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Michigan football has had their hands full with the TCU Horned Frogs in the first half of the Fiesta Bowl. The Wolverines found themselves down by as many as 18 points at one point, though the team’s lack of offensive success hasn’t been due to a lack of opportunity. Michigan football has ventured into the […]

The Michigan Wolverines went into Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl/CFP Semifinal as a slim favorite to take down TCU but heading into halftime, they trail 21-6 after a very sloppy two quarters. It will a ton of guts and determination to even come back from an 18-point deficit and unfortunately, this Jim Harbaugh coaching stat isn’t good […]

Naysaying fans across the country weren’t the only ones who believed Alabama football had nothing to play for in the Sugar Bowl. The Crimson Tide’s counterpart Kansas State Wildcats even went public with that assumption, questioning whether Alabama’s horde of highly ranked recruits had the “heart” to battle with the purple-and-silver after missing out on […]

Kentucky went into the Music City Bowl game with Iowa having high hopes of coming away with a victory over the Big Ten representative. Unfortunately for head coach Mark Stoops, the Iowa defense throttled the Wildcats for 60 minutes and the Hawkeyes registered a 21-0 blanking. Stoops was philosophical after the game when he met […]

Can you smell the roses? The granddaddy of them all is here as the 109th annual Rose Bowl game in Pasadena has a matchup that will surely provide plenty of fireworks! The Penn State Nittany Lions travel west to take on a Utah Utes squad who is playing in this game for the second-straight year. […]

The Cotton Bowl is finally here to kick off 2023 as the Tulane Green Wave represents the Group of Five against the USC Trojans of the Pac-12. Let’s check out our College Football odds series where our Tulane-USC prediction and pick will be revealed! After capturing one of the more successful seasons in Tulane’s history, the […]

The SEC and Big Ten clash on the football field as the Mississippi State Bulldogs take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Join us for our College Football odds series where our Mississippi State-Illinois prediction and pick will be revealed. Fresh off of an 8-4 season that saw the Bulldogs defeat their arch nemesis in Ole Miss […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2022 Sugar Bowl win over Kansas State likely marked the end of an era for multiple players in the program, including Will Anderson Jr. The junior linebacker is expected to soon declare for the 2023 NFL Draft, where he is projected to be selected in the first round. Anderson could have […]

This year’s New Year’s Six bowl games feature several exciting matchups outside of the playoff games. You can read about our college football picks for the playoff games here. Utah will look to win the Rose Bowl after coming up just short last year, while Penn State tries to keep the Rose Bowl trophy in […]

The 2022 season did not come close to meeting Nick Saban and Alabama football’s lofty standards. With that being said, their effort would be considered a success by almost any other college football program. Saban and the Crimson Tide earned their 11th victory of the year with their dominant 45-20 Sugar Bowl win on Saturday. […]

Despite falling on hard times recently, Nebraska football remains one of the most storied programs in college football history. The Cornhuskers simply dominated the sport in the latter half of the 20th Century, finishing with at least nine wins in every season from 1969 to 2001. With Matt Rhule now at the helm, the Huskers […]

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels could have joined the multitude of players who have already declared for the 2023 NFL Draft. Instead, the junior quarterback announced earlier this month that he will return to LSU for the 2023 season. Daniels considered all options regarding the future of his football career, and in the end, there were […]

Bryce Young was on another level in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2022 Sugar Bowl clash against Kansas State. After a rather slow start in the game, Young picked it up in Alabama’s third drive on offense, guiding the SEC powerhouse to a touchdown drive that culminated in Isaiah Bond hauling in a 6-yard touchdown catch. […]

Florida football has become one of the most storied programs in college football history. Their run of dominance throughout the ’90s and 2000s will always be one of the most impressive in the history of the game, and very few teams can compete with it. Along with that, some of the greatest college football players […]

Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are well in control of the 2022 Sugar Bowl, leading the Kansas State Wildcats 42-13 at the time of this publication. Although Saban and company likely won’t care about this stat as long as they get the win, Alabama gave up one of the longest plays from scrimmage […]

The BYU Cougars are mourning 22-year-old offensive lineman Sione Veikoso, who died in a construction accident in his hometown of Kailua, Hawai’i on Friday. Six men were at the site when a 15-foot retaining rock wall behind a home partially collapsed and trapped three of them, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Veikoso was pronounced dead […]

Bryce Young and the Alabama football Crimson Tide looked to be in trouble in the first half of the Sugar Bowl, as the Kansas State Wildcats jumped out to a 10-0 lead. But that was before Young, the projected first overall pick in many NFL Mock Drafts, took over the game in the first half. […]

Clemson football had a very disappointing end to its season on Friday night. The Tigers earned an invite to the Orange Bowl as ACC champions, but they certainly didn’t look like champions in the 31-14 loss to Tennessee. Although, that score may not tell the full story. If one were to look at the stats […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes head into Saturday’s College Football Playoff Semifinal as a clear underdog against defending champions Georgia. And if you’re asking CFB analyst Lee Corso if they have any chance of winning this game, he is increasingly confident the Bulldogs will roll over the Big Ten standouts. Via Brad Galli: “Lee Corso on […]

