Category: College Football
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Disrespectfully Disagree: Reacting to the Week 14 CFP Rankings
The CFP committee has spoken clearly through its latest rankings release, and the message is clear. Conference affiliation means more than on-field results. Brand is more important than tangible evidence gathered from actual games. Except… the committee almost got there. By wedging Miami between Alabama and the other three-loss SEC hopefuls, the selection committee simultaneously…
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Debunking the SEC: Does It Really Deserve That Much Credit?
November 23, 2024 is a day that will go down in infamy in college football. After a slew of shocking upsets we didn’t see coming, I was thrilled to finally see some people arrive at the same conclusion I’ve had since September. The SEC isn’t that good. At least not in 2024. And so I…
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Strength of Schedule Is a Sleazy College Football Metric
There’s been a lot of buzz in college football the last few weeks about Strength of Schedule. Teams like Indiana and Notre Dame have been bashed for it while others have received a boost from it. I understand that it’s a simple concept that gives us an easy comparison between the paths different teams have…
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Disrespectfully Disagree: Reacting to the Week 12 CFP Rankings
It’s funny. We spend every fall in college football complaining about how dumb the AP poll is. How there’s no logic to the voting, and how we shouldn’t leave the rankings up to 62 members of the media. How we can’t wait for the College Football Playoff selection committee to step in. And then the…
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Is high school recruiting in college football irrelevant?
There have been some awful misses by talent evaluators on high school prospects recently.
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Reflecting on Nick Saban: The greatest college football coach of all time
Nick Saban’s shocking retirement has us reflecting on an incredible career.
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Michigan proves that sometimes, the villain wins
The Michigan Wolverines, the villains of the 2023 college football season, are national champions.
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2024 CFP National Championship preview
It’s Washington v. Michigan in a game that marks the end of an era in college football.
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Florida State just proved why the committee got it right
Florida State’s collective approach to the Orange Bowl proved that the committee was right to leave the Seminoles out.