2022 Week 4 wrap-up

West Virginia may have kept the Black Diamond Trophy, but "Country Roads" still ain't about you.

2022 Week 3 wrap up

Not a lot of changes this week due to very few conference games.  Things should really start kicking into gear over the next couple of weeks as everyone should start getting to the conference slate.

2022 Week 2 wrap up

Happy New Year!  It's an interesting time for college football, as we are in the early stages of the Super Conference Realignment of 2022 and Beyond.  Over the last couple of years, different conferences have stated their intentions to change their format and scheduling, as several of them are trying the "two best team" format for their championship games.  The Pac-12 was the first to abolish divisions effective this season, although they will still play the same schedule.  This will be the final year of the divisions in the ACC.  And finally, as the games were getting ready to start on Friday night of week 1, the CFP announced that they were expanded to a 12 team format.

This certainly will make my efforts here more challenging, trying to keep track of who's in the running for what, but we're all here for chaos and madness.

12 team playoff "What If?": The late BCS era

While it's been difficult to apply the structure of the CFP/NY6 to the BCS era, it might be a little easier to determine the potential 12 team playoff lineups of those years.  Since the structure calls for the six highest ranked conference champions without any stipulations, we can just pick conference champs from that era and not worry about how to classify the Big East.

Unlike the CFP era "What If" exercise, we will only be looking at seeding and early matchups, and not assigning the quarterfinal matchups to bowl games.

12 team playoff "What If": CFP era

They finally took the vote and made it official to expand the CFP to 12 teams.  By the end of the 2026 season, we'll be seeing a full tournament of playoff games.  Let's play "what if" and see how the 12 team playoff would have looked since 2014.

2022 Season Look-Ahead

It's here - another college football season! And with a twist this year - I decided to wait until the Sunday of Week 1 to do my annual look-ahead post.

What Will It Take...First National Title

 After watching my beloved Hokies do so well in both baseball and softball, yet falling short of the College World Series (final 8) in either sport, there was a certain mix of school pride and consternation. And ultimately, the question "what will it take" to break that ceiling and win a team national title??

One thing's for sure: it's tough!  As this is a college football blog, I'll shift my attention to the sport as a whole, and ask if anyone has a path to ascend to those greatest heights - at least as far as FBS is concerned.

Essentials of a Bigger CFP

Last June, the college football world experienced some excitement at the idea of a 12-team CFP. A format and qualifying criteria were announced. However, there were too many "little details" that just couldn't fit together. And so we hold onto 4, for 4 more seasons.

So when that time comes - and have no doubt, the time to start planning is now - what all needs to be satisfied?  Let's dig in, piece by piece.

2021 Prediction Results

With only one game left in the regular season (Army-Navy), and bowl games now set, I thought I'd take a look back at my predictions for the season and see just how right (or wrong) I was.

Final NY6 Predictions

Now that the regular season and championship weekend are in the books, we can finally make the final predictions for the New Year's Six.  Let's see how accurate this ends up being in the next 12-15 hours.