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By now, I think we all understand the top 10 is a social construct. Every week, the Associated Press ranks college football teams for the chief purposes of adding weight to games and, perhaps more importantly, blatantly disrespecting your favorite team. Therefore, it doesn’t really make sense to react strongly when a top-10 squad loses. ...

It can be really hard to get out of a food rut. What’s that, you ask? Well, it’s my own term for the habit I’m pretty sure most humans get into of ordering the same thing at their local restaurants, eating the same five meals at home in rotation, and buying all the same groceries. ...

Like an airplane on its initial climb, my early season betting picks have experienced some minor turbulence. The key is to slowly increase air speed, power through the clouds, and eventually reach a nice, comfortable cruising altitude.

The Sneaky Stats you need to know about BYU, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Arizona before Week 2 of the 2022 college football season

Let’s circle back to the storyline that dominated the early offseason — all those new head coaches. After a single game of action, how do their fan bases feel? Yes, it’s definitely way too early to form any rational thoughts about these guys. And? Last I checked, rationality had no place in college football. Let the rampant, unfounded speculation begin.

The preseason picks and previews, the endless speculation, a product of the lengthy months we endure without the sport we love. Week 1 is our first chance to see whether any of it was true. But while it provides data, Week 1 also distorts the eventual truth.

So, about last week. In hindsight, I could’ve saved myself about 250 words on Nebraska. The Huskers are, in the famous words of Denny Green, exactly who we thought they were. And alas, I let Scott Frost off the hook. Thankfully for Northwestern fans, Pat Fizgerald did not. The Cats looked good in Ireland and ...

Welcome to the Week 1 edition of the 2022 Sneaky Stats series! If you joined us last week for Week 0 or at all last year, you already know the drill. The Sneaky Stats series is your one-stop shop for all the most intriguing, predictive, goofy, and perhaps “sneaky” stats that define the biggest matchups ...

We all reach points in life when we have to take a good, long look in the mirror and ask ourselves who we are deep down. I had one such moment Saturday afternoon when I felt a knot in my stomach that could only be attributed to a deep, incurable sickness of the mind and ...