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Welcome to day 15 of the bowl season and the last non-championship games of this campaign. Happy New Year from the GCR to any and all readers whether you see us directly from this website, Facebook, Twitter, email, or however you find my paltry attempt at blogging. Before we shift to 2023, let’s recap the …
Happy New Year’s Eve, oh great and wonderful college football fans. So far there have been 33 bowl games and a whopping 19 of them have been one-score (8 points or fewer) games. That’s a lot of excitement. There have only been 9 games decided by 17 or more points and only 5 20+ point …
Happy Friday, college football fans and welcome back after another day of close games (aargh). Minnesota (-10.0) looked like they would cover Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl until they give up a TD with 2:30 to go creating a 28-20 final. Vegas 0-1, GCR 1-0, Cover 0-1. The Cheez-It Bowl was close throughout and very …
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All I can say is “wow!”, oh great and wonderful college football fans. What a set of games yesterday! In the Military Bowl, UCF gave Duke everything they could handle before the Blue Devils finally put the last nail in the coffin late in the 4th to take the game 30-13. Vegas 1-0, GCR 1-0, …
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Welcome to the second half of bowl season, at least in number of games. As of last night, 21 FBS bowls are over and done with and 21 (including the championship game) remain. The games tend to ratchet up in intensity starting today and we have lots a great football ahead. Let’s recap yesterday’s games …
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Happy Tuesday and day 10 of this year’s bowl season. Yesterday, in a triple (Vegas, GCR to win, and GCR to cover) upset, New Mexico St quickly jumped on top of Bowling Green 14-0 at the half and held on despite a late surge to win the Quick Lane Bowl, 24-19. That makes the Aggies …
Welcome back, college football fans, after a much-needed day off. I know most companies have today as a holiday, but here at the GCR, we have 100% of the staff back on bowl duty. Ok, that’s me, but I’m 100% back on bowl duty. Before we get to today’s game, let’s look at a weird …
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Welcome to our Christmas Eve addition of the GCR. I hope everyone is staying warm and comfortable today. Yesterday we had a couple of really exciting games. First, in the Independence Bowl, Houston trailed Louisiana 16-6 at the half and my wife said, “I don’t think the GCR got this one right,” but in went …
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Happy Friday college football fans. We had a good game to watch last night as Air Force ran (and occasionally passed) over Baylor, 30-15 in the Armed Forces Bowl. The Falcons ground game ate up more than 40 minutes of the clock and Baylor just couldn’t find the answer. Here is the updated winners/losers chart: …
Happy Thursday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. There was a major upset last night in New Orleans as Vegas and the GCR missed on W Kentucky’s impressive 44-23 win over South Alabama. The Hilltoppers could do little wrong to start the game and jumped to a 24-0 lead that the Jaguars cut to …
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