Football’s One-and-Done, Curry’s Ankle, Stanford Sports Icons
The contrast was striking. College football's perpetual man in motion, Oregon coach Willie Taggart, blew town after one year in Eugene,...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 11, 2017
Notes of Note in College Football
Last week we wrote that an eight-team playoff was here—almost—due to match-ups in four conference championship games that approximated...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 4, 2017
Eight-Team Playoff Is Here…Almost!
Fans of an eight-team College Football Playoff have to be happy with this weekend’s Power Five Conference championship games. Consider...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 30, 2017
A Firing Offense
In today’s high-pressure world of college football coaching, it seems no job is safe unless your team is in contention for the playoffs...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 27, 2017
Big Game Notes, Baker’s Meltdown, Tax Changes, Mora Out, LaVar vs. Donald
To those of us in the Bay Area, the tradition of the Big Game is second to none, because Stanford and Cal really do have...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 20, 2017
More Problems for Pac-12, College Basketball
It’s been a bad year for the Pac-12 Conference, and a bad year for college basketball. And things got much worse this week. A quick...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 16, 2017
49ers Finally Win One, More Pac-12 TV Follies
Bill Walsh started 0-7 and finished his first season at 2-14. Two years later, the 49ers won the Super Bowl. We’re not suggesting that...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 13, 2017
Huge College FB Weekend Ahead; Football is Dangerous, II
With three weeks remaining in the regular season, followed by league championship games December 1st and 2nd, things are starting to take...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 10, 2017
Ratings, Attendance Declines Cause Concern
Football is the No. 1 sport in America by any measure—attendance, television ratings and overall revenues, to name a few. But...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 6, 2017
Quick Takes: Playoff, Heisman, Pac-12 Net, Shaw/Chryst, World Series
Playoff rankings: The College Football Playoff Selection Committee released its first set of rankings yesterday, which means that playoff...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 1, 2017
