Coach Prime has been busy in the portal yet again this offseason. He’s signed the 2nd most total commits, tied for 3rd most 4-star transfers, and is currently a top 5 ranked team in the portal for the second year in a row. While it’s not last year’s historic 51 transfers, it should still show signs of progress.
The Ole Miss Rebels have a high-powered offense that is led by a talented quarterback Jaxson Dart. They have a roster full of skill players that have the ability to put up big numbers. Per the Hourglass, Ole Miss ranks 17th nationally in our 2024 Power Rankings.
The PAC 12 is going out with a bang, or at least week one would make you believe so.
The PAC 12 is the only conference after week one that is undefeated across the league and part of that is fantastic quarterback play. Many of my top 20 preseason quarterbacks live in this conference and a big shoutout to Shedeur Sanders who showed he totally belongs in the FBS.
Below are my PAC 12 quarterback rankings after week one.
Lincoln Riley has completely turned around the football program for USC since his debut in the 2022 season. The 2021 season the Trojans finished with a record of 3-6. Upon Riley taking over the program, the Trojans finished with a record of 11-3. The trajectory of the program is upward.
After a rocky 2021 season with a new coach, the Vols turned it around in 2022. Tennessee is still looking to move in that direction under Josh Heupel. Tennessee has moved to 12th in the nation in recruiting rankings with Heupel. This puts them above the NCC Contender Line. He is in the top 5 ranks of coaching in the SEC and top 10 in the nation.
History - the program and the status quo - The Tide is ranked second in the HG Power 5 power rankings, while Nick Saban is still one of the best football coaches in the country, checking in at 2nd in the 2023 HG coaching metrics.
Projecting the 2023 College Football Playoff we take a look now as I dissect the field.
Tier 3 teams have a lot of the ingrediencies that go into a playoff team, but things have to go right and they have more to navigate than tier two or one.
The 2023 season will be the final year of a 14 team league in the SEC, as the conference looks to welcome in Oklahoma and Texas in 2024. Before we get to the expansion and off deep in the weeds on 2024, 2023 is an interesting year in the South Eastern Conference.
The conference continues to throw handfuls of guys to the NFL, has the countries best talent and is home to the back to back champion, Georgia Bulldogs.
We are rolling towards summer and college football will be back before you know it. Earlier we went into our annual piece on the 2023 Hourglass, where we give you my power rankings for 2023, and a detailed breakdown of how I do things. You can read that piece here.
Today - I want to look to the end of the season, project my College Football Playoff and a National Champion.
2023 college football is on the way. What a year it should be as we are in the last year of the four team playoff.
The 2022 Mississippi high school football season will conclude this weekend down in Hattiesburg, MS - on the campus of Southern Miss, with six championship ball games taking place, over two days. Three on Friday and three on Saturday, with the last being the 6A championship between the Brandon Bulldogs (12-1) and the Starkville Yellowjackets (11-3).
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s hard to believe we are at rivalry week, but here we are. May you eat way to much, win to much and your teams be merry.
Overloaded slate today, going way above and beyond the normal ten plays per week so enjoy. As always, play at Ameristar Casino when you are in the area.
We head into the second weekend in November with lots on the line in the NFL and college football.
Great games around the SEC, Big 12 and more, also key matchups on Sunday for the big boys.
As always, play at Ameristar Casino in Vicksburg and let’s get that holiday money!
The first weekend of November is here so it’s time to get with it and get that Thanksgiving, thankful money!
As always several plays in college and the NFL are on tap, with some great games that will shake up week two of the College Football Playoff rankings and possibly move some teams in the NFL standings.
It’s the last week in October, so it’s time to lock up that Halloween and Festive money! Apologies for being tardy last week, and I could give you a thousand excuses, but nobody wants to hear that. We just want the picks!
What a weekend it was in college football. Tennessee finally knocking off Alabama was the prime time meal, and other great games like TCU staying unbeaten, Michigan handling Penn State with ease and JMU finally taking a loss on the schedule.
It’s that time of year again, where we start looking towards the initial college football playoff poll, which will be out on November 1st.
This time of year, fans are clamoring over the coaches poll and the Associated Press poll, but in reality, the CFB Playoff poll is the only one that matters.
It’s the third weekend in October, and the biggest weekend in 20 years for Alabama and Tennessee. A lot of other great games on the docket in the NFL and college.
It’s a big weekend for us too as we got flat dump trucked last week. It happens when you play this game. This is a rebound weekend, so let’s get to it with my best plays for the weekend.
Labels and stigmas are a part of sports. Happens all the time, and sometimes they are justified and sometimes they are not.
Player “X” is a possession receiver; team “Y” is a developmental program; Bo Nix is “God Made” for Gus Malzahn and Texas is always back. You can only win with tall quarterbacks, and they ain’t played nobody - just look at the schedule!
I could go on and on, but you get the drift. Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers has been unjustly cast with a label or labels for far to long and it’s time we take Rogers serious.
Last week we saw a great week in the college side of things, but a dip in the NFL side.
This week we have a great slate of games as we head into October; both college and the NFL.
As always, play when you can at Ameristar Casino in Vicksburg, MS.
