They used to be called big plays. Or maybe long plays. It’s not clear when, or why, football people started calling them “explosive plays” or just “explosives.” It was probably …
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Editor’s Note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Sometimes you have to stand in awe of what Georgia has done. The Bulldogs have …
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College football has a new No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll, as Texas moved past Georgia for the top spot on Sunday. The move comes after the …
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And now, 18 thoughts from Week 3, which was awfully fun to watch, so long as you weren’t in Gainesville or Tallahassee, Fla. 1. Florida and Florida State claim a …
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Welcome to college football, where the entire conversation about a program can change in a week. There are no better examples than the scenes in Lexington, Ky., and South Bend, …
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Editor’s Note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It took just two weeks for college football to descend into chaos. We lost two …
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Editor’s Note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Week 1 is complete and we’ve finally seen everyone in FBS. Well, not everyone (sorry …
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You would think that spirits would be high among college football fans across the country. A new season is starting, and the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff affords more postseason …
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This is a season about hope. For most of college football’s existence, much of the sport had no chance of competing for a national title. Somehow, those odds increased when …
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The role of a college football coach seems to change by the month as the sport wrestles with the age of name, image and likeness freedoms, unlimited transfers and, soon, …