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Explaining ¡El Assico!, the greatest Iowa-Iowa State rivalry game of them all
The Hawkeyes and Cyclones are going to play a bad football game (4:30 p.m. ET, Saturday, FOX), sure, but the great part is you have nothing better to do at the time.Q: What is ¡El Assico!?A: Only the...
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Ranking the college football teams that looked the least like Arkansas on...
Welcome to the second 2015 edition of The Top Whatever, in which Spencer Hall ranks every team he feels like ranking.1. Ohio StateComplete arrogance is a luxury, but when you got it, flaunt it. Ohio...
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Ole Miss won't score 75 points per game all year, IMO, but it still means...
And four other somewhat measured reactions to the first two weeks of college football.1. Ole Miss will score fewer than 70 points in a game at some point soon. This is disappointing to hear, but we are...
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Ole Miss and Notre Dame are the country's 2 best teams right now
Welcome to The Top Whatever, in which Spencer Hall ranks however many teams he feels like ranking.1. Ole MissThe model hasn't changed. There are tall receivers, a quarterback playing on the verge of...
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Leonard Fournette doesn't have to put up video game numbers. He's the final...
The LSU star put 228 yards and endless humiliation on Auburn on Saturday. What he can do against better defenses is the part to get excited about.1. Let me clarify a few things before we start. An...
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TCU gets full credit for its too-close win at Lubbock, because it's Lubbock
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of as many teams as he feels like ranking at the moment.1. TCUWon in Lubbock. This could read "won in Lubbock in strange circumstances," but that would...
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College football doesn't have a true No. 1, but Clemson's close enough right now
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of what he feels should be ranked at this exact moment.1. The social media coordinator at ClemsonSince college football has given us no clear No. 1,...
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Charlie Strong beat Oklahoma. Your argument is invalid.
Welcome to The Top Whatever, in which Spencer Hall ranks the teams he feels like ranking at this moment, and not a team more.1.Charlie Strong. No. Don't fight this. Look at him.Charlie Strong was dead...
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Waylp, bye: Steve Spurrier up and left
Most coaches get fired. Some retire. The man who won at three schools where he wasn't supposed to win is just gone.If Steve Spurrier had a speech for his team Monday night, you didn’t want to hear...
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LSU is scary and unhinged, like the best Les Miles teams should be
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of exactly the teams he feels like ranking.1. LSU. OK, so it needed a specially designed fake field goal to beat Florida, 35-28, in Death Valley. But...
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We can probably stop worrying about Ohio State for now
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of specifically the teams he feels like ranking right now. If you'd like to look at some polls, those are here.1. Clemson. Since the Top Whatever moves...
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What we talk about when we talk about work and football
1. This is the thing where we talk about work during sports. For some reason we, as a nation, like to do this during sports, the thing we watch when we're not working presumably to forget about...
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I'll rank Memphis and Houston in my top 10, and you can fight me if you don't...
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of teams that must be ranked.1. Clemson. Unlike many undefeated teams, the Tigers did have to play football this week, and had to do it on the road...
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The Clemson Tigers finally outrun Florida State
No team led by Dabo Swinney could ever stop moving, no matter which way it needs to move.1. There is no illusion here. Dabo Swinney hauls ass on that run off the hill. He half-steps at first, which is...
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Someone, please beat Alabama
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of the teams that must be ranked. It's also now a plea for the Tide to be stopped.1. Clemson. Beat Florida State 23-13 in a grind-y, frustrating, but...
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Alabama will never lose another football game ever again, and all hope is lost
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of the teams that must be ranked.1. Clemson. Was supposed to play Syracuse, but politely allowed LSU to practice on the Orange before the Bayou...
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Death took Jonah Lomu, because no one on a rugby pitch could
The improbable rugby star was even bigger than advertised.It seemed like the pre-Internet world made him bigger than he was. That was a hard thing to do: Jonah Lomu stood 6'5 and weighed 270 pounds. If...
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Did Iowa play Charleston Southern? No? Then rank the Hawkeyes ahead of Alabama
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of exactly how many teams he feels should be ranked, whether those teams are Alabama or not.1. Clemson. How much can one say about beating Wake Forest,...
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How to fight your relatives at Thanksgiving dinner
Other websites will tell you how to talk to your relatives. We will help you fight them and escape your Thanksgiving in mostly one piece. Grab the right weapon. The kitchen, where all the sharp things...
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We had to watch Alabama squash another poor opponent, but at least Will...
The Top Whatever is Spencer Hall's weekly ranking of the teams he feels like ranking at this particular moment. This week, Bama is Subway.1. Clemson. Fumbled three times and nearly got that transitive...
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