Sorry, coaches, but your poll has no place in new playoff selection
Coaches are inherently biased toward looking out for their program's best interests, which is why Tony Barnhart says the flawed Coaches poll can't play a role in college football's new playoff

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Playing 'devil' advocate: Don't take things said to boosters so seriously
A Gators assistant calls Nick Saban 'the devil himself' at a booster gathering and it's national news. Tony Barnhart says it's not funny at all that college football is losing its sense of humor.

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What we've learned about ACC: Clemson aims to take next step
With changes afoot at Duke, Wake Forest and Va. Tech, this year may prove this isn't your father's ACC. Tony Barnhart says Clemson may just prove the point.

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What we've learned about ACC: Clemson aims to take next step
With changes afoot at Duke, Wake Forest and Va. Tech, this year may prove this isn't your father's ACC. Tony Barnhart says Clemson may just prove the point.

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What we've learned about SEC: You can't block South Carolina's Clowney
As spring football ends, Tony Barnhart offers five takeaways to consider before fall. A couple: Jadeveon Clowney's a bad man on the gridiron and Auburn's Jay Prosch is inspiring.

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Some guiding rules, worthy names to make selection committee fair
The group that makes up the first playoff selection committee will have a highly-scrutinized job. Tony Barnhart offers up some guiding principles and some worthy names for rooting out any hints of bias.

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It's time for some of this big money to trickle down to college athletes
If the NCAA can't, or won't, approve stipends to athletes, then it might be time for the power conferences to form their own division, Tony Barnhart says.