Game 681:  Fast start by Maryland gives Auburn the blues in Music City

Nashville, TN – The Maryland Terrapins didn’t miss starting QB TauliaTagovailoa who opted out for the Music City Bowl.  With Sophomore Billy Edwards and Freshman Cameron Edge sharing duties under center, the Terps took a 21-0 lead over Auburn in … Continue reading

Our game of the year Saturday: Michigan at Penn State in a Stripe-out!

State College, PA – We anticipated this meeting would be the biggest and our best regular season match-up before the season even began – Michigan at Penn State. However, on top of the Big Ten standings implications, the intensity ratcheted … Continue reading

Game 655:  Iowa defense outscores its offense to take away Music City over Kentucky

Iowa put up 21 points, all in the second period.  The quarter featured the four main highlights of the entire game.

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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 Three 2022 Steveo’s Salvos: Penn State at Auburn, Week Two notes, Comfort Zone, The other Independent, On Track

Freshman, five-star RB Nick Singleton carried ten times for 179 yards and two TDs on rushes of 70 and 44 yards.  Ohio U.’s defense does not match the speed and quickness of Auburn’s, but adjustments by Penn State to mix the run in with a good passing attack provides more confidence this weekend.

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Game 636: Late scores in two halves propel Penn State past Purdue in Big Ten openers

With 2:27 left, Clifford displayed the reason why his Head Coach relied on his sixth season of experience.  On this last sequence of plays, he completed five of his next six passes including a 27 yarder to Tinsley to get to Purdue’s 10.  His next throw went to Lee who swung out behind the Boilermakers’ left side uncovered to grab Clifford’s lofted pass for the winning score. 

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“Student-athletes” are no longer what college football is about

We wrote about the pitfalls facing college football last preseason – sponsors, contracts, enticements. It’s not about scholarships and qualified “student-athletes” nor anything that this great American pastime was built on. Read our July Salvo from last season right here. … Continue reading

Steveo’s Salvos: Week 5, October 1, 2021

SEC policy? Doesn’t get any more blatant than this, Paul.   Tennessee, looking to get back into consideration for respectability meaning more wins, cancelled a contract to play Army West Point next season.  Army, who runs the triple option that … Continue reading

Collegefootballfan.com: 2020 turns out to be a year to forget, but we’d like to make the 2020 college bowl season a time to remember

Collegefootballfan.com (CFF.com) proposes some “good” changes to this year’s bowl season to make this unusual, disorganized, Covid-19 strapped season one that many fans remember on a much more positive note.

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150th Anniversary Teams seen in Action

To celebrate the 150th anniversary in 2019, ESPN.com selected the first and second greatest teams of all time. With the last 40 years under our belts having attended 610 games thus far, we at collegefootballfan.com got to see our fair … Continue reading