The Color & Pageantry

The Color & Pageantry College Football Top 25 1.        Clemson, 2-0, 1 2.        Ohio State, 0-0, 2 3.        Alabama, 1-0, 3 4.        Florida, 1-0, 5 5.        Georgia, 1-0, 4 6.        Miami, 3-0, 10 7.        Notre Dame, 2-0, 6 8.        North Carolina, 1-0, 9 9.        Penn State, 0-0, 12 10.      Virginia Tech, 1-0, 13 11.       UCF, 2-0, 14 12.      Mississippi State, 1-0, NR 12.       Texas, 2-0, 11 13.       Wisconsin, 0-0, 16 14.       Auburn, 1-0, 17 15.       Oregon, 0-0, NR 16.       Tennessee, 1-0, 18 17.       Texas A&M, 1-0, 15 18.       Oklahoma State, 2-0, 19 19.       Minnesot...

The Color & Pageantry College Football Top 25  1.      Clemson, 2-0, 1  2.      Ohio State, 0-0, NR  3.      Alabama, 0-0, 2  4.      Georgia, 0-0, 3  5.      Florida, 0-0, 4  6.      Notre Dame, 2-0, 5  7.      Oklahoma, 1-0, 7  8.      Louisiana State, 0-0, 8  9.      North Carolina, 1-0, 9  10.    Miami, 2-0, 13  11.    Texas, 1-0, 11  12.    Penn State, 0-0, NR  13.    Virginia Tech, 0-0, 12  14.    UCF, 1-0, 16  15.    Texas A&M, 0-0, 9  16.    Wisconsin, 0-0, NR  17.    Auburn, 0-0, 14  18.    Tennessee, 0-0, 15  19.    Oklahoma State, 1-0, 10  20.    Minnesota, 0-0, NR  21.    Pittsburgh, 2-0, 18  22.  ...

The Color & Pageantry Top 25 College Football Top 25 1.      Clemson, 1-0, 1 2.      Alabama, 0-0, 3 3.      Georgia, 0-0, 5 4.      Florida, 0-0, 6 5.      Notre Dame. 1-0, 7 6.      Oklahoma, 1-0, 8 7.      Louisiana State, 0-0, 9 8.      North Carolina, 1-0, 10 9.      Texas A&M, 0-0, 12 10.    Oklahoma State, 0-0, 13 11.    Texas, 1-0, 14 12.    Virginia Tech, 0-0, 16 13.    Miami, 1-0, 18 14.    Auburn, 0-0, 19 15.    Tennessee, 0-0, 23 16.    UCF, 0-0, 24 17.    Louisville, 0-0, NR 18.    Pittsburgh, 1-0, 19.    Cincinnati, 0-0, NR 20.    Memphis, 1-0, NR 21.    Brigham Young, 1-0, NR 22.    Louisiana, 1-0, NR 23.    Mississippi State, 0-0, NR 24.    Kentucky, 0-0, N...

As we noted last fall, by any standard applied, Coach Willie Taggart's first season at Florida State was a complete disaster. So, while there was hope, there was little wiggle room for Taggart in year two. As the season started, giving up an 18 point lead in the opener at home in a hurricane moved game to lose to Boise State riding their gunslinger freshman quarterback set an ominous tone. On the FSU spring tour, I told Taggart that first game was vitally important. It was, and it was a failure on many levels. A lackluster home loss to a marginal Miami team sealed Taggart's fate, not soon enough for many of the Seminole faithful. I was at the game, and it was apparent when entering the stadium a loss filled the air as the Seminoles were not prepared to play. So, thankfully, and with a hole in our wallet, we move on. The coaching search burned up the internet, with Big Game Bob wearing out Tallahassee Realtors, but in the end perhaps the best available choice has beco...

Who could have possibly imagined that after celebrating the 150th season of College Football while witnessing a historic championship run by the Louisiana State Tigers we reached a point in here in the preseason where we may not even have a 2020 season? The affects on the America fabric of the coronavirus, with many families dealing with the heartbreaking loss of loved ones amid devastated economic conditions in many parts of the country, are reshaping our future. In what we consider a premature and idiotic course of action, the Big Ten Conference and Pac 12 Conference have cancelled their seasons.  Commissioner Kevin Warren of the B1G led the way, and some say there was political motivation. Sadly, we agree, and find the seemingly arbitrary decision, one made without consulting coaches, players and parent, a disturbingly arrogant action. Most other major conferences, most notably the SEC, ACC, AAC and Big XII, are giving it a go, and we certainly hop...