G’s Exploration or Is There a Way to Compare Conferences?

Greetings college football fans on the eve of the championship game of the oddest season in memory. Sometimes I am not very bright such as when I promised I would have a comparison of conferences for this crazy season. What was I thinking? The MAC played two games out of conference (both bowl games) while …

G’s Evaluation or What’s the Ranking BEFORE the Championship Game?

Greetings fellow college football fans. I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but it seems Covid may postpone the title game. We’ll keep an eye on it and be ready either way. It just reminds us of the near miracle that teams were able to play so many games. It also reminds us how …

G’s Exploration or Round 3 of the Bowl Games

Greetings sports fans! There is one college football game left (at least until the FCS starts their spring schedule) pitting the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Ohio State Buckeyes as the only 2 remaining undefeated teams. We now have to wait and wait until this matchup of long-time bluebloods kicks off. So, to help ease …

G’s Exploration or 2020 Is Finally Over!

Happy New Year, college football fans! All of here at the GCR (ok, me), wish you a safe and uneventful 2021. From a football standpoint, the last few days have been both exciting and disappointing. Exciting because it started with a thriller with Oklahoma St (21) jumping to a 21-0 lead after a single quarter …

G’s Exploration or We’ve Finished the First Round of Bowl Games

Happy holidays oh great and wonderful sports fans. It’s Monday yet again (that means one fewer before retirement) and we’ve already seen 10 bowl games! With the Music City Bowl between Iowa (25) and Missouri (54) cancelled due to a Covid outbreak in Columbia, we will have 8 bowls in the next segment. 2 conferences …

G’s Expectations or What to Look for in the Weirdest Bowl Season in History

In a normal year, oh great and wonderful college football fans, I get a week or so to get all of the bowl games input and analyzed. This year, I had a day and I failed to meet the deadline. As of this writing three games have already completed: App St (31) defeated North Texas …

G’s Evaluation or Who Are the Top 4?

Happy Sunday! I was hoping to get this posted prior to the playoff announcement, but missed it by a few minutes. It’s been a fantastically wonderful and horrible season. Before I get into the final GCR top 4 (and top 144), let me take a minute to congratulate the conference champions: AAC – Cincinnati (8), …

G’s Expectation or What’s Happening Championship Week?

Hello and Happy Friday!! It’s championship week!!!! We made it this far and, quite frankly, I wasn’t sure that was going to happen. To add to the fun, there are 10 other games this weekend as well. The news isn’t all rosy as some rescheduled games were cancelled even today. And last night, a Covid …

G’s Evaluation or Who Are the Players Heading into Championship Week?

Hello oh great and wonderful college football fans. Thank you for taking some time today to read through the latest rankings. First a quick summary from this weeks games…WOW. LSU (49) beat Florida (14) on the road on a late field goal. The Gators played behind all game long and just couldn’t turn things around. …

G’s Expectations or Who’s Gonna Win Pre-Championship Week?

Greetings college football fans! After Covid cancellations we still have 40 games on the docket. It all started tonight where Southern Miss (117) is hosting and surprising favored FAU (42) 24-17 at the half. Pittsburgh (32) has invaded Atlanta facing the Ramblin’ Wreck of Georgia Tech (68) and holds a 13-7 lead late in the …