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Back when I was in law school at Alabama, I used to watch college football games every week with my buddies. The featured game was of course the Tide against, well, whoever. I didn’t really care if Bama won, though. I was a bigger fan of my alma mater. So while my friends whooped and ...

We’ve reached the point in the season where we have reliable data on most teams in college football. Through six weeks of the season, tendencies are starting to be confirmed while many of our speculative, preseason assumptions are going out the window. Such is the nature of the college football beast. This is our 15th ...

In the world of sports, bandwagon fans receive slightly less admiration than your average war criminal and slightly more respect than your average Oklahoma defensive back. Needless to say, you don’t want to be accused of hopping aboard a hype train long after it’s left the station.

This year in college football, we've got chaos across the sport. Surprises galore. Some teams are unexpectedly up (hi, Kansas!) and some are falling off a cliff (sup, Aggies). Now, as we round into the main meat of the year's schedule, we'll be able to see more clearly whether these hot (or cold) starts are trends or mere bumps in the road.

Oh, the sweet sensation of lifting the Chalice of Undefeatedness on a Sunday morning! It's a feeling that never gets old. You never know how many undefeated weeks you'll have when it comes to picking games against the spread. It's just important to celebrate in an understated way that doesn't upset the Gambling Gods. I did this after an undefeated slate in Week 3 and, boy howdy, my Week 4 was a tire fire. After last week's triumph, we're back in the black with a winning record. Let's keep the momentum in Week 6, shall we?

College football, at its worst, is predictable. The same handful of teams in the Playoff, the same conference champions, pretty much any third-down call by the Iowa offense. But then something unexpected occurs. Cincinnati cracks the top four, Michigan wins the Big Ten, Iowa still calls the same thing on third down but fails in ...

College football's Week 5 may not appear the most stacked, but a good chunk of it will be fun. Here's what to watch.

One week after drinking from the sweet chalice of undefeatedness, the Gods reminded me of my own mortality. I picked Clemson to cover a 7-point spread in a game against Wake Forest, but after the game went to overtime, I found myself rooting openly for the Deacs. If the Tigers weren't going to cover against a team with no defense, I wanted them to lose outright. I backed Oregon and very nearly won on the most miraculous of front door covers, only to be reminded that nothing is a given until the clock hits 0:00.

It’s the Monday following Week 4 of college football in 2022. As several top-25 teams showed us Saturday, it’s cool to be soft. Vulnerability, in many ways, is a strength.