G’s Exploration or I Need My Independents (sic)

Happy Monday, the last day of July, just 26 days until the season’s kickoff. It’s time to talk about the FBS’s non-division division: The Independents. Last season there were 7, all of whom were considered Group of 5 except for Notre Dame. Over the summer, BYU promoted to the Big 12 while Liberty and New …

G’s Exploration or Let’s Get American

It’s Thursday night and we are down to just 30 days before the 2023 college football season. So, today, let’s start with a quiz. What happens to a Group of 5 conference that has 3-4 teams that are so good, the conference almost challenges the weakest Power 5 conference and even had a team make …

G’s Exploration or The Mighty MAC

It’s been a bit since the last post, but now it’s time to talk about one of my favorite conferences: the Mid-American Conference aka the MAC. Every November, the MAC plays conference games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays giving us daily football (between college and the pros) for that month. They call it MACNation and it’s …

G’s Exploration or What About The Mountain West?

Happy Saturday and six weeks until the college football season kicks off, finally. Last time we began our review into the FBS and we continue that with what is always a very interesting conference: the Mountain West. Last season there were 3 teams (Air Force, Boise St, Fresno St) with exactly 10 wins and 3 …

G’s Exploration or 47 Days Until Kickoff

Happy Monday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Last time, we finished the preseason strength of schedule (PS SOS) for the FCS teams and, as the title says, time is getting short to complete the analysis for the FBS. For those who may not be as familiar with terminology, FCS is the Football Championship …

G’s Exploration or The Most-Challenged FCS Conferences

Happy Friday, college football fans, as we continue to experience the last month of the year without college football. Today, we finish up our analysis of the FCS conferences by preseason SOS (PS SOS) based on last year’s results for this year’s opponents. We started with Kennesaw St as the lone FCS independent, who also …

G’s Exploration or Getting Ready for the Fourth

Happy Independence Day Eve, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Now that we are in July, the days are getting shorter, despite the heat, there’s a promise of fall, and we are just 54 days until the season kicks off. We are nearly finished with the FCS portion of the annual Preseason Strength of …

G’s Exploration or the Next Step in the Progression

Hello oh patient and wonderful college football fans! It’s been a long few weeks for dear old G whose day job has been a series of 14-hour days, but we are in good shape now and about to be to steady state allowing me to focus on the important things in life, aka the wonderful …

G’s Exploration or A Continuation of FCS Schedules

Happy Saturday college football fans. Today, we are going to explore the Division I conferences with the 19th and 18th most difficult schedules. We are reaching the middle tier for the FCS with 6 already talked about and 6 more coming in future posts. As a reminder, FCS schools have an average Preseason Strength of …

G’s Exploration or the 21st and 20th Most Challenging Conferences

Happy Sunday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. We are 76 days away from the 2023 kickoff and we still have tons of conferences to talk through. So far we’ve seen the 4 weakest (and, yes, for this exercise, I count the silly schedule of the 1-team FCS Independent Kennesaw St as one) conferences. …