In college football, polls and rankings are the ultimate seeds of debate. Our Pylon University panel of experts bring you a rundown of national title contenders each week. We’ll be looking at teams, plays, trends, and experiences that make college football great ‒ from Division 3 to the Power Conferences ‒ along with key weekend…
The quest for the National Championship turns on the smallest of things. The Louisville Cardinals had a chance to knock off title holders the Florida State Seminoles but were undone by running their favorite play once too often. When Louisville hosted Florida State last Thursday night, the Cardinals got out to a fast 21-0 lead…
Harvard-Dartmouth on a frigid and rainy Saturday is college football at its finest. Chuck Zodda kicked in many bone-chilling Ivy League contests and he reports on the latest installment in this clash of educational powerhouses playing football for the fun of it. Saturday was the coldest day so far this fall in Hanover, New Hampshire,…
Each Monday, Pylon University examines a game-changing sequence in the Offensive Play of the Week. Mark Schofield looks at TCU’s Trevone Boykin keeping his Heisman candidacy alive in the final minutes against West Virginia. Following his 7-touchdown performance against Texas Tech, TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin entered Saturday’s tilt against West Virginia as a dark…
Each week, Pylon University’s Mark Schofield looks at the Offensive Plays of the Week, highlighting great performances, great efforts, and great players. Ever since Dwight Clark leapt off the Candlestick Park grass on a grey Sunday in San Francisco, completing “The Catch” and propelling the 49ers to their first Super Bowl, the play known as…
The LSU Tigers knocked off the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday night with an inventive rushing game plan. Andrew Pina takes a weekly look at the most interesting victory of the weekend for Inside the Pylon. In LSU’s 10-7 home win over then-#3 Ole Miss on Saturday in Baton Rouge, the Tigers used an old-fashioned rushing…
Brock Vereen, rookie safety for the Chicago Bears, will look to tackle older brother Shane Vereen, of the New England Patriots, Sunday at Gillette Stadium. On Sunday, Shane Vereen and his younger brother Brock have an opportunity to do something they have never done before: play against each other in an actual football game. Growing…
Why travel nearly two hours to an NCAA Division III football game? To see Matt Pawlowski ‒ the best college quarterback you’ve never heard of. The town of Winchester, Virginia, about 75 miles northwest of the nation’s capital, is best known for its rich Civil War history, and as the birthplace of country music legend…
The Wildcats are back. After a 31-30 road win over #11 Oklahoma on Saturday, Kansas State leads the Big 12 with a 3-0 conference record. With a 5-1 overall mark, KSU replaced the Sooners in the 11-spot in both the AP and USA Today Top 25 polls on Sunday. Coming off a pedestrian 8-5 mark…
On a Saturday filled with instant classics, the clash between Florida State and Notre Dame lived up to the pre-game hype. Two of the nation’s top teams engaged in a seesaw affair late into the 4th quarter, when the host Seminoles took over possession at their own 25-yard line trailing by a field goal. Although…