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The new model for turning a college football program around is the transfer portal. All of a sudden, a four-win USC team can compete for Playoff berths in just a year and two-win Colorados can become overnight national attention-grabbers. While not everyone agrees with the portal, it's become important for player mobility. With mobility comes…

Few things in life are close enough to perfect that trying to improve upon them has been well established as folly. The first sip of good whiskey after five minutes in crushed ice. The precise chord progression in the first two signature bars of a great song. The inimitable sound of ocean waves breaking on shore. Trying to revise or expand on them…

The 2022 college football season has finally returned and so has your favorite weekly blog post featuring score predictions of each and every Southeastern Conference football game (that hasn't already been played because the writer missed deadline). Anywho, enough about me. Let's go predict Week 1 of the 2022 SEC football season (minus those two…

An SEC East brawl that has divisional stakes as well as national title implications is set for Saturday when No. 3 Tennessee plays host to No. 19 Kentucky. (Follow along HERE for in-game updates.) With a trip to No. 1 Georgia that could decide the division on Nov. 5, Tennessee will need to keep its focus on the present and avoid a trap as it hosts…

The Virginia Cavaliers will try to beat a top-10 team for the first time in more than 14 years when they take on the ninth-ranked Florida Gators in the 2019 Capital One Orange Bowl on Monday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The Cavaliers (9-4) have lost 14 straight games against top-10 teams. Their last win over such a team came on Oct. 15, 2005 when…

The Texas A&M Aggies (9-5, 1-0 SEC) will attempt to extend a three-game winning run when hosting the LSU Tigers (12-2, 1-1 SEC) on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Reed Arena. This matchup is at 6:00 PM ET on SEC Network. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Aggies' (-235 to win on the moneyline) contest…

The CFP National Championship is almost here and surprise, surprise, it's Alabama and Georgia. These two dominant SEC schools are meeting for the second time this year and the latest FanDuel promo code will bring access to the best odds for the game. Ahead of this title title tilt, FanDuel Sportsbook will make the process to grab these great odds…

Georgia's national championship victory over TCU is less than a week old, but the news and offseason never stops in college football - and that's especially true in the SEC. The Bulldogs will be heavily favored to win the SEC next season, which means 13 other teams have already started to aim for coach Kirby Smart's program and how to topple the…

If you had to pick a well-known phrase to sum up Eli Drinkwitz's ethos, what do you think it would be? "Look twice before you leap," may be one. "Slow and steady wins the race," could be another. "May The Force be with you," might also fit, though you could potentially sub it out for, "I've got a bad feeling about this," depending on the game…

Following a one-game suspension as well as some internally-handled discipline due to being, "way too good at predicting games," (Kevin Kelley's words. Not mine. I promise) I have returned for Week 10 of the 2022 SEC Football Predictions. I will do my best to, "stop getting every game correct," and will "try to at least not get the exact score…

The game of the year in college football (to this point) takes place on Saturday afternoon when the Georgia Bulldogs play host to the Tennessee Volunteers. The Bulldogs are favored by more than a touchdown as they look to run their current winning streak to 11 consecutive games dating back to last season's College Football Playoff. It is an…

Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bwhite1 @ dispatch.com To editor: I think members of Buckeye Nation need to wake up and stop threats to football players. Winners build up and strengthen, not threaten. These young men come to get educated and developed for a career after attending Ohio State. They are learning with each game. Every…

Florida and Michigan both own storied bowl histories, but not as much as of late. The Gators are just 1-3 both straight up and against the spread over their last four bowl games, while the Wolverines are just 1-4 SU and 1-3-1 ATS over their last five bowls. In a rematch of a bowl from three seasons ago, Florida meets Michigan in the Peach Bowl in…

Point spread: Buffalo comes into the game as 13.5 point favorites against Miami, according to the lines at SI Sportsbook. Moneyline: BUF -901 | MIA+600 FPI prediction: Buffalo has the strong 96.0 percent chance to win the game outright, compared with Miami at 4.0 percent, according to the Football Power Index computer prediction model that picks…

Through four conference games, the Alabama Crimson Tide look like potential national title contenders. Can the Tide handle their business against the rival LSU Tigers at home? Read on for our top LSU vs. Alabama pick. No. 5 Alabama (14-2, 4-0) rolled through the early portion of its conference schedule, and is a legitimate candidate to win the…

Two divisional rivals trending in opposite directions will square off on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday during the 2023 NFL playoffs. The Miami Dolphins (9-8), who will be without Tua Tagovailoa (concussion), squeaked into the 2023 NFL playoff bracket after losing five of their final six games. On the other hand, their opponent in the Buffalo…

