College Sports

By: Kyle Langston  Twitter: @kylelangston49 Five months after the death of Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski, his parents announced on the The Today Show that the 21-year-old had been diagnosed with the degenerative brain known as disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The results from the Mayo Clinic’s autopsy revealed, among other things, that Hilinski had the brain of a 65-year-old. This from a player who had reportedly never missed time due to a concussion, providing more evidence to the idea that CTE is due to repetitive sub concussive impacts.           This just one of the many incidents reported on the heels of a JAMA  report  concluding that 91% of former college football players suffered from CTE. This number can be misleading, since the sample was of brains donated because the person had shown symptoms of CTE, but it still is a nod towards the epidemic plaguing the football world.     ...

By Reed Tobin  Twitter: @reed_tobin The belligerently drunk Alabama fans next to me let out a scream loud enough to kill an infant. The Alabama Crimsonettes seductively danced as the Million Dollar Band blasted “Dixieland Delight”. The new, immaculate Mercedes-Benz Stadium was a sea of crimson and white confetti. The true freshman and Hawaiian prodigy, Tua Tagovailoa, just threw a 50-yard bomb to win Alabama the national championship and cement his name in college football history. But let’s flashback to halftime. Alabama is down 13-0 and Georgia looks as if they have the championship in the bag. It’s a miracle Alabama is still even in this game. Kirby Smart’s defense has the struggling Crimson Tide on the ropes. Nothing is working for Alabama offensively (credit that mostly to Jalen Hurts’ inability to throw a football accurately beyond five yards). Nick Saban has been exceedingly conservative all year by starting the more experienced, less talented H...

Is the University of Michigan simply a shell of what it used to be? Yes. Is Jim Harbaugh the most overrated coach in college football history? Possibly. Can Michigan contend for the College Football Playoff in 2018? Easily. While I understand Michigan has been preseason top-10 damn near every year since Harbaugh took the reigns and hasn’t done anything to legitimize these projections; this year is different.  Michigan is being kicked to the curb with 3 months still left until kick off in South Bend (which will make for a classic). With the unfair expectations lifted off the shoulders of the program this year, they should be poised to make a run.  I know the words Michigan and College Football Playoff just sound f*cking absurd together but hear me out on this one. The Wolverines are losing only 7 starters on what was already a talent filled roster. Pair that with the additions of Jim McElwain, a proven head coach taking an offensive coordinator assista...