Road to CFB

OVER 4,000 WORDS ON THE PAC-12! ✅Brad Jackson is a DUDE ✅Dark horse to consider (and it's not Fresno State) ✅Skepticism for the second-leading favorite The Pac-12 lives with 8 teams in 2026. Preview is now LIVE on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/roadtocfb/…

42 DAYS UNTIL COLLEGE FOOTBALL RETURNS! Stadium 42: CANVAS STADIUM, home of the Colorado State Rams. What a gorgeous facility. Colorado State is really well-funded but that’s not reflected on the field (yet). This school and program have money and should be really desirable. In my opinion, a sleeping giant. Sitting up in the upper visitor deck gives fans the best view of the Rocky Mountains, a must if you’re heading out to Colorado for college football. Capacity: 36,500 Opened: 2017 Notable feature/tradition: Beer enthusiasts, visit the north end zone for the Fat Tire stand.

OVER 4,000 WORDS ON THE PAC-12! ✅Brad Jackson is a DUDE ✅Dark horse to consider (and it's not Fresno State) ✅Skepticism for the second-leading favorite The Pac-12 lives with 8 teams in 2026. Preview is now LIVE on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/roadtocfb/…

Further, Pitt is 3-6 vs. the Big Ten since 2010 and 2-2 vs the SEC in the same time frame but those wins game against ‘21 Tennessee (7-6) and ‘11 Kentucky (5-7). Before that ‘21 result—in which Tennessee went 7-5 in the regular season and 4-4 in SEC play—Pitt hasn’t beaten an SEC team with a winning record since the 1980s. Narduzzi probably should have consulted someone before spewing this nonsense.

All-time, the ACC is 23-29 against the Big Ten in bowls, if he really wants to get that technical about it.

Pat Narduzzi’s Pitt teams lost to East Carolina and Toledo in their last two bowls, last beat an SEC team in a bowl in 2010, and haven’t beaten a Big Ten team in a bowl ever. Not once. Weird, weird wagon he’s hitching too.

I’m sorry, Mbappe is doing what now?

✅ Experienced first tornado

There’s coach speak, and then there’s whatever this is

In 2014, Bowling Green defeated Indiana on a 2-yard TD pass with 9 seconds left. Indiana’s Hail Mary attempt at the end fell short. Final: Bowling Green 45 - Indiana 42

Depending on how this year shakes out, we might already be sending some pretty harsh retaliation their way

@TShoeIndex Oh good — another market about to get me limited at retail books

Day 1 of testing TSI for MLS ⚽️

@RealBGauvin23 Five-deep league with two at the bottom with recent success. One of the most interesting D-I races this year

I think this conference is very interesting this season. Really excited to see how it plays out.

Insane resource to be offered here. Very very few folks out there putting in the work Zak is. If you’re not following, you’re missing out.

My five favorite long-shot future bets heading into the 2026 CFB season via @Covers covers.com/ncaaf/long-sho…

43 DAYS UNTIL COLLEGE FOOTBALL RETURNS! Stadium 43: FOLSOM FIELD, home of the Colorado Buffaloes. Iconic. Elite backdrop, unique away stands structure, recognizable end zone bowl/hill. Of course, the star of the show are the FlatIrons that look into the stadium, but this venue perfectly matches Colorado’s campus. Some of my favorite games I’ve watched throughout the years took place here. And you have one of college football’s best traditions in Ralphie’s Run. Capacity: 50,183 Opened: 1924 Note: This was stop No. 2 on my 10,000-mile 2021 Summer Road Trip.

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It is a critical juncture in the history of the college sports industry. Without passage of a revised Senate bill, SEC leaders are preparing “Plan B” - a self-governing model in which the league enforces its own rules and perhaps even competes against its only own members.

PLASTIC-smelling toxic smoke is shrouding the Great Lakes, Upper Midwest and Northeast. Have you noticed it doesn't smell like smoke? That's because of chemical reactions catalyzed by sunlight. When you smell campfire smoke, you’re getting the smoke immediately after it’s been produced. This is “aged” smoke that’s festered for a few days. It contains longer-lived volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that remain even after larger biomass molecules settle out. Instead, benzenes, formaldehydes and acroleins stick around, known for industrial or chemical smells. Formaldehyde in particular has a plastic scent. As of Friday morning, Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C. and New York City were the most polluted major cities in the world – exceeding Delhi and Kolkata, India, Jakarta, Indonesia and most major cities in China. The smoke isn’t just annoying – it’s legitimately dangerous. It’s made up of microscopic particulates known as PM2.5, or itty-bitty particles less than 2.5 micrometers in width. That’s about 30 times thinner than a human hair. Breathing them in is bad – it increases risk of heart attack, respiratory issues, etc. You may also notice your eyes stinging.