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What's Going on in The Big Ten? Highlights of the Week...
Despite fifteen games cancelled due to COVID-19, there were some great performances on display and games that could still have a big...
Gareth Evans
Nov 20, 20205 min read
Notre Dame beats Clemson, Alabama moves to No.1. Oh, and the PAC-12 is back – Highlights of the Week
In a week where all of the Power 5 conferences were finally all back, all eyes were on the ACC. The much anticipated showdown of its best...
Gareth Evans
Nov 14, 20205 min read
Clemson lose Trevor Lawrence, Alabama closing in on No.1 - Highlights of the Week
It's getting close at the top. Some dominant performances, upsets and dark horses emerging. Here are my highlights of the week... The...
Gareth Evans
Nov 7, 20205 min read
Return of The Big 10 - Highlights of the Week
Four of the Power Five conferences are now back in regular competition, giving college football more great games to watch, new draft...
Gareth Evans
Oct 30, 20205 min read
Black History Week
To celebrate Black History Month, Saturdays Feed My Soul has been sharing a daily profile of a prominent black icon in college football...
Gareth Evans
Oct 30, 20203 min read
Alabama wins "The Modern Classic" - Highlights of the Week
The top two flexed their muscles last weekend. Alabama and Clemson looked a cut above as more upsets and disappointing performances from...
Gareth Evans
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Who Can Stop The Top Three? Highlights of the Week…
No.7 Miami 17-42 No.1 Clemson Clemson flexed their muscles in impressive fashion, sweeping aside one of their main rivals for the ACC...
Gareth Evans
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Highlights of the Week – The Big 12 is Wide Open
Upsets, teams dropping out of the Top 25 and the top four solidify their positions. The Big 12 is wide open, the SEC looks strong and for...
Gareth Evans
Oct 8, 20205 min read
“Razzle Dazzle, Lane Kiffin’s in town, folks!”
So yelled the ESPN commentator Joe Tessitore shortly after a double play from a bright Mississippi team making its first appearance of...
Gareth Evans
Oct 3, 20204 min read
SEC Preview 2020 - Roll Tide?
With the ACC and Big 12 kicking off last weekend (see my ACC 2020 and Big 12 2020 previews) and the Big Ten announcing plans to return...
Gareth Evans
Sep 18, 20206 min read
Big 12 Preview - are Texas back?
“We’re ba-aack!” yelled Texas QB Sam Ehlinger after their 2019 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia. Last year didn’t quite realise that statement...
Gareth Evans
Sep 12, 20205 min read
Preseason AP Top 25 Rankings
The route to winning a national championship isn’t straightforward when 130 teams play across 10 conferences in the top tier of college...
Gareth Evans
Aug 30, 20203 min read
*The Asterisk Season
As I have started to explore college football’s unique traditions and rivalries in recent blogs, the spiralling events of the last few...
Gareth Evans
Aug 11, 20204 min read
Traditions: Nicknames
The Washington Redskins are in the news this week. Five names are mooted to be in the mix as they come under increasing pressure to...
Gareth Evans
Jul 8, 20204 min read
Traditions: Paul Bunyan's Axe - Wisconsin vs. Minnesota
Growing up around and watching very quintessentially British games of football, rugby, tennis and cricket, I assumed we held the rights...
Gareth Evans
Jun 13, 20203 min read
Mr. Irrelevant
As I’m delving deeper into the history and culture of the college football experience, as a Brit, I’m appreciating the quirks that...
Gareth Evans
May 25, 20202 min read
"Skipper"
The cannon that fired fifty feet behind me made literally jump out of my seat. I was visiting my friends Brendan and Kim at Virginia Tech...
Gareth Evans
May 9, 20204 min read
Round 1 - 32 lives changed, 4 trades and a stunning pick by the Packers
Far from its originally intended setting under the bright lights of Las Vegas, the NFL Draft lockdown version was played out in the...
Gareth Evans
Apr 24, 20204 min read
My Mock Draft 2020
I watched my first Draft with some URI mates at my friend Brendan’s house. Initially, the prospect of sitting for two to three hours...
Gareth Evans
Apr 22, 20203 min read
The 2020 NFL Draft - Who To Look Out For
The eyes of fans will be locked on sports channels this Thursday (or early hours of Friday morning) as the elite players of college...
Gareth Evans
Apr 21, 20203 min read
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