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State of the Program: Miami Hurricanes
Head Coach: Mario Cristobal is entering his 4th season with the Hurricanes with a 22-16 record. His first two seasons were struggles but he finally had his breakthrough with a 10 win season last year. Last season felt both like a success and failure, this 10 win season was only their 2nd one in the…
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State of the Program: Louisville Cardinals
Head Coach: Jeff Brohm is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Cardinals with a 19-8 record. He’s a Louisville alum and much beloved here, it certainly helps that he keeps winning. He already has an ACC championship appearance and finally end Louisville’s losing streak in the Governor’s Cup. Now he’s looking…
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State of the Program: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Head Coach: Brent Key is entering his 3rd full season as the head coach of the Yellow Jackets with an 18-16 record. Key took over Georgia Tech as the interim coach in 2022 when the program was in a difficult spot and instantly got the Yellow Jackets back on track. He’s a Georgia Tech alum…
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State of the Program: Florida State Seminoles
Head Coach: Mike Norvell is entering his 6th season as the head coach of the Seminoles with a 33-27 record. His tenure has come with some incredible highs such as the hot finish and 10 win season in 2022 and their 13-0 season in 2023 that came to an unceremonious end after they were turned…
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State of the Program: Duke Blue Devils
Head Coach: Manny Diaz is entering his 2nd season as the coach of the Blue Devils with a 9-4 record. It was an extremely impressive debut for Diaz. It felt like his tremendous first season went very under the radar which is ironically similar to how it started for Mike Elko when he was here.…
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State of the Program: Clemson Tigers
Head Coach: Dabo Swinney is entering his 18th season as the head coach of the Clemson Tigers. Dabo took over the Tigers under unique circumstances as the interim coach after Tommy Bowden resigned and he ended up with massive success once he took over. It was a long road even in his 7th season the…
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State of the Program: California Golden Bears
Head Coach: Justin Wilcox is entering his 9th season as the head coach with the Golden Bears with a 42-50 record. It’s been a tumultuous era to say the least. During his time at Cal he battled with inconsistent investment in the program, particularly during COVID where the program really took a backseat. Still, after…
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State of the Program: Boston College Eagles
Head Coach: Bill O’Brien is entering his 2nd season with the Eagles with a 7-6 record. A winning record in his debut was a very solid start. Now he looks to build on that. Bill O’Brien is also well known for his previous stops as the OC of the New England Patriots, HC of Penn…
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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 30th)
Transperfect Music City Bowl: Missouri Tigers (9-3) vs Iowa Hawkeyes (8-4) Key Facts: These two teams don’t perform as expected in bowl games. You would think Missouri is positioned to do well, while Iowa and their consistent lack of offense would be exposed. Yet Missouri has won only 1 of their last 5 bowl games…
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