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It’s a little cooler of late, at least once in a while. The days are getting just a little bit shorter. High Schools are back (or almost back) in session and their football seasons have kicked off (or will shortly). The NFL preseason is in full swing. That’s right, oh good and faithful college football …
Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans as we are a week away from the first game of the 2022-23 season. At noon (all times Eastern), Austin Peay, of the FCS ASUN league, will invade Conference USA’s W Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky (not to be confused with the MACs Bowling Green in Bowling …
Welcome back college football fans. We’re getting close now: the NFL preseason is teasing us and college camps are in session. There’s some trash talking already and, my absolute favorite: the initial AP poll is out and the pundits are simultaneously saying it’s ridiculous to have a preseason poll (they are right) and why this …
Read More “G’s Exploration or We’re Down to the Penultimate Preseason SOS Conference”
Welcome back oh great and wonderful college football fans! So far, we’ve reviewed 23 Division I conferences, including the independents, from the Pioneer League through the 4th most difficult conference (as measured by the GCR Preseason Strength of Schedule algorithm), the ACC. There are just 3 left and 16 days until the initial kickoffs of …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Which Conference Is Third in Scheduling?”
Greetings oh great and wonderful college football fans. We made it to August! In just 23 days our early games (look for the matchup info coming later on) kick off and the greatest time of the year will begin. As a reminder, the GCR does not have preseason rankings, which require bias, so every team …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Who Has the Second Easiest Power 5 Schedule?”
Greetings and welcome to Part IX of our Preseason SOS review. We are starting our deep dive into the Power 5 conferences. These are supposed to be the premier league of college football. Let’s see how this plays out. Last year, there were 12 FCS wins over FBS schools. Most were over G5 schools including …
Welcome back, College Football Fans, to our eighth installment of Preseason SOS. This time we will be finishing up the Group of 5 with the final two conferences who play the most difficult G5 schedules in the country. As a reminder, the average FBS (Power 5 and G5) PS SOS is 7.348 and the average …
Read More “G’s Exploration or Who Plays the Toughest Group of 5 Schedule?”
We are nearing the end of our SOS analysis prior to the season so that we can look forward to weeks 0 and 1. As of today, we are just 33 days away from the initial set of kickoffs, but that’s a blog coming in a couple of weeks. There are just 9 conferences (if …
Read More “G’s Exploration or The Teams Who Challenge Themselves and The Not So Much”
Updated to show Utah Tech (new name for Dixie St) and adjusting for Lamar and Incarnate Word remaining in the Southland Conference.
Welcome back college football fans. I had a great 3-week vacation in Europe which thankfully was between heat waves. It’s brutal out there so please stay hydrated and cool. I didn’t lug my laptop around or I would have posted while traveling since…WTH is going on with expansion? Southern Cal and UCLA decide to ditch …
Read More “G’s Exploration or What Happened While I Was in Europe?”
