College Football with Sam

The Pac-12 Conference is dead. Yesterday, George Kliavkoff tried to keep the conference together by pulling together an exclusive TV media rights deal with Apple TV, a move that I think was last-ditch and foolish. Pac-12 Football has grown on and off the field in the past 12 months, with Utah winning the conference in both 2021 and 2022 and Oregon, Oregon State, and Washington winning their bowl g...

Stetson Bennett leaves Georgia as the most decorated quarterback in Bulldog history, winning two National Championships, one SEC Championship, and breaking Georgia's record for passing yards in a single season in 2022. Offensive coordinator Todd Monken also has departed from the program, taking the same job in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens, who look to return to the playoffs after a disapp...

For your information, as a Michigan fan, Aaron Scott Jr's commitment video absolutely stung. However, all that does is add fuel to the fire approaching on November 25th. Scott is a 6'0", 170-pound cornerback from Ohio, and he chose Ohio State Football over Michigan Football and Oregon Football. Michigan and Ohio State were the true Top 2 finalists, and Scott went with the Buckeyes. Th...

In late October of the 2022 College Football season, the Illinois Fighting Illini were 7-1 (4-1) and locked like a lock to win the Big Ten West in Bret Bielema's second year as head coach. Then, the team went on a 1-4 run with close losses to Michigan State, Purdue, and Michigan and ended up finishing 8-5 (5-4) to end the season. Despite this, what Illinois did last season was impressive, and...

Day 2 of Big Ten Media Days was just as exciting as Day 1. This time, Tom Allen, Mike Locksley, PJ Fleck, Ryan Walters, Matt Rhule, Luke Fickell, and Jim Harbaugh all represented their respective programs at the podium and answered media questions. Locksley, Fleck, Walters, and Rhule seemed like very genuine, father-like figures, talking about Maryland, Minnesota, Purdue, and Nebraska's succes...

Mark Rogers @MarkRogersVOCFB asked a brilliant question to Penn State head coach James Franklin today at Big Ten Media Days. He asked, "Your two chief rivals in the eastern division, Ohio State and Michigan, have built their offensive teams in very different ways. How have you structured your roster, your recruiting, your approach, to take both of those approaches on?". Basically, he was...

Plenty was communicated on Day 1 of Big Ten Media Days. Today, Bret Bielema, Greg Schiano, Mel Tucker, David Braun, James Franklin, Kirk Ferentz, and Ryan Day all represented their respective programs at the podium and answered media questions. I was impressed by Ryan Day, Mel Tucker, and Greg Schiano the most, with each of them setting the tone and expectation for their season, while also having...

Michigan Football's head coach, Jim Harbaugh, will face a potential 4-game suspension due to Harbaugh allegedly lying to NCAA investigators. The great irony of this, if the suspension is served, is that Harbaugh is being punished for lying to the NCAA, not necessarily for the recruiting violations that caused the investigations. My reaction to all of this is pure shock, but little concern. I d...

Offensive line play is criminally underrated in College Football. Most football analysts are discussing quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs, defensive players, and even preseason Heisman lists before they touch on offensive linemen. An offensive coordinator can have as many elite skill-position players as he wants, but if he doesn't have a cohesive, consistent offensive line, his game...

If a program has endless blue-chip prospects to sign, a stacked roster full of NFL players, and one of the best staffs in College Football history, but lacks an elite CEO and game manager at head coach, they are eventually destined to fall. My Top 10 College Football head coaches (basically a CEO and game manager for all intents and purposes) for the 2023 season are Brian Kelly, Sonny Dykes, Kalen...

It is that time of the week to talk about bold predictions for this coming College Football season. I want to give the person watching this video (and this description) a massive thank you. I never thought I would have a successful video series going, but I do, thanks to your support. So please give yourself a pat on the back if you have been watching this series. Today will be the 4th video of my...

The Tennessee Volunteers are coming off of an 11-2 season with a No.6 finish in the AP Bowl (also known as their best season in two decades). Josh Heupel ran a nearly unstoppable offense with quarterback Hendon Hooker and wide receivers Jalin Hyatt and Cedric Tillman, as Tennessee scored 46.1 points per game last year. Despite all of those players leaving, along with 1st round offensive tackle Dar...

