Revenue sharing for college football? Way ahead of you, Nick.

Many fans will lose interest in the game based on the direction the sport spiraling away from competitiveness.  I present solutions to other issues negatively impacting college football.

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Game 658 Today: FCS Missouri State at UT Martin

658 games makes up most of the Good and the Fun, but my two essays included will inform readers of the Ugly that could kill this great sport of college football as we know it, and my suggestions on changes to make more teams in the FBS more competitive for the CFP championship.

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Check out my New Book coming out later this year

Working title:  Fifty years of Tales from the Tailgate: The Good, the Fun, and the Ugly of College Football, 1972-2022 (and beyond).
I’ve attended and enjoyed travels to 676 college football games over the years from FBS to D-3. I plan to do this as long as I can. With new changes impacting college football as we’ve known it, will this game continue to be as good for us fans?

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Super Memories of college players seen in action heading into the 2023 Super Bowl

Our pictorial history of seeing players in college who will be playing in his year’s Super Bowl. We’ve attended 655 college games and seen all 131 FBS teams play since 1979. A new book about this adventure will be coming out later this year!

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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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Game 654: Arkansas overcomes Kansas comeback in three OTs to win Liberty Bowl

  At the end of regulation in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 52,847 attended pretty evenly between both schools, all I could say was, “Wow!” Guest Game Analyst Rick Selleck (Auburn grad/fan) conferred, “That about sums I up!” 

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Second Bowl Week 2022 Steveo’s Salvos: Power Five vs. Group of Five; Cold Wave/Shoulders; Signing overhype; Game notes; Playoffs, Bowl, Consolation proposal; Our bowl teams roll

We believe such games would show that the Group of Five is not that far removed from most of the teams among the SEC, Big Ten, Big XII, ACC, and Pac-12.

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Week Four of Steveo’s Salvos: FCS showdown, “Tales…” update, Week Three-Four notes, Cornhusker Cravings, Ivy League Power, Hail Michigan?

To FCS No. 23 Austin Peay Governors (3-1), the FCS No. 20 Eastern Kentucky Colonels (2-1) come calling for the ASUN conference opener for both.  Expect a hard-hitting game as both teams already aspire to this newly organized conference’s championship bid for the Football Championship Subdivision playoff.

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Steveo’s Salvos: Western Kentucky QB Doege hits transfer portal two weeks before opener

     Our QB season preview started with Jarret Doege of WKU stepping into a great opportunity after transferring from West Virginia. So what does he do now?  Less than two weeks before his team’s opener on August 27, he announces … Continue reading

“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