A week ago today, there had been a grand total of zero head coaches fired for on-field performance. Since Sunday morning, four jobs have opened up. And more are likely to follow. But which openings are the most attractive for candidates? Which schools will have a tough time finding a new head coach? Last week, […]
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2023 has been a bit of an outlier. Through 10 weeks, not a single coach has been fired for on-field reasons. Contrast that with 2022, when seven coaches had been dismissed by this point in the season. There are a couple of reasons for that. The first being that some of the coaches that entered […]
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The 2023 college football season has been full of storylines. The Pac-12 is the best it’s been in a decade. Michigan is rolling on the field, but may have some huge problems off of it. Clemson will, for the first time since 2010, fail to win 10 games. But there are some other developments going […]
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It started with a report last week that the NCAA was investigating an alleged sign-stealing operation at Michigan. Since then, additional details and tidbits have been spilling out on a daily basis. And some of those details and tidbits are pretty troubling. What does it mean for Jim Harbaugh? For Michigan? For college football? Buckle […]
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Week 7 is in the books; six weeks remain. There’s still a ways to go, and a lot of pivotal games that will define the 2023 season. But, we are starting to separate the wheat from the chaff. Let’s sort out who’s a contender, and if we have any pretenders in our midst (Spoiler: we […]
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Four weeks ago, we talked about some things that stood out from the season’s first full slate of games. The overarching theme was “Don’t jump to conclusions after one game”, as tempting as it is. You wait eight months, and it’s natural to have an (over)reaction to what you see. However, we did identify a […]
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Waking up this morning to find Florida State at 4-0 with a Top-5 ranking, it’s easy to think Mike Norvell is on top of the world. A thrilling overtime win at Clemson, coupled with a season-opening win over LSU, leaves the Seminoles with legit College Football Playoff hopes. They’ve won 10 straight and the fan […]
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Coulda, should, woulda… Week 3’s Best Bets caught some truly awful breaks. I’m not sure how our luck could have been any worse, honestly. Three late scores in garbage time, all by backups and with less than a minute remaining, led to a 2-3 record on the week. You can find the gory details in […]
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Bobby Bowden once described building a college football program as, “First you lose big, then you lose small, then you win small, then you win big”. A slow start to the season is forcing us to take a similar approach with our weekly Best Bets. We lost big in Week 1, going 1-3. We actually […]
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Well, that was fun wasn’t it? Week 2 provided a little bit of everything. Dominating performances, nail-biters, upsets, the whole shootin’ match. And we found some things out about some of these teams. Last week I implored you not to make any grand, sweeping judgements after your team’s first game. And that hasn’t changed a […]
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With Week 1 in the books, and a disappointing 1-3 showing on our best bets, we need to get into midseason form real quick. As annoying as bad beats are (more on that in a minute), they’re part of the deal and you have to flush it and move on. The price of doing business, […]
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We’ve been waiting all summer for college football to start and finally got a full weekend of games. After months and months of speculation, we got to watch it all play out on the field. So the temptation to make wide-ranging, meaningful conclusions based on what happens in Week 1 is very real. I promise […]
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We got a fairly typical warm-up in Week Zero; actual college football, with some good games, but no really compelling matchups. What will Week 1 bring? Well, the slate is a little bit more spicy, which is good. There are also some opportunities to make a few bucks so let’s take a look at our […]
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As the Bulldogs chase a three-peat, they’re getting plenty of respect from Vegas (and poll voters) and the SEC East seems like a foregone conclusion. But, there are other teams who are plenty interesting. Tennessee had a big season, and South Carolina has exceeded expectations two years running. Kentucky is looking for a bounce-back year, […]
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