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Michigan begins its quest for a third straight playoff birth against East Carolina. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with an East Carolina-Michigan prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The East Carolina Pirates went 8-5 last year, capping their season off with a Birmingham Bowl victory over Coastal Carolina. After a loss to […]

The ACC is officially expanding by adding SMU, Stanford, and Cal after a long month of discussions. The move to go west and bring in the pair of prestigious Pac-12 schools is certainly a head-scratcher to some, although it has been in the works for quite some time. With the love finally being made official, […]

The Arkansas State Red Wolves go on the road to begin the season as they take on the Oklahoma Sooners for the first game of the season! This game will continue our college football odds series as we hand out an Arkansas State-Oklahoma prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch […]

It is Deion Sanders’s first game as the Colorado Head Coach as they face TCU. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Colorado-TCU prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Last year it was a 1-11 record for Colorado. They fired their coach, and now enter Coach Prime. They bring in a ton […]

The Pac-12 Conference suffered another crushing blow with the announcement of Stanford and Cal moving to the ACC along with SMU. Suddenly, that leaves just two programs: Oregon State and Washington State. Where those two programs go remains to be seen, and despite recent AAC rumblings, it looks like that won’t happen after all, per […]

Arizona State football’s offense struck Southern Utah with deep passes and a 14-point halftime lead.  Then, lightning hit.  ON FOURTH DOWN NO LESS 🔱 😈 @GuilloryXavier hauls in @jadenrashada first career TD pass to put us back on top. ASU 14 | SUU 7 📺 Pac-12 Network📱 https://t.co/ehkubqnO3j#ForksUp /// #ActivateTheValley pic.twitter.com/wmRQAncjGl — Sun Devil Football […]

Nebraska football fans had been eager to see the Cornhuskers begin the Matt Rhule era after a tumultuous past several seasons under Scott Frost. Nebraska always looked like they were right on the brink of getting a marquee win to bring them back to relevancy, but the Huskers could never get over the hump, and […]

Kansas opens its 2023 campaign with a game with Missouri State. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Missouri State-Kansas prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. In 2022 Bobby Petrino led Missouri State to a 5-6 record while playing in the Missour Valley Conference. Still, there is a lot of turnover from […]

The college football season has finally returned, and with it comes one of the best teams over the past two decades in the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Alabama will begin their 2023 season with what should be nothing more than a mere scrimmage, if we’re being honest. That is unless they decide to replicate […]

Winning one college football national championship is a difficult task. Winning two in a row is obviously even more challenging, which is why only seven programs can claim back-to-back uncontested titles since the AP began crowning a champion in 1936, the most recent being the Georgia Bulldogs. The AP, of course, was typically the primary […]

The Florida football team started their 2023 season in disappointing fashion on Thursday night with a 24-11 road loss against a shorthanded Utah football team. Florida let up a 70-yard touchdown on Utah’s first play from scrimmage, and the Gators were never able to catch up after that. They were able to hang around with […]

The Utah football team beat Florida 24-11 in its 2023 season opener without Cam Rising. But Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham is well aware that the quarterback is essential to the team’s hope of repeating as Pac-12 champions. Whittingham’s Cam Rising injury update following the win over Florida was a positive one, suggesting that the […]

Ohio State football will begin their hopeful journey back to the College Football Playoff when they travel to Bloomington, IN to face the Indiana Hoosiers. The Buckeyes were just shy of pulling off the upset against the Georgia Bulldogs in the Peach Bowl semi-final playoff game last season. The AP Poll No. 3 ranked Buckeyes […]

Utah football head coach Kyle Whittingham hyped up redshirt freshman quarterback Nate Johnson after Utah’s win over Florida on Thursday. “He’s electric,” Whittingham said of Johnson, via a Friday article from ESPN Staff Writer Paolo Uggetti. “Struggled with a little bit of ball security a couple times, but he’s got quite a future. You can see he […]

When was the last time Colorado football was in a highly anticipated opening week game? Or, for that matter, when were they in a highly anticipated game period? The Buffaloes won only one game last season, but now, they’re a must-watch team, all because of Coach Prime, Deion Sanders. That’s how much buzz Sanders has […]

Nebraska fans excited to watch first-year head coach Matt Rhule usher in a new era of Cornhuskers football were horrified as the team lost its season-opener to Minnesota in all-too-familiar fashion. In fact, Nebraska football fans had seen this movie play out last year with former head coach Scott Frost, who was fired last September […]

The first game of Matt Rhule’s tenure with the Nebraska football team didn’t go according to plan. They were on pace to beat the odds and beat Minnesota in their first game of the season. However, in a shocking twist, the Cornhuskers inexplicably collapsed in the final quarter of the game. After the game, Matt […]

Seven months after taking a 51-45 loss to TCU in the College Football Playoff semifinals, Michigan football returns this Saturday for a Week 1 matchup at the Big House with East Carolina. Entering the season at No. 2 in the AP Poll, their highest opening-week standing in 32 years, the Wolverines have high expectations, and […]

It’s finally done. After a month of discussions and debates, the Atlantic Coast Conference (or ACC) are officially welcoming three new teams to their league. Stanford, California, and SMU are now heading to the ACC, per Ross Dellenger. This now means that two more universities are leaving the nearly-barren Pac-12. “It’s final: ACC presidents have […]

