Despite the seismic changes that took place during college football’s offseason, the upcoming season will provide fans with a breath of familiarity. Yes, the preseason College Football Power Rankings are once again led by perennial playoff teams, Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson. But last season’s rankings had the Spencer Rattler-led Oklahoma Sooners at No. […]
Continue readingFor most college football teams across the FBS, spring practice is either over or will be winding down during the next couple of weeks. But the transfer portal, into which more than 3,600 FBS players have entered this year already, never stops churning. Coaches around the country will look to address weaknesses (and, sadly, recruiting […]
Continue readingAshford is a redshirt freshman who did not see game action in two seasons at Oregon and sat behind starter Anthony Brown, Ty Thompson and Jay Butterfield this past season. Ashford was the No. 168 prospect overall in the 2020 class and signed with Oregon out of Birmingham, Alabama. He played baseball at Oregon along […]
Continue readingWeek 3’s biggest games lived up to the hype, and yet no team in the top 10 lost. The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide looked mortal in their trip to the Swamp as the Florida Gators pushed them all the way to the final seconds, but the defending champion — and reigning juggernaut — of […]
Continue readingAlabama, 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 […]
Continue readingBut the FBS fellas are back on the field after the strangest, most trying year. We know you’re hungry for some football and hopefully a little proper tailgating, judging by your reaction to Lincoln Riley’s brisket. Let’s pitch it around a little bit with David Hale, Harry Lyles Jr. and Dave Wilson: Lyles: College football […]
Continue readingEven 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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