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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Can Gonzaga snatch the second seed?

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The big questions Tuesday night revolved around three of the mid-majors. Can St. Mary’s score an impressive win over Gonzaga in the Football World Cup championship game, confirming that the Gaels’ strong computer numbers deserve a correspondingly high rating? And will Oral Roberts and/or Charleston win their respective conference championships, or will they go to Selection Sunday in hopes of getting a big bid? Consider answering these questions definitively. Charleston outlasted UNC Wilmington in the CAA title game for their 30th win against a Division One. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts completed…

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Gary Barta says Kevin Warren’s departure won’t delay Big Ten plans to shake up the football schedule

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The departure of Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren will not delay the conference’s plans to change the alignment of the football schedule for the 2024 season, Iowa director of athletics Gary Barta said Thursday. For many years, conference and school officials debated changing or partially ending the east-west alignment to have a fairer championship game. There was momentum to enact changes for the 2023 season to coincide with a new media rights agreement until USC and UCLA accepted Big Ten invitations starting August 2, 2024. Conference officials decided in October…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is the top seed. Northwestern and Clemson

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“They can’t imagine it… that someone like me would walk into their house, walk on their land…” – Cassian Andor When compiling this week’s segment, we were astounded by the inclusion of teams we’d never expected to have considered as recently as a few weeks ago. North-west? Pittsburgh? Clemson? UCF? wait … Is that true? It also got us thinking about another story focusing on underdogs who took the power structure by surprise: “Andor,” our favorite TV series of 2022. After the train wreck that was “The Book of Boba…

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College basketball rankings: Illinois out, Miami in. And hey, New Mexico!

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Merry Christmas after Christmas! I trust that the holiday treated everyone well, though there were a few precious college basketball games that caught our eye. As a result, there wasn’t much movement on top of the polls. The good news is that there are plenty of great matches to be shown this week, which top the list for Saturday’s packed New Year’s Eve. In the meantime, allow me to spread my usual holiday cheer by presenting the correct ranking of the top 25 college basketball teams, as presented to the…

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Staples: Ranking 13 teams eligible for College Football Playoff (even if they aren’t in the top 4 this week)

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Every Saturday night, Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman interact with the list of matches this weekend The Andy Staples and Friends Show. On Mondays, Andy revisits his biggest takeaway and Ari from Saturday night’s instant reaction. This week: Ari gave everyone homework—ranking the 13 teams qualified for the college football game. The only arrangement that really matters debuted on Tuesday. And even that doesn’t really matter. Remember, the first time the College Football Playoff Selection Committee released a ranking in 2014, these were the top four: Mississippi Florida Auburn Ole…

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All-America’s new mid-season college football team: Drake Maye, Quinshon Judkins on first list

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As we’re halfway through the season, it’s time once again to highlight some of the college’s most exciting young talents. This is the All-America Freshman mid-season squad at The Athletic, and an early look at the real freshmen and freshmen of the 2022 season. We try to prioritize production when we put this team together, and we judge players based on what they’ve achieved so far rather than what they might do in the future. But there is always a long list of candidates for every position and tough choices…

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Minnesota QP Tanner Morgan to be transferred to the medical center for an injury he sustained versus Illinois

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Minnesota coach PJ Flick told KFAN Sports Radio after the game that Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan will be taken to a medical center after being injured during the Govers’ 26-14 loss to Illinois on Saturday. “It’s a pity,” Flick said. “He’s such a competitor and that was a pretty slam dunk, you know, when he got on the floor, and you know, I thought our people did a great job getting them to work. .

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Could Tide Be Weak vs. Volumes? In addition to the urgent madness, the greatness of Los Angeles

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And now, 23 final thoughts from Saturday that started at 11 a.m. Dallas time in front of 90,000 at Cotton Bowl and ended at 11:30 p.m. Palo Alto time in front of a few thousand unsuspecting fans at Stanford Stadium who inadvertently (and unfortunately For them) they witnessed the most beautiful end to the whole darn day. 1. It appears that CBS has hired a psychic medium to run the programming department. For two years in a row, they used their only prime-time pick of the season to broadcast the…

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College Football Week 1 Model Predictions: Austin Mock’s Best Bets

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After not seeing any value in the recreational week 0 of the college football season, we’re back with a few bets in week one (the “real” start to college football). The college football betting model returns this year after moving 52-43-3 last season for a 4.7% ROI. It’s the start of the season and there are a lot of changes in the world of college football, so I’m a little bit conservative about starting the season compared to how things are going in a few weeks. However, Saturdays will be…

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Rutgers flips No. 12 in Illinois to boost NCAA championship hopes

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This was supposed to be the tough part of Rutgers’ schedule, the stretch that would challenge the Crimson Knights and possibly end their NCAA Championship hopes. Instead, it was a breeze. The Vermilion Knights continue to confront and sink ranked opponents. The most recent victim was the co-leader of the Illinois Big Ten and the American big man Kofi Cockburn. Rutgers looked like a team confident they held the NCAA title high, as they dominated both ends and smashed No. 12 Eleni, 70-59, at Mike’s Jersey Circuit to continue his…

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