The College Football Playoff finally arrives on Saturday! The #4 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1) face the #1 Georgia Bulldogs (13-0) in the Peach Bowl. Action kicks off at 8 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with an Ohio State-Georgia prediction and pick. Ohio State is 11-1 and finished in second place in the Big 10 East thanks…

If Ohio State felt it needed any of the top quarterbacks sitting in the transfer portal, wouldn't he already be in Columbus? The Buckeyes will be any quarterback's dream next season. As they have been in every season of Ryan Day's tenure. The combination of Marvin Harrison Jr., Emeka Egbuka and Cade Stover sells itself. There may not be a better…

Georgia set the curve again with a dominant assembly of talent and a wave of youth that kept the red and black mean machine chugging down the tracks. Here's how I grade each SEC team's season. Many programs would celebrate 11-2 as upward trajectory and award their coach an immediate raise and extension. Alabama is not most programs. It holds itself…

The Texas A&M Aggies (11-5, 3-0 SEC) will attempt to build on a five-game winning run when visiting the South Carolina Gamecocks (8-8, 1-2 SEC) on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Colonial Life Arena. It airs at 6:00 PM ET on SEC Network. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Aggies' (-379 to win on the…

The No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers (14-2, 4-0 SEC) will be looking to continue a 10-game home winning run when taking on the Kentucky Wildcats (10-6, 1-3 SEC) on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Thompson-Boling Arena. It airs at 12:00 PM ET on ESPN. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Volunteers' (-793 to win…

The Vanderbilt Commodores (8-8, 1-2 SEC) will host the No. 15 Arkansas Razorbacks (12-4, 1-3 SEC) after winning three straight home games. It begins at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Razorbacks' (-202 to win on the moneyline) game versus the Commodores…

The No. 21 Auburn Tigers (13-3, 3-1 SEC) welcome in the Mississippi State Bulldogs (12-4, 1-3 SEC) after victories in nine home games in a row. It starts at 8:30 PM ET on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Tigers' (-379 to win on the moneyline) game with the Bulldogs…

The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide (14-2, 4-0 SEC) welcome in the LSU Tigers (12-4, 1-3 SEC) after victories in six home games in a row. It begins at 4:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Crimson Tide's (-1604 to win on the moneyline) game with the Tigers (+870). This…

The NCAA College Football 2022-2023 National Championship Title game is finally here! Fans can look forward to the 2023 College Football Playoff championship: TCU vs Georgia NCAA Division I National Championship on January 9, 2023. The game will be held between Georgia Bulldogs and the TCU Horned Frogs. Georgia Bulldogs is the fore-most team in…

Everybody loves a feel good story. Last season couldn't have gone much worse for the TCU football program, finishing with a disappointing 5-7 record. Under-pressure head coach Gary Patterson (the longest-serving coach in the school's history) resigned mid-season after two decades in the role. But that's what made this season all the more special as…

What did you do Monday night? If you were like most of the country, you sat down to watch David and Goliath. The little engine that could against the machine that chews up and spits out your dreams. I have really, really, really enjoyed this TCU season. I have long prayed for one year that a team truly comes out of no where with far less talent to…

West Virginia's football program has announced the signing of four transfers to grants-in-aid (scholarships). Those players are now enrolled at WVU for the spring 2023 semester, and eligible to participate in spring practice. The players (Ja'Shaun Poke, Montre Miller, Michael Hayes, Kole Taylor) are part of a current group of eight transfers who…

The Ole Miss Rebels (7-3) play the Temple Owls (6-5) at 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, December 17, 2022. The matchup airs on SEC Network. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Rebels' (-416 to win on the moneyline) contest against the Owls (+320). The betting insights in what follows reflect odds as of December…

Though most college football fans have turned their attention to next season, I want to take one final look back at 2022 to continue my annual tradition of exploring what I got right and wrong - with a heavy emphasis on the last part. I called my preseason ballot the "most perplexing jumble" I've experienced because rosters were so fluid. That was…

OXFORD - Ole Miss basketball coach Kermit Davis knew the start to SEC play would be rough. The schedule made it so, with four Quadrant 1 games - including two top-five KenPom teams - on the docket. To some, a home game against Georgia (12-4, 2-1 SEC) might have seemed like a reprieve before the season began. The Bulldogs were picked to finish 13th…

10 best predictions for another huge Saturday of college football. What games appear to be the best bets and best picks for the Week 8 games? Results So Far: 43-37-1 I am freaking off. Usually the mid-October lack of REM sleep makes everything more focused, but that sure as shoot wasn't happening last weekend. Colorado beat Cal outright? Eastern…

This season I have been breaking down a few of college football's biggest games each week and giving out at least one bet I like from each matchup. Let's take a look at the college football playoff matchup between Ohio State and Georgia. Ohio State vs Georgia Spread, current line: If I had to pick against the spread, I would lean towards taking the…

