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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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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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CBB: WAC Conference Tournament Preview
Favorites (odds below +500) Grand Canyon Antelopes (-210): Grand Canyon has their best team in program history this year. This team is a ton of fun to watch and they’re well rounded too. Offensive rebounding is an important skill set this team has that will benefit them in both the conference tournament and if they…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Nevada
Nevada Wolfpack: Jeff Choate Why the job was open: Nevada is known for the pistol offense, Colin Kaepernick and the man who orchestrated it, former HC Chris Ault. Ault’s success in recent history made a lot of folks forget that this is a tough job, but it’s starting to become more apparent in recent years…
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College Basketball Roundup: Big 12 Conference
Headline: The Big 12 is still the best conference in the sport. From top to bottom this conference is loaded, there are multiple national title contenders and the conference almost certainly will put the most teams in the tournament. Contenders: Kansas Jayhawks – Kansas is still the favorite to win the Big 12 regular season…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Jan 1st)
Reliaquest Bowl: LSU Tigers (9-3) vs Wisconsin Badgers (7-5) What you need to know: LSU didn’t have the season they expected this year, but don’t blame the offense. Jayden Daniels was absolutely incredible all year, he basically was the team throwing for a lot of yards and running for nearly twice as many yards as…
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