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Welcome back, sports fans, as we continue our travels across the country, at least figuratively, with the 2025-2026 bowl season. ….. Yesterday, we had two fun games. First Old Dominion scored a late TD just before the 2-minute time-out to make the final 24-10 over South Florida. It was closer than that going back and …
Welcome back sports fans. In baseball lore, Ernie Banks of the Cubs was often quoted as saying something like, “it’s a nice day today, boys, let’s play two.” Well, we have a double header tonight, but first let’s review yesterday’s game. ….. In the IS4S Salute to Veteran’s Bowl, Jacksonville St (9-5/76) started strong converting …
Welcome back sports fans as we travel to Montgomery Alabama. Back in 2010 when I was moving to South Africa for six months, I had to get my fingerprints as part of the business visa application process. Just before I left, six-year-old JoJo, along with me and my wife/her mother, went to Gulf Shores to …
Welcome back sports fans to one of the best and most honorable traditions in college football, the annual Army/Navy game. This game is traditionally held after the regular season is over, but before the bowls begin – in part, to make sure the game gets the focus it deserves. The men playing in this game …
Welcome back sports fans. After 9 consecutive days of posting, the GCR took last night off to celebrate G’s brother-in-law as he was inducted into the AlaBCA Hall of Fame with over 1000 wins as a high-school and college baseball coach. It was nice being at the ceremony to see him honored in front of …
Welcome back, sports fans. First, it is great that JoJo is at the GCR headquarters (our living room) for a few days and can, directly, join in the creation of a post. Today we are going to explore the chaos that is the 2025-26 bowl season. ….. When the 12-team playoff was created, one of …
Read More “G’s Exploration or What the Heck Is Happening to the Bowls?”
Welcome back sports fans. The only thing more exciting and unpredictable than rivalry weeks in championship weeks/playoffs. We had our full share of that beautiful December chaos. ….. First, Duke beat Virginia in overtime to throw tons of monkeys in the wrenches of the playoff selection committee. Duke is just 8-5 now and will (should) …
Welcome back sports fans. Yesterday we talked about the conference championship games, but the FCS playoffs are in full swing. The top 8 teams were off last week during round one, but the winners of those games now face difficult hurdles. North Dakota St is trying to win back-to-back championships. ….. Two games are already …
Read More “G’s Expectation or Which FCS Teams Move to The Quarterfinals?”
Welcome back, sports fans. There are 10 conference championship games over the next two days with some pretty substantial consequences. We are focusing on them today. Tune in tomorrow for an in-depth look at Round 2 of the FCS Playoffs. ….. At the end of this post, I have a summary for each of the …
Read More “G’s Expectation or The 2025 Conference Championship Games”
Welcome back sports fans. It looks like all 82 bowl spots are filled. We don’t know who is playing where yet, but we do know which teams will be selected. We are not considering the Celebration Bowl which features the champions of the two primary HBCU conferences the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the South-Western …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Teams Are Going Bowling?”
