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  • In case you haven’t noticed, things have been changing in college football. The playoffs will soon be expanding and some of the major conferences have been as well. Whether a direct result of conference expansion or not, the popular trend among the biggest and best conferences (SEC and Big Ten) has been to ditch divisions

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  • What matters when evaluating a team for the upcoming season? Talent, obviously. Whether you prefer to proclaim that stars matter or you are a bit more old school in saying that Jimmys and Joes beat X’s and O’s, the adage remains the same. College football is ruled by the quality of players on the roster.

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  • It sure would be silly if one of the best coaches in the country was forced to miss a chunk of the season after being suspended for buying a meal for recruits. After years of universities being punished for seemingly minor transgressions relating to improper benefits, we thought the NCAA had finally moved on from

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  • In modern college football offense controls the narrative. Over the years rule changes and schematic breakthroughs have caused point totals to explode and defenses to hold on for dear life. For the best coaches at the best programs it is essentially plug and play. It doesn’t seem to matter who is on the field. When

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  • About this time a year ago I started to feel a fever coming on. No, not one accompanied by a sore throat and loss of taste or smell. This was college football fever. It happens every year, but this time it was more severe. It felt like a possible symptom of growing up. Bored and

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  • Letdowns and Losers

    Nobody reads these posts. I know because nobody even clicks on them or visits the page. I didn’t expect anyone to, and honestly, it’s better this way. The whole point of this was to start writing again and work on getting better. If nobody is reading, I don’t have to be embarrassed about how terrible

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  • Week 4 could not have gone any better. This blog boy was in Seattle watching live Pac 12 football and enjoying amazing weather in a beautiful city. Washington dominated Stanford from start to finish and I got to see it from the best seats in the house. Pregame, the scene was picturesque. Tucked between the

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  • Every now and then we need a week like this one. The first two served as a wonderful reminder of what makes this sport so special. The pure chaos leads to a truly captivating viewing experience. As entertaining as the unpredictability of early season football is, however, it can be very difficult to glean any

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  • Week 3 Preview & Picks

    Us college football fans live for what we got to witness in week 2. It all started with a sneaky good game between Louisville and UCF on Friday night, continued Saturday morning in Austin with the headliner of the week between Alabama and Texas, and finished with upsets galore throughout the remainder of the day.

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  • As a new blogger it is a constant struggle to find my voice. I haven’t done any serious writing in at least eight years and it shows. So far this page comes off like a reporter who doesn’t actually do any reporting. This happened then that happened, then this, then that. Sure I sprinkle in

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