By Jose M. Romero / https://twitter.com/RomeroJoseM

For years, critics have complained about too many college football bowl games. Too many 6-6 or 7-5 teams with losing records in their conferences becoming bowl eligible.  Too many bad matchups, or too many games, period.

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By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

The Kansas State Wildcats and the Oklahoma Sooners will each play in a big game on Saturday that will determine who will win the Big 12 conference and an automatic bid to a BCS bowl game during the first week in January 2013. The Wildcats and the Sooners both have just one loss in conference play this season, and would be division leaders in the old Big 12 world we used to live in. (You know, the conference with as many teams as there are in the name of said conference? Yeah, that one.)

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By Jose M. Romero

TEMPE, Ariz. – Not long ago I decided to write about the overall experience of attending a college football game where I live.

I don’t ever go as a fan. Not to say I won’t, but one of the perks of being in the accredited media is that the nice folks at Arizona State set me up with a media credential, grant me field access pre- and postgame, and it’s off to work I go.

This being a Latino-themed blog, I knew I couldn’t write about this experience without being me. Don’t get me wrong, the homecoming parade, the marching band, the sun-splashed Arizona autumn day and the live music are great. But a chorizo burrito, menudo and tailgating with the people? Now THAT is the real deal for me.

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College football is here.

It’s an exciting time in for fans everywhere. Exposure to the college game is at an all-time high.  The sheer number of televised games will blow your mind.

While we wait for the NFL to start and take over our Sundays, the college game is a perfect appetizer. My fingers are going to get a good workout entering in channel numbers.

Let’s start Thursday night, well, late afternoon for those of us out west. I’m definitely a Pac-12 and West Coast football fan and those teams will take priority over the SEC and Big 10, but I’m formulating a detailed and intricate plan to see as much of as many games as I can in Week 1.

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By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

The Oregon Ducks have set the bar when it comes to uniform innovations, flash and capturing the attention of prospective 15-17 year old  prep football players to attend their university in Eugene. Along with some extraordinary coaching hires, a huge financial investment in a once moribund and decrepit college football program and a fanbase clamoring for a better representation, the signature point of focus for growth for Oregon Ducks football can be attested to the innovations brought forth by Nike’s outfitting of a football team with uniforms that Buck Rodgers would be proud of.

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