G’s Expectation or I Hope You Don’t Like Green Grass

Welcome back to the GCR. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. 1) the first round of the playoffs was a bust with all 4 games being double-digit wins for the home teams (and no, blowouts are not uncommon in the BCS and playoff eras), 2) Lane Kiffin was very vocal about Indiana, SMU, …

G’s Expectation or The Bahamas Bowl in North Carolina?

Welcome back sports fans! Yesterday was the last of the FCS game in 2024 (championship in January) and the beginning of the 24-25 bowl season. Let’s take a quick review, starting with the FCS. ….. Congratulations to Florida A&M (12-1/124) who won the Celebration Bowl by defeating Howard (6-6/181) thus becoming the de facto HBCU …

G’s Expectation or The Myrtle Beach Bowl

Welcome back from a much-needed day of rest following Saturday’s action. Let’s do a quick review. In the FCS, Jackson St lost in overtime to NC Central 41-34 in the Celebration Bowl (back-to-back upset losses in Atlanta), but still finished 12-1 in Coach Prime’s last season there. We’ll see if he can turn around Colorado. …

G’s Expectation or The Bowl Games of December 21

Hello college football fans to the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. To steal from a friend’s meme: it only gets brighter from here. Yesterday there was just the one game in which Tulsa 7-6 (73) ran all over Old Dominion 6-7 (134). The Monarchs got the game off to an incredible …