Tag: College Football
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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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Predictions for the 2023 College Football Bowl Games
Bowl season starts this week! Season record: 638-217 (.746) Week 14 record: 6-5 (.545) December 16 (6 games): Ohio def. Georgia Southern, 27-23Jacksonville State def. Louisiana, 30-24Miami (OH) def. Appalachian State, 27-20New Mexico State def. Fresno State, 31-23UCLA def. Boise State, 35-30Texas Tech def. California, 34-24 December 18 (1 game): Western Kentucky def. Old Dominion,…
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Predictions for Conference Championships in the 2023 College Football Season + Final Top 4 Scenarios
Michigan beat Ohio State for a third straight year and will vie for a third straight conference championship as well. Alabama escaped the wildest of Iron Bowls and the conference championships are set. With the help of a computer, UNLV and and Boise State will play for the Mountain West championship. With the rankings revealed…
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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…
College Football Prediction Central with Paul Shen 