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For about 30 minutes on Saturday afternoon, it looked like the Virginia Tech Hokies were about to win their second game in a row and move to 3-2 in ACC play. Unfortunately, a lopsided third quarter changed everything, and the No. 16 Louisville Cardinals (7-1, 4-1) came from behind to defeat the Hokies 28-16 (3-6, […]
The Kentucky Wildcats will travel to the Plains to take on the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night. Sitting at 2-5 overall and 0-5 in conference play, the Cats are steep underdogs against the 4-4 Tigers. Auburn is a 10.5-point favorite over the Cats even as they’ve struggled this season. Both head coaches look like lame […]
As promised, I started working on a model to predict transfer portal kicker success. Here’s the prelude to this article in case you missed it. I originally focused training the models exclusively on players who entered the portal, but quickly found that the limited sample caused wildly inaccurate predictions with insufficient range to cover top-end […]
It’s a tumultuous time for the Dallas Cowboys. They’re not winning enough football games, they don’t appear to be big movers before the trade deadline, and Jerry Jones publicly announced that he cares more about his oil business than he does about fixing the defense of his football team. Yay! Good times. The hits just […]
Raise your hand if you knew this one was going to be a battle. The Florida Gators are playing hard for interim coach Billy Gonzalez, they’ve gotten the benefit of a couple of interesting calls, and the Bulldog secondary chipped in with a couple of blown coverages. A sloppy, slightly chippy thirty minutes of football […]
Duke traveled to Death Valley and beat Clemson 46-45 in a thrilling game. This was the first Duke victory in Death Valley in 45 years since a Ben Bennett quarterbacked squad won 34-17 on 10/18/1980. Nate Sheppard ran for a 3-yards touchdown with 40 seconds remaining to go in the game to pull Duke within […]
Early in the week, the USC Trojans opened as a -6.5 point favorite against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on many betting lines as the teams began their weekly preparations for the Blackout tilt in Lincoln tonight. The Trojans are generally seen as deeper and more talented than the Cornhuskers and, if anything, the public opinion seemed […]
The latest episode of Land-Grant Holy Land’s flagship podcast is here! Join hosts Justin Golba and Alex Frank as they discuss Ohio State football, basketball, recruiting, and much more! Come for the hot takes. Stay for the warm ones. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio On episode 35 of Hangout in the Holy Land, Justin and Alex are back with […]
For the first time since joining the Big 12, the Houston Cougars had a number accompany their name. Houston stood firmly at No. 22, rattling off three-straight Big 12 wins en route to a 7-1 overall start. In a crowded conversation for the Big 12 title race, the newly-ranked Houston struggled with the designation it […]
Welp. Season’s over. Miami played a sloppy game, and with a combination of bad performances, unbidden stupidity, and some terrible refereeing, found a way to lose to the SMU Mustangs 26-20 in overtime. Craig T. Smith has your game recap: Mike Schiffman is back with the 3 stars of the game: Let’s get into this […]
The beginning of the game just felt like leftovers from the BYU game. A great start to a drive, it then stalls due to sloppiness, and it’s finished off with a special teams fail. Each team traded field goals in the first quarter before Iowa State got on track, thanks to come pentlaites, and scored […]
After winning their first Big Ten game of the season a week ago at Purdue, Rutgers football was thrashed 35-13 today against Illinois. The game started with the Scarlet Knights going three and out thanks to three straight incompletions. The ensuing punt was downed at the one-yard line. What happened next was a 99-yard touchdown […]
I’ve been writing on this site for a long time now, over a decade actually, and I think you all have gotten to know me a little bit here and there. I used to be much more optimistic about what Purdue football could be and what they could do. But, given the changes in the […]
The Miami Hurricanes lost to the SMU Mustangs today in Dallas, 26-20. I was driving from Nassau County to Orlando with my son during the first three quarters. Watching the fourth quarter and overtime was enough for me. It is incredibly frustrating being a fan of the Miami Hurricanes football program right now. There was […]
If you were to read our preview of the past two Air Force games, you could of skipped the game and got to the conclusion in nearly identical fashion. Only on this Saturday, you would do so much more heartbroken a fan of the Falcons. In what has become a completely alarming trend, Troy Calhoun […]
The Miami Hurricanes’ hopes of a special season are now up in flames after a 26-20 overtime loss to SMU. Carson Beck was 26/38 passing for 274 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. One of those wasn’t his fault, but the other came in overtime and very, very much was on him. Mark Fletcher, […]
UConn football scored 10 points off two first-half turnovers and rode a 21-0 second-quarter burst to victory as they reached six wins and bowl eligibility after beating UAB, 38-19. Joe Fagnano threw four touchdown passes, going 23-of-30 with 267 yards, including three touchdowns to Skyler Bell, who finished with 149 yards on eight receptions. John […]
West Virginia walked into Houston looking to stop the bleeding after showing some signs of life in last week’s loss to TCU. After five straight losses and weeks of frustration, the Mountaineers (3–6, 1–5 Big 12) finally got one to go their way, knocking off No. 22 Houston (7-2, 4-2 Big 12), 45–35, for their […]
Hello, Colorado Buffaloes fans. Life is hard right now. The Buffs are 3-5, with one conference win, and a moribund offense. PROFOUNDLY moribund. You know it’s bad because I’m using big words. After getting every single clock incredibly cleaned by the Utah Utes last week, Coach Prime and the Buffs will try to reset against […]
Clemson returned to play this week against Duke in Death Valley. ESPN had the Tigers favored which I didn’t understand, especially so when Duke went up 21-7 in the 1st quarter. But the Tigers finally got going and we ended up with a shootout. Duke played to win and they got it thanks to some […]
The Jimmy Rogers era got off to a bumpy start on the Palouse, but as we wind down the fall the new headman of Washington State football seems to have settled in. Adjusting to a new environment, a new culture, can be challenging, especially when you have been somewhere else for so long; and that […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — There is no secret it was loud following the Illini’s third loss of the season against Washington. Dropping out of the AP Top 25 poll, fans calling for coaches’ jobs and worst of all, any hope of sneaking into the college football playoff was gone. But that didn’t deter Bret Bielema’s squad […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — There is no secret it was loud following the Illini’s third loss of the season against Washington. Dropping out of the AP Top 25 poll, fans calling for coaches’ jobs and — worst of all — any hope of sneaking into the College Football Playoff suddenly gone. But that didn’t deter Bret […]
There was plenty of buzz with UCF Knights Football coming out of the bye that they would have a shot at beating the Baylor Bears. That is not what happened as the Knights were mauled by the Bears 30-2 in a fourth Big 12 loss. Special Teams: C Return coverage was decent for UCF, but […]
Jared and I (Tim) will be going live around 3:30 PM EST to talk about yet another loss to the Buckeyes. Tune in, if you feel like it, or something…
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