The nation's best player (apologies to Ohio State's Nick Bosa) gets a Sports Illustrated cover, albeit a regional one as Houston's Ed Oliver reigns supreme on the southwest cover.
Yes, I will be trying to procure one of these for the collection, so if you are reading and have one, let me know!
ESPN writes of the 50th anniversary of Emory Bellard's designing of the Wishbone offense at Texas in 1968.
Bellard came up with the idea and the Longhorns rolled over everyone in sight-Until Darrell Royal (Texas head coach) for some reason told Bellard to open his books and the keys to his offense to a struggling Chuck Fairbanks at rival Oklahoma.
It took a little while before the Sooners were able to run the bone on all cylinders, but once they did, it was the Sooners that became dominant with the offense for close to 20 years under Fairbanks and Barry Switzer.
Bellard would eventually leave Texas for the head coaching job at another UT rival, Texas A&M.
Eleven Warriors writes of the most memorable Ohio State football finishes over the last ten years.
I always like these types of pieces as it gives me a chance to look back at some exciting games and their endings.
SWC Roundup writes of the craziest conference title race ever in 1994 in the SWC.
A record five teams (Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, Rice, and Baylor) tied for the title with a record of 4-3 in the conference after NCAA banned Texas A&M was ruled ineligible for the championship.
It's a four-part series, links at the bottom of the page will send you to the other parts of the series.
I'm all for parity, but having watched many of those games, this took it to a huge extreme!
ESPN is back with an article on Mount Union and its new reputation as the "cradle of coaches".
Mount Union's staff has already produced two division one head coaches in Iowa State's Matt Campbell and Toledo's Jason Candle along with numerous coordinators and assistants.
It all traces back to the machine that retired Larry Kehres built and the article looks at the program along with just how it is producing so many excellent young coaches.
The Athletic finishes us off with a post about the American Athletic Conference and how despite adding themselves to the "Power Six", they still have plenty of streets to walk down before they truly are perceived that way.
The conference will have to find a new television contract and this looks at just what the league needs and possibles suitors along with expansion, as in the American adding to their stable or even the possibility of losing a star school or two as other conferences grow larger.
Still, plenty in the inbox as we will have an all baseball version and a non-sports edition coming up soon.
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