Last season, we learned that a team can lose to Northern Illinois and still (easily) make the College Football Playoff. It was one of the greatest lessons we could have learned in the very first year of the 12-team Playoff because it immediately forced us to recalibrate the way we view teams and the natural ups and downs of the …
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At a time when college football continues to be caught in the chaos it created, one coach has an idea for calming things down. Via the Associated Press, Colorado coach Deion Sanders believes that players should be paid for making the postseason tournament, and that they should get more money if their teams win. “[N]ow it’s equality, now it’s even, …
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NASCAR returns to its roots with a visit to Darlington Raceway for Sunday’s Southern 500. At a track that hosted its first Cup race in 1950, the playoffs will begin. Coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. ET Sunday on USA Network. The green flag is scheduled to wave shortly after 6 p.m. ET. With help from Racing Insights, here is a …
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The latest College Football Playoff projections are here from USA Today as they broke down the entire playoff and bowl projections. It should be noted they only ranked the top four seeds in the playoffs but noted the matchups in the first round from the other eight CFP teams, although we can note the seeds based on the second round …
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Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider The first round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs is often considered one of not beating yourself. But taking a look at the standings entering the 2025 postseason, and it appears that just hoping something bad happens to four other drivers might not be the best strategy. Only 11 points separate seventh through 16th in …
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Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where Japanese kickers who learn the craft on YouTube are all the rage. Oh, you thought the College Football Playoff bids were contentious last year? Get ready for an escalated war of words this season. The posturing actually began last December, when the CFP selection committee had the unmitigated …
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Every contending team has star players, but they also have those special players who often fly under the radar yet are indispensable to a team’s success during a playoff run. These players have intangibles that aren’t always seen by the public, and with the focus mostly on stars, they often get overlooked, particularly outside their local market. It’s time to …
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The 2025 college football season officially kicks off with Saturday’s Big 12 Top 25 matchup between No. 22 Iowa State and No. 17 Kansas State from Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. So, with games returning this weekend, ESPN and SEC Network analyst Greg McElroy took a stab at projecting how the upcoming season will end in the 2025 College Football …
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The SEC finally going to nine conference games is great for the fans, for the sport and for ESPN’s ratings. It could also help stave off a potential disaster. It could be the thing that gets Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti to back off his harebrained College Football Playoff proposals. At Big Ten Media Days last month, one coach after …
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