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The newest wave of college football players is rolling in, and they're setting the bar high thanks to the names on their birthday certificates. Some of the best names in the late 90s/early 2000s rap game have grown up and are crushing it on the college gridiron. Here's some of
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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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NFL Preseason is here. Each Week, I'll be giving out a few awards to the stars of exhibition football. Offensive MVP: Jalen Hurd (3 receptions, 31 receiving yards, 2 TD) What used to be “You know. Antonio Gates played basketball in college,” became “You know. Chris Hogan played college lacrosse.” In 2019,
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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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Todd Bowles is out. Sad to see, but very understandable. You can’t defend 24-40. That being said, it’s time for the Jets to move on. They need a head coach that can corral an undisciplined team while attracting the big name free agents the Jets can finally afford. Names like
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In May of 2017, Eric Reid followed in the footsteps of former teammate Colin Kaepernick and filed a collusion grievance against the NFL and team owners. Unlike Kaepernick, however, Reid was still able to find a job in the NFL following this move when the Panthers lost veteran safety Da'Norris
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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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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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As America’s most epic sport, football is understandably subject to infinite, cliché analogies. All of the following analogies are things I’ve heard come out of my own football coaches’ mouths over the years: Football is like rock and roll. Football is artificial adversity. Football players are modern-day gladiators. Hyperbole aside,
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The views expressed below are those of the author and not of First and Fan as an organization. On May 23rd, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL announced players and teams will face punishments. They published an official announcement detailing that players and teams are expected to stand and respect the
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