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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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December 16, 2024

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FBS Roundup Week 9

I spent this Saturday at the Battle of I-75, it was a lot of fun going to one of the best MACtion rivalries. It was a great game especially with a wild first half. A game in the Glass Bowl is always a great environment. Toledo has one of the bigger fanbases in the MAC.…

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October 28, 2024

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FBS Roundup Week 8

This was a crazy weekend of football yet again, there was a lot of action everywhere. There’s a lot to unpack this week so let’s get after it. American The headliner game was Memphis vs North Texas. North Texas was able to keep pace with Memphis all game in a shootout but the Mean Green…

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October 21, 2024

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FBS College Football Roundup Week 7

I spent the weekend in the Denver area to catch Big 12 After Dark. It was a great time with great friends. There’s something special about attending a College Football game, and it’s even better with good company. If you’re reading this, you already love this sport, take the lesson from me, get together with…

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October 15, 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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March Madness Tournament Preview: Midwest Region

1: Purdue Boilermakers Best Tournament Moment: Purdue’s first ever tournament appearance in 1969 was a rousing success. The Boilermakers were the top seed in the Midwest region and beat Marquette in a tight battle to make the final 4. They destroyed North Carolina but were leaking oil by the time they got to the championship…

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March 18, 2024

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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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February 29, 2024

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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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January 21, 2024

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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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December 17, 2023

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