Big 12 : Scarbrough's Take

If Then Was Now, Would Bama Have Fired Bryant?

If Then Was Now, Would Bama Have Fired Bryant?

Lyn Scarbrough

December 01 The perspective of subsequent generations of fans has changed. It’s a “win big and do it now” mindset. Gigantic salaries and budgets have contributed to that. So have the College Football Playoffs, especially with its unfair, unwise four-team limit for championship playoff FULL STORY

Will Bama, SEC Be Pigeons This Year?

Will Bama, SEC Be Pigeons This Year?

Lyn Scarbrough

October 11 After nearly two decades of being college football’s pigeon almost every season, the Southeastern Conference, including multi-time champion Alabama, is looking more likely to be a statue for 2021. FULL STORY

David Winning Not Such Big News Any More

David Winning Not Such Big News Any More

Lyn Scarbrough

September 07 Fast forward 14 years to the first weekend of September, 2021. Forget all this Week Zero nonsense. This was the first real weekend of college football after the long COVID-19 nightmare that generated a season full of inequity and asterisks. FULL STORY

Opening the Barn Door … “Come On Down!”

Opening the Barn Door … “Come On Down!”

Lyn Scarbrough

November 05 Student athletes should be compensated, as long as it is in a way which leaves a level playing field for every college and for every player. There are ways that can be accomplished. But, not if the college decision is based primarily FULL STORY

Advice to Top Teams: Better Heed Ma Waldrop

Advice to Top Teams: Better Heed Ma Waldrop

Lyn Scarbrough

October 22 Keep in mind, Illinois was a 30-point underdog to the Badgers. South Carolina was a 24-point underdog to Georgia. And, Vandy was supposed to beat UNLV by 16. FULL STORY

What an Eight-Team Playoff Might Be … for Now

What an Eight-Team Playoff Might Be … for Now

Lyn Scarbrough

September 23 The football musical chairs game … five Power 5 conferences with only four available playoff slots … is inherently flawed, has never been fair and never will be. It should be ended. FULL STORY

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