G’s Expectation or It’s the First Day of the 12-Team Playoff

Welcome back to episode 431 of the GCR blog. This is the time of year of counting down: Christmas is coming, Hanukkah is coming, Kwanzaa is coming, New Year’s is coming, etc. And we have been counting down days until the new FBS playoff format kicks off. That wait is nearly over. Before we get …

G’s Expectation or The Gasparilla Bowl

Welcome back sports fans. Last night in the Boca Raton Bowl, the GCR had what has to be the biggest miss of the season. Syracuse (6-7/83) was favored by 3 over South Florida (7-6/100) who has one of the worst passing defenses in the country. The GCR actually calculated for Syracuse to win by 5 …

G’s Expectation or the Games of December 23rd

Happy Friday college football fans. We had a good game to watch last night as Air Force ran (and occasionally passed) over Baylor, 30-15 in the Armed Forces Bowl. The Falcons ground game ate up more than 40 minutes of the clock and Baylor just couldn’t find the answer. Here is the updated winners/losers chart: …

G’s Expectation or Merry Christmas!

Not to single out any holiday and the safest and happiest of all the winter holidays (from Channukah to Ramadan, Saturnalia to Kwanzaa, Solstice to Tet, and any I left out) from all of us here (that would be me) at the GCR massive server room (aka my laptop). I didn’t post yesterday because I …

G’s Expectation or It’s Thursday!!

Happy Thursday college football fans and I hope you are somewhere safe, healthy, and warm. Rumors are flying over Texas A&M’s replacement in the Gator Bowl with Rutgers (first in line in APR) or a substitute Big Ten team (Illinois has expressed interest). I’ll try to stay on top of it since I know the …

G’s Expectation or The Pirate Bowl

Good evening football fans. Before I jump into tomorrow’s bowl and the whole pirate explanation, there were 9 bowl or playoff games on Saturday. The FCS semifinals finished as expected with James Madison (64/1) and defending champions and undefeated North Dakota State (101/9) rolling to the January 11 title game in Frisco, Texas. These teams …