The Fighting Illini and Northwestern Wildcats have scheduled a football game to be played at Wrigley Field this year on November 20 at 11am.  How will it look you ask?  Well MPS has created a photoshop of the most likely scenario.

It seems like a very cool idea.  The Winter Classic was amazing and although there’s [...]

By Paul M. Banks Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net,
The year 2008 truly solidified my theory: to be a fan of either the Chicago Cubs and University of Illinois football means you know a lot about soul-crushing defeats. You know more than losing, you know exactly what it’s like to have any [...]

By Paul M. Banks is Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net
Remember when Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was being recruited? As far as high school players go, his hype was bigger than Jesus, Jimmy Clausen, and Tim Couch combined. (This analogy is contingent on Jesus’ having played college football, and I’m assuming that’s [...]

Paul M. Banks is Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net,
Under the current and counter-intuitive BCS system, college football will never have a title game like the instant classic we watched Monday night. There will never be a mid-major taking on a BCS conference school, and battling them down to the final second, for [...]

Seemingly held up for weeks by bureaucratic paperwork, USC Head Coach Lane Kiffin was successful in officially relocating the douchebaggery capitol of the United States to Los Angeles on Thursday.  While the capitol had previously taken residence in the relatively modest enclave of Knoxville, Tennesse, the nation’s capitol will now be under the bright lights [...]

News coming out of South Bend is that Irish QB Jimmy Clausen received a black eye or two after getting slugged outside a bar early Sunday morning.  On the sabbath?!!
Anyway, it’s not completely clear whether this was a fight of any kind or if Clausen was just the victim of an idiotic angry fan.  I [...]

Hopefully you’ve all seen the videos making fun of the BCS by depicting the employees as chimps.  While they are funny, I’m starting to wonder if they’re eerily accurate based on the latest PR blunder.  In case you’ve always wanted a forum to spew anger at the worst championship system in sports, the BCS has helped [...]

Here’s the ballot for Week 11, your thoughts in the comments.

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Alabama

2
Florida

3
Texas

4
Boise State

5
Cincinnati

6
TCU

7
Georgia Tech

8
Pittsburgh
1

9
LSU
1

10
Oregon

11
Ohio State
1

12
Penn State
5

13
Oklahoma State
5

14
Stanford
11

15
Wisconsin
5

16
Virginia Tech
6

17
Iowa
4

18
Utah
3

19
Brigham Young
2

20
Southern Cal
9

21
Oregon State
3

22
Miami (Florida) [...]

Tennessee’s football season has been tumultuous at best this year and has frequently descended into downright hilarity.  Most of this is thanks to Lane Kiffin, but they’re branching out. 
Typically, there isn’t anything to chuckle about when it comes to armed robbery unless you’re talking about a dumb criminal story or the victim comes out unscathed [...]

Here’s the final poll for Week 10, as the Blogpoll once again employs more logic and fairness than the three major polls, who all moved USC ahead of Oregon.  Seriously.  Full poll with analysis at CBS Sports. 
NQTC gets mention again for the “Mr. Numb Existence Award” which goes to the five blogs that have the [...]

Can’t believe we’re 10 weeks in.  Here’s this week’s ballot:

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Alabama
1

2
Florida
1

3
Texas

4
Boise State

5
Cincinnati

6
TCU
1

7
Georgia Tech
3

8
LSU
1

9
Pittsburgh
5

10
Oregon
2

11
Southern Cal
1

12
Ohio State
5

13
Iowa
7

14
Houston
1

15
Utah

16
Miami (Florida)

17
Penn State
6

18
Oklahoma State
1

19
Arizona
1

20
Wisconsin
3

21
Brigham Young
3

22
Virginia [...]

Florida eye-gouges Bama and Texas to jump to the top spot, while Texas gets the most first place votes.  What does it mean?  Bad time for a bye week, Bama.  Also, don’t almost lose to Indiana.  Full poll and analysis at CBS Sports.  NQTC gets a mention!  Apparently I am very much in agreement with [...]

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Florida

2
Alabama

3
Texas

4
Boise State

5
Cincinnati

6
Iowa

7
TCU
1

8
Oregon
4

9
LSU
2

10
Georgia Tech

11
Penn State

12
Southern Cal
3

13
Houston
1

14
Pittsburgh
1

15
Utah
4

16
Miami (Florida)
1

17
Ohio State
1

18
Arizona
3

19
Oklahoma State
6

20
Oklahoma
2

21
California

22
Notre Dame
3

23
Wisconsin

24
Brigham Young

25
Virginia Tech
9

Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: South [...]

The Blogpoll is out and Alabama remains #1. Looks like the first place votes are starting to spread out a bit though, with even Iowa and TCU picking up a couple.  Full poll with analysis at CBS Sports.

Rank
Team
PPB
StdDev
Delta

1
Alabama (46)
24.2
0.9
–

2
Florida (24)
23.9
0.9
–

3
Texas (17)
23.4
1.2
–

4
Cincinnati
20.4
1.9
–

5
Iowa (2)
20.3
2.1
–

6
TCU (2)
19.8
2.1
2

7
Boise State
19.2
2.0
–

8
Southern Cal
19.1
2.1
2

9
Oregon
16.2
1.8
2

10
LSU
16.2
2.1
–

Here’s the Week 8 ballot, your thoughts in the comments.  Florida or Bama #1?

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Florida

2
Alabama

3
Texas

4
Boise State

5
Cincinnati

6
Iowa
4

7
LSU
1

8
TCU
1

9
Southern Cal
2

10
Georgia Tech
1

11
Penn State
1

12
Oregon
3

13
Oklahoma State

14
Houston
2

15
Pittsburgh
7

16
Virginia Tech
1

17
Miami (Florida)
9

18
Ohio State

19
Utah
1

20
South Carolina
[...]