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Eliminating Divisions and Protecting Rivalries
The next major alignment in the era of realignment is here, and divisions are likely gone. New and innovative scheduling models allow for more lucrative conference championship games and more consistent scheduling across entire conferences. The following are potential protected rivalries in the new scheduling model likely to take over college football.
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Drunk Dialing 6.01 SEC U LATER!
Ted Flint is joined by Tami Dooley and Jared Smith to take callers after this trainwreck of a week.
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What “Plus One” College Football Schedules Could Look Like
A report from CBS Sports describes the ACC, Big 12, and SEC are considering a “plus one” approach to 2020 football: each school would be permitted one non-conference game along with their conference schedule. As other conferences cancel non-conference competition entirely, like the Big Ten and Pac-12, and some FCS leagues are even cancelling fall […]
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Returning to Conference Alignment Sanity
Ten years ago, the University of Colorado and the University of Nebraska left the Big 12 Conference, creating a domino effect across the college athletics landscape, before the realignment fervor largely settled in 2014. Since that move, the Big Ten, ACC, and SEC have become 14-member institutions, while the Pac 12 is now at 12 […]
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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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Only 9 Teams Are Good: Week 7 CFB Talk
With approximately half the season in the books, the college football playoff picture is becoming clear and, as of now, there are only nine teams that are good. To be good you must be undefeated and a member of a Power 5 conference (sorry SMU and Boise State). Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, LSU, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, […]
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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 Big Ten is Just Fine: Defending Conference Expansion
On Tuesday, the website “Go Iowa Awesome” posted an article by Patrick Vint arguing, to quote the article title, that “the Big Ten needs to contract.” Yes, as in actually kick schools out.
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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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Every power five conference needs a triple option team
If we’re honest with ourselves as fans of college football, there’s always a little added intrigue when a playoff contender takes on a triple option foe.
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