Doug Upstone
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The 2025 college football season officially kicks off on Saturday, August 23, with three intriguing Week 0 matchups that set the stage for an exciting year. The headline clash features #22 Iowa State vs. #17 Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland, renewing the fierce “Farmageddon” rivalry between two Big 12 contenders with championship aspirations. Later in
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One aspect to understand about the trade deadline it is often a subjective discussion. Two people may look at the same players and numbers, and draw a diametrically opposed positions on the same set of facts. Our mission is to look at what the teams accomplished or did not accomplish and what that meant for
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As you prepare your knowledge for the upcoming college football season, you become familiar with the top teams and the best quarterbacks. However, who are those other signal callers that could elevate their teams and make them a potential good bet for college football betting win totals? Here are three proven quarterbacks that can elevate
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With one year of a 12-team playoff in the books, the powers that be, the Big 12 and SEC, had to alter the rules to ensure their teams had a better chance to win than last year. Boise State was the lone non-Power 4 conference entrant, and they ended up as the #3 overall seed
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A new men’s college basketball season will be here before you know it. With the Florida Gators crowned champions after a historic season for the Southeastern Conference, they were expected to slide. As you can see, their fall was not as precipitous as expected. Here are the top men’s college basketball teams for this upcoming
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The ACC had higher-than-anticipated payouts to conference members. The lawsuits disappeared, and suddenly, the Atlantic Coast Conference situation is brighter. Clemson’s futures odds are #7 for a national title, and some experts think that’s low. Miami-FL, Louisville, and SMU are one step behind. Will Florida State bounce back from a 10-loss season? Does North Carolina
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The Big Ten would like nothing more than to win a third consecutive national championship and put to rest the SEC is the best conference in college football. The conference appears to have three squads capable of accomplishing this feat, with a couple of others who make some noise. Before heading to the top-rated sportsbooks,
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We might not have a Triple Crown race for the Belmont Stakes this year, but we have the next best situation. Horse racing fans at the top-rated sportsbooks can choose the winner of either the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes for this fun race. Or, they can take a long shot, or make a
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It is less than two weeks until the last leg of the Triple Crown will take place in Saratoga, New York. The field is taking shape, but plenty of unknowns still need to be determined. The biggest unknown for the Belmont Stakes is if Journalism will be a part of the field looking to have
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Not only has SEC Football failed to win a national championship the past two years, the conference has failed to have a participant in the title games. Making matters worse, the team to reach the semi-finals was Texas, who most still consider a Big 12 school, now just cashing SEC payroll checks. Questions arose last
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