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01/07/2019

Saban filled many of the assistant coaching slots with hungry guys who would have run through a brick wall to land a job on a staff like Toledo. (It wasn’t the Big Ten, but still it was major college coaching.)

In only 1 year at Toledo, first-time head coach Nick Saban laid the foundation for every bit of success that followed.

12/13/2018

Schools will have to decide what they care about more: short-term money or the chance to jump ship down the road.

12/13/2018

Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl (FIU vs. Toledo)
Gift suite; Yeti Rambler bottle; Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl custom board shorts, towel, pin and string backpack

For a bowl that from firsthand accounts sounds extremely stable and sustainable, all that game-branded swag could become quite the collector's item soon.

From bobbleheads to belt buckles and everything in between, the participants at this year's 39 bowl games look to be in for a treat.

12/10/2018

Louisville has gone back to the Group of 5 ranks for its next head football coach. Sixteen Power 5 teams have done the same over the past five seasons, with mixed results.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2018/12/04/college-football-power-5-teams-success-rate-hiring-group-5-coaches/2199920002/

12/10/2018

Take our hand, Mr. Aresco. Embrace the Group of Five. The stronger we become, together, the greater the chance you will have your cold revenge on the institutions that currently look over their monocles and laugh at you.

For the good of everyone, the AAC really needs to drop “P6” When the American Athletic Conference dubbed itself “TheAmerican POW6R,” it drew chuckles and raised eyebrows. No…

12/06/2018

Bowl games have not been kind to the MAC in the past two postseasons, but perhaps 2018 is a brighter year. MAC teams open as favorites in five of six bowl games, although not a single one of these lines is greater than five points. The one MAC underdog is 14-point underdog Western Michigan, which will travel northwest to battle BYU in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

After years of struggling in bowl season, could 2018 be the return of the MAC?

12/06/2018

9. Washington at 1. Alabama
8. UCF at 2. Clemson
6. Ohio State at 3. Notre Dame
5. Georgia at 4. Oklahoma

In the end, there were really no surprises over the course of conference title weekend in the world of college football this past weekend. The favorites all won, and most of them won big, with Clemson, Oklahoma, and Ohio State all winning by double digits and covering the spread. The...

12/03/2018

McElwain will lead the Chippewas in 2019 and beyond

The former Florida coach has a new gig.