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Could Missouri really win back-to-back SEC East titles and make it back to the SEC Championship Game? The Tigers are 60 minutes away from doing so — the red-hot Arkansas Razorbacks stand in their way.

Missouri Player Boycott: a story much bigger than sports

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The Missouri Tiger football program is going to function rather differently than any other program for at least a little bit. What has now been widely reported, covered, and discussed is this: Black Missouri football players are going to boycott team activities as they call for school president Tim Wolfe to be fired or leave […]

10 non-conference showdowns we probably won’t see this season

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This time of year — the middle of November, a few weeks before Thanksgiving and the end of the regularly-scheduled portion of the season — represents the perfect time for college football to adopt and implement the “Bracket Buster” event from past years in college basketball. Matching teams of note in non-conference games — late […]

10 conference matchups we needed to see this year, but won’t

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The college football season is close enough to the finish line (*weeps uncontrollably*) that the conference championship game matchups are beginning to take shape. Clemson is officially in the ACC title game, which means Florida State is out. Florida is in the SEC title game, which means… good God, the SEC East is awful yet […]

TUSCALOOSA, AL – NOVEMBER 07: Leonard Fournette #7 of the LSU Tigers is tackled by Reuben Foster #10 and Denzel Devall #30 of the Alabama Crimson Tide in the third quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

5 Things We Learned From Week 10

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With a number of big games on the docket, this weekend’s action was easily the most exciting of the season so far. Here are five things we learned from week 10: 5. The Baylor offense will be fine under the leadership of quarterback Jarrett Stidham. Yes, I was pretty sure that this would be the […]

Breaking a 3-way tie for the AAC West… and why it matters

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With Navy thumping Memphis on Saturday, there are some serious doubts as to which team will come out on top in the American Athletic Conference. League championships obviously matter to the teams who win them, and they bring important bragging rights, but why should The American champion be relevant on a national level? Let’s quickly […]

Oklahoma State takes center stage in the Big 12

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When do we start believing in Oklahoma State and the Big 12? The popular choice would be after Saturday’s 20-point beatdown of TCU, but the Cowboys have been flying under the radar in the conference all season. The TCU game could make them the flavor of the week, but when do they officially crack the […]

2011 and other recent years remind us: early-November losses aren’t fatal

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Saturday night’s annual early-November showcase between LSU and Alabama started slowly, enough to create thousands of references to the 2011 game between the two schools. If you follow college football on Twitter (as I do, using our Student Section account to live-tweet the action on Saturdays), you saw plenty of “9-6” or “2011” or “3-0 […]

Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo, left, reacts with safety Emmett Merchant following a turnover by Notre Dame during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Has Navy taught BYU something about conference affiliation?

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Conference affiliation for independent FBS schools always lurks in the background when college football is discussed. It moves to the foreground when a high-profile figure chooses to mention the subject. Such was the case this past summer, as Gary Pinkel of Missouri and Dabo Swinney of Clemson both said that Notre Dame needed to join […]

Pick Six Special Edition: Missouri Players Taking a Stand

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The eyes of a nation will focus on the college football community for awhile. We’re not referring solely to fans of the sport, either. Good Morning America, The Today Show, and CBS This Morning; CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News; every other network, blog, personality, and human with an opinion will weigh in on the matter: […]

Woo Pig Lateral: on the Arkansas miracle and the intent of a rule

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What an absolutely unhinged college football season this has been in terms of producing ridiculous game-defining plays. Arkansas just entered the hall of honor with its Houdini on Saturday evening against Ole Miss. I’m calling it “Woo Pig Lateral.” This play joins TCU’s “Flea Tipper” against Texas Tech; BYU’s two Tanner Mangum-produced “Mormon Miracles”; Michigan […]

TUSCALOOSA, AL – NOVEMBER 07: Derrick Henry #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rushes away from Jamal Adams #33 of the LSU Tigers in the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Alabama Demolishes LSU, Vaults into SEC West Lead

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When the initial College Football Playoff rankings came out, everyone had an opinion about Alabama being in the top four. Some felt the Tide deserved their No. 4 ranking, while others complained that their inclusion was just another example of SEC bias. I took a completely different approach. Rather than address the rankings — which […]

Michigan State encounters a timeless sports truth

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Sports offer many lessons about life, and “The Games People Play” certainly conveyed one important lesson to the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday: Don’t put yourself in position to get jobbed by something out of your control. * It is true that sports can be overrated as a teacher of life lessons. Coaches so reflexively […]

Memphis, shaken and rattled by Navy, learns a November lesson

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Earlier in the week, colleague Bart Doan sized up the coming clashes in the American Athletic Conference,  the league poised to grab the New Year’s Six bowl spot in the Group of Five conferences. Naturally, the prospect of a College Football Playoff berth also existed for the Memphis Tigers entering this weekend. They defeated Ole […]

OXFORD, MS – NOVEMBER 07: Brandon Allen #10 of the Arkansas Razorbacks is carried off the field by his teammates following an overtime victory over the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Arkansas ends SEC CHAOS, saves itself in the process

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Getting it done while being sexy in the process is only important if we’re still in the BCS era, or if you’re casting for the adult film industry. For the rest of us, simply getting it done is enough. Arkansas saved its season on a play that may as well be called “The Bielema” for […]

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