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Although there are still 4 games to play in the month of October thanks to Conference USA Tuesday and Wednesday night games, the final full week is done. That means it’s time for the second conference ranking. I added a couple of extra looks this time. ….. Let’s start with the FCS. To do this, …
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Welcome to the newest episode of the GCR (#405 in the series, if you are counting). It’s roughly the midway point of the season (most teams have played 6 games), so it’s a good idea to start thinking through the playoffs, both FBS and FCS. ….. Let’s start with the 12-team FBS playoff. The format …
Welcome to the latest episode of the GCR and a dive into last week vs this week in our very own top 25. Before we do that though, I would like to extend congratulations to the first 2 bowl-eligible teams this season: Indiana (6-0/3) and Miami FL (6-0/5). Miami, by the way, was down 25 …
Read More “G’s Explanation or How Much Movement Was There is the Top 25?”
Michigan (1-1/74) and Notre Dame (1-1101)/67) both lost on the same day while Alabama (2-0/5) was ahead just 21-16 late in the fourth before scoring 3 TDs in less than 4 minutes to make the game look like a cake walk (damn those cameras keeping the Tide from telling “their” version of the game). The …
Welcome back sports fans. Yesterday we published the first GCR of the season with some surprising results. The top 5 teams are all from the SEC. I know some of you out there may be accusing me of bias, but I’m really not that smart. My good friend JW who is the other guy in …
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 …
Read More “G’s Explanation or What a Great Start to the Season!”
As anyone who has read this blog for any length of time, I try very hard not to discuss politics or anything outside of college football. There are exceptions. School shootings (at all levels) are out of control (not that there is a number other than 0 that is in control). Last year the Virginia …
Happy Wednesday and welcome to a late edition of G’s Explanation. Tomorrow, week 3 kicks off and so will the next installment of G’s Expectation. But today is about a few things I noticed about so far this season. First, the SEC may not have the depth it has in the past. Last season the …
Read More “G’s Explanation or A Couple of Things We May Have Already Learned”
Happy Wednesday college football fans. We had an eventful extended week 1 and I can’t wait to see what surprises are in store for us this weekend. For those that are new or newer to the GCR, we have 4 different kinds of posts. First is G’s Evaluation which is the computer ranking based on …
Read More “G’s Explanation or Just a Couple of Little Things”
Greetings college football fans. We now know the wishes of the playoff committee: Georgia (13-0/1) will play Ohio St (11-1/3) in the Peach Bowl while Michigan (13-0/2) takes on TCU (12-1/4). If you saw my post this morning, this is not a surprise at all. I was at lunch when the announcement came (yes, I …
