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Saturdays Feed My Soul
Saturdays Feed My Soul is a unique look into the American college football phenomenon, across the pond, through the eyes of an increasingly fanatical Englishman.
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Throwback Thursday: Quinn Ewers and Texas Thrash Oklahoma at Red River, October 8, 2022
The Red River Rivalry is one of college football's fiercely contested traditional contests. Hosted annually at the historic Cotton Bowl...
Gareth Evans
Aug 17, 20234 min read
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Throwback Thursday: "It was David vs.Goliath", Appalachian State shocks Michigan in stunning upset
Growing up in England and watching the other "football" (I refuse to call it soccer), I'm used to hearing stories about "giant-killing"...
Gareth Evans
Aug 10, 20233 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Remembering "Sweetness", the late, great Walter Payton.
Growing up as a Green Bay Packers fan, it was hard to watch the brilliance of the mid-Eighties Chicago Bears team. It was harder not to...
Gareth Evans
Aug 3, 20234 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Doug Flutie's Hail Mary - Boston College vs. Miami, November 23rd, 1984
In the annals of college football history, certain moments stand out. On November 23, 1984, Boston College travelled to Florida to face...
Gareth Evans
Jul 27, 20234 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Red Grange, "The Galloping Ghost", College Football's First Superstar
Harold Edward "Red" Grange, also known as "The Galloping Ghost," is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
Gareth Evans
May 11, 20233 min read
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Eagles Fly Higher, Texans Gamble and GeorgiaDelphia: Looking Back at the 2023 NFL Draft
The 2023 NFL Draft is in the books. 42 trades were made over the three-day event as 32 NFL teams scrambled, negotiated and dealt to...
Gareth Evans
May 3, 20236 min read
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2023 NFL Draft Round 1 Recap - Houston Makes a Stunning Move
An estimated 100,000 people flooded into the park outside Union Station in Kansas City, many decked in Chiefs red, where the twists and...
Gareth Evans
Apr 28, 20234 min read
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My 2023 NFL Mock Draft
Last year's NFL Draft was relatively poor by quarterback standards. Just one (Pitt's Kenny Pickett) was selected in the first round. The...
Gareth Evans
Apr 27, 20237 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Jalen Hurts - from Alabama star to backup to the NFL's highest paid player...
Just five years ago, Jalen Hurts' blossoming college career hit a bump in the road as he was replaced as Alabama's starting quarterback...
Gareth Evans
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Tom Brady is drafted 199th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft
Twenty-three years ago this week, on 16th April 2000, arguably the greatest player in NFL history was drafted. Tom Brady was not a highly...
Gareth Evans
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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After their repeat triumph, will Georgia be college football's next dynasty?
With consecutive national championships now proudly on display in the trophy room in Athens, the University of Georgia stands on the...
Gareth Evans
Apr 7, 20235 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Bo Schembechler
To celebrate great individuals, games, occasions or moments in college football history, Saturdays Feed My Soul will highlight one of...
Gareth Evans
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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College Football Playoff Semifinals - A Wild CFB Semi-Final Weekend Sets Up TCU - Georgia Final
The stage for Monday night's national championship is set. TCU, the first team from the Big 12 to win a College Football Playoff game and...
Gareth Evans
Jan 8, 20237 min read
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Clemson wins an ACC thriller, Miami, Texas and Oklahoma suffer big upsets - Week 4 Highlights
Game of the Week No.5 Clemson 51-45 No.21 Wake Forest (2OT) In a match up with significant ramifications for ACC supremacy, Clemson and...
Gareth Evans
Oct 1, 20227 min read
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A trip to College Station - Watching Texas A&M and the 12th Man bounce back vs. Miami
Austin to College Station A week on from a fantastic game day experience watching Texas lose a heartbreaker to Alabama in Austin, Amy and...
Gareth Evans
Sep 24, 20226 min read
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Watching Texas lose a heartbreaker in Austin
I'm a sucker for a good sports story and the tradition surrounding it. My Premier League team is Liverpool, a team bathed in history,...
Gareth Evans
Sep 12, 20226 min read
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Big Ten Preview 2022 - Payback for Ohio State?
The traditional blood-and-guts, blue collar conference of college football proved to be it's most exciting last season. The Big Ten...
Gareth Evans
Aug 29, 20228 min read
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The 2022 College Football Season - Looking Ahead: Part 2 - Coaching Carousel and Players To Watch
Having looked at some of the headlines of a tumultuous off-season, and highlighted some of my must-see games to watch, I'm taking a look...
Gareth Evans
Aug 26, 20226 min read
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NFL Draft 2022 - Day Two Review, Who's Left on the Board for Day Three?
Following an eventful first round of the NFL Draft, there were lots of questions to be answered and moves to be made ahead of Day Two....
Gareth Evans
Apr 30, 20224 min read
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NFL Draft 2022 - Round 1 Review and What To Look Out For In Round 2
As the dust settles from a momentous first round, the attention in Las Vegas now moves to Rounds 2 and 3 a day later. 100,000 people...
Gareth Evans
Apr 29, 20225 min read
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