College Football with Sam

How one can rank a coach who is 45-6 in 4 seasons outside of the Top 5 is beyond me, but like with politics, one must tune out the annoying, excess noise and patiently wait for things to play out. The news that Ryan Day and Ohio State are falling off is fake. The Buckeyes return over half of their starters from the 2022 season and have one of the best staffs in the nation. This, combined with elit...

The Minnesota Golden Gophers are going to surprise many in 2023. By surprise, I don't think PJ Fleck will pull a season equivalent to 2022 TCU's out of his back pocket, but I think his team will surprise the nation with their physical toughness and a potent wide receiver and tight end group. Minnesota will no doubt be in the running for the Big Ten West this year, and even with Ohio State...

It is never too early to talk about the biggest games of the coming season, and Ohio State vs Michigan is going to be one of them. The 2023 edition of The Game will pitt an Ohio State Football squad that is under massive competitive pressure against a Michigan Football team that has won 2 in a row versus the Buckeyes but has yet to find any success in the College Football Playoff. To make the matc...

The Georgia Bulldogs have achieved a 29-1 record over the past 2 College Football seasons. They also have won 1 SEC Championship and 2 National Championships. Kirby Smart is currently a Top 2 head coach and his team is unanimously preseason No.1 entering 2023 (somehow he still is able to instill an underdog mentality in his team, I don't know how he does it). He commands that nation's winn...

Spring practice has concluded, the transfer portal has mostly closed, and most of the 2023 recruiting class has enrolled at their respective school. After watching spring games and dedicating myself to hard work and research, the time has come to release my Post-Spring Top 25 for the 2023 College Football Season. I am so excited to share this video with you all as it took weeks and months of dedic...

Keon Coleman is still in the transfer portal with around 60 schools offering him a scholarship to play at their University. Coleman just completed a visit with the Ole Miss Rebels after visiting Mike Norvell and Florida State just a few days ago. He has a plethora of options, but NIL packages and developmental opportunities are the biggest concerns for the young receiver. I think 2 schools that co...

With Luke Fickell and a roster full of potential, I believe the Badgers can contend for the conference and for a College Football Playoff appearance in 2023. With runningbacks Braelon Allen and Chez Mellusi returning, along with portal additions for the interior of the offensive line, I expect the Badgers to once again have a good rushing attack. In addition, Wisconsin has changed its scheme and r...

The SEC and Pac-12 have been the dominant users of the transfer portal since its widespread usage beginning in the 2021 cycle. This season, 7 programs that are in the Top 10 of the transfer portal rankings are from these conferences. However, that doesn't mean there are programs outside of these leagues that have not hit the jackpot in the portal. The Big Ten has several football programs that...

In order to win National Titles in College Football, you have to be great on both sides of the football. Today, I will be discussing the offensive side of football and the 10 best offenses in the country for the 2023 season. I will be ranking offenses based on efficiency and how I think they would do against a common opponent, not only by which offense I think will score the most points. For examp...

ESPN has the audacity to place Florida State and USC ahead of Ohio State in their Top 25: Spring Edition. They slot the Buckeyes in at No.5, citing quarterback and offensive line concerns as the reasoning for this placement. Ohio State has concerns at the tackle position, and strength and conditioning is an area to pay attention to after the slew of injuries that plagued the roster last year (Jaxo...

Former Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne is now an Auburn Tiger. Thorne brings much-needed experience, depth, and passing skill to a Tiger quarterback room that lacks all of those. While Robby Ashford is the future quarterback, Thorne maximizes Hugh Freeze's ability to win games in 2023. I think that with a good offensive line and a good run game, Thorne has proven to be an above-averag...

Michigan Football is recruiting at an elite level. The Wolverines currently have the No.1 recruiting class in the 2024 cycle and they show no signs of stopping. This comes after 2 seasons where despite Michigan's exceptional performance on the field they have had a lackluster performance on the recruiting trail off the field. The 2023 season seemed like a Championship or bust season for the Mi...

The Blue team beat the White team 10-0 this past Saturday, and despite what you may think according to the score, Drew Allar was actually one of the highlights of the game. He showed his arm talent, throwing for over 200 yards, and he also showcased his ability to intelligently run the read option. The defense dominated the game and they outgunned all positions on offense outside of quarterback. C...

