so you shouldn’t read too much into that won-lost record. Even a broken clock is right twice a day (unless...
Why Fans of the Georgia Bulldogs Should be Worried About the Auburn Tigers in 2010
I take the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry very seriously. As you may know, I hate Auburn (although some Orange and Blue fans are making it harder and harder to feel that way). Due to the intensity of the rivalry, I annually consider the Georgia Bulldogs’ battle with the Tigers one of the toughest...
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