The Northwestern Wildcats rewarded head coach Pat Fitzgerald with a 10-year contract extension, meaning the most successful coach in Northwestern football history will remain with the team throughout the next decade. Northwestern has a record of 106-81 since Fitzgerald took over as head coach in 2006. Fitzgerald fielded numerous job […]
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DFS Strategy for the College Football National Championship Game
As the college football season comes to a close on Monday with the national championship game, the DFS sites will offer their last showdown contests. On DraftKings, we must select a captain (at 1.5x the salary but also while earning 1.5x points) and five other roster spots. While it’d be […]
College Football New Year’s Day DFS: Mac and DeVonta Could Rule the Slate
College football fans get a four-game slate for New Year’s Day, as we say goodbye to a terrible 2020 and hope for a better 2021. In addition to the two College Football Playoff semifinals, Auburn takes on Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl while Georgia plays Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl. […]
Who Will Be the Next Florida? Vegas Oddsmakers Scramble to Keep Up with Depleted Bowl Game Rosters
Florida football coach Dan Mullen was sullen at the microphone discussing his No. 7 Gators’ thrashing at the hands of No. 6 Oklahoma Wednesday night at the Cotton Bowl. There was someplace he’d have rather been, the same place most of his star players already were: home. In the aftermath […]
Make-Up Dates for College Football Playoffs Announced, Sparking New COVID-19 Concerns
The College Football Playoff committee announced Wednesday new January make-up dates for both its semifinal and national championship games. The announcement came with the notation that all of the participating programs report they have enough healthy scholarship athletes to play. Still, there’s a contingency plan just in case, raising questions […]
Texas Bowl Becomes 18th COVID-19 Casualty, Peach Bowl Could be Next
The Mercari Texas Bowl was canceled Tuesday afternoon due to a spike in COVID-19 cases within the Texas Christian University football program, school officials said. The 5-4 TCU Horned Frogs were set to take on the 3-7 Arkansas Razorbacks on New Year’s Eve at NRG Stadium in Houston. TCU was […]
Music City Bowl Becomes 17th Post-Season Game Cancelled Due to COVID-19
The TransPerfect Music City Bowl was called off late Sunday after the Missouri Tigers put up the red light due to a rise in COVID-19 cases within their program. The Tigers (5-5) were set to face No. 15 Iowa (6-2) on Wednesday in Nashville, but Missouri canceled practice Sunday after […]
Iowa Football on Pause Due to COVID-19 Outbreak, Infected Head Coach Still Wants Team to Play in Music City Bowl
The University of Iowa football program paused all workouts and team meetings late Monday as an undisclosed number of players, and six coaches tested positive for COVID-19. Despite the inability to gather, and the fact that most other bowl-eligible Big Ten programs have shut down, school officials say the No. […]
Gasparilla Bowl Latest to Cancel in Wake of South Carolina’s COVID-19 Outbreak
The Gasparilla Bowl became the 17th bowl game this season to cancel on Tuesday after the 2-8 South Carolina Gamecocks withdrew because of positive COVID-19 tests in their program. The game was initially set for Saturday in Tampa, pitting the Gamecocks against back-to-back Conference USA champions, the UAB Blazers (6-3). […]
College Football Playoff Willing to Postpone New Year’s Six Bowl Games Because of COVID-19 Issues
As notable programs face their most significant COVID-19 spikes of the season, the College Football Playoff committee said Monday it’s willing to postpone New Year’s Six bowl games, including its semifinal round and championship. If Saturday’s decision to move the Rose Bowl Game from Pasadena, CA, to Arlington, TX, after […]
COVID-19 Outbreak Forces Volunteers Out of Liberty Bowl
The Tennessee Volunteers became the latest college football program to shut it down due to a recent spike of COVID-19 infections. In doing so, Tennessee (3-7) becomes the first SEC team to bow out of bowl season. The Vols were one of five conference schools with losing records to earn […]
Big Ten Relaxes COVID-19 Protocols ahead of New Year’s Day Bowl Games
In yet another arbitrary rule change by the Big Ten, and further eschewing players’ long-term health and safety, officials rolled back the conference’s 21-day mandatory sit-out policy for players who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Players are now only required to miss a minimum of 17 days after testing positive. This […]
Opt-Out Sunday: Bowl-Eligible Programs, Bowl Games, and Individual Players Put an End to a Season in the Abyss
While the College Football Playoff attempted to maintain some buzz about the playoffs that will be — and the season that wasn’t — the developing story Sunday was seasons cut short amidst a new pandemic spike. It started late Saturday night as the CFP committee made the awaited announcement that […]
College Football Playoff Set: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Notre Dame in, Texas A&M Out
Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, and Ohio State are the four teams that will play in the College Football Playoff for a shot at the national championship. Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Cincinnati were left out by the CFP committee when the teams were announced on Sunday. Alabama will face Notre Dame […]
Team Health Concerns and the Pandemic Prompt USC to Pass on Bowl Season
USC announced Saturday evening it will join several of its Pac-12 counterparts in opting out of any opportunities this bowl season, citing continued COVID-19 concerns and player-personnel reasons. The No. 13 Trojans (5-1) lost to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday night at home in the LA Memorial […]
Rose Bowl Relocates to Texas as LA County ICUs Hit Capacity
It looks like the coaches and committee members who complain the loudest get their way, as the College Football Playoff semifinal scheduled for the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 is moving to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The announcement came Saturday night as the Tournament of Roses was denied a […]
Notre Dame, Clemson Coaches Criticize California’s Shelter-in-Place Laws as State Reaches Pandemic Breaking Point
Though the college football nation awaits the result of No. 2 Notre Dame’s match vs. No. 3 Clemson in Saturday’s ACC Championship Game, it was the two programs’ coaches who made headlines Friday with their comments about the Rose Bowl. Earlier this week, the College Football Playoff commissioners discussed whether […]
One Bet, $100: Alabama Should Crush Florida, Win SEC Championship
Alabama is the No. 1 team in the country and will show how dominant they are this weekend against Florida in the SEC Championship game. The Crimson Tide is favored by 17 points, and that might not be enough. That’s why with this week’s One Bet, $100, I’m backing Alabama […]
College Football DFS: Ole Miss-LSU Could be a Barnburner
It’s conference championship week, finally, but it won’t look anything like normal. In addition to being two weeks later than usual, we’ll see our share of makeup games from previously scheduled contests delayed due to the pandemic. DraftKings offers a 10-game slate for the day games, with several likely competitive […]
Conference Championship Games Create College Football Playoff Friction
Ten college football conference championship games are scheduled for this weekend, including the Power 5 conferences. The odds haven’t moved much since they opened Sunday night, but there are plenty of College Football Playoff implications with some of the games. Undefeated and No. 1-ranked Alabama will face No. 11 Florida […]