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I sucked it up and bought a new laptop today after the last one blew up while I was putting the final touches on my latest QB Rankings for the upcoming draft.  I had about 4 articles in the works - almost all of them were complete and on the hard drive of my dead computer.  I will be bringing that computer in to see if the hard drive is salvageable.  If not, I'll be back at square one... which isn't so bad since nobody reads me anyway.

The College Football Solution

Recently I wrote about the travesty of college football and the awful deal that players get when they commit to a big-time college football school. In the end, I posed a challenge - to find a way to fix the system.

The answer is simple, yet complicated. College football should be removed from the university's control and privatized.

Keenum Staying in School; Combine Invites Revealed

As we expected, Houston's Case Keenum has decided to return for his senior season.  Somewhere, Timmy Chang is cringing - his records are in severe jeopardy.

The Sporting News announced those seniors that have been invited to the NFL Combine this year. Here are the quarterbacks that have been invited (please note, underclassmen invitees will be added later):

College Football - A Great Deal for Every Player

It has been a slow transition, but one I have definitely noticed over the years. College football is not the same game that I knew growing up as a kid. Maybe I was naive back then, but I think the change has been noticeable enough.

College football used to be more about the fun and the rivalry and the school pride. And while those properties still exist in name, it seems more of the game has become about the coaches, the recruiting process, and of course, the money.

It's more of a business these days. Ticket prices are up, many more games are on TV --- the revenue is piling in and everyone seems to be benefiting more and more... except the players.

Did Colt McCoy Even Try?

I wanted to mention this after the game, but I waited for it to sink in for a few days.

A few days have passed and I still feel the same way. My feeling is that, on the biggest day of his life when his team needed him the most, Colt McCoy let everybody down.

Snead to Enter Draft, Mallet to Stay In School

Ole Miss QB Jevan Snead will be entering the 2010 NFL Draft.  Despite being a top prospect entering this season, Snead's junior season was somewhat disappointing and probably saw his draft stock drop.  Snead's QB Rating dropped over 20 points from last year - to 124.8 from 145.5.  He threw for less yards, less TD's, and his interceptions jumped from 13 to 20.

His performance hardly seems to state his case that he's ready for the NFL.  Perhaps he had made up his mind before the season had even begun.

The Book of Eli

The Giants weren’t expecting to be sitting home watching the playoffs this year. Yet that’s exactly where they find themselves. Out of the gate this team looked like potential Super Bowl favorites as they started the season 5-0. The schedule turned unkind as they would drop the next 4 games – all to playoff-bound teams. They would swap wins and losses over the next five and sat at 8-6 with two games remaining.

Then it really went to hell.

QB Rating... Yet Another Look

In our recent discussion of the calculation of QB Rating, we noted the differences between how QB Rating is calculated in the NCAA and the NFL. Though the calculations are different, one would hope if not expect that these calculations would be a fair comparison from one QB to another.

Not so.

Under Armour HS All-Star Game

On a lazy Saturday I made a list of the things I needed to accomplish – go to the bank, go food shopping, go to Game Stop and spend the gift card I got for Christmas…

But when I looked outside I noticed about a foot of new-fallen snow. Clicking on the TV I noticed the Under Armour High School All-Star Game was on in just a few hours. Suddenly, my chores took a backseat. Time to watch some football. I was thrilled… my wife less so.

Wrongful Legends - Brought to You By The NFL

I remember growing up and reading the history of Super Bowls and how they helped create legends like Bart Starr, Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw. I was living in a time when a guy named Joe Montana was carving his own niche in Super Bowl history. It always seemed to me like the legend of the player was enhanced by their performance in the Super Bowl.

These days, it's different.