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Two weeks into the season and a few surprises have notched knots on the heads of many pundits. Meanwhile, I continue to base rankings on the old fashion way – they earn it by playing someone noteworthy and winning. From Last Week Up – Michigan Down – LSU, Utah Out – Boise State, TCU, Maryland, [...]

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College football is a great game and it will bring many of us much excitement over the next four months. On the other hand, count me in as one who can’t stand the scheduling antics of the athletic departments. These pompous occupants within the sacred college campus continue to appall me by scheduling games against [...]

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I started tracking out-of-conferences games of BCS conference teams five years ago when the NCAA expanded the regular season to 12 games. The statistics show the following: Number of games against BCS conference teams is relatively constant. Number of games played against nonD1 teams is increasing. Number of games played against D1 teams is decreasing. [...]

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Five years ago the college football regular season expanded to 12 games. Since then, I have monitored the out-of-conference games played by the BCS conference teams. Some points about the study Only out-of-conference (OOC) games are counted It has nothing to do with determining “the better” conference nor designed to favor one conference over another [...]

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The start of college football is upon us, meanwhile the pundits are proclaiming a lot with their preseason predictions and preseason polls. I must say this, and not necessarily to brag,  but I’ve been doing preseason polls for the past four years and I seem to have the knack for hitting the nail on the [...]

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