January 6, 2023 Steveo’s Salvos: TCU win – monopoly breaker; History “un-Hatched” before our eyes; “All’s fair in college football and war”; Coach leads lesson lacking loyalty; OC carousel at WKU; Tale of two QBs; Power Five against Group of Five; Awakening; C-USA makes our day at night; and more

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

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Game 653: Cadets of Army turnovers sink Mids of Navy in two OTs in 123rd rivalry game

With a blocked punt for a TD in regulation and the benefit of a fumble recovery at the one-yard line in the second OT, the Cadets came away with the points they needed to win in this hard-fought scrimmage.

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Game 645: Houston Cougar passing attack leaves Navy Midshipman in wake

The tailgating, travels, and meeting other fans from around the country make college football a great part of the fun.  As Chris Schenkel always said, “What better way to spend an autumn afternoon!”

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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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Game 621: Memphis Tigers’ speed burns Navy, 35-17, with big plays

The Memphis Tigers overwhelmed with their dominating speed to burn Navy on both sides of the football and subdued the Mids, 35-17.

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Game 620: Virginia overcomes 17-point deficit in fourth to drop Louisville, 34-33

Louisville, Kentucky – Virginia Cavaliers QB Brennan Armstrong tossed a one-yard scoring strike to TE Grant Misch with 22 seconds remaining. It put the finishing touch on a 17-point third period deficit to defeat the Louisville Cardinals, 34-33.  Louisville QB … Continue reading

Collegefootballfan.com 2019 Top Ten

We saw the best, No. 1 LSU, and the worst, UMass, 1-11. In between, teams featured on our schedule fell well interspersed among the existing 130 FBS teams competing for bowl games.

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Collegefootballfan.com 2020: 2020 Schedule

It’s only February and most FBS and FCS schedules are complete and posted. Our plans are already formulating starting next August. We’ve set up our matrix of schedules and peruse it diligently to determine where we want go, who we … Continue reading

Game 605: Navy tops SMU, 35-28, for a shot at American Athletic West crown

The win puts Navy in a position to win the AAC West if they can defeat Houston next week and if No. 18 Cincinnati, leaders in the East, can defeat No. 17 Memphis (10-1,6-1) tied with Navy in the West.

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Game 604: Slippery Rock lead in final minute overcomes Kutztown, 37-35, to take PSAC title and No. 1 seed in D-2 Super Eastern Regionals starting next week

KU had taken a two-touchdown lead into the final period and also opted out of a FG attempt to extend their lead while The Rock (11-0) scored 17 unanswered points

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