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State of the Program: Memphis Tigers
Head Coach: Ryan Silverfield is entering his 5th year as the head coach of the Memphis Tigers with a 31-19 record. His first game as the Tigers head coach was in the Cotton Bowl against Penn State and it’s been a journey to try to make it back there since. This is going to be…
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State of the Program: UTSA Roadrunners
Head Coach: Jeff Traylor is entering his 5th year with the Roadrunners program, he’s been immensely successful with a 39-14 record. Traylor has won 2 conference championships and last season brought the program their first ever bowl victory. It’s been pretty amazing he’s been with the program this long, he’s long been a candidate to…
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State of the Program: Tulane Green Wave
Head Coach: Tulane’s program changed a lot with Willie Fritz’s leadership, but with him leaving they are now in the hands of Jon Sumrall. You can read more on his profile and coach hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/02/college-football-coach-hire-grades-tulane/ Program Outlook: Tulane’s program hasn’t been in this great of shape since their SEC days. The Green Wave…
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State of the Program: South Florida Bulls
Head Coach: Alex Golesh is entering his second year with the program with a 7-6 record. He’s been a quick riser in the sport, most notably known for his time of success as Tennessee’s OC, but it hasn’t taken him long to re-energize the South Florida program. It’ll be interesting to see how long he…
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State of the Program: Navy Midshipmen
Head Coach: Brian Newberry enters his 2nd season with the Midshipmen following a 5-7 season last year. He’s coached some pretty incredible defenses for both Navy and Kennesaw State and has one of the best beards in college sports. He’s in the challenging position of being the man who follows “the man” but the first…
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The Top 10 Teams to Rebuild in Dynasty Mode
This is a production of the ThreeTechPod (linktree: https://linktr.ee/threetechpod?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=b3f40ca7-28e6-47bc-90fa-901c565d006d. Check out the corresponding video on YouTube (https://youtu.be/2VCYgJp8nL0?si=cz-ZeqovC8GFwxLc) Background: The top 10 teams are our favorite choices to rebuild on EACFB25 when the game is released in July. These aren’t necessarily the 10 worst teams, but rather teams we picked for their recent records, location, jerseys,…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Tulane
Tulane Green Wave: Jon Sumrall Why the job was open: Tulane was once a long struggling program, even making bowl games was tough for the Green Wave. They hired Willie Fritz, a proven winner, to help fix that. It worked out tremendously. Tulane started making bowls and at the same time they made huge strides…
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2023 College Basketball Roundup: Part 1
American East Conference: Headline: This isn’t a Vermont walk away this year. Sure the Catamounts are good as always, but they’ve got a new challenger in the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks who beat Georgia Tech and nearly took down Arizona State in non conference play. They are joined up top by Bryant. The Bulldogs had some early…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 29th)
Taxslayer Gator Bowl: Clemson Tigers (8-4) vs Kentucky Wildcats (7-5) What you need to know: Clemson entered this season hoping to get back into College Football Playoff contention. Thanks to a promising QB in Cade Klubnik and Garrett Riley brought in to refresh the offense it seemed like they could return to the top of…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 28th)
Wasabi Fenway Bowl: SMU Mustangs (11-2) vs Boston College Eagles (6-6) What you need to know: SMU enters this game on a roll, the Mustangs brought in a lot of transfers before the season and early on it took time for their offense to find a rhythm but once it did they had liftoff. The…
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