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Game Day Kickoff: A look at Week 5’s midday games

Photo: USA Today Sports Any Big Games? No. 9 Georgia (2-1, 1-0 SEC) vs. No. 6 LSU (4-0, 1-0 SEC), 3:30 p.m. CBS (Early Analysis) Staff Pick: LSU, 6-3 (More) This is the game of the week, as we noted in Thursday's newsletter (are you subscribed?) and it could even be a preview of the […]

Game Day Kickoff: A look at Week 5’s early games

Photo: USA Today Sports Any Big Games? Central Florida (3-0) vs. No. 12 South Carolina (2-1), 12:00 p.m. ABC Unanimous Staff Pick: South Carolina (More) The Central Florida Knights kick things off with one of the biggest home games in program history. After a win at Penn State and a bye week, Central Florida looks […]

Early Analysis: Central Florida vs. South Carolina

  No. 12 South Carolina at UCF Saturday, Noon, ABC Line: South Carolina -7 In one of the more intriguing matchups on the board, SEC East contender South Carolina makes the trip down to Orlando to take on UCF of the American Athletic Conference. That is not a typo. South Carolina is on the road […]

EA Sports to Discontinue NCAA Football Game

  The tagline for EA Sports has been, "If it's in the game, it's in the game." Well, EA Sports is no longer in the game of college football. The game design company announced on Thursday that the edition of their popular college football game released last month, would be the last game in the […]

BCS Buster Watch 2013: Week 5

Conference play is upon us….sort of.  For most of the non-AQ schools out there they are still playing some non-conference games and that means a few more chances to bust some BCS schools down to size.  Last week we got the one school that could make the run—Fresno State. The Bulldogs won a wild game […]

Dirty Dozen: Crystal Ball Run staff picks for Week 5

After a bit of a down weekend in the college football schedule, things seem to get a bit more interesting this weekend. A few match-ups of ranked teams in conference play can be found in the Big Ten and SEC and a key ACC division game gets us started a little early tonight when Georgia […]

Early Analysis: Oklahoma vs. Notre Dame

  No. 14 Oklahoma at No. 22 Notre Dame 3:30 PM, NBC Line: Oklahoma -2.5 On the way to the BCS title game against Alabama, Notre Dame went to Norman and held the Sooners to only one touchdown in a 30-13 win. This week, the Sooners head into Notre Dame Stadium to avenge that loss. […]

Early Analysis: Arkansas vs Texas A&M

#10 Texas A&M (3-1, 0-1) at Arkansas (3-1, 0-0) Saturday, 7 PM EST, ESPN 2 Line: Not set (awaiting status of Brandon Allen) When Texas A&M joined the SEC, Arkansas was firmly entrenched in the top half of the SEC West. Since A&M has come aboard, the Razorbacks have fallen on hard times. Last year, […]

Early Analysis: Ole Miss at Alabama

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) No. 21 Ole Miss (3-0, 1-0 SEC) at No. 1 Alabama (3-0, 1-0 SEC) Saturday, 6:30 p.m. EST (ESPN) Line: Alabama -16 While the eyes of the SEC world will be on Athens, Ga. Saturday afternoon, there’s another game in conference that’s of equal importance in both the National Title […]

Early Analysis: Wisconsin at Ohio State

No. 23 Wisconsin (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) at No. 4 Ohio State (4-0) Saturday, 8:00 p.m., ABC Line: Ohio State -7.5 Last weekend in Tuscaloosa we had a head coach take on a former assistant when Nick Saban welcomed former offensive coordinator Jim McElwain and Colorado State in to Bryant-Denny Stadium. This weekend in The […]

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NCAA giving back scholarships to Penn State

Citing progress toward restoring athletics integrity, the NCAA has announced they will begin cutting back on some of the scholarship reductions at Penn State, allowing the Nittany Lions to return to 85 scholarship by 2016-2017. The postseason ban is still in place and the remainder of a $60 million fine will still be paid off […]

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