All Division I Football, and Men's and Women's Basketball
Welcome back, college sports fans, to episode 686, a combination of football and a recognition of that awful day 25 years ago. JoJo wasn’t born yet, but G and his new wife were both working that Tuesday morning. We had just returned from our honeymoon six weeks prior. She was working in Nashville when the …
Welcome, college football fans, to episode 681 or the first full Saturday of the season. This is Week 1, Day 3, overall Day 5 of college football and we finally have more than 100 (102) games in a day. Starting at 11:00am (all times Eastern) and lasting until the wee hours of the morning, it …
Welcome back, college football fans, to episode 676, aka our second day of the season. Yesterday, our first 21 games ran the gamut. The Lafayette/Georgetown game was cancelled due to persistent lightning, of the 8 FCS games versus non-division I (non-D1) games only 5 won, and we had our first overtime game. A few superlatives: …
Welcome back, college football fans, for the 648th episode of the GCR on this platform. The preseason for us in now in full swing as we discuss our annual Pre-season Strength of Schedule (PS-SOS) by conference from least-challenged to most-challenged, collectively. ….. For those new to the countdown, we use last year’s GCR Score, which …
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Welcome back, college sports fans to the antepenultimate post for the GCR’s 2025-26 season. Just two more to go after today before we take a break as we prepare for the 2026-27 football season. Just in case anyone is wondering, aside from a little bit of down time from posting, the next six weeks will …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Conference Was the Strongest?”
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. UCLA (1-4/105) just pulled off what only four other teams have ever done: as a 0-(at least 4) team, they beat an AP Top 10 team. The Bruins were ranked as the worst Core 4 team in the GCR and we had PSU to win 96% of the time – I …
Read More “G’s Evaluation or Can We Just Call This Weekend a Mini-Upset Happening?”
Welcome back, college sports fans, to the latest episode of the GCR where we will be looking at the best games over the weekend. Honestly, it’s normally a bit more difficult to write an Expectation, trying to narrow down which games are really the cream of the crop or the most important. Normally, I don’t …
Welcome back oh great and wonderful college football fans! It’s JoJo here with another post! First and foremost, happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! And a special happy Father’s Day to my dad, the G Man, who is the CEO of the GCR! You’re the best dad ever and thank you for …
Read More “JoJo’s Exploration or An FCS Conference To Play In A Postseason Bowl Game”
Welcome back oh great and wonderful college football fans! It’s the acting CEO of the GCR, JoJo, here with another blog post! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far! A special shout out is in order for my mom (a new reader) and my dad who are still reading the blog all …
Read More “JoJo’s Exploration or A Conference That Spans Nine States”
