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Are The Browns Really Going To Go 0-16? (Update: No.)

(UPDATE: The article below was written before the Browns beat San Diego on Saturday, Dec. 14. The team now has a record of 1-14.) A few weeks ago, when Cleveland was merely 0-11, we gave them a 32 percent chance of finishing the season winless. Since then, they’ve suffered double-digit losses to the Giants, Bengals […]

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Are The Browns Really Going To Go 0-16? (Update: No.)

(UPDATE: The article below was written before the Browns beat San Diego on Saturday, Dec. 14. The team now has a record of 1-14.) A few weeks ago, when Cleveland was merely 0-11, we gave them a 32 percent chance of finishing the season winless. Since then, they’ve suffered double-digit losses to the Giants, Bengals […]

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We Rate Alabama The Strongest Team In College Football History

The SEC championship game on Saturday saw Alabama beat Florida to win the conference, as well as a spot in the College Football Playoff. Lower down the list of accolades was one we’d been following over the past month or so: The Crimson Tide became the greatest college team of the past 80 years, according […]

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We Rate Alabama The Strongest Team In College Football History

The SEC championship game on Saturday saw Alabama beat Florida to win the conference, as well as a spot in the College Football Playoff. Lower down the list of accolades was one we’d been following over the past month or so: The Crimson Tide became the greatest college team of the past 80 years, according […]

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Ohio State’s Chances Are Better Than Most

It’s the last weekend of college football before the playoff committee announces its final rankings. In the video above, Neil Paine breaks down how FiveThirtyEight’s College Football Playoff model sees conference-championship weekend going, including how teams outside the committee’s top four can get into the playoff.

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