(Photo Courtesy: USA Today) So by now, most of you probably know that I’m no longer a full-time sports writer (I instead write for a sports TV show). However, as they say “A leopard can’t change its spots” and quite often, I dip back into my past, and stay in touch with several people that […]

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(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) Ok, let’s get two things out of the way, right away (ok, maybe it’s technically three). 1. By now, you’ve almost certainly heard that USC fired football coach Lane Kiffin early Sunday morning. Depending on who your “sources” are (yes, your “sources,” Random Message Board Guy 7,472) the firing either […]

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) “The Mouth of the South” has once again spoken. Only at this point you’ve got to wonder if anyone is listening. That mouth is of course attached to the cherubic face of new Arkansas head football coach Bret Bielema, who- when he’s not busy stuffing it with unidentified cured meats- […]

For those of you who regularly listen to my podcasts, you know that over the last couple weeks I’ve talked a lot about Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze. You also know that regardless of the topic or guest, or whatever the subject of the interview might be, whenever Freeze’s name has come up, I’ve […]

As a general rule, I don't like to link my stuff from other websites/outlets here at Aaron Torres Sports, but on this day I think it's important. With Signing Day tomorrow, my primary focus has been on writing for the college football website I run- Crystal Ball Run- and it has taken my time away […]

    Folks, we are closing in on Signing Day, which means it’s time to break out one of my favorite column gimmicks of the entire year: It’s time for my “Fake Recruiting Pitches.”    For those of you who haven’t been to the website before, well, the Fake Recruiting Pitches are exactly what they […]

While the college football world was caught up in Manti Te’o fake-girlfriend-hysteria on Wednesday, the real story (no pun intended) in the sport came 2,000 miles in Eugene, Ore., where one of the best coaches in the game walked out the back door on an emerging dynasty. In the least surprising news of the off-season, […]

Although the 2012 college football season just ended a short time ago, it’s never too early to look ahead to 2013…which is exactly what I did on Thursday, when I welcomed

It was at this time last year, on the morning following Alabama’s 21-0 beat down of LSU in the 2012 BCS National Championship when I wrote a column proclaiming the win “Nick Saban’s Masterpiece.” That morning I explained how the victory was a beautiful convergence of a brilliant coach and talented team, executing a flawless […]

Oh, you thought you read it all into the lead-up to Monday night’s title game between Alabama and Notre Dame? Well you had, until now. Let’s skip the small-talk and get straight to 13 Keys to Decide the 2013 BCS National Championship. 1. Notre Dame’s Front Seven: It’s the biggest story line entering this game, […]

“Dad, I’m telling you, if we ever make it back to the Rose Bowl, you’ve got to come. I will fly you out, I don’t care. No, no, no, I can’t explain it. Just trust me. The Rose Bowl is just…different.” Those words were spoken by Craig, a Palo Alto native and Stanford season-ticket who […]

Admit it: When Bobby Petrino was fired as Arkansas’ head coach last spring, a little part of your soul died. Didn’t it?   It’s ok, it happened to all of us.    After all, Bobby Petrino was a revolutionary, a once-in-a-generation man who effortlessly blended the art of winning football games with a totally dispassionate, […]

During the course of Auburn’s disastrous 2012 season, the cliché tagline that got thrown around about former Auburn head coach Gene Chizik was as follows: The man never did a damn thing as a head coach without Cam Newton as his quarterback. Between stops at Iowa State and Auburn, Chizik has a record of just […]

While bowl season really is “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” we can all get real here for a second and admit the following: Not every matchup is, ahem, all that exciting. Now please understand that’s no disrespect to East Carolina and whoever the hell they’re playing in the Buffalo Wild Wings Cool Ranch […]