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Everything you need to know about the fair catch kick, football's vestigial tailbone
Thursday night, the Chargers made history by converting on a play that hadn't been successful in FORTY EIGHT YEARS
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3 big College Football Playoff takeaways now that we have a bracket
The stage is set for the college football wars to come.
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HERE ARE SOME SPORTS YOU MISSED: It's gloating season
Our monthly roundup from the world of sports features a Northwestern national championshp and GLORY FOR SAN MARINO!
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They can't make college football suck
A mantra for a sport that keeps changing—but keeps making magic.
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November 2024

Deion’s Really Doing It
Believe it or not, the college football world is not paying enough attention to Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. Let's watch them while we can.
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The Old Man and the Sun
A breakdown of how and why the Cowboys have the only stadium in the league where players regularly get blinded by the sun.
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HERE ARE SOME SPORTS YOU MISSED. A post-Olympics roundup
North Korea's youth soccer dynasty, a huge upset in the world of Fancy Cycling, an American call to action in a sport that's kinda like baseball, and…
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October 2024

College football's biggest losers are thriving in 2024. Thank the transfer portal.
The transfer portal has allowed college football teams to build solid rosters overnight. Even teams like Indiana and Vanderbilt.
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The Trent Dilfer Debacle, a case study in why you need to believe in yourself
This is the story of a program which had a lot to be proud of, but decided its own remarkable revival was less interesting than ESPN's 248th-most…
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Army is undefeated. Navy is undefeated. What happens next?
Army and Navy are dominant for the first time in forever—and a peculiar College Football Playoff scenario could put a newfangled spin on this…
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This week's college football things: Some perjury and a new-era QB swap
College football is different now. But that doesn’t mean it’s worse.
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September 2024

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