The Tailgater crew finishes up their Big Ten preview with the Legends division offering insight and analysis [and a surprise division champion.. →]

Week 12 proved the appetizer ahead of a monster post-Thanksgiving slate of showdowns, with the top three teams in the BCS standings taking the weekend off to rest up for key conference showdowns to finish their regular season. Other than the rending of garments in Lincoln, everything pretty much played out as expected. The Tailgater followed all the action, [...]

College Football Week 12 Preview   No. 9 Ohio State at No. 20 Iowa   Unfortunately for the Iowa Hawkeyes, any chance of a BCS Bowl Game seems to be out of the picture. For a team that received some National Title talk prior to the season, this season may now be determined a “bust.” However, the Buckeyes, [...]

   John Mitchell: Welcome back to a new edition of the tailgater. We’re trying a new shortened format that should make the column a quicker read. With me as always to dissect the coming weekend are Zach Bigalke and Matt Strobl, who are eager to get to the action. The biggest story in college football [...]

   The tenth week ended the dreams of a repeat national title in Tuscaloosa, bolstered the hopes of the two remaining potential BCS Busters of getting more respect than they were afforded in 2009, and gave two big-time programs who have lasted in the shadow of conference foes for the better part of the past [...]

Week 10 FBS Rankings, courtesy of your favorite college football discussants.

John Mitchell: Can you believe that we are entering the tenth week of the college football season? It feels like yesterday that we were talking about the week one games. The season is going by fast. With me as always to preview the tenth week of the college football season are Zach Bigalke and Matt [...]

College Football Week 9 Preview No. 2 Oregon at USC With an offense averaging a nation best 55.1 ppg, Oregon may seem like a lock for this game over a Southern California team that is considered to have nothing to play for after being deemed ineligible for a bowl game. However, USC has something to [...]