The Best of Rivalry Week 2023 - Michigan wins "The Game" and conference championship games confirmed
Michigan beats Ohio State for third year in a row Everything was on the line in Ann Arbor as No.3 Michigan hosted No.2 Ohio State in "The...
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Gareth Evans
Nov 22, 20238 min read
Week 12 - Washington survive a scare, Battle of L.A., Michigan's 1,000th win and tough break for FSU
College football returns to the UK Starting off with huge news last weekend that college football is available to watch again in the UK....
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Gareth Evans
Nov 17, 20238 min read
Week 11 - Sensational Quarterback Play, Georgia lays down a marker and another ban for Jim Harbaugh
Sensational quarterback play College football has produced some very special players in recent years, notably at the quarterback...
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Gareth Evans
Nov 10, 20237 min read
Week 10 - Oklahoma State wins Bedlam, Washington wins a Pac-12 thriller and Clemson salvage pride...
Cowboys see off No.9 Sooners to win Bedlam, 27-24. The 117th and potentially last Bedlam for a while didn't disappoint. This, one of...
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Gareth Evans
Oct 31, 20237 min read
Week 9 - Kansas upsets No.6 Oklahoma, Tar Heels and Beavers also suffer surprise losses...
The business end of the college football season is upon us. One loss can make all the difference at this time of year as we roll into...
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Gareth Evans
Oct 24, 20236 min read
Week 8 - Ohio State edges Penn State, Michigan wins Paul Bunyan Trophy, USC comes up short again.
No.3 Buckeyes power past No.6 Penn State, 20-12. No.6 Penn State hadn't won in Columbus since 2011 and Ohio State were in no mood to let...
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Gareth Evans
Oct 20, 20236 min read
Week 7 - Washington tops Oregon in a Pac-12 thriller and Notre Dame gives USC a reality check...
No.8 Oregon 33-36 No.7 Washington The refusal of the Pac-12 to drift off into the sunset continues. This is a conference boasting some...
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Gareth Evans
Oct 14, 20236 min read
Week 6 - Oklahoma stuns Texas to win Red River, moves to No.5, Notre Dame upset by Louisville.
No.3 Texas 30-34 No.12 Oklahoma What a difference a year makes. Or indeed, a player. While the absence of Dillon Gabriel from last year's...
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Gareth Evans
Oct 7, 20237 min read
Looking Back at Week 5 and Previewing Week 6 in College Football with Daniel Shirley...
In the second part of my conversation with Daniel Shirley, we look at the highlights of an intriguing Week 5 and preview an fascinating...
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Gareth Evans
Oct 7, 20239 min read
Colorado, Parity and Could Texas Be No.1? Daniel Shirley's College Football Insights...
On our most recent episode of the Across The Pond College Football podcast, I was delighted to be joined by Daniel Shirley, Senior...
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Gareth Evans
Sep 30, 20237 min read
Week 4 - Ohio State overcome the Fighting Irish, Colorado humbled and Battle for the Iron Skillet
"Ohio against the world" Two of the top five programs with the most wins in college football history met in South Bend on Saturday. Both...
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Gareth Evans
Sep 23, 20236 min read
Week 3 - Florida ambushes Tennessee in the Swamp, the "Backyard Brawl" and how good is the Pac-12?
I've been watching Untold: Swamp Kings on Netflix recently. It's worth a watch if you haven't seen it, telling the story of the...
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Gareth Evans
Sep 13, 20236 min read
Week 2 - "Aggression and Execution." Texas stuns Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Miami breaks into Top 25...
A year ago, I watched Quinn Ewers show glimpses of his much-hyped potential as visiting Alabama escaped with a narrow victory over the...
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Gareth Evans
Sep 6, 20236 min read
Week 1 - Colorado Tears Up The Script, The Carolinas Battle and Mixed Fortunes in Florida...
Colorado are coming. The headline-grabbing result of Week 1, and potentially the season, emerged from Fort Worth. Last season's national...
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Gareth Evans
Sep 2, 20236 min read
The 2023 College Football Season: Coaching Changes, Top 10 Players To Watch & Quick Fire Predictions
"Change is the new norm" is a phrase that has been repeated ad infinitum when referring to the state of our global economy and society...
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Gareth Evans
Aug 26, 20236 min read
Realignment, Transfers, Quarterback Battles - College Football's Close Season Storylines
I wrote, a year ago in an off-season recap, about the rapidly changing landscape of college football. It seems to have gone into...
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Gareth Evans
Aug 17, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: Quinn Ewers and Texas Thrash Oklahoma at Red River, October 8, 2022
The Red River Rivalry is one of college football's fiercely contested traditional contests. Hosted annually at the historic Cotton Bowl...
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Gareth Evans
Aug 10, 20233 min read
Throwback Thursday: "It was David vs.Goliath", Appalachian State shocks Michigan in stunning upset
Growing up in England and watching the other "football" (I refuse to call it soccer), I'm used to hearing stories about "giant-killing"...
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Gareth Evans
Aug 3, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: Remembering "Sweetness", the late, great Walter Payton.
Growing up as a Green Bay Packers fan, it was hard to watch the brilliance of the mid-Eighties Chicago Bears team. It was harder not to...
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Gareth Evans
Jul 27, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: Doug Flutie's Hail Mary - Boston College vs. Miami, November 23rd, 1984
In the annals of college football history, certain moments stand out. On November 23, 1984, Boston College travelled to Florida to face...
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