All of the recent changes to the NCAA football landscape have left many schools looking for a permanent home. The Idaho Vandals are no exception. However, they may be better served remaining as an independent for the near future in order to improve their lot for a position in the Mountain West conference down the road.

The commissioners of the various NCAA football conferences took the first step toward a complete overhaul of the BCS system last week, debating the merits of a four-team playoff to determine the yearly champion. It’s far from a done deal, but definitely something that many fans of college football are looking forward to.

From 1991 to 2009, the Temple Owls struggled to win. After being ousted from the Big East in 2004, they went winless as an independent, and have slowly improved since then. Next year, they’ll rejoin the Big East thanks to extreme perseverence, they’ve bounced back. Theirs is a story that could motivate even the lowest of the low.

It would take forever to break down the inequities of the college football landscape. But you gotta start somewhere, right? As things stand now, the quality of a team from year-to-year matters little. Instead, history and politics reign supreme. Is it time for the NCAA to re-think what they’re doing?

The Big East Conference is suffering terribly. Teams are fleeing at a break-neck pace and most recently, commissioner John Marinatto has also jumped ship. It’s a tumultuous time for the Big East, and nobody knows whether or not the conference (or the schools involved) will have significant involvement in the top level college football programs.

When the Arkansas Razorbacks fired Bobby Petrino and hired John L. Smith to replace him, they effectively received a downgrade as far as a winning history is concerned. So why did they do it? Well, it turns out that Petrino didn’t exactly have the kind of image that Arkansas wanted on display. Andrew Bucholtz elaborates.

The Bountygate story sweeping the world of football is taking on a life of its own, but its origins within the New Orleans Saints remains the focal point of most conversations. However, it’s what we’ve learned about concussions and head injuries that has really given life to this story, more so than the egregious behavior in games. Is this fair?

March Madness is one of the premier sporting events of the year – for any sport. 68 teams enter, one leaves victorious. College football has considered a similarly-structured tournament to replace the flawed BCS system, but could a national football tournament even work?

The NFL marketing machine has done a superb job making it the most profitable and most hyped league in North America. Higher ticket prices and an infrequency of games makes for a premium product. The NBA, NHL and MLB have a lot to learn.

There’s been a lot of shuffling of the NCAA Football divisions recently, but the West Virginia Mountaineers are making bigger headlines about it because of their brash, lets-get-this-over-with attitude in wanting to move now. Is this the right decision? Andrew Bucholtz breaks it down.