Category: College Football

By Phil Hecken Last weekend I did a mini-review of the new University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football uniforms, which prompted this E-mail from reader Shawn Kennedy (he’s the guy …

By Phil Hecken, with Terry Duroncelet While I was away for the past few days, in New Hampshire, chasing a story for my Independent Study project for this semester (hint: …

Click to enlarge Last night’s BCS title game offered more uni-notable details — several of them visible in the photo shown above — than all four of the weekend’s NFL …

I took a quick glance at the Insurance Bowl last night, just as a penalty was being called. As the ref announced the particulars of the foul, I noticed something …

. As you can see above, one of the chief pleasures of New Year’s Day Weekend is the rare sight of eye black during an NHL game. But the Winter …

By Phil Hecken Well, the big day is FINALLY here. The Granddaddy. Is. Today. Oregon versus Wisconsin. Today is the Rose Bowl, the ONLY bowl that, while corporately sponsored, still …

By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson Well boys and girls — we’ve made it through another year. I hope it was a good one for you, and that all your …

Click to enlarge Whenever I hear someone mention the Armed Forces Bowl, I instinctively think of this (which you have to admit would make for a very cool helmet motif). …

By Phil Hecken (Hoping to get a UW College Bowl Pool set up, possibly by tomorrow. Stay tuned for more information.) We have three Bowls kicking off today. I had …

By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson, Larry Bodnovich & Jim Vilk College football has screwed with traditional rivalries, screwed with the Conferences, screwed with the bowls, screwed with the scheduling…screwed …

I was walking around my neighborhood yesterday when I passed a guy wearing a very nice burgundy cardigan with the Redskins’ script “R” logo on the chest. I’d never seen …

By Phil Hecken, with Terry Duroncelet As the college “regular” season winds down, and the Conference Championships and other smaller games kick in, we get a much smaller pool of …

. Another quiet Sunday in the NFL yesterday. As you can see above, the Chargers wore the alternate uniforms that everyone wishes they’d wear full-time, but after that it was …

By Phil Hecken, with Terry Duroncelet I was all set to go on a rant today about the BS BCS system and all the conference championships we have now (for …

By Phil Hecken This post has been more than two months in the making. And it’s worth the wait. Unlike last weekend, when my guest author and I enjoyed a …