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It’s finally here, college football fans; the season is over. Congratulations to the Michigan Wolverines and the South Dakota St Jackrabbits who not only won their respective league championships, but also were the only remaining perfect teams. ….. The Big Ten won the pct best conference title in the playoffs with a parity-driven 6-4 (.600). …
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Welcome back to the final game of the college football season. It’s bittersweet, but it’s been a fantastic journey over the last 4 and 1/2 months. Yesterday, the South Dakota St Jackrabbits became back-to-back FCS champions by stopping the Montana Grizzlies 23-3. Congratulations Jackrabbits on being one of just two undefeated teams in 2023-24. ….. …
Welcome back after the post-bowl decompression. I know tomorrow is the big game between Michigan (14-0/1) and Washington (14-0/2) which is getting almost all of the press, but there is a championship game today between South Dakota St (14-0/97), 1st in the FCS, and Montana (13-1/129), 3rd in the FCS. Note: Florida A&M (12-1/125) holds …
Welcome back after a much-needed break from the college football bowl season. Opt-outs. Transfer portal open during the bowl season. A 13-0 team playing with essentially their practice squad and getting blown out. Something has to be done about the competitiveness of non-playoff bowl games. ….. The GCR was just 9-10 (.474) straight up this …
Welcom.e back, college football fans, to the final post of 2023. Being that NYE is a Sunday and the NFL will be in full swing with playoff spots to be clinched, we get tomorrow off before the big New Year’s Day games. ….. Yesterday we had a wide range of games. First, a barnburner of …
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Welcome back, college football fans. The GCR took one on the chin yesterday although I did get to watch some football with a very good friend, JW. Let’s review. ….. In the Fenway Bowl, Vegas and GCR favorite SMU (11-3/33) took a 14-10 lead into the 4th before giving up 13 unanswered to Boston College …
It’s the Thursday before New Year’s and the games are getting hotter (or colder – more on that in a minute). Let’s review yesterday’s games. ….. In the Military Bowl, Virginia Tech (7-6/59) stomped on Tulane (11-3/37) 41-20. I listened to that game while driving. Tulane scored first in every quarter, but VT answered strongly. …
Well, sports fans, yesterday’s games were exciting. First, in the Quick Lane Bowl, the GCR favorite Bowling Green (7-6/70) couldn’t hold off the Vegas favorite Minnesota (6-7/52), falling 30-24. A back and forth first half gave BG a 10-9 lead at the half, but the Golden Gophers scored 14 unanswered in the 3rd and never …
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We are back, oh great and wonderful college football fans, and the heat is inching up. There are 19 bowl games this week and the teams are getting better, and the stakes are getting higher. Let’s review Saturday’s games. ….. Vegas and GCR favorite Arkansas St (6-7/111) fell behind 21-7 with 9:42 in the half …
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The last Saturday before Christmas and all through the day, bowl games were airing, and teams got to play. The helmets were polished to a glimmering shine, and fans were drinking their beer and their wine. The games, when counted, numbered all the way to seven, which, in this writer’s mind, is an example of …
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