Tag: College Football
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CFB Week Two: Napier and Gundy in Real Jeopardy
As predicted, Week Two of college football did not disappoint despite the relatively lackluster slate. Four ranked teams lost, and quite a few schools categorized themselves as contenders, pretenders, or just flat-out failures. Let’s discuss the state of things after the second week of the season. Florida is not a playoff team I was happy…
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CFB Week Two: Bold Predictions for Cy-Hawk, Sooners, and More
Every season, there are weeks in the college football schedule that look a bit lacking for top-end matchups. Week Two is unfortunately one of those slates. However, we’ve learned time and time again that the most surprising results and entertaining moments come when we least expect it. So I’m looking forward to this weekend’s action.…
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CFB Week One: LSU Roars, Bama Unravels, and Texas Disappoints
Week One of the college football season has come and gone, mostly. We’ve still got Bill Belichick’s North Carolina debut against TCU tonight, but every other game has been played out. After eight-plus months without college football, it’s hard not to make knee-jerk reactions and adjust expectations we’ve spent months forming. Overreacting would be pretty…
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These 12 Teams Will Make the 2025 College Football Playoff
My favorite time of year is here. College football kicks off this weekend, and as I write this, Boise State just went 24-7 down to South Florida. Safe to say I’m glad I left the Broncos out of my playoff prediction. I’m definitely guilty of procrastinating on this, but this season is really difficult to…
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The Big 12 Rejecting Memphis Makes More Sense Than You’d Think
Yesterday, news broke that the University of Memphis had made a $200 million offer to the Big 12 to join the conference. The proposal, in which the Tigers were willing to forego revenue distributions for five years on top of the nine-figure payment, was the culmination of a years-long effort by Memphis to join a…
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2024 Was a Great Start to College Football’s 12-Team Playoff Era
It’s been over a week since Ohio State cruised to the first National Championship under the new 12-team playoff model. I’ve left some time for the confetti to settle, and I have a lot of thoughts about the season and how the new format affected things, but I couldn’t get away from one main takeaway.…
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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…