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How Widespread Is Your College Football Fan Base?

We know college football’s biggest programs bring in fans from all over the country, but all schools like to argue about which one has the best fan base, or the biggest fan base, or the most loyal fan base. Here, using data from VividSeats — a Chicago-based ticket marketplace — is a sampling of where […]

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The Big Ten Is A Big Slog

As Saturday’s college football schedule wound down, the lights shined on the last two of four matchups between top-25 teams, two games that couldn’t have been more different in style. In Iowa City, No. 10 Penn State outlasted No. 17 Iowa, 17-12, in a classic Big Ten slog; in Baton Rouge, No. 5 Louisiana State […]

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Our Guide To The Exuberant Nonsense Of College Fight Songs

p1:College fight songs are Saturday staples, memorized in freshman orientation and blasted by marching bands at every game. The best ones are shouted from the rooftops and during Heisman Trophy presentations; the worst barely register with alumni. p2:We gathered the fight songs of 65 schools — all those in the Power Five conferences (the ACC, […]

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Here’s Why Drafting Saquon Barkley Could Be A Mistake

Penn State’s Saquon Barkley is the top running back prospect in the 2018 NFL Draft and is expected by nearly everyone to be among the first to hear his name called by Roger Goodell on Thursday night. Thanks to a nostalgic sense of tradition, there is still plenty of love for the workhorse running back […]

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