Tag: cfpcentral
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The Story of the Transfer Portal + Predictions for Week 0 and Week 1 of the 2024 College Football Season
Alas, the season is finally here. I can’t remember when week 0 became a thing, though I believe it was 2019 when Miami debuted with head coach Manny Diaz in an in-state rivalry between the Hurricanes and the Florida Gators. In fact, Week 0 this year will be the 5-year anniversary of that game between…
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2024 College Football Season Preview + Preseason Predictions
A new era dawns in college football, in many forms. New coaches have been on the job for a number of months now, and new details emerged this month about the sign-stealing scandal involving Michigan. More details will emerge down the line, but it is an unsettling situation that has ruffled many feathers. On a…
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My Thoughts on the emerging traction of a 14-team College Football Playoff
Recent news came out about possible ratification of a 14-team playoff starting in 2026 after the two years upcoming with 12 teams in the CFP. While >12 teams is not yet official, 12 is the supposed minimum. As it stands now, to me, the 12-team CFP does not create enough parity in college football, where…
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Parting Thoughts on the 2023 College Football Season + Final Predictions Performance
The 2023 College Football Season is finally in the books, and with it we say goodbye to the 4-team college football playoff format. As a graduate of the University of Michigan, I am incredibly happy with how this season went. Perhaps that’s an understatement, but the expectation was to get the national championship and the…
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CFP Snubs
In the 10 years of the CFP era, there have been quite a few snubs over the years. The teams ranked 5-12 in the final rankings are included below in order (these would have been the CFP first-round matchups had there been 12 teams instead of 4; the CFP will expand to 12 teams starting…
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Predictions for Week 13 of the 2023 College Football Season + Misses from Week 12
Down to the last week of the regular season! Week 12 record: 52-16 (.765)Record after Week 12: 580-199 (.744) While I am performing above the clip of the guest pickers on ESPN College GameDay in all (85-48; .639), I will later do a comparison of how I fared against the guest pickers based on the…
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Predictions for Week 12 of the 2023 College Football Season + Misses from Week 11
The first stage of the post-suspension sign stealing saga is in the books. Michigan 1, NCAA/Big Ten 0. The SEC Championship game is set, after Georgia took down Ole Miss, Alabama took down Kentucky, and Missouri dismantled Tennessee. Missouri’s win mathematically eliminated Tennessee as well as themselves unfortunately, because Georgia only has one conference game…
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Predictions for Week 11 of the 2023 College Football Season + Misses from Week 10
Happy Veterans Day to those who have served the United States of America, and to the Veterans who serve / have served in the military to defend their countries. Maryland continues to slide after a torrid start, and there was surprisingly no change among the top 8 teams in the CFP rankings and their order.…
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CFP Chaos
Depending on who you root for, or if you want the playoff discussions to be simple, you’ll hope for some of the teams in division championship contention to knock each other out, or someone to fall apart at the wrong time. This is a pivotal week because a top-10 team has lost in the debut-week…
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Predictions for Week 8 of the 2023 College Football Season + Misses from Week 7
Week 7 had just about everything you could imagine, from snoozers to wild finishes to expected outcomes. Stanford probably had the best comeback of the week, and Washington and Oregon had the best game. I did not expect the Buffs to fall apart the way they did, and I also expected Iowa and Wisconsin to…
College Football Prediction Central with Paul Shen 