When Pitt State head coach Todd Graham chose to leave his post after one season for a similar position elsewhere, many questioned the decision and even blasted him for taking advantage of the program. Andrew Bucholtz takes a deeper look at loyalty in college sports and what it might take to restore the faith.

You know by now that Super Bowl XLVI is a rematch of Super Bowl XLII featuring the Patriots and Giants, but when you break down the teams, both sides have lost several key members of their 2008 squads. Andrew Bucholtz breaks down the old and new faces.

Monday night’s BCS Championship game between LSU and Alabama is a rematch of a Nov. 5 match between the two rivals. But are these truly the best two teams? Oklahoma State doesn’t think so, and Andrew Bucholtz examines why the Crimson Tide were selected over the Cowboys for the big game.

The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts both lost key members to their offenses this season. However, how each responded to adversity has differed dramatically. Houston found solace in backup QB Matt Leinart while Indianapolis has fallen to last place in the NFL.

The Canadian Football League is Canada’s answer to the NFL, and its championship game – the Grey Cup – plays out this Sunday between the B.C. Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Sure, there’s many differences between the CFL and NFL style of play, but does that make the Canadian version any worse?

Though we like to think that our favorite NFL franchises fight vehemently for each and every yard on the football field, it’s easy to question such motivation when a prospect like Andrew Luck rolls around. With little-to-no incentive for non-playoff teams to compete late in the season, is it better for mediocre teams to lose on purpose?

The Boise State Broncos have the makings of a fairy tale, but minus the key component of a Disney-fied version; the happy ending. Instead, their story reads more like something that might have been put together by the Brothers Grimm. The Broncos are always searching for an invitation to the ball of the BCS championship, but despite the attractiveness of their undefeated records, a flawed system keeps on passing over them in favor of stepsisters who come from wealthier conferences. TheGP Football tells the tale.

Is the most important game of the college football season about to take place in early November? Under the current BCS format, that’s very likely the case. How could the NCAA approach the season differently? Would a playoff format keep early matchups like this one from upstaging the season finale in January?

Virtually every single aspect of the world has changed since the 1960s, but throughout Vietnam, Watergate, the Iranian revolution, the fall of the Soviet Union, the first and second Gulf Wars, and the death of Osama bin Laden, there has been one immutable constant in sports: Joe Paterno and the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Robert Griffin III is one of the most dominant players in college football, yet his chances of legitimately contending for one of the NCAA’s top honors – the Heisman Trophy – are next to none. What is it that appears to have thrown Griffin off track? We’ll give you one hint, it’s through no fault of his own.