Tag: College Football
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CFB Week Eight: Miami, Texas Tech, and Others Fall Victim to the Chaos
Every week this college football season, I feel like I’m pulling on the same thread. Nobody is safe. Anything is possible. There is no sure thing in this sport. In an era where the talent curve is flattening and the best teams are closer to the pack than ever before, anyone can beat anyone. This…
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Not So Happy Valley: Penn State Fires James Franklin
College football fans are irrational. It’s just a matter of fact. When our team loses a couple games, everyone should be fired and the program should be razed to the ground. When we win a few, we’re all the way back and it’s playoff or bust. That’s just what we do. I know I was…
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CFB Week Seven: Indiana is What We Thought Penn State Was
Some weeks in college football just leave you staring at the wall looking for answers. It’s hard to come up with confident takeaways when it’s clear that only one thing is certain: NOTHING! The gap between the best team and 50th-best team is slimmer than ever. Somehow, none of the results and ALL the results…
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CFB Week Six: Preseason Top Two Knocked Out of Playoff Race
College football never disappoints. It just doesn’t. The blog this week practically writes itself. I don’t even know where to start. I’m sitting here in October, not even six weeks after writing my season preview, and three of my four predicted semi-finalists are out. Remember this clown shit? There’s a lot of red ink on…
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CFB Week Five: Oregon and Alabama Earn Big Road Wins
It’s not uncommon for widely-hyped college football slates to disappoint. On weekends with several fantastic games in theory, we usually get a couple duds. Not this weekend. College Football delivered. It was glorious, unless you’re a fan of certain teams in Athens, Tallahassee, or State College. Let’s get into it. Oregon asserts itself as a…
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Stillwater Sadness: Oklahoma State Football Fires Mike Gundy
Very few coaches have been more representative of college football this century than Mike Gundy. Between fiery press conferences and unique hairstyles, Gundy built Oklahoma State into a powerhouse. Oklahoma State hired Gundy after the 2004 season to replace Les Miles at a point when the program was the definition of mediocre. In the decade…
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CFB Week Four: Indiana Cruises and Texas Tech Dominates
There are a few locales in college football that I call “Voodoo Venues.” These are stadiums where weird things always tend to happen, and they always favor the hosts. Think Pac-12 After Dark status, but permanently. Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City is one of the first Voodoo Venues to come to mind. Just think…
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CFB Week Three: Say Goodbye to Clemson and Notre Dame
One of the toughest things about college football is that we spend eight months trying to predict which teams will be good and which won’t, all for those guesses to come crashing down a few weeks into the season. For Clemson and Notre Dame, two teams I had in the playoff coming into the season,…
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CFB Week Three: Predictions for Notre Dame, Dawgs, and More
Can I just roll out a take off the rip? The SEC starting conference play Week Three (or Week Two in some cases) sucks. College football would be better without the throwaway SEC vs. FCS weekend in late November. Let’s move these games to that weekend and get the cupcakes out of the way early.…