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2024-25 Men's College Basketball Rankings #5 - Thru 12/12/24

Kentucky's big win against Gonzaga in Seattle did nothing to dispell rumors of the SEC's dominance this season to start. Certainly the...

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sk7326

Dec 62 min read

2024-25 Men's College Basketball Rankings #4 - Thru 12/5/24

With the Maui Invitational and the ACC-SEC Challenges in the can, let's see what happened. The Method Basically this is the same as what...

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Championship Weekend and The College Football Rankings thru 12/1/2024

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Dec 62 min read

Championship Weekend and The College Football Rankings thru 12/1/2024

Sports Are Dumb Honestly, it took all week for my soul to re-enter my body after Georgia Tech's heartwrenching loss to Georgia in the...

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sk7326

Nov 292 min read

2024-25 Men's College Basketball Rankings #3 - Thru 11/28/24

A little bit of a shakeup with Gonzaga losing in the first round at the Battle 4 Atlantis, and UConn somehow going 0 for 3 in Maui. ...

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sk7326

Nov 283 min read

Bored by Parentside - On Being Thankful and the 11/24/24 College Football Rankings

An Annual Tradition Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. Of course, who doesn't? For me, this has been a chance to visit my parents....

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sk7326

Nov 222 min read

2024-25 Men's College Basketball Rankings #2 - Thru 11/21/24

The rankings were not shaken up ALL that much. The Thanksgiving holiday tournaments next week will create some fun churn. But until...

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sk7326

Nov 202 min read

2024 College Football Rankings - 11/16/2024 edition

The Week that Was, and Comparing Bubbles Well, Georgia defeated Tennessee in a key SEC match and put themselves in pretty good shape to...

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sk7326

Nov 152 min read

2024-25 Men's College Basketball Rankings #1 - Thru 11/14/24

Since I am ranking and writing a bit more, we will try to do the Field of 68 this season. This is more to see blossom over the season as...

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2024 College Football Rankings - 11/9/2024 Edition

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Nov 142 min read

2024 College Football Rankings - 11/9/2024 Edition

Well, the SEC's circular firing squad continues apace with Georgia getting hammered by Ole Miss over the weekend. The SEC's parity has...

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Bored at Poolside #4 - Getting Back Together with a Lousy Ex-Boyfriend, and the usual College Football Rankings

sk7326

Nov 82 min read

Bored at Poolside #4 - Getting Back Together with a Lousy Ex-Boyfriend, and the usual College Football Rankings

Resuming a Toxic Relationship Don't ask me. Ask America . Glad to get that out of the way. On to the fun stuff. The College Football...

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sk7326

Oct 301 min read

2024 College Football Rankings - 10/30/24 edition

The Rankings Cut to the chase this week. Texas A&M stands as the lone undefeated SEC team, while Oregon gets another big win over a...

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Bored at Poolside #3 - The Joy of the Uninteresting, Irresponsible NBA Predictions and Responsible Weekly CFB Rankings

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Oct 243 min read

Bored at Poolside #3 - The Joy of the Uninteresting, Irresponsible NBA Predictions and Responsible Weekly CFB Rankings

A Beautifully Boring Team The NBA season is here. I have been a Celtics fan since I was first aware of sportsball as a thing people...

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sk7326

Oct 153 min read

Bored at Poolside #2 - Zoolarity and A New College Football #1

The National Zoo and Re-Experiencing Living in the National Capital region for a billion years, I do certainly get spoiled and cynical...

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sk7326

Oct 93 min read

Bored at Poolside #1 - A Reboot and the First 2024 College Football Rankings

Another year, another heartfelt attempt to start writing more regularly. But maybe this time it will stick. Certainly, sitting in the...

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sk7326

Oct 30, 20232 min read

2023 College Football Rankings #5 - Ahead of the First CFP Rankings

So, we are here. The day before the College Football Playoff Rankings go up. It has been a couple of weeks - good ones for Oregon in...

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sk7326

Oct 20, 20231 min read

2023 College Football Rankings #4 - The Game of the Year Until the Next One

Week 7 was kind of underwhelming on a bunch of fronts - except for the barnburner in Seattle, which might be the game of the year to date....

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sk7326

Oct 12, 20232 min read

2023 College Football Rankings #3 - Red River Rising

Week 6 had the game of the year to date with #12 Oklahoma defeating #1 Texas in Dallas in the final seconds. As you can imagine, this...

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sk7326

Oct 6, 20232 min read

2023 College Football Rankings #2 - What Week 5 Hath Wrought

Week 5 (counting from Week 0) was another week where we learned a lot about where the field is headed. Some of the notable results...

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sk7326

Sep 25, 20233 min read

2023 College Football Rankings #1 - Starting the Voyage of Discovery

I have been doing these rankings since 2008 - at least in the blogosphere. I have tinkered with the formula a lot. But I think I've...

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The Half-Formed Thoughts of a Forgettable Jeopardy Champion

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