Aug 22, 2010
It's Almost Time. But It's Not Time Yet.
Hello, folks. Great to see you again.
As you can probably tell, we here at The College Football Athenaeum are in the midst of a major redesign/upgrade. A major/design upgrade, that is, that isn't quite done yet.
But no worries, we'll be ready in time for the 2010 season. In fact, we'll be going live with a new season of TCFA on Friday, Aug. 27.
In the meantime, feel free to check out my work over at About.com or follow my never-ending college football musings on Twitter. You can also relive Saturdays past by delving into our ever-growing TCFA archives.
Thanks again for reading, folks. See you soon.
Sincerely For The Glory,
Your Editor
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Welcome to The College Football Athenaeum, home of the intelligent college football fan. You have found a college football magazine unlike any other, a site where the game is studied and savored, discussed and enjoyed, loved and celebrated. More about TCFA
2012 Season
- Apr 13, 2012
Podcast, Episode 50 - Mar 8, 2012
Podcast, Episode 49 - Feb 3, 2012
Podcast, Episode 48 - Jan 25, 2012
An Honest Assessment of an Immeasurable Life - Jan 13, 2012
Podcast, Episode 47 - Jan 5, 2012
Podcast, Episode 46
2011 Season
- Dec 29, 2011
Podcast, Episode 45 - Dec 22, 2011
Podcast, Episode 44 - Dec 15, 2011
Podcast, Episode 43 - Dec 9, 2011
Podcast, Episode 42 - Dec 6, 2011
Over And Out - Dec 2, 2011
At Season's End, What Is Left? - Dec 1, 2011
Podcast, Episode 41 - Nov 27, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: The End Draws Near - Nov 24, 2011
Podcast, Episode 40 - Nov 21, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: For One Day, We Achieved Perfection - Nov 18, 2011
Make Alternate Plans - Nov 17, 2011
Podcast, Episode 39 - Nov 14, 2011
Thoughts From the Valley: The First Nervous Step Toward Redemption - Nov 11, 2011
In The Darkness. Seeking The Light. - Nov 10, 2011
Podcast, Episode 38 - Nov 7, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: We Were Fools - Nov 4, 2011
Dying Dreams, the Loss of Hope, and Metaphorical Kicks in the Teeth - Nov 3, 2011
Podcast, Episode 37 - Oct 31, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: Surviving. Advancing. - Oct 28, 2011
Our Loyalty is Being Tested
 - Oct 27, 2011
Podcast, Episode 36 - Oct 24, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: A Very Good Kind of Nervousness - Oct 20, 2011
Podcast, Episode 35 - Oct 20, 2011
What The Playoff Proponents Don’t Understand 

 - Oct 17, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: Confusion and Happiness - Oct 14, 2011
Urban Meyer and the Suddenly Expanded College Football Universe - Oct 13, 2011
Podcast, Episode 34 - Oct 10, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: Back To Reality. - Oct 7, 2011
Back to Happy Valley. On a Mission. - Oct 6, 2011
Podcast, Episode 33 - Oct 3, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: Honesty and Joylessness - Sep 30, 2011
October Has Arrived. And With It, Perfection. - Sep 29, 2011
Podcast, Episode 32 - Sep 26, 2011
Thoughts from The Valley: There is The Grove. And Then There is Everything Else. - Sep 23, 2011
Money First. Everything Else Second. - Sep 22, 2011
Podcast, Episode 31 - Sep 18, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: Joe Must Go. And Other Stuff. - Sep 16, 2011
College Football. Four Kids. And How it All Fits Together. - Sep 15, 2011
Podcast, Episode 30 - Sep 12, 2011
I am an Aging Salmon, Swimming Upstream; Also, the Big Ten is Awful - Sep 8, 2011
Podcast, Episode 29 - Sep 8, 2011
A Dynasty In Full Bloom, A Dynasty In Decline - Sep 6, 2011
Thoughts From The Valley: Immediacy and Whiplash - Sep 1, 2011
Podcast, Episode 28 - Sep 1, 2011
Why We Care - Aug 25, 2011
Fate Intervenes. Via Lawyer Tillman. - Aug 24, 2011
Podcast, Episode 27 - Jul 22, 2011
Podcast, Episode 26 - Jun 16, 2011
Podcast, Episode 25 - May 26, 2011
Podcast, Episode 24 - Apr 1, 2011
Podcast, Episode 23 - Mar 4, 2011
Podcast, Episode 22 - Feb 19, 2011
Podcast, Episode 21 - Feb 1, 2011
Podcast, Episode 20 - Jan 7, 2011
Podcast, Episode 19
2010 Season
- Dec 30, 2010
Podcast, Episode 18 - Dec 20, 2010
Podcast, Episode 17 - Dec 12, 2010
TCFA Is On Vacation - Dec 9, 2010
Podcast, Episode 16 - Dec 6, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: The. End. - Dec 2, 2010
The Tyranny of Time - Dec 2, 2010
Podcast, Episode 15 - Nov 28, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: The Season Is Essentially Over. Massive Sigh. - Nov 25, 2010
Podcast, Episode 14 - Nov 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving: I'm Not Writing - Nov 22, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: Wrapping Up From Landover - Nov 18, 2010
We Are Up To The Challenge - Nov 18, 2010
Podcast, Episode 13 - Nov 14, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: Resignation And Other Stuff - Nov 11, 2010
A Rivalry Without Respect - Nov 11, 2010
Podcast, Episode 12 - Nov 7, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: McGloin Fever - Nov 4, 2010
Podcast, Episode 11 - Nov 4, 2010
How To Save The Big East - Oct 31, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: Oh My God We Won - Oct 28, 2010
Podcast, Episode 10 - Oct 28, 2010
The Abridged Miserable History of Michigan State Football - Oct 24, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: The Day After - Oct 21, 2010
