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The Big 12 really does have a title game again — here’s who has the best...
Now that the Big 12 is good, having a conference title game makes less sense than ever.For a moment, close your eyes and imagine the Big 12 as the Ivy League. The conference champion does not advance...
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PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Can Ohio State *and* Penn State get revenge this...
Also: PSU’s focused fans, Auburn fans’ search for a reason, and foolish optimism (and pessimism) at the Cocktail Party.Godfrey had to sub out halfway through this episode, so we brought in someone much...
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Predicting the winner of every Week 9 CFB game, from Penn State-Ohio State...
It’s beginning to smell like November college football ...November must be near. Week 9 of the college football season features the following:a game pivotal to both the national title and Big Ten...
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Is Ohio State pulling off a 2014-style bounceback again? Penn State can...
The stats love the Buckeyes. But our eyes remember those last few big-game offensive performances. Against Penn State, the pressure’s on the home favorite.The Buckeyes have finished sixth or better in...
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Ohio State pulls off 15-point fourth quarter comeback to take down Penn State
A year after Penn State pulled off a double-digit comeback with help from a blocked kick, Ohio State returned the favor.Fourth quarter0:00. Two Barrett rushes move the chains and clinch the game. What...
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Teams of the Week: Ohio State spotted an amazing Penn State team 14 points,...
Here are the 10 teams who most impressed in a wild Week 9.It’s like Penn State begins every game with a 14-0 lead. The Nittany Lions have dominated the first quarter all season; they entered Saturday...
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130-team S&P+ rankings show we’re 1 more big upset away from some 2007-level...
This college football season is ripe for total November mayhem.Nine weeks into the college football season, we are in strange territory. The number of true statistical standouts is tiny, and the...
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PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: There are 16 good teams in college football this...
This week’s unveil of the (completely ridiculous, pointless) CFP rankings will be particularly interesting.It’s your Week 9 PAPN recap!Topics:This week’s S&P+ rankings, which feature a clean top 16...
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Here’s what the hell happened to Florida State
Five keys to the Noles becoming 2017’s most disappointing team.Every year, we swing and miss.In 2016, LSU was the preseason No. 5. Ole Miss was 11th, and Michigan State was 12th. They combined to go...
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Sorting the 9 (or so) teams that still have shots at the 2017 college...
No matter how the early top four looks, here are the nine remaining lanes to the Playoff.1. There are basically nine (clusters of) national title contendersAs ridiculous as I think the weekly College...
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November is here. Now the college football season has really begun.
August is for arguing. September is for dreaming. October is for bargaining. November is for everything.On November 1, 2008, Michael Crabtree and Texas Tech took down undefeated Texas.On November 2,...
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PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Please, lord, let Tennessee land Jon Gruden
CFP rankings! Coaching carousel! Piesman front-runners! We’ve got a lot to cover this week.It’s November! November means super-sized PAPNs.Topics:CFP rankings and — oh hey — look, a great, undefeated...
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Predicting the winner of every game in a huge Week 10 of CFB, from Bedlam to...
November starts with a bang.November is when the college football season begins, and wow, does the first weekend of November feature a loaded slate. We’ve got seven games pitting two teams ranked in...
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The 3 keys that will decide Bedlam 2017
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State isn’t the veritable Big 12 title game this time around, but it’s still as big as ever.In last year's de-facto Big 12 title game in Norman, Oklahoma State dominated the...
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Can anything prevent an Alabama-Georgia SEC title game?
And is that “anything” named LSU, South Carolina, or Auburn? Let’s see how the odds change, depending on what happens in Week 10.In 2014, the first College Football Playoff rankings featured four SEC...
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College football strength of schedule rankings and how to have a useful...
Included at the bottom is a new SOS-style ranking system that will be updated here each week.SB Nation college football editor Jason Kirk asked me to write about strength of schedule, and I’ll be...
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Oklahoma wins epic Bedlam shootout, 62-52
Baker Mayfield threw for 598 yards, and needed almost every single one of them, as the Sooners survived Bedlam.Fourth quarter0:00. And that’s that. OU picks off one last pass as time expires, and...
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Teams of the week: Iowa brought the fight, and Ohio State folded like a lawn...
A run through the 10 most impressive performances of college football’s Week 10.We are conditioned to always expect the unexpected in college football. Upsets that alter the national title landscape?...
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130-team S&P+ rankings, where Alabama rules college football once more
This college football season is ripe for total November mayhem.In a season full of flawed elites, it would make sense that Alabama stands atop the pile. The Crimson Tide are more flawed than normal,...
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PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Do NOT let Michigan State drag you into the mud
And you’re wrong — S&P+ isn’t giving Ohio State enough credit.It’s the weekend recap edition of PAPN, with Jason Kirk classing up the joint and standing in for Godfrey.Topics:This week’s S&P+...
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