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There’s a new No. 1 Contender in the heavyweight division of college football rivalry trophies. New Mexico. New Mexico State. The Rio Grande Rivalry. THE ROASTER TROPHY. 🌶️🔥 It’s exactly what a rivalry trophy should be: local, unmistakable, and completely impossible to confuse with anything else in college football. Forget…

College football was never meant to be watched quietly. It’s marching bands and tailgates. Fight songs and flyovers. Small towns and big stadiums. Walk-ons and five-stars. Rivalries, upsets, traditions—and 100,000 people losing their minds over a game played by college kids. From the Power Four to the FCS. From the…

The real Cradle of Coaches? Miami (Ohio) owns the nickname. But consider William & Mary’s incubator: Marv Levy Lou Holtz Bobby Ross Mike Tomlin Sean McDermott Dan Quinn Brian Daboll Joe Brady The “Alma Mater of a Nation” has one hell of a football coaching tree.

Tanyard Creek still flows beneath the stadium nearly a century after Sanford opened. The tunnel carrying it is also home to an endangered species of bat. And above ground, the railroad tracks once gave Georgia’s legendary “Track People” a bird’s-eye view of the Dawgs — no ticket required. A creek…

Braden Atkinson won the Jerry Rice Award at Mercer. Then he made the jump from the FCS to Oregon State. Three games later: 1,122 yards, 8 TDs and just 1 INT. The FCS keeps producing dudes. Remember the name: Braden Atkinson. #CollegeFootball #CFB #OregonState #GoBeavs #BradenAtkinson #FCSFootball #Football

Why did Idaho State put a football field under a roof? Part of the answer starts with hunting season. In 1970, Idaho State opened what was then the ASISU Minidome — the first enclosed stadium on an American college campus. Today, it’s the ICCU Dome, one of the most unique…

Some people wait all year for Christmas morning. We get one every Saturday. 🏈 The early alarms. The two-lane roads. The tailgates. The marching bands. The traditions passed from one generation to the next. The friends you might only see six Saturdays a year. There are a thousand reasons we…

What does a fishbowl at a Madison bar have to do with one of college football’s most recognizable traditions? In 1998, an injured Wisconsin tight end, a jukebox at Wando’s and a Homecoming game featuring Ron Dayne, Drew Brees and a huge Jamar Fletcher pick-six helped create something nobody could…

Kamario Taylor is becoming a name college football fans need to know. The Mississippi State quarterback has already earned Maxwell Award National Player of the Week honors and a spot on the Davey O’Brien Great 8 — the latest chapter in a rise that began just down the road from…

College football has a new name you need to know. Jesse Legree arrived at Oregon State as the kind of recruit who’s easy to miss. 5’9”. 160 pounds. Spent most of his high school career playing defensive back. Didn’t even move to wide receiver until his senior year at St.…

The perfect college football soundbite doesn’t always have to be about football. Sometimes it’s Mike Leach spending several minutes seriously considering the combat capabilities of every mascot in the Pac-12. 😂 There have been great characters in this sport. But there was only one Mike Leach. 🏴‍☠️ And this might…

Texas pulled off the comeback against Ohio State - but did the Longhorns answer the questions surrounding Arch Manning, or create even more of them? Seth and James break down one of the wildest games of the young college football season, including Ohio State’s late-game approach, Texas’ dominant fourth-quarter defensive…

You can keep your luxury suites. We’ll take a parking spot on the 50. 🏈🚙 Tucked against the Black Hills in Rapid City, South Dakota, O’Harra Stadium might be one of the coolest places to watch college football in America. For generations, South Dakota Mines fans have been able to…

Wally Pipp became famous for the day he left the lineup. Lou Gehrig became a legend for what happened next. A century later, Austin Simmons learned the hard way that football can work the same way. An injury cost him his opportunity at Ole Miss. Trinidad Chambliss stepped in. The…

Missouri and Kansas first met on the football field in 1891, but the history behind this rivalry goes back even further. From the Missouri-Kansas border conflicts to more than a century of Tigers vs. Jayhawks football, the Border War is one of the most historically fascinating rivalries in college football.…

Some guys arrive on campus with five stars. Aaron Davis arrived at Georgia with two ACL reconstructions and a HOPE Scholarship. He left with 45 starts, an SEC Championship and a Rose Bowl win. One of the great walk-on stories in all of college football. 🎥 Walk-On Stories: Aaron Davis…