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Saturdays Feed My Soul
Saturdays Feed My Soul is a unique look into the American college football phenomenon, across the pond, through the eyes of an increasingly fanatical Englishman.
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Gareth Evans
Aug 30, 20203 min read
Preseason AP Top 25 Rankings
The route to winning a national championship isn’t straightforward when 130 teams play across 10 conferences in the top tier of college...
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Gareth Evans
Aug 11, 20204 min read
*The Asterisk Season
As I have started to explore college football’s unique traditions and rivalries in recent blogs, the spiralling events of the last few...
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Gareth Evans
Jul 8, 20204 min read
Traditions: Nicknames
The Washington Redskins are in the news this week. Five names are mooted to be in the mix as they come under increasing pressure to...
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Gareth Evans
Jun 13, 20203 min read
Traditions: Paul Bunyan's Axe - Wisconsin vs. Minnesota
Growing up around and watching very quintessentially British games of football, rugby, tennis and cricket, I assumed we held the rights...
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Gareth Evans
May 25, 20202 min read
Mr. Irrelevant
As I’m delving deeper into the history and culture of the college football experience, as a Brit, I’m appreciating the quirks that...
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Gareth Evans
May 9, 20204 min read
"Skipper"
The cannon that fired fifty feet behind me made literally jump out of my seat. I was visiting my friends Brendan and Kim at Virginia Tech...
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Gareth Evans
Apr 24, 20204 min read
Round 1 - 32 lives changed, 4 trades and a stunning pick by the Packers
Far from its originally intended setting under the bright lights of Las Vegas, the NFL Draft lockdown version was played out in the...
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Gareth Evans
Apr 22, 20203 min read
My Mock Draft 2020
I watched my first Draft with some URI mates at my friend Brendan’s house. Initially, the prospect of sitting for two to three hours...
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Gareth Evans
Apr 21, 20203 min read
The 2020 NFL Draft - Who To Look Out For
The eyes of fans will be locked on sports channels this Thursday (or early hours of Friday morning) as the elite players of college...
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Gareth Evans
Apr 18, 20203 min read
Feeding my appetite with the URI Rams
Image: Meade Stadium Overview vs Delaware by University of Rhode Island Photos (Flickr) Having been fed a steady diet of the NFL for a...
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Gareth Evans
Apr 11, 20203 min read
Where It All Starts
The NFL is the most high profile sport in the US. I take a look at where it all starts. This is my journey, from across the pond, into...
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