Several teams were off this week, including the #3-#5 squads. That gives us a chance to talk about other things…a bit. Despite having only two ranked-vs.-ranked matchups, we’re still in the conference portion of the schedule. Similar and familiar teams are bound to produce some unpredictable results, and boy did they! NC State became the…
If you thought LAST week had a ton of upsets, you (like me) were totally unprepared for week 7. For the first time ever, #1, #2, #5, #6, and #7 all lost in the same week. Two of them (#2 Notre Dame and #5 Indiana) lost to fellow top-10 teams, which is defensible. I’ll even…
How does an upset happen? Sometimes, an underrated team simply outplays their opponent. Other times, the favored team does something stupid. This week, another team (Michigan State) lost by trying to go for 2 and the “win”. 5-0 Duke showed no urgency at the end of their game against Ga Tech, settling for a tying…
Most games this week were either blowouts or nail-biters, without much in between. Only one major upset took place (we’ll cover that), and perhaps we should’ve seen it coming. We’re now in the thick of conference play, so expect familiar foes to beat each other up. One result can change what we think of a…
As we move forward this season, there will be a lot of focus on the Big Ten and SEC. Thanks to recent conference realignment moves, those two leagues are basically super-conferences at this point. I’ll do my best to squeeze in the ACC, Big XII, and Group of 6 whenever I can, but sometimes you…
The word of the week was most definitely “drama”. After a couple of slates filled with noncompetitive games, week 3 gave us far more even matchups to enjoy. (10) Alabama and (12) USC both survived scares from unranked opponents. (25) Virginia wasn’t so lucky, as they lost to West Virginia in the Duke Mayo Classic…
For the second straight week, most of the FBS went up against foes that were far beneath them. Fortunately, we also had more exciting matchups. In our lone conference game in the ACC, California DB Kingston Lopa picked off THREE passes (one pick six) to beat Syracuse nearly on his own. Upset-minded Oregon State nearly…
The NCAA football season has finally arrived. Hopefully we can set all the off-field drama aside and play some football! Most teams played cupcakes, so we saw some seriously gaudy stats. Miami WR Malachi Toney (11/229/3) shattered Hurricanes records. Pittsburgh QB Mason Heintschel threw SEVEN touchdown passes. In one actual matchup, (11) LSU (Tigers from…
Last year, Texas QB Quinn Ewers fell from a day-2 prospect all the way into round 7. It happened again. LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier plummeted despite having good 2024 tape. As the son of an NFL OC, he should be adept at reading defenses and processing. His arm strength is decent enough, and he played well…
This is it. Everything that the 136 FBS teams have gone through has culminated in this moment. Just two teams remained: (1) Indiana and (10) Miami. We all expected the Hoosiers to be here. The Hurricanes barely got into the field but won 3 nail-biters to play for this title. So who won the Dr….