Underachievers show up every year. Clemson, a top-10 team to start the year, already has 3 losses. Oklahoma State, once a proud Big XII contender, lost at home to Tulsa for the first time in decades. And Lee Corso never platform dove during College Gameday like his successor Pat McAfee did. Ok, that last one…
Saying that “a lot happened this week” would be an understatement. Mac Jones led the 49ers to a road win. Miami returned a punt for a TD but allowed a KR TD on the very next play in a loss to the Patriots. Grant Delpit and his Browns did indeed stuff Derrick Henry but got…
Surprisingly, most of this week’s games were completely noncompetitive. However, those that were turned out to be spectacular affairs. We had ourselves a couple of upsets, a few top-25 battles, and unfortunately some putrid performers (sorry Gators fans; I’ll get back to your team in the coming weeks). Old rivals went to OT, while QBs…
Week 1 always excites, which is why I need to provide an immediate disclaimer: please don’t overreact. You’ll see shock results and major conclusions drawn with the smallest of sample sizes. Unless they confirm what you already knew, they could be mirages. I’ll be touching on the Thursday night kickoff game, the special Friday night…
Week 2 usually comes with chaos, but with so many teams playing cupcake opponents (of course a couple of FCS teams won), things were rather subdued. Texas QB Arch Manning bounced back with 4 TD passes in 5 minutes, but he played San Jose State, so that doesn’t tell us a lot. (8) Clemson stormed…
The NCAA football season has finally arrived. We shouldn’t have as much chaos concerning the college football paradigm this year. Realignment has largely settled down for now, and the CFP’s biggest change was a shift to straight seeding. In case you weren’t with us last year, in these weekly posts, I discuss everything that happened…
The moment we’ve been waiting for is finally here. The Cowboys and Eagles kick off the 2025 season on Thursday in a much-anticipated matchup, but first, I thought I’d look at where the various teams stand on opening week. After all, we’ve now seen these teams in the preseason. Please don’t be mad if your…
Just like that, the preseason is over. It goes by quickly with only 3 games! Starters have had their chance to get in sync (the few who played at least), camp battles have been won and lost, and roster spots have been secured. Players now await the decisions of their front offices. Each team must…
Last season, we saw many more starters in week 2 than in week 1 of the preseason. This year, we got the opposite: a surprisingly high number of starters in week 1 while the stars almost all rested in week 2. Some squads indeed attempted to resolve some positional battles, but for the most part,…
Two teams kicked off the preseason last week, but NOW it’s officially preseason week 1. All 32 teams participated, and we learned a LOT! The Jaguars’ Travis Hunter made his (quiet) 2-way debut, two players somehow got themselves ejected from a preseason contest, two games ended in ties, and one game came to an early…