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Welcome back, oh great and wonderful college football fans, to episode 439 of the GCR. I wrote yesterday that the Music City Bowl between Iowa (8-5/38) and Missouri (10-3/25) was going to be a close one, almost a coin toss. Here’s the flow of the game. Iowa scored first in the opening quarter going up …
Welcome to episode 438 of the GCR. I guess technically there are a lot more as this blog started out as a simple email to coworkers and such for years. But I didn’t keep count, so #438 coming up. Yesterday was a rest day following 8 games that started at 11:00am (all times Eastern) and …
Welcome back for episode 437 of the GCR. We had a big slate yesterday with 5 games to end the first 25 games (bowl games including the Celebration Bowl, FBS first round games including the FCS semis) and have the busies day of the postseason today with 8 games – nearly 1/3 of the 25 …
Welcome back, oh great and wonderful football fans, to episode 436. Yesterday’s games started with the 3rd consecutive overtime game, this one going 6 OTs before Toledo (8-5/86) took down Pittsburgh (7-6/64) 48-46. There was almost no defense towards the end of this game, although earlier Toledo had 2 pick sixes. Both teams scored TDs …
Welcome back, oh great and wonderful college football fans, to episode 435 of the GCR. I admit when I’m wrong and I was wrong about the Hawai’i Bowl on the 24th. Not intending to stay up too late, the game that started at 8:00pm (all times Eastern) had 5 OTs before South Florida (7-6/99) finally …
Welcome to episode 434 of the GCR. Yesterday, in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, a blowout of epic proportions occurred. After Coastal Carolina’s (6-7/110) starting and backup QBs left in the portal, they struggled against the UTSA (7-6/96) defense. Three TDs in a 7-minute span in the second quarter set the stage for a 44-15 rout. …
Welcome back to the GCR. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. 1) the first round of the playoffs was a bust with all 4 games being double-digit wins for the home teams (and no, blowouts are not uncommon in the BCS and playoff eras), 2) Lane Kiffin was very vocal about Indiana, SMU, …
Read More “G’s Expectation or I Hope You Don’t Like Green Grass”
Welcome back to bowl season. Yesterday we had 3 games that had their own kind of drama. Ohio (11-3/42) jumped all over Jacksonville St (9-5/72) in the Cure bowl, building a 27-7 halftime lead and 27-14 to start the 4th quarter. A quick FG pushed the lead to 30-14 and it looked like the Ohio …
Welcome back to episode 431 of the GCR blog. This is the time of year of counting down: Christmas is coming, Hanukkah is coming, Kwanzaa is coming, New Year’s is coming, etc. And we have been counting down days until the new FBS playoff format kicks off. That wait is nearly over. Before we get …
Read More “G’s Expectation or It’s the First Day of the 12-Team Playoff”
And we are back for another episode of Bowl Season 2024-25. Last night, the GCR moved to 5-0 when just picking the winner (aka straight up) and 3-2 against the spread so far. James Madison (9-4/61) trailed at halftime of the Boca Raton and covered the 7.5 point spread by kicking a field goal at …
Read More “G’s Expectation or Who Is Ready for the New Orleans Bowl?”
