#Derek Mason

The end of an era, the start of a promising future, and an early look at 2023? Make no mistake, the Guaranteed Rate Bowl has plenty of reasons for Wisconsin fans to be glued to their televisions on Tuesday night. The Badgers will say goodbye to DC Jim Leonhard as he begins the next chapter in post-Madison life. Paul Chryst was fired for Leonhard,…

ATHENS - Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken is the highest-paid assistant coach in college football with a $2.01 million salary, per the latest USA Today data. Beyond reporting facts, there's not much "newsy" about that because Monken's value is understandably higher than any other assistant in college football at this time. One could make…

With Week Zero of the college football season fast approaching, it's worth analyzing the current odds to win this season's Big 12 Championship, via BetOnline. The reigning champion Baylor Bears miraculously ended Oklahoma's six-year (2015-20) spree of dominance. The Bears are aiming to make it two consecutive conference championships, but their…

Blake Shapen is looking like the smart choice to have won Baylor's QB battle, and he may just be the difference against an Oklahoma State defense that gets picked apart through the air. Find out what our college football picks see on Saturday. In a rematch of last year's dramatic Big 12 title game, the Oklahoma State Cowboys head to face the Baylor…

Missouri executed a successful soft launch of the Luther Burden Era Thursday night, defeating overmatched Louisiana Tech 52-24 in one of the lowest profile Week 1 college football games. What did we learn about Burden? The elite wide receiver recruit can make people miss in tight spaces. What did we learn about new starting quarterback Brady Cook?…

Give a big thanks to Tom Stephenson of Anchor of Gold for taking the time to answer my questions about Vanderbilt. With it being fairly rare for the Tide to play them, we Bama fans often know very little about their actual program and players. Enjoy! - In one of the more remarkable early surprises (to us on the outside, at least) of the 2022…

The college football season has technically already started. Week 0 delivered, and we are all better for it. But the main course of the college football season begins this week, and the quest for the national championship begins, well, now. Over the past month, Locks of the Week has taken on many forms. We've picked a Heisman winner, sorted through…