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Welcome back, college football fans, last week gave us a nice little taste of what 2024 could be like. Close games, comebacks, unexpected wins, all to drive towards a new post-season, at least for the FBS. But that is 3 beautifully filled with football months away, and we need to focus on the here and …
Welcome to first Sunday where we can FINALLY talk about college football games. The season began with a back-and-forth matchup in the only game with 2 Core 4 (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, Notre Dame) teams. Neither team could put the other away and it came down to the kickers. While FSU’s hit 2 …
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It’s been a very long off-season, oh great and wonderful college football fans, but the season is finally here! There are just a handful of games, but there are games. We kickoff with a most definitely neutral site as Florida St and Georgia Tech game in Dublin, Ireland with noon (all times Eastern) start. The …
Welcome back sports fans as we finish up our pre-season strength of schedule analysis. We’ve gone through 24 conferences in the last 100 days or so, and it’s time for the cream of the crop. The 18-team Big Ten conference now houses both teams from last year’s championship game. In addition to Washington (14-1 last …
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Welcome back oh great and wonderful college football fans! We are nearing the end of our pre-season SOS discussions, and I have to thank all of you for sticking with me. These are heavy on data and sometimes a little difficult to follow, but we are almost done. In fact, after this post, there are …
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Welcome back college football fans as we approach the beginning of the season. In this episode we will explore the new-17 team ACC and some of the issues they face. First, congratulations to the SMU Mustangs who are stepping up from the Group of 5 American Athletic Conference (AAC) to the Core 4 ACC. In …
Welcome back, oh great and wonderful college football fans. We have finally reached the final 4. Each of the Core 4 have made impactful changes in their conference line-ups. All told these 4 have a total of 67 teams, or 16.75 per conference. The sheer number of conference teams has wreaked a little havoc on …
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Happy Sunday and welcome to the latest episode of the GCR. Today is all about a conference that’s not a conference. With Army joining the American Athletic Conference (AAC) over the off-season, we now have just 3 FBS Independent football programs. Two of them (UCONN and UMASS) are considered Group of 5 level programs. What …
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We are getting closer, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Today is the 6th most difficult conference (really 5th as you’ll soon see) and the most-challenged Group of 5 conference. Tomorrow, we’ll explore the 3 FBS independents in the actual 5th position, but they aren’t a conference. Then we have the Core 4 (ACC, …
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