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Happy Thursday, oh great and wonderful college football fans. As we talked about a little in yesterday’s post, the games are heating up as fast as the pressure on some of the high-expectation programs. ….. The most entertaining games this week are the opening conference games. The ACC has just 1 (Florida St/Boston College), the …
Happy Wednesday and welcome to a late edition of G’s Explanation. Tomorrow, week 3 kicks off and so will the next installment of G’s Expectation. But today is about a few things I noticed about so far this season. First, the SEC may not have the depth it has in the past. Last season the …
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Happy Sunday and I hope you get some rest today after an exhilarating day of college football. Numerous FCS teams (Holy Cross/Boston College, Youngstown St/Ohio St, New Hampshire/C Michigan, E Illinois/Bowling Green, Charleston/Clemson, E Kentucky/Kentucky, Furman/South Carolina, Florida A&M/South Florida, Morgan St/Akron and E Washington/Fresno St) put some scare into their FBS opponents, at least …
Happy Thursday and welcome to the beginning of week 2. Yesterday, in G’s Explanation, we talked about the still fairly mismatched slate we have in front of us. Tonight’s game, for example, pits FCS Murray St (1-0/110) at Louisville (1-0/47) with a 7:30 (all times Eastern) kickoff on the ACC Network. There are 17 other …
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, …
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