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🏈 Ain’t no hold ’em

🏈 Ain’t no hold ’em

With the College Football Playoff championship set, questions linger

With a 28–14 win over No. 5 Texas in Friday’s Cotton Bowl, No. 8 Ohio State punched their ticket to the College Football Playoff (CFP) championship game, where they’ll face No. 7 Notre Dame. But questions about the college football landscape still linger ahead of January 20th’s title game.

January 13, 2025

🍊🏈 Orange you glad it’s bowl season?

🍊🏈 Orange you glad it’s bowl season?

Penn State and Notre Dame set to face off in the Orange Bowl

And then there were four. The College Football Playoff (CFP) semis are officially here, with the Orange Bowl, featuring No. 6 Penn State and No. 7 Notre Dame, kicking off tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Cotton Bowl set for Friday.

January 08, 2025

🎓🏈 New year, same goal

🎓🏈 New year, same goal

The College Football Playoff semifinals are set

ICYMI: The first expanded College Football Playoff (CFP) is in full swing, with the 12-team field already whittled down to four. No. 5 seed Texas, No. 6 Penn State, No. 7 Notre Dame, and No. 8 Ohio State are still fighting for the trophy after a wild holiday break full of upsets and thrilling gridiron action.

January 03, 2025

🏈 First (round) down

🏈 First (round) down

Second-round College Football Playoff matchups begin December 31st

After a weekend full of blowouts in the first round of the newly expanded 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP), the upcoming quarter-finals (featuring the top four teams who automatically received byes) should be more exciting.

December 23, 2024

🏈 Hut hut, here we go

🏈 Hut hut, here we go

The revamped College Football Playoff begins with first-round games taking place Friday and Saturday

At long last, the expanded 12-team CFP makes its debut this weekend, with first-round games kicking off tonight and tomorrow. Four squads earned byes straight to the second round and await the winners of these initial clashes.

December 20, 2024

🏈 Heisman hopefuls

🏈 Heisman hopefuls

Heisman Trophy finalists announced

The four Heisman Trophy finalists were announced on Monday before the winner is named in a special ceremony this Saturday. Let’s get to know the players still in contention for the historic prize, which has been awarded annually to college football’s MVP since 1935.

December 11, 2024

🏈 The pick(s) are in

🏈 The pick(s) are in

The 12-team college football playoff field has been revealed, with play starting December 20th

The wait is over. An exhilarating regular season wrapped up on Saturday, as conference champions were crowned and teams punched their tickets to the inaugural 12-team CFP field.

December 09, 2024

🏈 Put it all on the line

🏈 Put it all on the line

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This weekend’s conference championships will shape the College Football Playoff field

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December 06, 2024

It’s officially conference championship time, and tomorrow’s games come with College Football Playoff (CFP) spots on the line. After teasing us all season, the selection committee will turn around and drop the official 12-team CFP field on Sunday

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September 04, 2025

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Our way-too-early Super Bowl picks

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Hut hut, here we go!

It’s officially NFL season, GISTer — and we’re going all in on The GIST of It. Before tonight’s kickoff, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are breaking down the league’s top contenders, from the defending champs to a team we know, ahem, all too well. It really is the greatest time of year.

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🏈 Raucous rivalries

🏈 Raucous rivalries

Brawls and bonkers endings categorize Saturday’s college football rivalry games

The holiday season is here, but this weekend’s football games were anything but holly jolly — with rivalries, brawls, nearly historic overtimes, and much more.

December 02, 2024

🏈 Gobbling on the gridiron

🏈 Gobbling on the gridiron

Another CFP rankings dropped, with Notre Dame moving up and two SEC teams falling out

The College Football Playoff (CFP) is fast approaching, with just two more rankings drops, one week of regular-season play, and conference championship action remaining.

November 27, 2024

🏈 Chaos reigns

🏈 Chaos reigns

Outside of No. 2 Ohio State taking care of No. 5 Indiana, upsets ruled the weekend and shook up the playoff picture

The College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Show is less than two weeks away and after this weekend’s topsy-turvy results, there are some serious questions about who’s in and who’s out of the 12-team postseason.

November 25, 2024

🏈 Fourth and (the) goal (is playoffs)

🏈 Fourth and (the) goal (is playoffs)

With only four weeks left, college football teams battle for spots in the 12-team playoff

The third of six College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings was released yesterday, bringing with it some serious shakeups for the SEC despite the top five teams holding steady. With the new expanded 12-team playoff format and only four weeks left, it’s crunch time for resume-building wins.

November 20, 2024

🏈🚨 Upset(s) alert

🏈🚨 Upset(s) alert

Two major upsets shake up the college football landscape

Saturday was rock chalk-full of upsets that will have major implications on the playoff picture. And as if that wasn’t enough drama, the No. 1 team in the country nearly went down, too.

November 18, 2024

🏈 Gridiron gridlock

🏈 Gridiron gridlock

The race for the College Football Playoff is heating up, especially in the SEC

We’ve reached Week 12 of the football season, with less than a month to go until the 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP) field is set.

November 15, 2024

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