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Happy Wednesday college football fans. We had an eventful extended week 1 and I can’t wait to see what surprises are in store for us this weekend. For those that are new or newer to the GCR, we have 4 different kinds of posts. First is G’s Evaluation which is the computer ranking based on …
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I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend of college football. There were some surprises, upsets, blowouts, key injuries, coaching controversy, and, sadly, some arrests. Pretty typical first week stuff, overall. Remember as you peruse the list below, it’s just week one so not a lot of data point to truly differentiate. I’ll post another …
We had a wonderful appetizer last weekend in which the only semi-surprising result was Jacksonville St over New Mexico St for the Gamecocks first ever FBS victory. Playing an FCS school this week, they could start 2-0 before September really even gets going. Notre Dame, Southern Cal, and Vandy kept the Power 5 conferences 3-0, …
Welcome to the eve of College Football 2023!! As your host for the evening, I can say there is a ton of excitement out there because it’s FINALLY here!!!! I know there are just 10 games, but there are 10 games! Before we get to the games, let’s go over a few reminders. ….. The …
Welcome back, college football fans, with just 4 days before the first games of the 2023-24 season. It’s time to finish up our preseason strength of schedule (PS SOS) analysis with the conference with the highest average score among all 25 Division I conferences. Our next post will be a “what to watch” for week …
It’s Saturday, college football fans, and not just any Saturday, but the last one before the kickoff of the 2023 season, aka Week 0. It’s a busy week for the GCR team (of one) with today’s next to last conference preview followed by a Tuesday edition to look through the most-challenged conference for this season, …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Penultimate Preseason Strength of Schedule Discussion”
Happy Wednesday, sports fans! We made it past this week’s half-time, and with just 10 days left before the opening kickoff for the season, it’s time to review the conference with the 3rd most difficult schedule. And with a little bit of a heavy heart, because it is, most likely, the last pre-season post for …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Bronze Medalist in Preseason Strength of Schedule”
Happy Sunday college football fans and welcome to the second installment of the Power 5 previews. Ok, preview is a little strong. It’s really just a comparison of conferences by the GCR’s calculation of a preseason strength of schedule (PS SOS) for each team then averaged for the conferences. We started months ago with the …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Are You Ready for a Surprise in 4th Place?”
Happy Thursday and, with just 16 days left and 6 blogs to write before week 0 kickoff, the frequency will increase. Of course, that acceleration coincides, as it does every year, with the Power 5 conferences. We’ve tackled the FCS from the lone independent, Kennesaw St, through the 13 conferences, then moved through the 5 …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Power 5 Conference Has the Weakest Schedule?”
Howdy, College Football Fans, and welcome back as we are just 22 days from kickoff. Before I continue in the Preseason Strength of Schedule (PS SOS) series, let’s have a moment of silence for the Pac-12 who, if rumors hold true, have now not only lost Southern Cal and UCLA to the Big Ten and …
