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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Ft Collins, Colorado 7 p.m. ET | ACC Network | Stanford Stadium — Stanford, CaliforniaLine: Stanford -5.5 | Total: 49.5 Week 0 is here, and Stanford football is still trying to find its footing after the David Shaw era. The Troy Taylor experiment didn’t pan out, and Frank Reich’s time as…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Atlanta, Georgia 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN | Scott Stadium — Charlottesville, Virginia This game was originally set to take place in Rio de Janeiro, but plans changed when the third-party organizer announced it was off. As a result, the ACC shifted the game to Charlottesville, and the NCAA granted a…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Atlanta, Georgia 6 p.m. ET | The CW | Doak Campbell Stadium — Tallahassee, FloridaGross. No way. Why bother? There are Week 0 games that require hours of film analysis, looking into returning players, transfer additions, coaching changes, and complex matchups. Then there’s the game between New Mexico State and Florida…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech hits a key milestone in fall camp this Saturday as Brent Key leads the Yellow Jackets into their first significant scrimmage of the preseason. While practices are crucial, scrimmages offer a different perspective for coaches, showcasing more live action, heightened pressure, and less control over every scenario.…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Atlanta, Georgia Bill Belichick goes international, an ACC game returns from its abandoned Brazilian adventure, Florida State desperately tries to avoid another early-season crisis, and Hawai’i heads to Stanford believing it can do more than cover the spread. College football is making its return, though not in full swing just yet.…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Fort Collins, Colorado For nearly two years, the Pac-12 and Mountain West have been locked in a battle over financial disputes. This saga included lawsuits, accusations, and a maze of legal jargon that could confuse even the most passionate college football fans. But now, it seems we finally have a resolution.…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Atlanta, Georgia The landscape of college athletics is on the brink of structural lockdown [Protect College Sports Act (PCSA)]. Under the proposed framework of the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), college football expansion faces a radical new governing rule: any school electing to break away from a power conference must…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Fort Collins, Colorado On the second Saturday of December, college football takes a rare pause. The transfer portal goes silent, and the usual buzz of recruiting chatter fades from social media. Discussions about NIL deals, revenue sharing, and conference shifts suddenly seem trivial. For just a few hours, the sport reconnects…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Atlanta, Georgia The room wasn’t filled with coaches debating fourth-down decisions or athletic directors arguing over playoff formats. Instead, some of the most powerful figures in college athletics gathered around a different issue entirely. Conference commissioners. University presidents. Congressional staff members. Television executives. The conversation centered on a proposal that, at…
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By Luke Fletcher ｜ Fort Collins, Colorado As Grand Canyon University prepares to officially settle into its status as a full member of the Mountain West Conference, a lingering question continues to captivate the college sports landscape: Could the Lopes field a Division I football team? While GCU currently sits as a non-football member, the…
