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Welcome back, college football fans, to the latest episode of the 2024-25 season. We started way back on May 15th with the 25th (and least) challenged conference and have worked our way every 4th day (on average) to make it to the number 10. A couple of seasons ago, there was a mass exodus as …
Welcome back, college football fans, as we explore the 11th most difficult conference, aka the easiest FBS conference in 2024. We’ve gone through all of the FCS and as we shift I should define just in case we have a new football fan out there. FCS (Football Championship Series) is what would be called “mid-majors” …
Happy Sunday, college football fans, and I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing 4th of July weekend. This episode will finish up the FCS conferences. Now, I know many of you are not exactly into the FCS, but I posit to you that this conference is one of the best in football. The weakest …
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Welcome oh great and wonderful college football fans from the lovely confines of Memphis where the heat index was 113 today! But in this episode we are talking about the penultimate FCS conference from a pre-season strength of schedule view. ….. The 9-team Southern Conference (or SoCon) has 8 teams playing Core 4 (used to …
Welcome back to our most recent episode where we talk about the 14th most difficult conference heading into 2024 and the 3rd most challenged FCS conference. The 12-team Big Sky not only has the team with the 2nd most difficult FCS schedule, but also one with a bottom ten showing; and yes, that team was …
Welcome back, college football fans, as the GCR is trying to catch up after a couple of really busy weeks. Today we are focusing on the conference with the 15th most challenging schedule (4th in the FCS) mostly due to challenging road schedules. Seven games against Core 4 (used to be Power 5) teams including …
Welcome back a day late, sports fans. I’ve been fortunate to have traveled all over the world and I’ve seen a lot of weird things at airports. Last night, after weather delays taking off, our plane was held up just 6 feet from the gate due to a sinkhole. Yes, a sinkhole at the Atlanta …
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Happy Father’s Day to all those who have been called “dad” by anyone. It’s been an exceptionally great one for me and I hope for you as well. In this episode we are going to talk about the 17th most difficult conference by preseason Strength of Schedule (PS SOS), aka the 9th easiest, aka the …
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Happy Wednesday, oh great and wonderful college football fans, and greetings from lovely Markham, Ontario. Yes, the GCR is international again this episode! So grab your poutine, turn the hockey game on and enjoy the GCR, eh? ….. Number 17 is the 9-team United Athletic Conference which is a merger of the Western Athletic Conference …
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Happy Saturday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Today we are just 11 weeks and 19 conferences away from the opening weekend (August 24th). You can check out every past blog at http://bit.ly/2019GCR. We are roughly halfway through the FCS and are still on schedule! This week we are looking at the #19 in …
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