Week Fifteen of Steveo’s Salvos: Game 653 ArmyNavy – 123rd meeting, our 13th; “Boo-hoo” Alabama:  In Deion’s dreams; What’s in a name? ; FCS, D2, and D3 feature “Knights of Nie”

It will be a knock-down, drag-out, hard-hitting slugfest between two rosters from basically all 50 states playing just for pride to beat the other. 

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Week Fourteen of Steveo’s Salvos: SE Louisiana at Samford FCS playoff; Championship weekend; Who needs a waiver?; Bowl eligibles; Finally, 12 in 2024!; FCS/D2/D3 playoffs

Regarding CFP expansion: We hate to see traditions die as they have been falling by the wayside these past five years or so.  However, we like the CFP expansion and that it’s going to happen earlier.  More teams the better!  

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Week Thirteen of Steveo’s Salvos – Baylor at No. 24 Texas; Louisiana at Texas State; Put the “Whammer Jammer Yellow Hammer on Alabammer”; Ivy finishes; D2 and D3 selection highlights from Week 12; Our FCS Round Two revealed

The Vols drop. So LSU, USC, Alabama, and Clemson all step up a notch. Alabama? Why? Alabama beat FCS Austin Peay(7-4), 34-0.

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Week Twelve of Steveo’s Salvos – No. 1 Georgia at Kentucky; SEC Week Twelve “analysis”; Our three bowl wishes; UConn be surprised; Ivy interactions; D2 and D3 selection highlights for Week 12; Alma mater Dear on coaching carousel

Georgia continues to roll with great defense and with steady, reliable QB Stetson Bennett who’s got our vote for the Heisman.  Kentucky results exposed Mel Kiper, Jr. and the Wildcats under Bob Stoops who started off at 4-0.

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Week Eleven of Steveo’s Salvos: Game 648: Louisville at Clemson; “Opt-out season approaches”; UGA defense, QB; “Play-offs?”; Week Ten reviews; Week Eleven previews

An on-line heading on PSU’s “Nittany Lions Wire” this week read, ”Win over Indiana boosts NFL draft stock for Penn State prospects.”  Should Nittany Lion fans, or any other college football fans actually be excited about this?

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Week Ten of Steveo’s Salvos: James Madison at Louisville; SEC in CFP determined this week; Make way for “new” Ivy rivalry; Potential playoff weekend options; Review of Week Nine and Preview of Week Ten

Fast forward to this weekend. Georgia wins and finishes 2022 as outright No. 1.  UGA, Tennessee, and Bama win their remaining regular season games.  Then, Bama defeats UGA in SEC Championship.  All three SEC teams have one loss.

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Week Nine of Steveo’s Salvos:  Game 646: Ohio State at Penn State; Frying pans; Review of Week Eight; Best of Week Nine

The onus is on James Franklin to coach his team to victory during the game. He can’t just assume his teams can win on sheer talent.

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Week Eight of Steveo’s Salvos: Houston at Navy; Saban-soft; Top 25 teams on our 2020 schedule; More to come late on Thursday

Meeting with tailgate revelers on Friday and an early morning tailgate on Saturday to prep for, we’ll have limited time to update.  For the 12-noon kickoff on week Eight we look forward to meeting with many friends in Annapolis to share “Tales from the Tailgate!”

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Week Seven of Steveo’s Salvos: Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee; Saban’s test at the other game in Tennessee; PSU-Michigan Showdown; Best of Week Six and of Week Seven

Maybe the pollsters finally see what we’ve been pointing about non-competitive early season scheduling we’ve been harping on all along.

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Week Six of Steveo’s Salvos: Rutgers HC Greg “What comes around, goes around”; Guru Finebaum – Not!; SMU Quitters; Our game: South Carolina at No. 13 Kentucky; Week Five and six; Lesson learned, Scotty?;  Upside down Big Twelve; Saban’s surprises ahead

We look for QB Will Levis and RB Chris Rodriguez to keep the Cats moving on offense.  In the two SEC losses by the Gamecocks, Georgia and Arkansas scored 48 and 44 points respectively.  Don’t expect the Wildcats to be any different especially after falling to Ole Miss.

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