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Ole Miss Over Alabama – Changing the SEC
The dominance of the SEC has never been about parity. But maybe that’s changing. Ole Miss beat Alabama 23-17, ending with Blake Sims throwing an interception while Bo Wallace managed not to ruin anything for the Rebels, ending a long drought in this rivalry and perhaps providing the school with its biggest win in a generation.
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College Football – Only Ten Undefeated Teams Left
The first weekend of College Football in October completely changed the outlook of the rankings and what the playoffs will be like according to the current situation, as only ten teams in the nation remain undefeated: Three in the SEC (Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State), two in the ACC (Florida State, Georgia Tech), two in the Big 12 (Baylor, TCU), one in the Pac-12 (Arizona), Notre Dame among the Independents and Marshall from Conference USA.
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Arizona Over Oregon: Officials Help Shake the Pac-12 Up
Maybe even without the officials helping out, Arizona would have come out of Autzen Stadium with a win. However, their 31-24 victory over Oregon didn’t feel quite right with two terrible calls on their big winning drive, highlighted by a unsportsmanlike conduct on Tony Washington, meant that the Wildcats play spoilers to the Ducks’ ambitions a second year in a row.
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College Football – Arizona vs Oregon Predictions
Two of the three undefeated teams in the Pac-12 will go head to head as Arizona take on Oregon, hoping to recreate their upset from last season, and on the way derailing another national title bid for the Ducks.
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College Football Playoffs – Conference Strength Doesn’t Matter
The deeper we go into the 2014 College Football season, the more we’re worried that the new playoff format will be somehow messed up. Why? Because there are no clear guidelines to how the picks will be made. Polls will be taken into account? How much do numbers and strength of schedule make a difference? Does conference perceived strength come into play?
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College Football Rumors – Michigan Closer to Firing Brady Hoke
For taking the Michigan football program and making it look worse each year. For the embarrassing start to the 2014 season. For the way he handled and maybe lied about the Shane Morris concussion. Brady Hoke isn’t a good fit, and at some point very soon, the men making the decisions for the university will realize that and act on it.
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Kansas Fire Charlie Weis And He’ll Never Get a Good Coaching Job Again
This was probably the last chance for Charlie Weis to succeed as a head coach in College Football. Kansas never really improved during his two and something years on the job, and firing him was met with approval across the board, which says something about how bad things have been.
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2014 College Football Season – Week 5 Rankings
Voters punished ranked teams that lost as both South Carolina and Arizona State were taken out of the top 25, while the only movement a bit higher up the poll came in the form of UCLA, climbing to number eight, while the first seven teams, some of them not playing, stayed where they were, including defending national champions Florida State after another hard earned victory.
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College Football – Rankings & Good Undefeated Teams Not Upset
After week 5 of the 2014 College Football season, we still have 17 undefeated teams: Five from the SEC (Alabama, Texas A&M, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State), three from the Pac-12 (Oregon, UCLA, Arizona), three from the Big 12 (Oklahoma, Baylor, TCU), two from the ACC (Florida State, Georgia Tech), two independent (Notre Dame, BYU), one from the Big Ten (Nebraska) and one from conference USA (Marshall).
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Michigan Wolverines – Brady Hoke Reaches Pathetic Lows
One of the biggest names in College Football is hitting new lows with every passing week, as Michigan lose at home 30-14 to Minnesota, meaning that the day Brady Hoke will either realize he’s doing an awful job or those above him will reach that conclusion for him is drawing nearer.