The Missouri football team kicked off the 2023 season on Thursday night at home against South Dakota football. Things went well for the Tigers in the opener as they cruised to a stress-free 35-10 victory over the Coyotes. A big topic of discussion surrounding the Missouri football program has been about who the quarterback will […]

One more sleep until Texas football is back. The Longhorns open the 2023 season at home against Rice. It’s 100 degrees and humid all weekend in Austin, so this mid-afternoon kickoff is going to test the wills of both teams. With massive preseason hype once again, is this finally the year the Longhorns deliver? Texas […]

Matt Rhule has learned to temper the expectations of the Nebraska football fans. He had asked the Cornhuskers led by Jeff Sims to step up regardless of his rookie mistakes as a head coach. This did not sit well with most fans, especially after their tough loss against PJ Fleck’s Minnesota football program. The Cornhuskers […]

Ronnie Bell was a fan favorite with Michigan football while he was in Ann Arbor. He had quite the up and down career with the Wolverines, and was always a great player on the field, and a terrific person off the field. In 2019, he dropped a crucial fourth down touchdown in a game against […]

Arizona State football’s season opener against Southern Utah Thursday at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe was delayed due to bad weather. The game was delayed for two hours and 36 minutes before play returned to start the third quarter after 11:16 p.m. PT. The Sun Devils were leading at halftime, 21-7, before the game was […]

The NC State football team got a serious scare on Thursday night, with defensive back Rakeim Ashford going down on a late hit and getting stretchered off the field in the team’s first game against UConn. Ashford was taken to a local hospital for evaluation after he was blindsided on a kickoff return after the […]

One of the most intriguing matchups in week one of college football is the battle between Colorado football and TCU football. TCU went all the way to the national championship last year, but after losing a lot of talent to the NFL, they come into the season ranked #17. Everyone is excited to see Colorado […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers had a painful start to their 2023 college football season. Nebraska football was on the verge of beating the Minnesota Golden Gophers on the road Thursday, but a wild series of events down the stretch had the Cornhuskers winding up with a 13-10 loss. Immediately, college football fans on X (formerly Twitter) […]

Caleb Williams of USC football is the reigning, defending Heisman Trophy winner, an athletic and precise quarterback who can pick defenses apart through the air and on the ground. Williams and his teammates reeled off a 56-28 victory over San Jose State in the team’s opening game. Williams had 278 yards passing and four touchdowns […]

USC football has a lot to be excited about following its week one victory over San Jose State, particularly concerning the performance of freshman receiver Zachariah Branch. Head coach Lincoln Riley in particular was impressed with Branch’s performance, which was his first game in a USC football uniform. “Thought he did a good job not […]

Utah football came into the season ranked #14 in the country ahead of their big season opener against unranked Florida football. Both teams met in the season opener last year as well, and Florida won a close one that featured a great quarterback matchup between Anthony Richardson and Cam Rising. Richardson is now in the […]

The Michigan football team will begin their 2023 campaign on Saturday at home against East Carolina football. Michigan is coming into the game ranked #2 in the country, and they have their eyes set on winning a national championship this season. The Wolverines have such a high ranking and such high expectations because of the […]

What does a 45-6 record (31-2 in conference play) get you these days? Apparently a warm seat verging on hot, if you are Ohio State football coach Ryan Day. Fans are debating Day’s job security after comments made on ESPN Cleveland radio by commentator Paul Finebaum. Alluding to Day’s 1-2 record against Ohio State football’s […]

USC football released its updated depth chart today. Most positions remain the same, except for one notable change at wide receiver. Sophomore WR Raleek Brown, a former 5-star recruit, is no longer listed at the position. Lincoln Riley discussed Brown’s future in the USC receiver room after Brown practiced with the scout team on Tuesday, […]

LSU football is back on the hunt for SEC and CFP National Championship title contention. Every good run starts with a win during the NCAA’s Week 1 of college football. However, Brian Kelly faces huge challenges, not just in his new schematics but also with the players who are not available during their campaign’s start. […]

Florida State football opens up the 2o23 season on Sunday night in what is expected to be the marquee matchup of the week one college football slate. The Seminoles begin with a neutral site battle against LSU football. The two teams played in week one last season as well, and Florida State won an instant […]

Conference realignment in the NCAA is set to kick off starting in the 2024 season. The Big Ten conference and Big 12 are the biggest recipients of this change. They all get to expand their borders. A notable absence from all of this talk has been Greg Sankey’s SEC. The world of college sports may […]

Michigan football is less than 48 hours away from kicking off the season against East Carolina football. Wolverines fans have been to eager for the season to start, and the wait is almost over. Michigan hasn’t had expectations this high going into a season in a long time, and that is why fans are so […]

The Colorado football program set a record for most roster turnover in one year in major college football history after Deion Sanders took over at the turn of the new year. The program faced backlash for their tactics in bringing in dozens of new scholarship players, and watching dozens of others hit the road for […]

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders doesn’t care what the betting odds say. TCU is a 21-point favorite over the Colorado football team in Deion Sanders’ debut as the Buffaloes’ head coach. Sanders has no trouble believing that Colorado can overcome those odds Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. “Certainly,” Sanders told USA Today when asked if […]