For the first time ever, the Missouri Tigers will meet the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on the gridiron. The power-conference foes take the field in the 2022 Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa Bay, Fla, on Friday evening. Raymond James Stadium hosts the matchup, and Wake Forest is aiming to end on a high note after losing four of the last five games. Missouri…

Kentucky, well known for its picturesque rolling Bluegrass and signature libation (bourbon!), is perhaps most famous for hosting one of the greatest parties of the year: the Kentucky Derby. If you can't be a part of the Derby experience at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on the first Saturday in May, there are plenty of ways to bring the…

Liam Coen has officially returned to Kentucky football as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the second time in three years, returning to Lexington after spending one season as OC of the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL. Coen signed a three-year contract on Dec. 12, though the news wasn't made official by Kentucky until Tuesday, Jan.…

So other than basketball (note that by just typing "basketball" you have now been blocked by Stack on Twitter), and eventually baseball season previews (Andrew's note: I'm getting to them... season starts on February 17th; next week, I will start the position previews; pre-season mail bag to follow), there's not a lot to talk about over here at…

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills (13-3) will host Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins (9-8) in the 2023 NFL playoffs on Sunday. These AFC East rivals have already squared off twice this season, with each team winning once. The Dolphins secured a 21-19 victory at home on Sept. 25, while the Bills claimed a 32-29 win at home on Dec. 17. Buffalo has…

Alabama will enter the 2022 college football season as one of the favorites to win the national title, this despite coming up on the short end against Georgia in the College Football Playoff National Championship. However, there are a few major questions left to be resolved in spring practice that should be on display in the A-Day spring game on…

The Georgia Bulldogs and the Mississippi State Bulldogs are set to square off in an SEC matchup at 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Stegeman Coliseum. UGA is 11-4 overall and 9-0 at home, while MSU is 12-3 overall and 1-1 on the road. Mississippi State is favored by 2.5 points in the latest Georgia vs. Mississippi State odds from Caesars Sportsbook,…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. The 2021-22 College Football Playoff showed that it was in fact possible for new blood to finally break into the sport's final four teams. With big question marks hanging around a number of the playoff's annual contenders, could the 2022-23 season repeat with two programs making their…

Los Angeles Dodgers celebrations for home runs and hits have varied over the years, and this season has seen two different iterations thanks in large part to Hanser Alberto and Trea Turner taking on the lead. After a win in May, Alberto explained the shaka sign - or "hang loose" hand motion - stemmed from his time in the Dominican Winter…

Has Georgia surpassed Alabama as the best program in college football?Dan Wolken looks at if Georgia can now be considered the team to beat in college football. Big 12 football has come a long way in 18 months. From possible extinction to viability. From newfound parity to newfound prosperity. And then on a stormy Monday night in Inglewood,…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - In most markets the howling about making the NCAA men's basketball tournament begins in March. This isn't most college basketball markets. Never has been. Never will be. The howling about the NCAA Tournament outlook for John Calipari's sagging University of Kentucky team whipped into overdrive Tuesday night. That will…

The Texas A&M Aggies, similar to the No. 20 Missouri Tigers, are both looking to jump into college basketball's elite and Southeastern Conference relevancy. Under fourth-year head coach Buzz Williams, Texas A&M finally forced their way into the conversation last season when the Aggies surged through the latter portion of their schedule en route to…

The fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide look to stay unbeaten in SEC play when they take on the 15th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks on Wednesday night. The Crimson Tide (13-2, 3-0 SEC), who are 3-0 in true road games, have won four in a row and are coming off a 78-52 win over Kentucky on Saturday. The Razorbacks (12-3, 1-2), who are 8-0 on their home…

The 2022 college football season is sadly behind us, as Georgia repeated as national champions by clobbering TCU 65-7 on Monday night. Now that another season has ended, let's evaluate the year as a whole by looking at how each college football conference did in 2022. To gauge how each conference performed this season, we'll take a look at a…

With the ugly College Football Playoff National Championship between Georgia and TCU in the rearview mirror, now is the time to look into the future and make predictions that come this time next year could easily look laughable at best. Thinking back to the start of the 2022 season, much was made all year about Desmond Howard's preseason picks for…

The Georgia Bulldogs (11-4, 1-1 SEC) will host the Mississippi State Bulldogs (12-3, 1-2 SEC) after winning seven home games in a row. It begins at 6:30 PM ET on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Mississippi State Bulldogs' (-136 to win on the moneyline) matchup versus the…

This marks the first time that these two programs have faced off as FBS opponents in their histories. Both teams will be looking to bounce back from their conference championship losses and come out on top in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. It should be an exciting matchup between two talented teams. LSU is coming off a tough 50-30 loss to #1 Georgia in…