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Welcome back, college sports fans, to episode 724 which is about three games that have significant impact on their respective conferences. Sure, it’s easy to say that in the sport with the most important regular season, but we will back up those thoughts. But first, last night we had a very large serving of crow …
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 …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Conference Has the Easiest Schedules?”
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”
