Earlier today I released the first GCR ranking of the season which is both fun and, frankly, a little silly. On the one hand it’s just one game. On the other hand, it’s 8.5-11% of the season. I expect a great deal of change in the coming weeks with some stability usually hitting in mid-October. …
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Greetings and happy Monday! Last Saturday, we had the feeling of relief when college football finally restarted. While there were only 14 games, there were some pretty interesting storylines. Let’s jump in: ….. In the FCS/FCS games, Steph F Austin and Jacksonville St met and the Gamecocks (JAX) trounced the Lumberjacks (SFA) 42-17 in a …
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Greetings to all you college football fans out there. The last two posts showed up the six easiest conferences by SOS (preseason as determined based on opponents’ 2021 records). This time we’ll look at the next 3, still all FCS. I’m going to leave the country in a few days so I’m going to try …
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Hello, oh great and patient college football fans. The last few weeks have been crazy insane in the ol’ G life (day job, home responsibilities, soon to be 18-year-old daughter, learning new songs for the band – shameless plug during an apology for Project Detour Band on all kinds of social media). That’s no excuse, …
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So, oh great and wonderful fans, we had a second week of upsets and mayhem that triggered a number of changes. First, each year, I make changes to the prediction algorithm based on the current year’s games. This year, last year’s formula was just getting worse each week – of the 106 games over the …
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Howdy football fans. For those who have had a chance to look at this week’s GCR (posted earlier today), the Big 10 and the SEC rule the top echelon with 17 spots of the top 40. That is going to set up some juicy matchups in the coming weeks. Currently, in the FCS world of …
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First, oh great and wonderful college football fans, let’s be clear. There were some great games yesterday. Teams that should have taken care of business did across all conferences and there were some close games between really good teams resulting in heartbreak for the defeated. But, that’s not what I want to talk about tonight. …
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Howdy college football fans from the home of Ohio St (55), good old Columbus where I am working for the time being. It’s a nice area, but a tad somber after the Buckeyes couldn’t get past the Ducks (2) at home. There’s a lot of season left and early losses especially to good teams (see …
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Hello, oh great and wonderful college football fans. For those in the US who are not laboring today, Happy Labor Day. For those working in restaurants or entertainment or retail, etc., thank you for working the holiday. We are nearing the end of the long week 1 of college football with Mississippi and Louisville facing …
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Hello oh sports-deprived fans. It’s been a tough few weeks as one by one, our entertainment options have been taken away. We are all bored and wondering why we never noticed HGTV or National Geographic before. I know we all love our family time, but 24/7 is more than most of us bargained for. I …
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