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Thomas Zwiller | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Clap. (pause) Clap. (pause) Clap. That’s right. I am slow-clapping for myself. Well, not for myself, but ZeLO. ZeLO’s prediction that the College Football Playoff (CFP) would result in Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State was spot on, largely because ZeLO favored Utah over USC in the Pac-12 championship. And when the scenario played out
Nate Moller | Thursday, September 23, 2021
Three weeks into the college football season, the College Football Playoff is already starting to take shape. Here I will list out the different tiers of teams. The Top Contenders Alabama: The Crimson Tide are no strangers to being the top contender for the playoffs, and they are looking the part of a contender this
Hayden Adams | Thursday, January 14, 2021
2021 was always going to be a rebuilding year for Notre Dame on the gridiron. The Irish were going to lose at least three starters on the offensive line (now four with Aaron Banks declaring for the NFL), see two starters at wide receiver go, have to replace a sixth-year veteran and a fifth-year graduate
Jimmy Ward | Friday, December 4, 2020
I won’t be the first person on planet earth to claim to know anything about how the College Football Playoff committee works. But in my gut I am fairly certain of one thing: Notre Dame makes the playoff no matter how sloppy their loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship. I’ll be ignoring plenty of
Thomas Zwiller | Monday, September 21, 2020
The Big Ten Football Conference announced that it would cancel its fall 2020 season on Aug. 11th, but after protests, a petition and even lawsuits, the Big Ten is back. The season will officially start on the weekend of Oct. 24th. The biggest reason for the Big Ten’s change of course is that they have
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, September 13, 2017
On Saturday night, Oklahoma played Ohio State in a highly anticipated early season matchup between top-five teams. Much of the focus coming into the game was on Baker Mayfield, the All-American quarterback for Oklahoma and a Heisman Trophy favorite. Many wondered how Mayfield would perform in a hostile environment like Ohio Stadium. Mayfield didn’t disappoint.