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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 31st) non-playoff
Reliaquest Bowl: Alabama Crimson Tide (9-3) vs Michigan Wolverines (7-5) Key Facts: A rematch of last year’s Playoff game where Michigan won in wild fashion. The last time either program played in a non-playoff or NY6 Bowl was also against each other in the 2019 Citrus Bowl, Alabama won that game 35-16. The Tide generally…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 28th) Part 2
Pop-Tarts Bowl: Miami Hurricanes (10-2) vs Iowa State Cyclones (10-3) Key Facts: IT’S THE BATTLE OF WEATHER SYSTEMS!! The Hurricanes vs Cyclones! Starting with the Hurricanes, their recent bowl history is startling. They have lost 11 of their last 12 bowl games, including their last 5 appearances! That is shockingly bad. Is Mario Cristobal’s bowl…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 28th) Part 1
Wasabi Fenway Bowl: UConn Huskies (8-4) vs North Carolina Tar Heels (6-6) Key Facts: It’s been a long road for UConn football. They haven’t won a bowl game since 2009, so yes they made a Fiesta Bowl more recently than winning a bowl! In fact, there haven’t been many bowl appearances for the Huskies recently.…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 27th)
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Navy Midshipmen (9-3) vs Oklahoma Sooners (6-6) Key Facts: It will be interesting to see how this one goes. For what it’s worth Navy has won 5 of their last 6 bowl appearances and Oklahoma has won 5 of their last 7, but you almost have to throw out the…
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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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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 20th)
Staffdna Cure Bowl: Ohio Bobcats (10-3) vs Jacksonville State Gamecocks (9-4) Key Facts: Ohio is on an impressive bowl winning streak, the Bobcats have won their last 5 bowl games. Last year they had a ton of opt outs but it didn’t hold them back in a blowout win, how will it look this time…
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FCS Roundup Week 9
The FCS playoff picture at the top is continuing to take shape, but there’s still a lot up for grabs. Let’s dive in. The biggest game of the day was South Dakota State vs South Dakota. It wasn’t the prettiest game by either team but the drama absolutely delivered. The ending stretch of the game…
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College Football Roundup Week 4
This season is already flying by, and even though it doesn’t feel like it (because of so many weird matchups) conference play has begun for most. It’s time for things to ramp up. American The American had a lot of teams mentioned as playoff favorites and none of them really panned out. Suddenly it feels…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Mississippi State
Mississippi State Bulldogs: Jeff Lebby Why the job was open: It’s been a tumultuous couple years for Mississippi State to say the least. Mike Leach suddenly passed away in December 2022 (RIP again to a legend.) Zach Arnett the DC at the time was promoted to head coach, a seemingly natural move to transition the…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies: Mike Elko Why the job was open: Texas A&M is a program with an insane amount of resources in this NIL era, money is pretty much fake to the donors they have. As a result, they’ve run out of patience with not winning. Jimbo Fisher brought some bright spots, their 2020 season…
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