North Carolina State radio broadcaster Gary Hahn has been suspended indefinitely after making a reference to “illegal aliens” in El Paso, Texas during the Wolfpack’s loss to Maryland in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Friday night. Here's what got NCSU announcer Gary Hahn immediately and indefinitely suspended after today's broadcast: pic.twitter.com/4qkyQ1jzT2 — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) […]

Trevor Lawrence hasn’t played against South Carolina for a couple of years now, but his impact can still be felt when they play his former football team Clemson. The current QB for the Jacksonville Jaguars tore up the Gamecocks during his time there for the Tigers. It’s hardly a surprise, then, when South Carolina fans […]

Josh Heupel and the Tennessee Volunteers cruised to an Orange Bowl title on Friday night, defeating the Clemson Tigers 31-14 in front of over 63,000 fans at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. They also made some history in the process, becoming the first program since 2001 to cap off an 11-win season with […]

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers football program were defeated handily by the Tennessee Volunteers in the Orange Bowl by a score of 31-14 on Friday night. The Orange Bowl result was a major step forward for the Volunteers, as well as a big step back for the Tigers. In fact, some critics wondered if […]

The football world lost a great man a couple of weeks ago when Mike Leach passed away. Leach, the former Mississippi State head coach, died after a battle with. Many fans, players, and coaches mourned the death of the legendary head coach. Ahead of their Sugar Bowl game against Kansas City, the Alabama football program […]

The Georgia Bulldogs are in a position to win their second consecutive national championship, as they are the top seed in the College Football Playoff. When they take the field Saturday at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta against No. 4 Ohio State, quarterback Stetson Bennett has the responsibility of leading the attack. https://twitter.com/jontweetssports/status/1608488882324262912 Bennett has […]

Ole Miss running back Zach Evans has declared for the NFL draft. The junior running back announced his decision on Friday. In a tweet sent out by Zach Evans, he wrote, “I want to thank Coach Kiffin, Coach Blackwell, Coach Upton, and the rest of the Coaches, trainers, and staff members at Ole Miss. Thank […]

USC is one of the most honored programs in the history of college football. Trojans football is certainly the pre-eminent West Coast representative, and this school can compete with top football schools like Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan, Ohio State and Texas when it comes to tradition. As a result, the Trojans have an array of brilliant […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide will see plenty of change with their offense in the 2023 season, including at the wide receiver position. For one, three wideouts who recorded at least one reception in the regular season have entered the NCAA transfer portal. Still, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is “extremely confident” that the team’s wide receiver […]

It all comes down to this! The College Football Playoff will kick off between an enticing matchup in the Fiesta Bowl between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Michigan Wolverines. Join us for our College Football odds series where our TCU-Michigan prediction and pick will be made. For a short few days, TCU’s playoff odds hung […]

Dorian Thompson-Robinson came up short of breaking a notable UCLA record. Thompson-Robinson entered the Bruins’ 2022 Sun Bowl matchup against the Pittsburgh Panthers in need of 285 passing yards to break the record for the most such yards in program history. Cade McNown currently holds this record, as he capped off his four-season run at […]

This weekend brings us the college football playoff semifinals, which consist of two potentially great games. One of these games is a possible game-of-the-year candidate as #4 Ohio State takes on the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Let’s get into my best bets for the playoff semifinals, for those of you who are looking to make money […]

The Kentucky Wildcats entered the 2022 season full of expectations. After being ranked No. 20 in the preseason and winning its first four games, the team was not able to continue as a contender and fell out of the rankings. However, for the 2023 season, the Wildcats could be competitive again with the addition of […]

New Year’s Eve is almost here as the Music City Bowl will be the talk of Nashville when the Iowa Hawkeyes battle it out with the Kentucky Wildcats on the final day of 2022. Let’s take a look at our College Football odds series where our Iowa-Kentucky prediction and pick will be unveiled. Although plagued with […]

Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart said the standard will not change for the Bulldogs when they face the head coach Ryan Day and Ohio State Buckeyes in the Peach Bowl, ESPN Staff Writer Alex Scarborough wrote in a Friday article. “The standard doesn’t change,” Smart said Friday. “Players change.” Smart said he remembered his experience […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff aspirations hit a brick wall following their double-digit home defeat to Michigan last month. A win for the Buckeyes against the Wolverines would have then clinched them a spot in the Big Ten title game and likely a berth in the College Football Playoff. Ohio State ended up […]

Bowl season rages on as the Sugar Bowl has finally arrived for all to see! In this year’s edition of one of the more popular annual bowl game, the Alabama Crimson Tide will clash on the gridiron with the Kansas State Wildcats. It is time to check out our College Football odds series where our […]

After a down 2021 season, the LSU Tigers entered the 2022 college football season full of pressure and expectations under new head coach Brian Kelly. Thanks to Jayden Daniels, the Tigers bounced back and made it to the SEC Championship Game. To make things better, Daniels announced he will return to Baton Rouge for the […]

The new year is nearly upon us, and that means the Rose Bowl isn’t far behind. Traditionally on New Year’s Day, the “Granddaddy of Them All” will instead be on Jan. 2 this year (thanks, NFL). While waiting the extra day is unfortunate, the matchup between Penn State and Utah makes it worth it. This […]

If you were to sit down and write the story of college football in America, it cannot be done without mentioning Notre Dame football. The Fighting Irish are still one of the most successful programs in the sport. They also have easily one of the largest fan bases, which is in part due to being […]