Working title: Fifty years of Tales from the Tailgate: The Good, the Fun, and the Ugly of College Football, 1972-2022 (and beyond).
I’ve attended and enjoyed travels to 676 college football games over the years from FBS to D-3. I plan to do this as long as I can. With new changes impacting college football as we’ve known it, will this game continue to be as good for us fans?
Category Archives: Tales from the Tailgate
If TCU, unranked in the preseason polls, bests Georgia this Monday night, it could not be a better scenario for college football…Coach Hatcher influenced the careers of the two college football coaches leading their teams into Sofi Stadium Monday night…What bothers us about Fickell?… Helton’s got a successful system and knows how to develop a pipeline…We see what Kiper doesn’t…We want more bowls pitting the Group against Power…The SunBelt improves…new TV contract for CUSA midweek games
Continue readingIowa put up 21 points, all in the second period. The quarter featured the four main highlights of the entire game.
Continue readingAt the end of regulation in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 52,847 attended pretty evenly between both schools, all I could say was, “Wow!” Guest Game Analyst Rick Selleck (Auburn grad/fan) conferred, “That about sums I up!”
Continue readingWe believe such games would show that the Group of Five is not that far removed from most of the teams among the SEC, Big Ten, Big XII, ACC, and Pac-12.
Continue readingWith a blocked punt for a TD in regulation and the benefit of a fumble recovery at the one-yard line in the second OT, the Cadets came away with the points they needed to win in this hard-fought scrimmage.
Continue readingHomewood, Alabama – In one of the greatest individual performances collegefootballfan.com has ever witnessed, Quincy Crittendon a redshirt freshman subbing for injured starter Michael Hiers after the opening series, led his Stamford Bulldogs (11-1) in a thrilling FCS second round … Continue reading
San Marcos, TX – The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns started slowly. They built their lead gradually over Texas State (4-8, 2-6) holding the Bobcats’ one-dimensional offense in check. In the end, they win their sixth game to qualify for bowl eligibility, … Continue reading
Texas overcame a 27-24 deficit in the final period on the running of Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson to best Baylor, 38-27.
Continue readingLexington, KY – Georgia rolled into Kroger Field on a cold day to face a Kentucky Wildcat team (6-5,3-5) beaten by lowly Vanderbilt a week ago. SEC fans on line insist that cold, northern playing conditions don’t affect their players. … Continue reading