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College Football: Who are the X-factors in the CFP National Championship Game?

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We are finally at the end of the college football season. The first year of an expanded College Football Playoff (CFP) was a success. Some surprise teams made the playoffs that very narrowly pulled off upsets. Meanwhile, the semifinal against Penn State and Notre Dame came down to the wire. In the national championship, two …

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College Football: Sun Devils almost burn Texas, Ducks roasted by Buckeyes

Ryan Day, James Franklin, College Football, The League Winners

After the second of the College Football Playoff (CFP), the glass slipper broke for two Cinderella bids that earned a bye in the first round. Two outstanding running backs in the nation were not enough to get their teams to win as hard as they tried. Notre Dame also won with relative ease against Georgia …

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College Football Playoffs: Longhorns facing a Fork in the road? Bucks vs. Ducks, Pt. 2

Will Howard, Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State Football, Ohio State Buckeyes, College Football, The League Winners

The opening week of an expanded College Football Playoff (CFP) was somewhat anti-climactic. All of the home teams won relatively easily, and all of the higher-seeded teams advanced to the second round. Notre Dame dominated the Indiana Hoosiers, and Ohio State raced past Tennessee. This week, we have some potential upsets brewing on the slate …

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Four burning questions ahead of the College Football Playoffs

Dillon Gabriel, Oregon Ducks, College Football, The League Winners

The smoke has cleared, and the dust has settled. We are now in the official last stages of the college football season. First, congratulations to Travis Hunter for winning the Heisman trophy by a slightly narrow margin over Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, who had a pretty solid case for the prestigious award, too. However, the …

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College Football Freshman 15: Ryan’s last days? A Bronco galloping toward Heisman

Rivalry week in the NCAA shook up the college football landscape. A few teams made a last surge at the College Football Playoff. Meanwhile, others learned their efforts were all for naught. Despite a dominating 52-0 win over Oklahoma State, Colorado missed out on the Big 12 championship, and it would appear that playoff hopes …

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College Football: Colorado comes up short; everything’s bigger in Texas

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Last week was humbling for some teams in college football in Week 13. To quote the late Dennis Green, there were a few, “they are who we thought they were” moments. A team once touted as a brash Cinderella headed into the College Football Playoff (CFP) may have had the clock strike midnight. Meanwhile, another …

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College Football Freshman 15: Buffaloes stampede toward CFP, Showdown at the ‘Shoe

Deion Sanders, Coach Prime, Colorado Football, Colorado Buffaloes, The League Winners

With week 12 in the books, we’re a step closer to the end of the college football season. Plus, some teams have scenarios to clinch their spot in their conference title games. And we have a major noon showdown to discuss that’s happening in the Big 10. Before we break down this big week, let’s …

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College Football Freshman 15: Bayou Blues, Cardiac Cougs, CFP Bracketology

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Last week in the NCAA, we had one team playing for their College Football Playoff (CFP) lives and came up incredibly with an uninspired performance at home. Meanwhile, an unbeaten team barely kept their perfect season alive despite a controversial call during their game-winning drive. Plus, a big game in the SEC between two top-12 …

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College Football: Penn State comes up short, Bama goes to Baton Rouge

Penn State Football, Penn State Nittany Lions, Drew Allar, The League Winners

Now, things are starting to get interesting in college football. The battle at Beaver Stadium last week allowed one coach to exorcise some demons, while the other will be haunted by some of his decisions late in the game’s closing stages. Meanwhile, the rankings were shaken up after five teams in the top 25 lost …

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Freshman 15 College Football: Panthers stay perfect, PSU vs. OSU

Marcel Reed, Texas A&M Football, Texas A&M Aggies, The League Winners, College Football

Week 9 of college football saw several close calls in the top-25, and some one-sided blowouts. Outside of the Power 4, we had a stunning upset to a team fighting for relevancy as Kennesaw State took down Liberty. Plus, some teams all but solidified their case for CFP. Meanwhile, the Indiana Hoosiers rolled along without …

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