Tag: Notre Dame
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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 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.…
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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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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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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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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…