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View ArticleTHE TOP WHATEVER: Georgia will destroy you without even reaching the 2nd page...
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View ArticleHey Ohio State, Iowa just gave you a Stone Cold Stunner in a surprise bar fight
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View ArticleThe Top Whatever: Please never forget the Miami team that prefers to win...
The Top Whatever is your weekly ranking of only the college football teams that really need to be ranked at this exact moment in time. If you’re looking for the polls for some reason, they’re here.1....
View ArticleHow to fight your relatives at Thanksgiving dinner
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View ArticleThe Top Whatever: Let us praise Josh Rosen, who isn’t to blame for UCLA being...
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View ArticleAuburn’s sideline hedges gave the Tigers more of a challenge than Alabama did
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View ArticleWho controls a college football program? It depends on the day, really
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View ArticleThe Top Whatever: Alabama should be in your Playoff top 4, because Alabama...
The Top Whatever is a weekly ranking of only the college football teams that must be ranked. This week, noted lifelong Alabama hater Spencer Hall argues for the Tide in your top four.1. Oklahoma.Beat...
View ArticleThe Top Whatever: How you can tell you’re just a scrimmage for Alabama
The Top Whatever ranks only the teams that really need to be ranked, starting with the unbeatens. If you’re looking for the polls for some reason, those are over here.1. Penn State. 42-13 over...
View ArticleTHE TOP WHATEVER: Georgia will destroy you without even reaching the 2nd page...
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View ArticleThe 2018 SB Nation Hope Generator for the Despondent Sports Fan
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View ArticleAlabama and Georgia played a flawed classic
Nick Saban’s machine broke and forced the Tide to win unforgettably. Remember this: Rodrigo Blankenship almost saved Georgia singlefootedly. The kicker with the rec specs and the name straight out of...
View Article6 memories of Keith Jackson, the man who made every town a college football town
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View ArticleHow New Zealand made Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest
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View ArticleHow to watch men’s cross-country skiing at 2018 Olympics: A guide to...
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View ArticleThe Waste Management Phoenix Open is golf’s most democratic and obscene event
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View Article13 ways of looking at Josh Allen
Josh Allen is tall. I watch a lot of college football. The one thing I definitely know about Josh Allen is that he is tall. Every time he played, I would note that, and tell my friends: My, is he tall....
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