Posts by Michael Weinreb
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Robert Griffin III: Heisman Winner?
A visit to Waco with the future first-round pick.
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Which Minor Bowl Game Are You Most Excited About? (And Other College Football Questions)
With bowl season upon us, Michael Weinreb and Jon Dolan reflected on the past year in college football, discussed their favorite minor bowls this year, and looked ahead … to 2026.
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How The Big East Became The Reclamation Conference
For the first dozen years of its existence, the Big East was a basketball conference, and yea, it was a glorious thing to behold. At most Northeast schools (outside of Pennsylvania), football was a secondary concern, and the Big East established its identity through the hard-ass persona of John Thompson’s Georgetown teams and the thrilling […]
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Boise State vs. LSU
The national championship game that should (but won’t) happen.
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The College Football Agenda
Your viewer’s guide for the final full weekend of the college football season, parsed into dual categories: The (relative) mainstream (The Cannon) and the indie (The JaMarcus). Act I The Cannon: No. 3 Arkansas (10-1) at no. 1 LSU (11-0), 2:30 p.m. EST, Friday, CBS Appeals To: Bill Clinton, James Carville
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Living in State College
Sadness and simple horror — returning home to the aftermath of scandal.
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The Culture of Unrest at Penn State
Trying to understand what happened in Beaver Canyon on Wednesday night.
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Growing Up Penn State
The end of everything at State College.
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LSU-Alabama: Les Is More
Maybe it’s just the reporter in me, but as soon as Marquis Maze heaved that football toward the goal line, I started thinking of headlines. I could see them on newspapers large and small, a thousand variations on the same facile irony: SABAN TURNS TIDE. Boring ole uncle Bama was going to win this game […]
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Kissing Your Sister: Why ‘Bama/LSU Should End in a Tie
Ara Parseghian is 88 years old, and I am not aware of how well he might be aging, but I have to think that if he’s able, he will be watching CBS with the rest of us on Saturday night. They’re calling it the Game of the Century, largely because college football’s marketing terminology is […]
