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The Unintended Consequences of Canceling College Sports

The Ivy League officially announced today that all Fall 2020 sports seasons are canceled, most notably the college football season. Stanford University also announced today that after the 2020-2021 season, they will be terminating 11 of their 36 varsity sports due to severe budget deficits. I think these two independent

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Introducing First and Fan’s Multi-Sport Fantasy League…The Vortex

Each year around mid-late August, everyone from the sports superfans to casual fans to the weird guy at your office that roots for whoever your boss likes play fantasy football. The level of research leading up to the draft will always vary, but whether you check your team every hour

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College Football Playoff Picture

The first college football playoff rankings were released on Monday, and with just under two months before the college football semifinals, the next three/four weeks are more important than ever. Ohio State LSU Alabama Penn State Clemson Georgia Oregon Utah Oklahoma Florida Again only the top four teams, and right now,

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2019 National Championship Preview: #1 Alabama vs. #2 Clemson

For four straight seasons, Alabama and Clemson have faced off in the College Football Playoff - three of those matchups for the National Championship. In 2016 it was #2 Alabama upsetting undefeated #1 Clemson in a fourth quarter shootout. Then in 2017 Clemson got their revenge in the National Championship,

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Ameritas Insurance Classic Preview: #2 Duke at #12 Texas Tech

The #2 ranked Duke Blue Devils tips off against the #12 ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders at 7pm in the Madison Square Garden. The Ameritas Insurance Classic. College basketball usually isn’t this exciting in December, but this is a matchup that we may see again in the Final Four in March. Duke

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The NCAA NET Explained

As promised in my last article, here is an explanation of the new NET Rankings.  First the first off, NET the stands for NCAA Evaluation Tool, and it is just that, the primary sorting tool for the selection committee for the Men’s DI basketball tournament.  It replaces the ratings percentage index,

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State Farm Champions’ Classic Preview: The Start of the 2018-19 College Basketball Season

Since the first Champions Classic in 2011, four of the premier basketball programs compete against each other to kick off the start of college basketball season. Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State, and Kansas face off against one another on a rotating three year schedule. Each year, only two games are played,

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2018 College Football Preseason Rankings and Analysis

There are 229 days of college football off season. A lot can happen between Tua’s surprise emergence as the 2018 College Football National Championship MVP and the August 25th start of the 2019 season. Think about all the college football that could’ve been played in those 229 days, but wasn’t.

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Incumbent Starters vs. Potential: 2018’s NCAA QB Battles

It’s past July 4, the meat sweats have subsided and the fireworks have mercilessly ended. That means it’s almost time for college football. Fall camps start in a few weeks, so for right now, we’ll have to survive on Nick Saban fan fiction and analysis based off of spring games,

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