An Awful Season Demands Nothing Less Than A Bar Tour - Oct 21, 2010
Podcast, Episode 9 - Oct 17, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: A Compelling Case For Boise State - Oct 14, 2010
Podcast, Episode 8 - Oct 13, 2010
Making The Most Of It - Oct 10, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: Apocalypse Now - Oct 8, 2010
Podcast, Episode 7 - Oct 8, 2010
Tailgating Under Attack - Oct 3, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: The Season Is Over. The Season Has Just Begun. - Oct 1, 2010
Why I Love The Big Ten - Sep 30, 2010
Podcast, Episode 6 - Sep 26, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: A Terrifying Near-Loss, And Ten Things To Think About - Sep 23, 2010
Temple. Terrible No More. - Sep 22, 2010
Podcast, Episode 5 - Sep 19, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: A Fake Field Goal. And a Fozzy. - Sep 16, 2010
My Daughter Dilemma - Sep 16, 2010
Podcast, Episode 4 - Sep 12, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: The 'Bama Beatdown and The Awesomeness of Denard Robinson - Sep 9, 2010
Podcast, Episode 3 - Sep 9, 2010
Renewal. Revenge. Respect. - Sep 5, 2010
Thoughts From The Valley: Robinson and Bolden, Florida and Forcier - Sep 2, 2010
College Football Thoughts. Over The Great American Continent. - Sep 2, 2010
Podcast, Episode 2 - Aug 25, 2010
Learning to Love the Game. In the Absence of Glory. - Aug 22, 2010
Our First Podcast - Aug 22, 2010
It's Almost Time. But It's Not Time Yet.
2009 Season
- Dec 9, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley: The End - Dec 4, 2009
The Last Hurrah - Nov 27, 2009
Thoughts from the Valley: Thanksgiving Edition - Nov 23, 2009
Thoughts from the Valley - Nov 20, 2009
Farewell, Big Ten 2009 - Nov 13, 2009
Running, Not Hiding - Nov 9, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Nov 6, 2009
A Very Long Column About The Only Game That Matters - Nov 2, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Oct 30, 2009
The Canon of College Football - Oct 26, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Oct 23, 2009
College Football Is Under Siege - Oct 19, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Oct 16, 2009
College Football Lessons - Oct 12, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Oct 9, 2009
The College Football Wife - Oct 5, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Oct 5, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Oct 2, 2009
Preserve These Places - Sep 28, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Sep 25, 2009
What We Know - Sep 21, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Sep 18, 2009
Mean is Good - Sep 14, 2009
Thoughts From the Valley - Sep 11, 2009
A Tailgating First - Sep 7, 2009
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 4, 2009
Autumn Saturday - Aug 28, 2009
The Moment
2008 Season
- Dec 8, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Dec 5, 2008
Goodbye, College Football - Nov 30, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 28, 2008
The 2008 Thanksgiving Edition - Nov 24, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 21, 2008
'The Satanic Verses' of Midwestern Football - Nov 17, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 14, 2008
Last Trip of the Year - Nov 10, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 7, 2008
No-Fun November - Nov 3, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Oct 31, 2008
What To Do On A Bye Week - Oct 26, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Oct 24, 2008
The Ebb and Flow of a Saturday - Oct 20, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Oct 17, 2008
What Next? - Oct 13, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Oct 10, 2008
Play On, Wisconsin - Oct 6, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Oct 3, 2008
Things We Haven't Seen - Sep 29, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 26, 2008
The Big Lie - Sep 22, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 19, 2008
Three Weeks In ... - Sep 15, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 12, 2008
Bill Plaschke Loves USC - Sep 7, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 5, 2008
What I'm Looking Forward To - Sep 2, 2008
Thoughts From The Valley - Aug 28, 2008
Labor Day, Perfected
2007 Season
- Dec 2, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 30, 2007
The Season In Review - Nov 25, 2007
Thoughts from the Valley - Nov 19, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 16, 2007
The end - Nov 12, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 9, 2007
No refuge - Nov 5, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Nov 2, 2007
November - Oct 29, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Oct 26, 2007
Mud. Slop. Big Ten football. - Oct 19, 2007
Game of the year - Oct 15, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Oct 12, 2007
Cleveland In Philly - Oct 5, 2007
When Saturdays die - Sep 28, 2007
Predictable - Sep 24, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 21, 2007
The Streak - Sep 17, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 10, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Sep 7, 2007
Big Mess - Sep 4, 2007
Thoughts From The Valley - Aug 31, 2007
The Plan - Aug 24, 2007
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