By: Steve Smith Most 8-or 9-year-old boys are into superheroes when they are growing up. Spiderman, Batman, Superman, you name it, and each character can capture the attention of a young man who looks up to them. Formative years are spent playing with figurines, watching cartoons, and perhaps even going
Nights like Monday night were never supposed to happen. For context, I grew up in Indiana, one county east of South Bend (in the hometown of Rick Mirer, IYKYK). So the shadow of Touchdown Jesus and everything Notre Dame looms quite large in my childhood. But I’m the type to
A journey through a quarter century of Miami Hurricane fandom ahead of their return to the National Spotlight If you ask people how they became fans of a team, many will have interesting stories. Some attended the school or had family that were alumni. Some root for the local team.
Happy New Year to all our amazing readers! We’ve been blessed to continue seeing growth in 2025 for our college football content brand and hope to see all our you (and more!) in 2026. As for a gift, I’d like to give you all a little mock draft in case
The only downside of the expanded playoff is fewer SEC teams to cover, but the opportunity to focus on the biggest games of the season is well worth the tradeoff. Five SEC teams (Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M) earned playoff bids, with four taking the field in
By: Steve Smith The 2025 college football regular season is complete, and this time of year is always bittersweet. We have so much to still look forward to with the Playoffs, Bowl Season, and the Heisman, but we are also just a few short weeks from the dread of the
The Rivalry Week gods were smiling down on me delivering the 4-1 results we needed to be on the cusp of a winning season going into the CFP and bowls. I was rockheaded in my commitment to Cristobal stumbling on the way to the house, but otherwise nothing to criticize
When has rivalry week in the SEC not lived up to the billing? Outside of a few blowouts, we watched underdogs impact or nearly impact the championship hopes of their arch-rivals with major upsets or near misses. One SEC team played with fire and almost saw its college football playoff
I can’t believe it, but we’ve made it through the college football regular season. Now we get to ask, WHO’S GOING BOWLING, and WHERE WILL THEY GO? 12 Big Ten teams have qualified for a bowl game; here’s how I expect it to play out. (I’ll be skipping the College
1 – Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia (vs #19 Tennessee) 18/28 – 268 yards – 1 touchdown / 20 carries – 165 yards – 1 touchdown Americas quarterback was back at it again on Saturday, leading the Commodores to a 45-24 drubbing of in-state rival Tennessee to secure the programs first
Championship week arrives with real stakes. Eight teams are out, 17 teams are still fighting, and the path to the first 12-team playoff is as wild as ever. Here is how the system works: Serious ContenderA team firmly in the driver’s seat for a playoff spot. Even with one loss,
I got too cute with the best bet heater last week, and now I’m really desperate for a sweep ahead of Conference Championship Game weekend. While the Maryland-Michigan under was defensible based on the current teams and their recent play, I usually afford weight to series history and trends, and
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