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Pac-12 Season Preview 2021 - Oregon to three-peat?
Often a little overlooked when talking about the season ahead, perhaps due to its continued lack of representatives in college football's...
Gareth Evans
Sep 4, 20216 min read
Big 12 Preview 2021 - Iowa State close in on Oklahoma
It was testament to Oklahoma's resilience, and perhaps the calibre of the rest of the Big 12, that the Sooners started 0-2 in the...
Gareth Evans
Sep 4, 20215 min read
SEC Preview 2021 - could Georgia or Texas A&M upset Alabama ?
The most powerful of the Power 5 conferences was the talk of the close season, adding Texas and Oklahoma, the jewels in the Big 12 crown,...
Gareth Evans
Sep 2, 20216 min read
ACC Preview 2021 - can North Carolina step up?
Like the Big Ten in recent years, the ACC has been dominated by one team, bar Notre Dame's cameo last season. While the gap might close...
Gareth Evans
Sep 1, 20216 min read
Big Ten Preview 2021 - A Sure Thing?
Established in 1896 as the oldest conference in college football, off season developments threaten to change the landscape of the Big...
Gareth Evans
Aug 31, 20216 min read
Storylines of the season ahead and what it was like to work with John Madden...
In the final instalment of my conversations with Chuck McDonald, we talk about some of the storylines going into the season ahead,...
Gareth Evans
Aug 28, 20219 min read
“When you see it... you can’t fail to get hyped.” Chuck McDonald talks rivalries and traditions...
The second in a three-part series from my conversation with the very engaging Chuck McDonald. Here, he shares his experiences and...
Gareth Evans
Aug 21, 20215 min read
“How did I get into this? I’m the guy that didn’t play football!” Meeting Chuck McDonald...
In my first blog on Saturdays Feed My Soul, I wrote about my passion for watching college football and the joy of discovering the...
Gareth Evans
Aug 17, 20218 min read
NFL Draft 2021 - Rounds 2&3 - Value Picks, surprises at QB and "The Gut" goes to Denver...
Back to the comfort of the sofa again early this morning to watch the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland bathed in sunshine to watch Rounds...
Gareth Evans
May 1, 20214 min read
NFL Draft 2021 - Round 1 - 5 QBs taken in the Top 15 and reuniting some familiar friends...
Wiping three hours' sleep from the corner of my eyes to the strains of the Kings of Leon warming up the baying draft crowd, the TV kicked...
Gareth Evans
Apr 30, 20216 min read
Mock Draft 2.0
This has been one of the most intriguing run ups to the NFL Draft in recent years. In just over a month since my first mock draf t,...
Gareth Evans
Apr 10, 20218 min read
Trades Shake Up Draft Order: Can Five QBs Go In Top 10?
San Francisco's recent trade with Miami to move up to No.3 in the 2021 NFL Draft sent seismic waves through front offices across the...
Gareth Evans
Apr 8, 20214 min read
The Biggest NFL Draft Busts
With the 2021 NFL Draft just a month away, general managers will be dreaming of the future when considering the players who might prove...
Gareth Evans
Mar 28, 20217 min read
My First 2021 NFL Mock Draft
As an aspiring college football writer, I'm learning that making picks in a mock NFL draft is not easy! There are mock drafts flying...
Gareth Evans
Mar 5, 20218 min read
"Recruiting Is The Lifeblood of College Football"
There's a great sequence in The Blind Side , where Michael Oher and SJ are wooed by a succession of great college football coaches trying...
Gareth Evans
Feb 27, 20216 min read
The National Championship: Alabama Overwhelms Ohio State
Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, host of last season's Super Bowl as the showpiece for the best teams in the NFL, was a fitting venue for the...
Gareth Evans
Jan 17, 20213 min read
College Football Playoff Final Preview - Alabama vs. Ohio State
Ohio State scored a stunning upset of Clemson and Alabama cruised past Notre Dame to set up an unexpected, but exciting College Football...
Gareth Evans
Jan 10, 20215 min read
College Football Playoff - Semifinal Preview. Alabama vs. Notre Dame and Clemson vs. Ohio State...
Then there were four. The best four teams in a college football season filled with disruption, changes in schedule, players and coaches...
Gareth Evans
Dec 31, 20204 min read
Championship Saturday Preview... and history made
It's Championship Saturday, an opportunity for teams to claim a conference title in this most unusual of college football seasons, and...
Gareth Evans
Dec 19, 20205 min read
Oklahoma wins the Bedlam Battle, and are Ohio State the Real Deal? Highlights of the Week..
Alabama look near unbeatable, Ohio State look a little more beatable and there were a few changes at quarterback across college football....
Gareth Evans
Nov 26, 20206 min read
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