Michigan State opted to have an open spring practice instead of a traditional spring game, just like they did in 2022. Unlike 2022, however, the Spartans played solid football this past Saturday, with the quarterback, running back, offensive line, and defensive back being the highlights. Previously 3rd string quarterback Noah Kim had the best performance, as he had good poise in the pocket and acc...

ESPN just released their Football Power Index for the 2023 season. There are several things I agree with and disagree with, though I do think this year's FPI is not as asinine as last year's which had Notre Dame and Texas inside of the Top 6. Ohio State made a surprise appearance as the No.1 team in the country, with Alabama and Georgia following suit at No.2 and No.3 to complete the 3-tea...

Team Gray beat Team Scarlet 40-31 to conclude Ohio State's spring practice. The Buckeyes Spring Game followed last year's model, pitting the offense (Scarlet) versus the defense (Gray) in a matchup that favors the former. However, the defense won this time, and there were many reasons why that was. The defensive line played lights out, with Ty Hamilton, Tyleik Williams, and Hero Kanu ancho...

How far can Clemson go in the 2023 season? With Brandon Streeter gone and Garrett Riley in, the Tigers have a chance to get back to where they were for much of the College Football Playoff Era. With Cade Klubnik at quarterback and Will Shipley at Runningback, Riley has a lot of potential at his disposal. However, there are questions on the defensive side of the ball, and the wide receiver and offe...

Michigan and Ohio State have been the 2 best Big Ten Football programs in the history of the conference, and over the past 2 seasons, they have been on top of the conference, with The Game deciding which party will make the trip to Indianapolis and win the Big Ten Championship Game. The Big Ten in 2023 will be stacked, with Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, and Wisconsin making steady improvements...

Former 5-star now projected starting quarterback Drew Allar has a lot of questions surrounding him. Can he be the Big Ten's best quarterback? Will his arm or legs be more of a threat? How will he handle Big Ten defenses? Will he be another Sean Clifford? The questions surrounding him are as numerous as the ones surrounding the rest of the Nittany Lion football team. No one will know how good A...

Fanduel Sportsbook just updated their College Football Playoff National Champion odds. Georgia is still obviously the favorite (+220) followed by Alabama, Ohio State, and Michigan. All but 1 of those teams, that being the Crimson Tide, were in the Playoffs last year. With the College Football Playoff having a sort of repetition, but also a sort of parity in the selected teams, I wanted to go throu...

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze wants to have spring scrimmages become a part of College Football, and Troy Trojans head coach Jon Sumrall wants to play Auburn in a week. I think scrimmages would be beneficial to the sport, especially because they would provide some entertainment in the preseason months. Spring matchups would also help prevent injuries on both parties' rosters, as there w...

The Ohio State Buckeyes got a commitment from Top 100 prospect James Peoples, who is a Top 5 runningback nationally and one of the best players in the state of Texas. After the loss of in-state runningback prospect Jordan Marshall to the Michigan Wolverines, Tony Alford and the Ohio State staff needed to bounce back in a big way, and they delivered in a timely, impressive fashion. Not only is thei...

Michigan Football played their final spring practice in the form of their annual spring game on April 1st. The Maize Team beat the Blue Team by a score of 22-21, with Maize converting a 2-pt conversion for the win. The Michigan Wolverines looked great on what was a cold and rainy day, especially in the trenches and at quarterback. Quarterbacks JJ McCarthy, Jack Tuttle, Davis Warren, and Alex Orji...

CJ Stroud will be selected in the top 10 of the 2023 NFL Draft in approximately 1 month. A unanimous 1st round pick and a consensus top 2 quarterback, Stroud started for the Ohio State Buckeyes for 2 years, where he was back-to-back Big Ten Player Of The Year and 1st Team All-Big Ten Quarterback in 2021 and 2022. He also received 2nd-team All-American and 3rd-team All-American honors in 2021 and 2...

Colorado Football is being revived through the transfer portal. As if adding 25 players from former Colleges and 19 from High School wasn't enough, Deion Sanders has stated in a recent interview that he wants to use the portal more when it reopens on May 1st, 2023. The Colorado Buffaloes have not had consistent onfield success in the past 2 decades, but I think that Sanders will change that. C...