The Road to Arlington, The College Football Championship Season I

Long time caller, first time listener.

 

Excellent ESPN.com piece on former Kentucky QB Jared Lorenzen:

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/11382220/ex-nfl-qb-jared-lorenzen-lifelong-battle-weight

Pretty poignant stuff for anyone who has ever struggled with their weight.

 

Hearing word that Dorial Green-Beckham's appeal for eligibility at OU was denied.

http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/2014/08/22/dgb-sit-ou-ncaa-denial/14471045/

 

The NCAA announced it, so I'd say the "word" you're hearing is pretty solid:

https://twitter.com/InsidetheNCAA/status/502971135303360512

 

So I'm guessing he will be able to concentrate on his studies and play next year? (who am I kidding?)

 

Colin Cowherd has spent most of the second quarter of the EWU-SHSU game talking about the College Football Playoff. I feel bad for people who tuned in to actually watch the game itself.

 

I feel bad for people who have to listen to Colin Cowherd for an entire game. FCS has had a playoff in place for a long time, so I hope he was talking about THAT playoff, where SHSU lost twice in the final and EWU won it all three years ago.

 

True. And most schools stream their radio feed online for those wanting a hometown angle but who live elsewhere.

 

Things are heating up in Fayetteville, Ark.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24679186/arkansas-qb-brandon-allens-truck-was-set-on-fire

 

The clubhouse leader for my favorite college football story of the year is out of South Carolina: Gerald Dixon and Gerald Dixon Jr. --- half-brothers born five months apart --- are both listed as starters on the Gamecocks' defensive line:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000383108/article/gerald-dixon-and-gerald-dixon-jr-will-start-for-south-carolina

Their dad (also named Gerald) played at South Carolina in the early 1990s, a few years before he knocked up two women and convinced both of them to name their sons after him.

 

Every stat crew across the SEC just shot a hobo and doesn't know why.