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LSU football opened its season with a dramatic loss to Florida State, 24-23. It was certainly not the start that the Tigers wanted, but it’s a result they will have to live with. It was never an easy game to watch, especially for LSU fans who harbored such high expectations for their squad. In the […]

The LSU Tigers had a largely forgettable outing in their 2022 college football season debut, as they lost to the Florida State Seminoles on Sunday to the tune of a 24-23 score. That game is still buzzing among college football fans, with LSU football turning into a butt of jokes, obviously inspired by the schadenfreude […]

Defending national champions, the Georgia Bulldogs, started their 2022 season off in a big way. The Bulldogs took on the Oregon Ducks in what turned out to be a very one-sided contest. In a matchup between two top 25-teams, The third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs took down the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks with a final score of 49-3. […]

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have an unenviable assignment in their 2022 college football season opener, as they are currently battling no. 4 Clemson Tigers at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. So far, the Tigers are winning, racing to a 14-0 lead at the time of this writing. It also appears that Georgia Tech football is not being […]

One quarter. That’s all it took for Clemson football fans to get fed up with the offense’s struggles in the 2022 season opener against Georgia Tech. Frustrated Tigers fans took to Twitter to let off some steam- and to take their eyeballs away from the offensive display they were watching. Here are some of the […]

Kentucky quarterback Will Levis has become one of the most prominent names in college football. And the rest of the nation clearly understands why. As the University of Florida prepares to take on Will Levis and Kentucky this weekend, Florida head coach Billy Napier took the time to talk about the quarterback. Billy Napier appeared […]

Pittsburgh football emerged from the ‘Backyard Brawl’ against West Virginia with a win, though they’ll immediately face a tough SEC test in Week 2 when they take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Evidently, many think it’s going to be a very tough test, as the Panthers, who beat the Volunteers last year and won the ACC […]

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban gave a rather snide response to a reporter who asked about the difficulty of playing against a Texas Longhorns team led by their former OC Steve Sarkisian. Sarkisian served as Alabama football’s offensive coordinator from 2019 to 2020, so there’s a lot of familiarity there. With that said, it […]

The Brian Kelly era didn’t quite start out the way LSU football fans hoped, as the Tigers were bested by the Florida State Seminoles 24-23 on Sunday night. To make matters worse, one of the Tigers’ best players, defensive lineman Maason Smith, left the game with a knee injury that occurred while he was celebrating […]

Texas A&M football head coach Jimbo Fisher recently revealed his thoughts on the expanded 12-team college football playoff, per Travis L. Brown. “Jimbo Fisher said he’s for the expanded playoff, because he believes it will bring bowl games back to relevancy. Said will bring more excitement to the regular season as well,” Brown tweeted. Bowl […]

Talk about adding insult to injury. The no. 7-ranked Utah football program shockingly lost to the unranked Florida Gators 29-26 on Saturday. Not only was it not how Utes heads coach Kyle Whittingham wanted to start the season, but the team then became stranded at a Gainesville airport when the team’s charter flight was unable […]

Michigan football does not have an official starting quarterback yet. Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh has displayed hesitancy in naming who his QB1 will be in 2022. Harbaugh explained the thought process behind the on-going QB battle, per ESPN. “We’ve plowed this ground about as thoroughly as it can possibly be plowed,” Harbaugh said. “Dating […]

Call it a rookie mistake! Texas football redshirt freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers aced his first on-field test in the team’s Week 1 win over UL Monroe but had an off-field brain fart. Ewers had his car towed during the game, posting a tweet after the contest hilariously wondering how he had met such a fate. […]

Fans of the Louisiana State Tigers football team, avert your eyes, as there might be trouble afoot this early in the season. Highly-regarded wide-receiver, Kayshon Boutte, might be plotting a move away. After a frustrating game against the Florida State Seminoles which ended in a close defeat, 24-23, where Boutte only caught two passes for […]

Brian Kelly’s coaching debut for the LSU Tigers didn’t go according to his plan, as LSU football crashed in a 24-23 loss to the Florida State Seminoles Sunday night. The loss definitely also stings for Jayden Daniels, who also made his debut in an LSU football uniform in that game, but at least he managed […]

LeBron James, Jalen Ramsey and the whole sports world were in awe of what was definitely the wildest finish of the college football weekend. The Florida State Seminoles narrowly beat LSU football on Sunday, and the 24-23 scoreline certainly gave hints of the wild ending it had. FSU had a comfortable 24-10 lead after a […]

Shedeur Sanders enjoyed his greatest game as a Jackson State football player, tossing for five touchdowns in a near-perfect effort to kick off the 2022 season. No less than NBA superstar LeBron James took notice of how well Shedeur, son of NFL great Deion Sanders, performed. Shedeur Sanders completed 29-of-33 passes for 323 yards as […]

Utah football lost its first game of the 2022 college football season to Florida. It was a tough loss since the Utes had a shot to win in the dying moments, and it may have derailed their chances at making the College Football Playoff. What a fun game, though, right? The No. 7 Utah Utes […]

The Brian Kelly era in Baton Rouge did not start on the right foot, with the LSU Tigers painfully losing to the Florida State Seminoles Sunday night, 24-23. LSU football had the golden opportunity to send the game to overtime, but the ‘Noles blocked a late-game punt by the Tigers to come away with a […]

