College football Week 11 oddly specific predictions: Down go the Hoosiers!
Picking Penn State to lose to Ohio State does not deserve a victory lap. Losing big games is what the Nittany Lions do. Like James Franklin, I deserved to get …
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Meet Armando Villarreal, the man behind college football’s coolest helmets
Armando Villarreal was hanging onto the back of a garbage truck in his hometown of Imperial, Neb., when his phone rang. He quickly hollered to the driver to hit the …
Week 7’s top 10 college football games: Ohio State-Oregon, Ole Miss-LSU, Red River and more
I was at a family wedding last Saturday, waiting in line at the bar when I noticed another guest checking his betting app. When I asked how he was doing, …
Ranking Week 4’s top 10 college football games: From NC State-Clemson to Tennessee-Oklahoma
College football conference play is (mostly) underway and the stakes will be raised accordingly. The sport dips its toes this weekend with ranked matchups in the Big Ten, Big 12 …
AP Top 25: Texas passes Georgia for first No. 1 ranking in football poll since 2008
College football has a new No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll, as Texas jumped past Georgia for the top spot on Sunday. The move comes after the …
Week 2’s top 10 college football games: Texas visits Michigan in top-10 blockbuster
A handful of Week 1 results set the stage for what should be an epic season of college football. A few other programs leaned on FCS opponents to hit the …
College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Will teams like Ole Miss, Kansas State be in or out?
This is a season about hope. For most of college football’s existence, much of the sport had none when it came to competing for a national title. Somehow, those odds …
2024 Heisman Trophy Fantasy Draft: Travis Hunter, Jalen Milroe and 34 more picks for NYC
The Athletic’s Heisman draft is back, with a new crop of challengers undertaking the tricky task of projecting this year’s most outstanding player. With all four of 2023’s finalists off …
Oddly specific predictions for every Top 25 college football team (with another title for the Big Ten!)
I read the comments, and you laughed at me. Well, guess what? It’s that time of year for you to do it again. If you missed last year’s installment of …
Jaylon Johnson was defined by what he didn’t have, now he has more than enough
Jaylon Johnson finally emerged with a contract extension from the Chicago Bears in March. The Bears asked him to come to Halas Hall to announce the $76 million deal with …