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Granted, oh great and wonderful college football fans, we were teased with 7 games last weekend in pre-week 1 action. It was a lot of fun, sure, but 130 games between now (yes, I’m watching the UAB Blazers play the Jacksonville St Gamecocks right now 0-0 8:12 in the first) and Labor Day. Can the …
Hello and welcome, college football fans, to the eve of the most exciting day of the year – the first day of the season. As is the tradition, we will experience an extended week 1 with 5 games kicking off tomorrow taking us all the way to Labor Day. From Nebraska at Illinois kicking off …
Hi there, oh great and wonderful college football fans. Unless you’ve turned your phones off to all sports news (or more than usually focused on the Olympics), you’ve heard that Oklahoma and Texas have requested invitations to the SEC, which would create the first super conference. It’s not a lock because it takes 11 existing …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Have You Heard About Conference Realignment?”
Hello college football fans! We are in the middle of July with just a few more weeks before the 2021-22 season kicks off. As with every year, I’ve wondered which teams are facing the most challenging schedules and which are, well, not. Before I talk about the top (and bottom) 10, let me spend a …
Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans! It’s been about six months since my last post and I missed the entire spring season. We were dealing with some personal issues and I just couldn’t keep up with the weekly changes with everything on my plate. Apologies to my readers and although New Mexico St …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Welcome Back to College Football”
It’s finally here, college football fans. The culmination of this strange season and a match up of the only remaining undefeated teams. This abbreviated post is all about the prediction, but before we get there here’s a tale of the tape: ….. As a reminder, OER is the offensive effectiveness rating calculated by comparing on …
Greetings college football fans on the eve of the championship game of the oddest season in memory. Sometimes I am not very bright such as when I promised I would have a comparison of conferences for this crazy season. What was I thinking? The MAC played two games out of conference (both bowl games) while …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Is There a Way to Compare Conferences?”
Greetings fellow college football fans. I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but it seems Covid may postpone the title game. We’ll keep an eye on it and be ready either way. It just reminds us of the near miracle that teams were able to play so many games. It also reminds us how …
Read More “G’s Evaluation or What’s the Ranking BEFORE the Championship Game?”
Greetings sports fans! There is one college football game left (at least until the FCS starts their spring schedule) pitting the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Ohio State Buckeyes as the only 2 remaining undefeated teams. We now have to wait and wait until this matchup of long-time bluebloods kicks off. So, to help ease …
