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Tag: Big 10

  • Good team win… Great Teams cover

    Good team win… Great Teams cover

    What’s up guys. Welcome to this college football gambling column I’m starting here. I should probably start by saying I was sick a few weeks back and threw a couple of bucks on some college football games while I was on the couch all day. I did decent enough that I figured I’d take after […]

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  • Big Red to the Big 10 (Ten years later)

    Big Red to the Big 10 (Ten years later)

    It has now been ten years since Nebraska left the Big 12 Conference for the Big 10 on June 11, 2010. On that date, the Huskers made the move out of a conference they had been a core member of since 1907, when they were original members of a conference that morphed from the MVIAA […]

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  • Conference Tournament Preview

    Conference Tournament Preview

    The best week of basketball may not actually be the first round of the NCAA tournament but conference tournament week. It certainly is for the betting crowd. There are more games and they run all day and into the night this week. By mid-day Thursday you’re so enamored with basketball you begin wonder why anyone […]

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  • The 2019 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    The 2019 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    While the usual suspects appear set to be making a run at the college football playoff, there’s always plenty of room for surprises in the world of college football.

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  • The 2018 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    The 2018 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    This Saturday, August 25th, college football returns into our lives. The 2018 season kicks off with Duquesne traveling to UMASS, a game that is certainly bound to be one of the most pivotal contests of this new campaign. Just kidding. We asked our contributors to take a stab at a few predictions for this upcoming season. […]

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  • How to Get a Group of Five Team to the Playoff

    How to Get a Group of Five Team to the Playoff

    Eventually, a small conference team is going to end up in the College Football Playoff. It never would’ve happened if left to the BCS computers, but adding in a human element has put in an opportunity for decision making that can be exploited. It’s only a matter of time, and good football. Four things have […]

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  • 2017 Iowa Football Preview

    2017 Iowa Football Preview

    Reading the tea leaves for Iowa football is always a difficult task before the season starts. They’re not like an Alabama who you can count on to be pretty good nor are they like an Iowa State who you can usually count on to be pretty bad. Like most teams, they fall somewhere in between […]

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  • Bracketology for KenPom truthers

    Bracketology for KenPom truthers

    We all have those friends that love to throw KenPom stats in our face when talking college basketball. So I’ve decided to see what the bracket would look like if the seeding was done using KenPom metrics.

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  • POLLitically Incorrect – 2/14/17

    POLLitically Incorrect – 2/14/17

    Today is Valentine’s Day, so maybe I should be nice for a change. Here’s how each team *could* win the National Championship. #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs [60] (LW: 1) – Not losing a single game is a solid strategy to win the Natty. Gonzaga should stick to that IMO. #2 Villanova Wildcats [5] (LW: 2) – To repeat as champions, […]

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