Mel Tucker has earned a reputation as a defensive mind who cannot manage a defense. This is because the Michigan State Spartans have finished every season of the Mel Tucker era with scoring defenses outside of the Top 50. The unit allowed 35.1 points per game in 2020, 25.3 points in 2021, and 27.4 points in 2022. With elite offenses such as Ohio State, Michigan, and Washington playing the Spartans...

Can Blake Corum bring Michigan Football back to win the Big Ten for the third year in a row and win the Heisman Trophy? Will Donovan Edwards replace Blake Corum as the Wolverine's starting running back? How will Michigan Football's Rushing Attack fair against elite defenses such as Georgia's? These are all questions being asked regarding Michigan's running back room and their rushi...

People are picking Ohio State Football to regress this season, and it isn't in small numbers. I have seen many comments on this channel that have a contrasting view to mine about Ohio State. While I think the Buckeyes are set to be an elite team this year and I have them ranked as the second-best team in the country, many fans and analysts have them tabbed to fall out of the Top 4, and some ha...

Bold Predictions Part 3, with a twist. Instead of discussing my bold predictions for the 2023 College Football season, I will be reviewing some of my subscribers' bold predictions. Today, I will be talking about Penn State, Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Iowa, Florida, Miami, Florida State, and UCF. I will also be talking about players such as Penn State quarterback Drew Allar and Texas Te...

Defense wins championships. This statement, while ages old, still reins true to this day. Just ask Kirby Smart how he won his first National Championship in 2021. In order to win National Titles in College Football, you have to be great on both sides of the football. Today, I will be projecting College Football's 10 best defenses in the country for the 2023 season. I will be ranking defenses b...

After numerous hazing allegations supported by eyewitness accounts of former players and evidence provided by an independent investigation, Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald has been fired, the hazing scandal that has consumed Northwestern Football is painful, and hopefully, the players who perpetrated such acts have legal action taken against them. The university handled this very poorly, as...

I believe that Wisconsin Football will have a good season in 2023. I think they will be a Top 10 team and finish 1st place in the Big Ten West because of their elite offensive line, lethal running back room, and quarterback Tanner Mordecai. Offensive improvements are the main reason I think this team will rebound, and overall the unit returns 8 starters. Defensively, this team returns 9 starters,...

Bold Predictions Part 2! Today we will be discussing three more of my bold predictions for the 2023 College Football Season. Specifically, I will be talking about Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State, North Carolina, and Georgia. My first bold prediction in today's video and fourth overall is that The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines will beat Penn State by 21 points or more. This m...

The Big Ten will be the deepest conference in College Football this season, and there will be plenty of games that will affect the conference's hopes of winning a National Championship. I want to focus on what I think will be the five most important games in Big Ten Conference play. The games are as follows: Iowa at Wisconsin, Ohio State at Wisconsin, Michigan at Penn State, Penn State at Ohio...

Dan Lanning had a great first year at Oregon last year. The Ducks finished at No.15 in the final AP Poll, earned a 10-3 record with a Holiday Bowl win, and fielded a Top 10 scoring offense. With quarterback Bo Nix returning, along with wide receiver Troy Franklin and running backs Bucky Irving and Noah Whittington, Oregon's offense should be as explosive as ever. Couple what I just said with L...

Several days ago I made a community post to my subscribers asking them for content they would want to see. The first video I wanted to make from these suggestions was about Michigan Football, specifically what weaknesses the Wolverines will have to overcome this season. The largest weakness Michigan will have to face in the 2023 season will be postseason preparation. The Wolverines are 1-6 under J...

5-star DT Justin Scott shocked the world by choosing Ohio State over Michigan yesterday. Larry Johnson was listed as the largest reason why Scott choose to commit to the Buckeyes over the Wolverines, who Scott said was his favorite after visiting Ann Arbor on June 9th. Johnson has been Ohio State's defensive line coach since 2014 and is one of the best recruiters and developers in the country....

Dwayne Haskins, CJ Stroud, and Justin Fields were all developed into 1st round NFL Draft picks by coach Ryan Day. Day has established himself as a wizard at developing quarterbacks and as a consequence, he has recruited extremely well at the position. Ohio State currently has two quarterbacks that were rated inside of the Top 50 coming out of their respective high school recruiting classes. Junior...