The Florida football program has fallen off the map in terms of national supremacy. The Gators were once one of the best college football programs in the country. Every season, they were in contention for a National Championship. A lot of that was likely due to head coaches Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer. The Florida […]

Cincinnati football lost its first game of the 2022 college football season to Arkansas. Despite this, the Bearcats still had numerous bright spots on display in their 31-24 loss to the Razorbacks. On several fronts, the No. 23 Cincinnati Bearcats were in uncharted territory Saturday against No. 19 Arkansas. This was the first-ever meeting between […]

Although the UCLA Bruins scored a decisive 45-17 win at home over the Bowling Green Falcons in UCLA football’s season opener Saturday, head coach Chip Kelly was still far from impressed with what he saw of his team in that contest. Speaking about the win over Bowling Green, Kelly went for a historical figure’s famous […]

The LSU football team is looking to make a statement in its season opener against Florida State. The Brian Kelly era got off to a rough start, though, as defensive lineman Maason Smith injured himself in the first quarter. Smith helped blow up a play in the backfield but then, after jumping in celebration, came […]

Multiple players who received Heisman Trophy hype in the offseason shined in their debut games of the season, including Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson. Overall, Richardson had a quiet day throwing the football in the Gators’ 29-26 home win against No. 7 Utah, recording a mere 168 passing yards. On the ground, Utah had no answer […]

Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud opened up his 2022 Heisman Trophy award candidacy with a crucial performance in the Buckeyes’ non-conference home win over Notre Dame on Saturday. Stroud did not pick up where he left off from the 2022 Rose Bowl Game with a record-breaking showing, although he did anchor two second half touchdown […]

The Clemson Tigers will open their season against Georgia Tech on Monday night. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes a Clemson-Georgia Tech prediction and pick, laid out below. Clemson went through a down year of sorts in 2021, “only” going 10-3, culminating in a Cheez-It […]

Coming off a 9-4 season, the team’s best finish in a decade, Arkansas football picked up right where it left off. The Razorbacks hosted Cincinnati for a top-25 matchup in Fayetteville on Saturday, a game that delivered on the hype. Arkansas mounted a 14-0 lead at halftime, and held on to win 31-24 in a […]

Notre Dame football opened its 2022 college football season with a loss to Ohio State. In spite of that, the Fighting Irish can take solace in several bright spots on display as they fell to the Buckeyes, 21-10. It wasn’t the fairy-tale ending that Fighting Irish fans had hoped for in head coach Marcus Freeman’s […]

Alabama opened their 2022 campaign with a dominant 55-0 victory over Utah State. It certainly wasn’t a surprising result, given how the Crimson Tide are the top ranked team in the nation and Utah State isn’t ranked, but it was nice to see ‘Bama come out of the gates hot. And at the center of […]

Oregon football opened its 2022 college football season on the wrong end of history. They lost in a totally lopsided fashion to the reigning national champions, 49-3, and there wasn’t much good to write home about. Unfortunately, it looks like these Oregon Ducks are not as great as maybe their fans thought they would be. […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes kicked off their season how every team wants to, with a win. Ohio State’s matchup with Notre Dame in Columbus was the premier game of week one, with both teams ranked in the top five. The game wasn’t pretty, and the Buckeye’s trailed for much of the game, but they pulled […]

The Texas Longhorns football team started their season on the right foot. Against the University of Louisina-Monroe, the Longhorns handled their business and then some, dominating them 52-10. It was a great debut for Quinn Ewers, who started for the first time as the QB1 of the team. Despite the Texas win, however, Quinn Ewers […]

Georgia football, the reigning national champions, were pretty much unstoppable and clicking on all cylinders as they completely dominated Oregon on Saturday. No. 3 Georgia opened their 2022 college football season by defeating No. 11 Oregon, 49-3, in the Bulldogs’ first game since winning the College Football Playoff National Championship in January. Stetson Bennett IV […]

Sometimes, it just isn’t your day. The Utah Utes football team were on the wrong end of news on Saturday night after getting upset by the Florida Gators on the road. The visitors had plenty of opportunities to put away the Gators in the final moments. However, each time, they came up short. All the […]

The USC Trojans couldn’t have asked for a better start to their football season as they dominated the field of play against the Rice Owls, 66-14. At the center of it all to bask in the glory were head coach Lincoln Riley and star quarterback Caleb Williams. Riley, who made the move to California after […]

When you’re on top of the world, it’s easy for someone to just coast on the success. After all, you’ve reached the top of your sport. There’s nowhere else to go for him. So when Alabama football standout Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy last year, fans were worried. After all, the Heisman Hangover phenomenon […]

The College Football Playoff is expanding soon — maybe sooner than you think. The CFP executive board authorized an expansion to 12 teams on Friday. It capped off a more-than-three-year effort and delivered the most substantial alteration to the playoffs in college football history. According to SI, the 11-member CFP Board of Managers unanimously voted […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James went to The Horseshoe with high expectations for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and sure enough, he didn’t leave disappointed. In fact, it’s safe to say the Lakers forward was hyped after watching Ohio State take down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with a brilliant second half. The Buckeyes trailed […]

College football is back, baby! The season started off on a high note, with some incredible blowout wins and other close matches. One of those close games came during Ohio State’s debut game in the 2022 football season against Notre Dame. The Buckeyes found themselves in a deficit early on. Ohio State football has one […]