Tag: Penn State

• 2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 21st)

  College Football Playoff 1st Round: SMU Mustangs (11-2) at Penn State Nittany Lions (11-2) Key Facts: This matchup will come down to a few key factors. How is Penn State going to handle SMU’s speed? We saw Oregon’s in the Big Ten championship give Penn State’s defense tons of issues, SMU is very similar to…

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  December 16, 2024

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Duke

  Duke Blue Devils: Manny Diaz Why the job was open: Football is an afterthought at Duke, and success is often hard to come by here. David Cutcliffe managed to find some success but eventually it fell apart in his latter years. What Mike Elko did here was impressive, using the roster he inherited, he got…

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  June 7, 2024

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Boston College

  Boston College Eagles: Bill O’Brien Why the job was open: Jeff Hafley was learning as his time with the Eagles went on, but thanks to an easier schedule he found a breakthrough winning season. Still he grew tired of the demands of being a college head coach and moved on to become the DC of…

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  April 11, 2024

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• 2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 30th)

  Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl: Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) vs Mississippi Rebels (10-2) What you need to know: Both programs find themselves in the same spot. Wanting to break through and beat the teams in the upper echelon but can’t even get close to doing so. Yet it’s opposite sides of the ball holding each one…

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  December 16, 2023

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