G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 For Week 12

What a Saturday, college football fans! Georgia (11-0/1) beat Kentucky (6-5/44) on the road 16-6 in a game that wasn’t put away until a missed field goal by the Wildcats due to a bad snap late in the 4th. Ohio St (11-0/2) put Maryland (6-5/42) away 43-30 but it was a one-score game until a …

G’s Exploration or You’ll Never Guess the Strongest Conference

Yesterday, oh great and wonderful fans, I dedicated the post to the FCS as it should be during their rivalry week (btw, Lehigh and Lafayette are playing for the 158th time since 1884 – the most-played rivalry in college football). That said, tonight is about the senior circuit and the overdue conference analysis complete with …

G’s Exploration or Let’s Talk about the FCS

Happy Thursday everyone. I talk about the FBS in nearly every post, but not tonight. We are beginning rivalry week for the FCS, the last week of the regular season, and preparing for the FCS playoffs. First, let’s look at how the FCS conferences line up. I looked at overall records, non-conference records, and average …

Final Ranks or A History of the GCR

It took some digging, oh great and wonderful college football fans, but the treasure hunt was fruitful. I’ve now found each of the last rankings (6 of them in emails prior to the blog) and compiled them into a single page. I’ve created a weighting system that rewards recency (a team ranked in the top …

G’s Expectation or Who Will Win This Week?

Greetings, college football fans, and welcome to another night of MAC football! Bowling Green (5-5/116) is at Toledo (7-3/63) and off to a booming 14-0 start (2:50 in the first). Toledo has the Vegas nod at -14.5 and the GCR nod at 68.5%, but the GCR does have the Falcons to cover +14.5. Also, at …

G’s Exploration: Update on the Virginia Shooting

To the grieving college football community and especially to the shock and pain the University of Virginia is feeling, this latest shooting involving a school is many too many. An ex-player at Virginia shot and killed 3 current football players as well as wounding 2 other students. He has been apprehended and perhaps we will …

G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 for Week 11

Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans. Who would have thought at this point in the season, UCONN and Kansas would be bowl eligible while Oklahoma, Memphis, Miami FL, BYU, App St and Arkansas still need another victory to claim a spot. Or that Texas A&M would be the first SEC team to get …

G’s Expectation or Who Wins (and Who Covers) in Week 11

Happy Tuesday and welcome to what will undoubtedly be another wild week of college football. MACNation has already begun with 3 games on the docket tonight. E Michigan (5-4/117) is winning at Akron (1-8/111) 17-7 with 14:21 to go in the half (Vegas: EMI -5.5, GCR: EMI 60.6%, Cover: EMI). Miami OH (4-5/130) is hosting …

G’s Evaluation or The Top 261 for Week 10

Happy Sunday after a wonderful Saturday of college football. 2 previously undefeated teams earned their first L of the season when Clemson (8-1/6) lost on the road to Notre Dame (6-3/19) and Tennessee (8-1/5) lost the battle of 8-0’s to Georgia (9-0/1). Two 1-loss FBS teams suffered their second defeat effectively dropping them out of …

G’s Expectation or Who Wins Week 10?

Happy Tuesday and welcome to MACNation 2022! This is the time of year the MAC conference entertains us on Tuesdays and Wednesdays which not only gives us some level of football every day of the week, but also allows these athletes to shine without a lot of competition. Tonight, Ball St (4-4/102) and Kent St …