Craig James is running for Senate. Yes, that Craig James.
By Matt Hinton
I know what you’re thinking, so right off the bat: No, it’s not a joke. In Texas, you haven’t exactly had to have your ear to the ground to hear the rumors that Craig James — SMU great, talking head, businessman, overprotective father — is interested in adding “political candidate” to his resumé. Tuesday, the Dallas Morning News confirmed it:
Former SMU standout Craig James will file his candidacy for the U.S. Senate by Thursday’s deadline, according to sources close to his developing campaign.
James, an ESPN college football analyst, is hoping that his name recognition and fresh face makes him the alternative to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and former Solicitor General Ted Cruz are the other major contenders.
James is running in the March 6 GOP primary.
God help the GOP with this one, I wondering what his parting terms will be with ESPN if he fails to win the GOP nomination?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=M-2oOupZM_c
Arizona State at Boise State
Boise State’s Kellen Moore is the winningest quarterback in college football history, but if not for his team missing a few last-second field goals, Moore’s legacy might have been even more spectacular.
Being denied a second straight BCS berth after another one-loss season was particularly tough for the Broncos to take.
One failed 39-yard field goal away from a near-certain spot in the BCS title game, eighth-ranked Boise State will try to summon the motivation to send Moore out on a high note as he closes his collegiate career Dec. 22 in the MAACO Bowl in Las Vegas against Arizona State.
Chris Petersen helped put the Broncos (11-1) on the map when he arrived in December 2005, leading his team to a memorable Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma just 16 months later, but it’s been Moore’s presence the past four years that’s kept Boise State a fixture in the BCS conversation.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K0DndD0UnG8
Virginia Tech struggling to sell Sugar Bowl tickets
When the Sugar Bowl invited Virginia Tech to play in its January football game instead of Boise State and Kansas State last week, fans of both the Broncos and Wildcats were angry. Their teams finished higher in the final BCS standings than the Hokies, and appeared to be better fits for an at-large BCS bid.
But they were left out.
Why? Well, that’s part of the reason fans were (and still are) angry about the snub. Sugar Bowl representatives said part of the reason they picked Virginia Tech was because of its ability to sell a lot of tickets and bring a huge crowd to New Orleans.
A bold move considering K-State sold out its allotment of Cotton Bowl tickets before it even knew what bowl it was headed to, and has benefited from fans traveling in record numbers to past Cotton Bowls and Fiesta Bowls.
So far, it looks like Virginia Tech isn’t living up to its reputation
V-Tech 14 Duke 10
Getting the Respect They Deserve
By Tony Softli and John Gerding
Is it strange, wrong or just downright disrespectful that Boise State and other small schools that have ranked high in both the BCS and coaches poll don’t get the respect they deserve? The Broncos are a prime example because they are shunned within the BCS computer system because of their strength of schedule. Keep in mind there are teams like Oklahoma who they beat, not to mention the Oregon Ducks who had a blemish on their record because the small powerhouse team manhandled them from the opening kickoff to the final play. It’s hard to forget that year, because LeGarrette Blount punched a Boise State defender in the mouth.
Regularly, the “smaller conference” teams typically feel rejected at the end of the football season. Each year they try to make a BCS bowl but are often neglected due to the teams affiliated to them. For the Broncos, Cougars, Mustangs, Aztecs, and Knights, this could change very quickly in 2013.
BCS System Allows College Coaches to Get Fat and Happy Without Worrying About Playoffs
From a fan’s perspective, a playoff system seems to make the most sense for college football if you want to determine which is the best team in the country.
If you want to make money, though, the BCS system is just fine.
Will O’Toole captures the mind-set of some college coaches in the cartoon above.
Speaking of fat coaches….
BCS could end up with seven automatic qualifying conferences until TV contracts expire in 2013
The Mountain West Conference’s board of directors voted to seek an exemption for Bowl Championship Series automatic qualifying status during the 2012 and 2013 seasons based on the league’s performances.
The Mountain West has met the minimum criteria the Big East used to earn a waiver during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons, according to the Idaho Statesman. The newspaper reports BCS executive director Bill Hancock said there is no timetable for the BCS executive committee to vote on the waiver request. If the request is approved, the BCS would expand to seven automatic qualifying conferences instead of kicking out a current AQ conference. All the current automatic qualifying conferences — including the Big East viewed as one of the most vulnerable leagues to lose its AQ status — are listed by name in the current BCS contracts that expire at the end of the 2013-14 football season. There is no mechanism within the BCS contracts for any conference to lose its AQ status before the agreement expires.
Despite the teams defections of Utah, BYU, TCU, Boise State and San Diego State to other conferences by the start 2013-14 academic year, the Mountain West has a pretty compelling case it qualified for an automatic bid. The league met minimum performance standards for the years being evaluated. Giving the Mountain West the automatic bid would be an easy way for the BCS leadership to quiet critics until the current contracts expire at the of the 2013 season. The BCS leadership is in the early phase of renegotiating the contracts and determining whether automatic qualifying status should continue.
BCS Geared Towards TV, Not the Real Fans
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When you consider that Michigan plays in a stadium that seats over 100,000 people, and they’ve only been to one Sugar Bowl in the history of the program, it’s a little surprising that they haven’t sold their allotment yet. And Michigan fans didn’t have to spend money traveling to a conference championship game either.
Don’t look now folks but Michigan hasn’t sold all its tickets either!
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