The Stretch Run will tell all
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All of the CFP contenders have played nine games. They all have three games left. Parity has created a jumbled up mess, with lots of teams still holding out hope they can earn a playoff spot.
NIL means every team can pay for some good players.…
Well, well, well
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Remember when I said the Steelers had a ceiling of eight wins this year?
Remember when, after a week one slopfest victory in Atlanta, I doubled down on my prediction?
Remember when I said I didn’t see three more victories on their schedule…
Get Out
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‘‘Tis the season.
I wrote about the chaos in college football a week ago. Nothing changed this week. More chaos.
Chaos causes unrest. Unrest makes administrators and athletic directors antsy. Heads begin to roll.
The first victims…
Chaos
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What happens when everyone is paying players?
You get no elite teams.
What happens when you have no elite teams?
You get chaos like we saw last Saturday.
This is what everyone wanted, and to be honest it is nice seeing teams…
Is it possible I’ve become an old fuddy duddy?
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I attended my first whiteout game on Saturday.
I learned that I am as old as my age says I am. As I turn 60 tomorrow, I now realize events like the whiteout game are not in my best interest. In other words, I am officially an old fuddy duddy.…
Two train wrecks meet in a whiteout
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USC is a train wreck.
Penn State is a train wreck.
The schedule will bring these two teams together on Saturday in Happy Valley. It is the world famous whiteout game. Everyone but me and a few hundred other USC fans will be decked out in…
What have we learned?
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Some how we have reached the one third mark of the college football season. As September gooses October onto the calendar, it seems like a good time to assess what we have learned so far.
ACC
As suspected, Miami should be able to…
USC may have a James Franklin problem
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Lincoln Riley is in year five at USC, and the school may have a James Franklin problem on their hands.
His Trojans teams still look the same. The results are very similar. The play of the team is almost identical. The same issues keep rearing…
Lackluster
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There are redeeming victories, and then there is whatever that was Sunday in Pittsburgh.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are not very good. Beating Atlanta with a third string quarterback who should be bagging groceries at the local farmer’s market is…
College Football Made Me Cranky
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College football got underway in earnest this past weekend. It should have been a beautiful thing, with big time matchups, maybe an upset or two, and a chance to sweep the offseason nonsense under the carpet.
Instead, the carpet was completely…
