Georgia raced out to a 14-0 lead over Auburn. However, AU QB Byrum Brown led his Tigers to a 24-14 comeback. Georgia tied the score late, but turned the ball over. PK booted the winning FG for Auburn as time expired to win, 27-24
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Lebanon, Tennessee – We at collegefootballfan.com head into the thick of SEC play for our 750th game. We join our good friends from Auburn (3-2, 1-2) when they head to Athens. With Georgia coming off a 20-17 win over Alabama … Continue reading
Maryland got off to asurprisningly quick start against Nebraska, but the Husker defense persisted to keep them in chck preventing third down conversions and providing a spark to light up the offense. Great time at our first game ever at the Huskers’ Memorial Stadium!
Continue readingThe Miami Hurricanes dominated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. for almost three quarters. Late in the third, the Deacs finally came around led by the passing of Gio Lopez. Penalties and one questionable call prevented Wake Forest from making this an even closer game than it could have been.
Continue readingIn 2026, we’ll attend games featuring at least 12 new coaches leading teams for the first time. In the past, we made observations about them at games we attended. Here, we provide our insights to head coaching changes we will witness in-person this season.
Continue readingDuring the 2026 college season, you can catch us on some podcasts of Spadora on Sports. Note that we’ve made some updates to our original 2026 schedule as well.
Continue readingWorking 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?
If TCU, unranked in the preseason polls, bests Georgia this Monday night, it could not be a better scenario for college football…Coach Hatcher influenced the careers of the two college football coaches leading their teams into Sofi Stadium Monday night…What bothers us about Fickell?… Helton’s got a successful system and knows how to develop a pipeline…We see what Kiper doesn’t…We want more bowls pitting the Group against Power…The SunBelt improves…new TV contract for CUSA midweek games
Continue readingIowa put up 21 points, all in the second period. The quarter featured the four main highlights of the entire game.
Continue readingAt 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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