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Takeaways from Week 13 of the 2025 College Football Season + Predictions for Week 14
Rivalry week is here! Ohio State continues to be dominant while Indiana got to rest its dominance for one week. Can the Buckeyes clinch a spot in the Big Ten title game? It’s as simple as win and you’re onto Indianapolis for Ohio State to take on Indiana. Otherwise, sit back and await your playoff…
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Takeaways from Week 5 of the 2025 season + Predictions for Week 6
Road warriors emerged last night with the Crimson Tide and Ducks getting top-5 wins in primetime. Oregon’s win catapulted them into the no.2 ranking this week behind Ohio State, though I’m not sure I agree with Penn State falling all the way to 7. Though there is precedent in penalizing teams for losing big games…
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A quick reaction to last week prior to today’s AP Poll release
5 of the top 11 teams lost yesterday, headlined by no.1 Alabama. In addition, no.4 Tennessee, no.9 Missouri, no.10 Michigan, and no.11 USC all lost. I think this holds up the notion that the Big Ten and SEC are the two best, but now I think it’s fair to say they are the two deepest…
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Reactions from Week 4 + Predictions for Week 5 of the 2024 College Football Season + Bonus take on Postseason Awards
No Quinn? No Problem. Texas soared with Arch at the helm in Quinn Ewers’ absence, and Michigan and USC made an early case for game of the year. 32 yards passing? no problem. Let Kalel Mullings eat. Welcome to the Big Ten, USC, and welcome to the SEC, Oklahoma. Josh Heupel emerged victorious in his…
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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 Week 7 of the 2023 College Football Season + Misses from Week 6
Just about every team in the FBS is halfway through their regular season, and boy was this a tough week for me too picking the games. As the saying goes, “That’s a bold strategy, cotton.” Picking the no.1 team to lose at home? perhaps too far. I at least had more backing and reason on…
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Predictions for Week 6 of the 2023 College Football Season + Misses from Week 5
We are nearly halfway through the 2023 College Football regular season. At least Notre Dame is, having played 6 games and recording a 5-1 start, and by a mere few inches they could have been 6-0 instead. Sadly for Iowa, Cade McNamara is done for the year with a torn ACL and Duke’s Riley Leonard…
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Predictions for Week 5 of the 2023 College Football Season + Misses from Week 4
It’s the last week of September this week, and through week 4, we’ve seen some wild things. Virtually nobody thought Alabama would be 3-1, and subsequently, virtually nobody thought Texas would be ranked in the top 5 at this point in the season. Colorado isn’t the same without Travis Hunter. Northwestern has the same record…
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Conference Realignment Proposal: A Series of B1G Hot Takes
From B1G to B18. After this season ends, USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington will join the Big Ten conference. An interesting geographical distribution for sure, but to me, how to play the games is easy. Because there are 18 teams, divisions would pit 9 teams in each of two divisions. The Big Ten also plays…
College Football Prediction Central with Paul Shen 