Long Live the ConFLiCT: How a Made Up Rivalry Became a College Football Legend
Most rivalries exist because two fan bases care too much. This one is worth telling because only one side cared at all.…
September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Latest Results, Recent History, and What to Know
The most recent Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was not close for long. Washington State beat Utah State 34 to 21 on December…
September 8, 2026
The Cuyahoga Gold Bowl: Cleveland’s Best Rivalry Just Lost Its Date
Twelve miles of Cleveland separate Berea from University Heights. Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll have been playing football against each other since…
September 7, 2026
The Dust Bowl: Inside the Oklahoma State–Texas Tech Rivalry
Out on the dry tablelands where Oklahoma and West Texas blur into the same red dirt and the same hard wind, two…
September 6, 2026
ECAC Bowl Games: Latest Results, Recent History, and What to Know
The most recent ECAC Bowl slate was played on November 22, 2025, and one of the four games produced a first. Rowan…
September 5, 2026
Drew Mestemaker led the Big 12 in passing yards and touchdowns. He is eighth.
All sixteen Big 12 starting quarterbacks, scored on four published components: Performance at 35%, NIL Visibility at 20%, Social Power at 20%,…
September 5, 2026
Big Ten QB NIL Index 2026
Seven Big Ten quarterbacks have a better Performance component than Bryce Underwood. All seven finish below him. All eighteen projected Big Ten…
September 5, 2026
2026 SEC QB NIL Index
All sixteen projected SEC starting quarterbacks, scored on four published components: Performance at 35%, NIL Visibility at 20%, Social Power at 20%,…
September 4, 2026
2026 Gasparilla Bowl: The Pirate Game in Tampa Nobody Can Predict
Most bowl games know exactly who they are. Two conferences, one tie in, same matchup shape every December. The Gasparilla Bowl is…
September 4, 2026
Before the SEC: North Carolina, Virginia, and the South’s First Football Powers
Between 1889 and 1902, one of two schools claimed a southern championship in twelve of fourteen years. Not Alabama, not Georgia, not…
September 4, 2026
Shell of Its Former Self: Illinois, Ohio State, and College Football’s Most Tragic Trophy
Most rivalry trophies are jugs, axes, or bells. The prize in the Illinois and Ohio State series is a carved wooden turtle,…
September 3, 2026
SIAC Football Schedule 2026: Every Game, Every Week
Thirteen teams, a season that opens with eleven games in a single Saturday, and more named classics than any league in the…
September 2, 2026