The College Football Playoff picture could not be more difficult to predict as we enter the final week of the regular season with five teams from Power Five conferences currently undefeated with 11-0 records. Luckily, projecting the new AP Top 25 poll is a bit easier as those rankings are not limited to just four spots, but the Week 12 …
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Social Media Reacts to USC’s Latest Disappointing Loss
Back on October 14, Notre Dame welcomed an undefeated and 10th ranked USC team to South Bend. The Irish were coming off a disappointing and embarrassing loss at Louisville while although flawed defensively, USC was thinking they may be crashing the College Football Playoff party. We all know that Notre Dame dominated that night with a 48-20 victory. The Irish …
Read More »Joel Klatt releases new top 10
College football has just one week to go in its regular season for 2023 before the tide turns to conference championship games and eventually bowl season. Where has the fall gone? I swear it was like 3 weeks ago that Notre Dame was kicking off the season in Week 0 against Navy in Ireland. A ton has happened along the …
Read More »Predicting what the College Football Playoff rankings will look like after Week 12
There’s just one week left in the college football regular season. From there it’s off to the conference championship games. All of the action over the next couple of weeks will determine what four teams make the College Football Playoff, and this year there’s a bushel of undefeated and one-loss teams still in the mix for it all. Ohio State …
Read More »Texas Tech football’s emerging identity can transcend seasons
Periodically this season, people have asked the identity of the Texas Tech football team as if pounding Tahj Brooks, the FBS’s fifth-leading rusher with its second most carries, isn’t an identity. Another, even better identity, is emerging: Team for November. In their first two seasons under Joey McGuire, the Red Raiders are 6-1 in the last month of the regular …
Read More »Notre Dame routs Wake Forest 45-7: Immediate Takeaways
Notre Dame didn’t have the fastest of starts on their 2023 senior day but at the end of the afternoon it was enough for a 45-7 victory over Wake Forest to move to 8-3 on the season. All that remains for Notre Dame this regular season is a trip west to Stanford next weekend to close the year and hopefully …
Read More »‘oNe hEck Of a fArEwElL PrEsEnT’
That really was one heck of a farewell present from Iowa State. They gifted Texas a spot in the Big 12 title game after the Longhorns 26-16 win on Saturday night. Texas’ interior defensive line duo of T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II took Jarrod Hufford’s comments from earlier this week personally, holding the Cyclones’ offense to nine rushing yards. …
Read More »Mike Norvell, FSU football players react to Jordan Travis’ brutal injury
Florida State football’s 58-13 win over North Alabama on Saturday will likely be remembered for one play in the first quarter than the victory. In FSU’s final drive of the first quarter, quarterback Jordan Travis was taken down at the North Alabama 49-yard line on a 16-yard keep and would not get up. Upon video replay, it was apparent that …
Read More »Joel Klatt updates college football power rankings, top 10 after Week 12
It wasn’t the wildest week of college football, but it was the set up for the big payoff. Michigan football and Ohio State remained undefeated for the big Week 13 showdown in The Game, and whoever wins will have the best win in all of college football. Georgia bested Tennessee, Washington hung onto dear life in a sloppy game at …
Read More »WATCH what Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck said about Ohio State after the game
Minnesota football head coach P.J. Fleck knew it was going to be one whale of a challenge for his young team riddled with injuries to come into the ‘Shoe and hang with, let alone beat, Ohio State. He also knew it was a great opportunity. As it turns out, a pretty good effort by the Golden Gophers in the first …
Read More »SEC power rankings after Week 12: Auburn tumbles
The Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide are on a collision course to play in the SEC championship. Before an SEC champion is crowned, teams played in Week 12 action and have rivalry week. The entire SEC West played against non-Power Five opponents in Week 12. However, not every SEC West team won. The Auburn Tigers suffered an embarrassing home …
Read More »Will Jordan Travis’ injury impact Florida State’s CFP chances?
Jordan Travis’ injury could play a factor in Florida State’s College Football Playoff hopes with two games remaining. (AP Photo/Colin Hackley) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) What seemed like a ho-hum day — all of the CFP contenders won — most certainly was not. Early during its eventual win over North Alabama, the ACC’s lone unbeaten team, Florida State, lost starting quarterback Jordan …
Read More »WVU’s offense dominates as Mountaineers roll Bearcats 42-21 on Senior Day
Nov. 19—MORGANTOWN — Quarterback Garrett Greene accounted for 364 total yards and four touchdowns and Jahiem White had 279 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns as West Virginia’s offense was dominant in a 42-21 victory over Cincinnati Saturday afternoon at Milan Puskar Stadium. In the first meeting between former Big East foes since 2011, the Mountaineers (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) took …
Read More »LSU’s Jayden Daniels accounts for 509 yards, 8 touchdowns
Okay, okay it was a cupcake game for LSU against Georgia State. Still, Tigers QB Jayden Daniels probably delivered a recipe for a trip to the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York next month. In LSU’s 56-14 home victory on Saturday, Daniels was stunning, piling 509 yards of total offense and having a hand in 8 touchdowns. He threw for …
Read More »Washington holds off Oregon State, top contenders avoid upsets
Michael Penix Jr. (9) and Washington held off Oregon State in a tough road environment in Corvallis. (AP Photo/Mark Ylen) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The penultimate week of the college football presented some danger for the top College Football Playoff contenders, but in the end they all survived in Week 12. The closest call came in primetime when No. 5 Washington staved …
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