Auburn Outs Gene Chizik as Head Coach
Opinion, Team FYN Sports November 26, 2012
It was announced on Sunday that Auburn and head coach Gene Chizik has parted ways just a day after a 49-0 beatdown by rival Alabama left the Tigers with a disappointing 3-9 record for the year and an 0-8 conference record, their worst in school history.
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Razorbacks Remove John L. Smith as Head Coach
Opinion, Team FYN Sports November 25, 2012
In a move that most expected, Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long announced on Saturday morning that John L. Smith will not return as Razorbacks head coach for the 2013 season.
Smith, who was hired in the spring following the firing of Bobby Petrino, had trouble living up to Razorbacks’ fans’ expectations for the season, leading a team that many expected to make a run for the national championship to a 4-8 record, the most losses the team has had in a single season since 1990.
Long said that the team will retain Smith, who has compiled a 136-93 career head coaching record with stints at Idaho, Utah State, Louisville, Michigan State, and Arkansas, as a consultant for the remainder of his ten-month contract, which expires in February of 2013. (more…)
Nightmare at Neyland: Vols Dump Dooley
Opinion, Team FYN Sports November 18, 2012
Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart announced on Sunday afternoon that Volunteers head coach Derek Dooley has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Volunteers offensive coordinator Jim Chaney will serve as interim head coach for the season-ending game against Kentucky.
Dooley, who posted a 15-21 record with one bowl appearance in three seasons in Knoxville, failed to revive a once-proud Tennessee program, winning only four SEC games in three years while losing to Vanderbilt and Kentucky over the last two years.
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Fetch Football Forum: Redefining Rivals
Opinion, Team FYN Sports October 23, 2012
This Saturday, October 27th is the day that the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party kicks off again between the #2 Florida Gators and the #10 Georgia Bulldogs, pitting two fierce rivals against each other yet again.
Rivalries in college football are like popcorn at the movies: it’s a huge part of what makes the whole experience so enjoyable. However, I think the scope of a “rivalry game” isn’t quite narrow enough, so I feel the need to set the record straight.
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Fetch Football Forum: SEC Coaches That Should Be Worried
Opinion, Team FYN Sports October 16, 2012
Welcome back to another edition of the Fetch Football Forum, and as one of my colleagues likes to say, it’s been too long since I last left you. In the time that has passed since the last Forum update, we’ve seen a multitude of big wins, thrilling endings, and embarrassing losses in the college football world, which has led to some fan bases being thrilled with their team’s head coach and others not so much.
Today we look at some of the SEC head coaches that may want to have some boxes handy in their office to pack up their belongings once the inevitable occurs. (more…)
Fetch Football Forum: Week 4 Recap
Opinion, Team FYN Sports September 25, 2012
It’s time again for another edition of the Fetch Football Forum. In this week’s edition we’ll take a look at the Dawgs’ domination, the Volunteers’ scare with the Zips, and the running joke that has become the Arkansas Razorbacks. (more…)
Fetch Football Forum: Week 3 Recap
Opinion, Team FYN Sports September 18, 2012
Week three of the college football season saw several moments in SEC play, including the Tide rolling over the Razorbacks, the Gators taking over in the fourth quarter for the second straight week, and the Wildcats wondering if they should even bother still fielding a football squad.
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Fetch Football Forum: Week 2 Recap
Opinion, Team FYN Sports September 11, 2012
Another Saturday of football has come and gone, which means it’s time yet again to look at which Southeastern Conference teams skied high and which ones just plain fell flat. (more…)
Fetch Football Forum: Week 1 Recap
Opinion, Team FYN Sports September 4, 2012
Week 1 of the college football season saw the SEC prevail in the majority of its games, as the conference’s members combined for a 10-3 record in the opening week (It’s important to note that one of those teams that lost—Vanderbilt—faced off with South Carolina). Here’s a recap of each team’s game starting with the school that had the best outing and ending with the team that had a day to forget. (more…)
I SEC What You Did There: Predictions on the Nation’s Toughest Conference
Team FYN Sports July 18, 2012
SEC Media Days kicked off yesterday in Hoover, Alabama, allowing media members from across the country to ask questions concerning the upcoming season to the conference’s top head coaches and players.
Although the focus is truly on those who actually play a role on the field and on the sidelines on Saturdays in the fall, a bit of the limelight goes to the sportswriters covering the event, who are always polled in order to predict the conference’s champion. The predictions have been generally off, however, as the media has posted an abysmal 4-16 record in doing so (last correct prediction was Florida in 2008).
With the press being off so much in general in regards to SEC play, I took it upon myself to make up for their miscues and release my own predictions on how the Southeastern Conference will play out this season.
2012 NCAAF Preview: 10 Heisman Hopefuls to Keep an Eye On
Opinion, Team FYN Sports June 19, 2012
College football is a sport that for the most part focuses on the team aspect thanks to bowl games and conference championships, but the scope is strengthened to the individual level come December when the Heisman Trophy award is given to the best player in the country. Although the award won’t be presented for another six months, it is never to early to start thinking about players that may have what it takes to hold the stiff-arming statue and call it their own. Here’s a list of ten players that I think have a chance of winning the trophy in the 2012 season. (more…)
2012 College Football Preview: 14 Matchups That Must Happen
Opinion, Team FYN Sports June 17, 2012
Today is Sunday, June 17th, which is significant for two reasons: it is Father’s Day, the one day out of the year that we take time to thank our dads for walking us through the other 364 days with very little disruption, and it is exactly 74 days until the 2012 college football season kicks off. With the days quickly winding down, it’s important that the avid fan out there knows what to look out for once the first sets of games get under way in what promises to be another year full of wild upsets, dramatic comebacks, and hilarious head coaching meltdowns. (more…)
J-Hill’s Two Minute Drill
Opinion, Team FYN Sports April 29, 2012
What a difference a day makes. By waiting an extra 24 hours for this week’s Two Minute Drill, we were able to witness and discuss one of the NBA’s greatest players going down with a debilitating injury plus all seven rounds of the 2012 NFL Draft. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the five biggest stories from the week that was:
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Let the Picks Begin: 2012 NFL Draft Preview
Featured Stories, Team FYN Sports April 26, 2012
The NFL Draft is now a little under twelve hours from starting, giving head coaches and general managers across the league a small margin of time to decide on which particular players they want to bring into their organization. While drafts, especially first rounds, over the years have been remembered for the big surprises and zany trades, it appears that the 2012 draft has the potential to top those that had preceded it, as the only sure bets that can be made are that Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck will be drafted by the Indianapolis Colts and that Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III will be heading to the nation’s capital to play for the Washington Redskins. Let’s key in on what we should expect from tonight’s draft: (more…)
J-Hill’s Two Minute Drill
Opinion, Team FYN Sports January 7, 2012Welcome back to “The Drill”. There’s a lot to cover in sports this week, so let’s get going: (more…)