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Happy Monday for a special edition of the GCR. So, in the last couple of days it’s come out that a staffer (who was a volunteer until hired in 2022) for Michigan (8-0/1) allegedly bought tickets to games within the Big Ten for teams Michigan had not yet played (11 of them). This is a …
Happy Wednesday everyone. We’ve almost made it to the last Thursday-Saturday weekend before Conference USA begins it’s Tuesday/Wednesday game schedules. In November we’ll switch to the MAC playing those mid-week games. But it’s still September although we are already though a quarter of the season. There are still 27 undefeated teams left (and, no, the …
Read More “G’s Explanation or Which FBS Conference is Strongest?”
Welcome back, college football fans, with just 4 days before the first games of the 2023-24 season. It’s time to finish up our preseason strength of schedule (PS SOS) analysis with the conference with the highest average score among all 25 Division I conferences. Our next post will be a “what to watch” for week …
It’s Saturday, college football fans, and not just any Saturday, but the last one before the kickoff of the 2023 season, aka Week 0. It’s a busy week for the GCR team (of one) with today’s next to last conference preview followed by a Tuesday edition to look through the most-challenged conference for this season, …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Penultimate Preseason Strength of Schedule Discussion”
Happy Wednesday, sports fans! We made it past this week’s half-time, and with just 10 days left before the opening kickoff for the season, it’s time to review the conference with the 3rd most difficult schedule. And with a little bit of a heavy heart, because it is, most likely, the last pre-season post for …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Bronze Medalist in Preseason Strength of Schedule”
Happy Sunday college football fans and welcome to the second installment of the Power 5 previews. Ok, preview is a little strong. It’s really just a comparison of conferences by the GCR’s calculation of a preseason strength of schedule (PS SOS) for each team then averaged for the conferences. We started months ago with the …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Are You Ready for a Surprise in 4th Place?”
Happy Thursday and, with just 16 days left and 6 blogs to write before week 0 kickoff, the frequency will increase. Of course, that acceleration coincides, as it does every year, with the Power 5 conferences. We’ve tackled the FCS from the lone independent, Kennesaw St, through the 13 conferences, then moved through the 5 …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Power 5 Conference Has the Weakest Schedule?”
Howdy, College Football Fans, and welcome back as we are just 22 days from kickoff. Before I continue in the Preseason Strength of Schedule (PS SOS) series, let’s have a moment of silence for the Pac-12 who, if rumors hold true, have now not only lost Southern Cal and UCLA to the Big Ten and …
Happy Monday, the last day of July, just 26 days until the season’s kickoff. It’s time to talk about the FBS’s non-division division: The Independents. Last season there were 7, all of whom were considered Group of 5 except for Notre Dame. Over the summer, BYU promoted to the Big 12 while Liberty and New …
It’s Thursday night and we are down to just 30 days before the 2023 college football season. So, today, let’s start with a quiz. What happens to a Group of 5 conference that has 3-4 teams that are so good, the conference almost challenges the weakest Power 5 conference and even had a team make …
