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Jack Sirianni | Friday, February 25, 2022
If you are anything like me, you long to hear the sound of trumpets and bagpipes playing on the campus of Our Lady’s University on a warm fall day while you parade around without a care in the world. However, we are well into cold Indiana winter. This winter is ripe with midterms and spring
Nate Moller | Tuesday, January 25, 2022
With the college football season coming to a close a couple of weeks ago, it’s time to look ahead to the 2022 season and group the teams into tiers. Although tier one has all of the blue bloods that have dominated the sport as of late, there are only three teams that stand out to
Nate Moller | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Every year around this time, the college football world revolves around the weekly College Football Playoff rankings. Nearly every week there exists some surprise with a team ranked too high or too low. The recent controversy has been the discussion about what to do with Group of Five teams such as Cincinnati. Although the Bearcats
Sam Ouhaj, Thomas Zwiller, Jamison Cook and Nate Moller | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Between the Red River Showdown and Iowa vs. Penn State, there are insane matchups across the board this week in college football. After some massive upsets, college football feels like it can be anyone’s season this year. Another Roundtable starts now! NCAA Games of the Week No. 6 Oklahoma @ No. 21 Texas No. 4
Sam Ouhaj, Jamison Cook, Nate Moller, Thomas Zwiller, Luke Thompson and Matt Smith | Thursday, September 23, 2021
After a college football week that held many exciting matchups, this week takes a break on the gas. Outside of a only few games, there are few intriguing matchups to watch this weekend. While it will not be another Alabama vs. Florida matchup, this is fine because it lets us here at The Roundtable shine
Luke Thompson | Thursday, September 9, 2021
Less than two days after the first full Saturday of the college football season wrapped up, we have already witnessed the first coaching casualty of the year. UConn’s Randy Edsall closed out his memorable (not in a good way) tenure in Storrs on Monday after beginning the season 0-2, including an embarrassing loss to the
Nate Moller | Tuesday, September 7, 2021
With the first full week of college football in the books, it’s time to make some predictions for the season ahead. 1. Georgia and Alabama will make the CFP After Georgia’s victory over Clemson this past weekend, the Bulldogs are in a great position to make the College Football Playoffs even if they were to
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Back for its third season, The Observer is thrilled to announce the return of The Roundtable. Our season predictions are in, and with that here at the Roundtable, we will be giving our predictions for three college football games and three NFL games when the season returns. It is time; College Football is back! NCAA
Luke Thompson | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Since the news broke this past Sunday, millions around the world have lamented the obvious cash grab some of the top European soccer clubs made with their decision to join together to form a European Super League. The move — which has drawn harsh criticism from high profile world leaders and ordinary fans alike —
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Despite the college football season wrapping up well over a month ago, Notre Dame continues to make a splash — this time, becoming the first school to temporarily withdraw their participation from EA Sports’ new college football video game. On Feb. 2, the sports video game developer announced the return of its college football series