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The first full weekend of college football season is finally upon us!! Here are some thoughts, observations, and things to keep in mind for week one. Can Will Muschamp turn things around immediately at Auburn? While some people think it might take time, it’s worth noting that Gus Malzahn transformed the Tiger offense into a […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – SEPTEMBER 3: Quarterback Travis Wilson #7 of the Utah Utes runs for a first down against the Michigan Wolverines at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 3, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
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Throughout the offseason, people wondered how Utah would do this fall after losing both coordinators. If Thursday night’s performance is any indication, the answer is “just fine.” That’s not to say that the Utes were perfect. The Utah pass rush – which led the nation in sacks last year – failed to produce one against […]
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In terms of style, college football’s season premieres fell with a thud. Ugliness infested gridirons across the land and reared its head throughout a messy Thursday night. North and South Carolina couldn’t get out of their own way for much of their game. Utah State needed an eternity to finally outlast Southern Utah (12-9 was […]
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Everyone in Minneapolis and around these United States knew that the Minnesota Golden Gophers faced very small margins on Thursday night against the TCU Horned Frogs. When you’re a 16-point underdog, it only stands to reason that winning a game demands not just a spirited and resilient effort, but one imbued with enough airtight precision […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – SEPTEMBER 3: Quarterback Jake Rudock #15 of the Michigan Wolverines throws during the first half of their game against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 3, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
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Michigan’s first TD under Jim Harbaugh was a memorable one. Despite being smothered by Utah defenders, Jake Butt came up with the catch to pull the Wolverines within seven.
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Before every season, college football fans know the drill: Notre Dame, due to its brand name and immense cultural reach in the United States, generally gets rated highly in the polls and is accompanied by quite a lot of national buzz. No team is more a friend of fanfare — whether deserved or not — […]
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Anyone who has been through enough college football seasons to appreciate the rhythms of this sport (or a lack thereof) knows that even the most discouraging week-one losses can be overcome. The sport with no preseason games puts a lot of 19- and 20-year-old athletes into a competitive cauldron they’re simply not used to. It […]
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Every year, college football makes us very angry. “Us” refers to everyone who participates in the rollercoaster of emotions that is a college football season — the fans who get upset at pundits, the writers who can’t stand how the playoff system works (or fails to work), the coaches who can’t stand referees, and the […]
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College basketball is, in the eyes of many Americans, a niche sport. Our internal traffic numbers here at The Student Section showed that in our first college sports cycle, basketball readership skyrocketed in March but didn’t remotely approach March levels in any other month before or since. At least in terms of content consumption (as […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – AUGUST 30: Greyson Lambert #11 of the Virginia Cavaliers passes the ball during first half action against the UCLA Bruins at Scott Stadium on August 30, 2014 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
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Mark Richt made the right decision to select Greyson Lambert as Georgia’s starting quarterback. The Bulldogs will be a better team this fall with Lambert under center because of his skills and experience. I realize that this point of view will raise a few eyebrows. After all, Lambert lost his job to Matt Johns at […]
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The magical time is upon us. College football is back for it’s 146th season, and week one is shaping up to be a slambang fun time for fans across the country. You’ve read lists aplenty telling you the biggest games to watch, so we’ll take it in a different direction with five games of varying importance […]
When Bill Callahan came to Nebraska as head coach midway through the first decade of the new century, Nebraska’s defense regularly surrendered video-game point totals. When Colorado posted 62 against Nebraska on Thanksgiving weekend in 2001, the result was hard to put into words… much like “Germany 7, Brazil 1.”
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With the college football season set to get underway Thursday night, a number of schools have dreams of a conference and in some cases, perhaps a national championship. For some teams however, just making a bowl games would constitute a successful season. Here are the 10 teams from Power 5 conferences with the longest bowl […]
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For those that don’t know, the Student Section now has a radio show with The Inscriber Media Network on BlogTalkRadio. Here’s the audio from our initial show this past Monday, with associate editor Terry Johnson interviewing managing editor Matt Zemek, Phil Harrison of College Football News, and staff writer Mike Abelson. The Student Section Radio […]
