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Florida is stuck in the mud, and Dan Mullen is doubling down

In a dizzying turn of events, a hard-fought 3-0 game turned into a 24-0 blowout and eventually, a humbling 34-7 defeat that seemed to place Gators coach Dan Mullen on the hot seat only five months after he received a three-year contract extension and a raise in his salary to $7.6 million per year, making […]

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Why Clemson is struggling, and why the Tigers shouldn’t panic

It was well past midnight on Oct. 3, but Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei was still out on the field at Memorial Stadium, throwing footballs with one of the team’s equipment managers. A few minutes before, his coach, Dabo Swinney, praised the team’s effort in a 19-13 win over Boston College. It was another spotty offensive […]

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Inside Florida football coach Dan Mullen’s two worlds: part Darth Vader, part Yoda

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dan Mullen arrives at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium one morning in August looking like death warmed over. Florida’s head football coach isn’t doing a bad Ed Orgeron impression as he croaks hello, sounding as if he has gravel lodged in his windpipe. He has strep throat. He trudges upstairs to his office […]

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College football post-spring Top 25 power rankings

Alabama, the defending national champion, had six players selected in the first round of last week’s NFL draft, tying the Miami Hurricanes’ record set in 2004. Alabama and Ohio State each had 10 players drafted overall, the most of any program in this year’s draft. Georgia was third with nine draft selections, the most in […]

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College football’s 2021 breakout players for each Top 25 team

The 2020 college football season has just ended, but it’s never too early to start looking ahead to next season. Here’s a look at one potential breakout star for each player in the 2021 Way-Too-Early Top 25. No. 1 Clemson: QB D.J. Uiagalelei This feels like cheating. Saying Uiagalelei is going to be Clemson’s breakout […]

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The 2021 Way-Too-Early college football top 25

Even in a 2020 college football season that featured more starts and stops than Los Angeles traffic, there were a handful of near certainties, such as Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State reaching the College Football Playoff. Even a pandemic couldn’t balance power in the most top-heavy sport. Will we finally see those heavyweights fall back […]

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