Author: Onyx Gallade

The college football landscape is ever-changing. Anyone who follows recruiting can attest to that fact considering following 16-18-year-olds’ daily lives and football careers gets to be fickle. This week, there were rumors floated by Michigan insiders that the 5-5 defending national champions are prepared to offer top-rated 2025 recruit Bryce Underwood an NIL deal upwards of $10.5 million. Despite seemingly falling behind in the NIL world, Michigan is still Michigan. $10.5 million should be chump change for what is considered to be one of the premier institutions of higher learning and, for the time being, the winningest college football program…

In the battle of “can’t win the big one” coaches, Ryan Day moved to 3-7 against top-five teams while James Franklin fell to 1-9 against top-five teams and 1-10 against Ohio State. Even that one win was such a fluke but it bought Franklin a decade of leeway with the Penn State administration. James Franklin Fell Once Again to Ohio State and Fans Let Him Have It Penn State is a great football team this year and will likely end up as an at-large in the College Football Playoff. However, Penn State just cannot get over the Ohio State hump.…

“I win. Google me.” Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti has more than backed up his bold claims that he made just before Christmas, 2023. He’s not wrong, considering he had great success at James Madison, Elon (FCS), and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (D-II). Heading into 2024, Cignetti had a 119-35 with two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (D-II) west division titles, one PSAC title, three Colonial Athletic Association (FCS) titles, and two Sun Belt East titles. Plus, the only reason Cignetti did not win the Sun Belt in those two years was because James Madison was ineligible for postseason play. Now,…

The Carolina Panthers have been struggling thus far this season, posting a meager 1-6 record through seven weeks. After two weeks, the team elected to move on from 2023 first-overall pick Bryce Young for 14th-year vet, Andy Dalton. On Tuesday, Dalton, his wife, three children, and his dog were traveling through Charlotte and his vehicle was struck, causing an accident. Thankfully, the current Panthers quarterback and his family were evaluated and nobody was transported to the hospital. At the time of writing, that is the extent of the news the Panthers have released to the public. https://twitter.com/DNewtonespn/status/1848842688545579248 Andy Dalton, Family…

The Ohio State Buckeyes have been one of the elites in college football for decades. The program is at the top or near in just about every statistical category in the history of the game and the recent teams are no different. One area where the Buckeyes were revolutionized with the hiring of Urban Meyer before the 2012 season was in recruiting. Now, 12 yards later and 10 years removed from its last national title, Ohio State recruiting has been the best or one of the best throughout the Ryan Day era. Day has been able to lock down commitments…

Mountain West expansion? Conference realignment will not allow a single program or conference to go untouched by its greedy, greasy fingers. The look of conferences in 2026 will be light years away from what college football looked like even 10 years ago. Look back 15 years and it’s even crazier. There has been a back-and-forth dance with the remnants of the Pac-12 and the Mountain West in a battle for who is going to poach who. Instead of doing the logical thing and merging, the Pac-12 has poached five from the Mountain West. Now, with both conferences sitting at seven…

On to Week 5! Another week, another 3-2 performance! While USC wasn’t able to beat the one-dimensional Wolverines and Oklahoma State fell to Utah, Bowling Green, Rutgers, and Miami (FL) did not let us down. [tgdcta items=”1″ id=”177239″] Overall, we are sitting at 15-10. Let’s get a little more separation, shall we? College Football Week 5 Game Spread Best Bets (15)Louisville (+6.5) at (16)Notre Dame This week, we have chosen three ranked matchups to pick from, and 15th-ranked Louisville’s trip to 16th-ranked Notre Dame gets us started. These two have only ever played four times in history and it’s currently…

It has been a tumultuous few months for the Cincinnati Bengals. First, Tee Higgins and the team couldn’t get a contract together and he waited until the last second to sign the Franchise Tag. Then, throughout Training Camp, Ja’Marr Chase participated in a “hold in” to try and leverage a contract extension like his peer, Justin Jefferson. Then, Higgins’ hamstring issues came back and he missed the first two games of the season. Now, three weeks in, the Bengals, who were considered a Super Bowl contender, sit at 0-3. Losing to the New England Patriots in Week 1 was not…

It’s a different era in college football. Conference realignment is going crazy with the Pac-12 and Mountain West figuring things out. NIL is being abused. The Transfer Portal will be as hectic as ever this winter. One thing that we haven’t quite seen to this point is the starting quarterback of an undefeated contender calling it quits after three games. An Undefeated College Football Playoff Favorite Just Lost Its Quarterback For The Year Players sitting after three or four games is not a new development ever since the redshirt rules changed. However, we haven’t seen something like what happened with…

It’s been a busy day for both the Pac-12 in name only and the Mountain West Conferences. This year, the Pac-12 was made up of two schools: Washington State and Oregon State. They were given until Summer of 2026 to get the conference back up to eight schools to be recognized by the NCAA. Two weeks ago, the Pac-12 was able to lock down Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State, and Fresno State to make it a 6-Pac, as fans affectionately called it. They need two more for the opportunity to make a future College Football Playoff and so…