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This is truly a monstrously long breakdown, I’m sorry, I couldn’t cut anything! And Go fucking Bucks.

Rivalry week has arrived in college football. What more do you need to hear, really? This is the big one! It’s good!

It’s a ranking list, you know the drill.

Sometimes, some things happen.

Week 13 of college football must be contained. It cannot be allowed to infect week 14 with its horrifying affliction.

It is time to kill the SEC.

God damn, there are so many football games every week.

Week 12 is a step up after three down weeks in college football, with a handful of solid headliners and plenty of quality depth.

A resume-based top 25

God, Country, and Timmy Chang.

Week 11 has a few very solid marquee games, several crucial bouts in the G5, and a whole lot of not much else.

Like what you see? Hope you do, because there’s plenty more where that came from.

Conference title and playoff talk, sorry!

It’s a big week in the AAC. There are allegedly important games in the Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC, too, but none of that is my business.

The SEC sucks man.

Look, they can’t all be winners, and week nine certainly isn’t. There’s still fun to be had, though, if you’re active on the remote.

Unlimited slaughter of all undefeated teams, except mine.

The Holy War leads the way for a loaded week eight to kick off the second half of the college football season.

Cory Kinnan of Daft on Draft joins Meet at Midfield for a guest post breaking down Buckeyes’ quarterback Julian Sayin.

This one is long as shit, my apologies.

Week seven has strong headliners, landmines all over the place, and plenty to offer as we hit the halfway point of the season.

Jim Knowles, what is that fucking smell?

It’s not as loaded a slate as we’ve had in the last few weeks, but week six in college football still has plenty to offer.

Taking a look at the top 25 one-third of the way through the season.

Week five kicked ass, forgive me for the lack of brevity.

James Franklin is giving it another go, Bret Bielema has to recover from being jugged, the ACC slop factory is back in business, and more.

Me when I just got jugged on

College football is on an insane heater to open the season, and week four looks primed to keep it rolling.

We love confirming our priors, don’t we folks?

Week three in college football has something for everybody, with high-flying headliners, quality depth, and a smattering of rancid garbage.

We, the chosen people, continue to be blessed every Saturday by this beautiful sport.

We’ve got rivalries old and new, several games that will set the early pace for the College Football Playoff race, and more.

The opening weekend of college football did not disappoint, with a top five banger and a resurgent ACC defining the storylines.

Ohio State and Texas headline an absolutely loaded Labor Day weekend slate to open up the 2025 college football season.

It’s time to wrap up the 2025 conference preview series with a look at the Sun Belt West, led by Louisiana and ULM.

James Madison leads the way in the Sun Belt East, with other traditional powers searching for new identities.

I’m not going to lie to you, this is an extremely bleak selection of schools on tap for part two of the MWC preview.

The Meet at Midfield preseason top 25 is here!

What an absurdly loaded season nationally defensively.

You’re familiar with the concept of an All-American team, right?

It’s the last season of Mountain West football in its current form, and as in seemingly all previous seasons, it’s Boise State’s to lose.

The Buckeyes are attempting to go back-to-back in 2024 despite massive losses to the NFL Draft.

The Lion of State College, James Franklin, is poised to have his best team yet as Penn State’s head coach. Is it enough to get the Nittany Lions to a championship?

Oregon nearly went bell-to-bell to finish as 2024’s best team before a blowout loss to Ohio State ended their season. Can they get back to the mountaintop this fall?

Coach Cig and the Hoosiers are pushing for back-to-back excellent seasons behind perhaps the best transfer quarterback in the class.

Michigan’s schedule gives them every opportunity to earn a berth back into the playoff — if only the offense can improve enough to get them there.

Can Illinois build off of a resurgent 2024 season into a legitimate playoff contender this fall? They have every ability to do so with the roster in front of them.

Washington has a Johnny Manziel knockoff at quarterback and should be a very fun team, but a necessary youth movement may cap their ceiling.

I am buying all of the Rutgers stock on the market. This is a hard schedule, but a very quality team.

Even if it’s the result of a weak schedule, we’re in line for one of the Nebraska seasons in recent memory.

Pencil neck Lincoln Riley may be in line for the worst offense we’ve seen in his career. USC is adrift.

It’s time to wrap up the AAC preview with Rice, USF, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa and UTSA. UAB will remain outside until it wipes its feet.

Iowa finally showed some offensive improvement in 2024. Can they sustain it with a star running back walking out of the door?

Nobody wants to hear it, but I’m encouraging Wisconsin fans to have some patience in 2025 with a brutal schedule looming.

Michigan State failed to meet expectations in 2024, but have a real chance to be a bowl team and to show signs of steady growth in 2025.

Talent is harder than ever for Northwestern to come by and, while I like their play on the line of scrimmage, there’s a hard ceiling on this team. It remains to be seen if that ceiling is barely making a bowl game or barely missing one.

Minnesota has one of the bleakest offensive outlooks in America and it is a complete albatross that will waste a solid defense.

UCLA has a couple of headline names on this roster, led by Nico Iamaleava, but I don’t think it has a real football team that can win in the Big Ten. The trench play is too concerning.

Mike Locksley is firmly in the danger zone this fall and I don’t like his odds of escaping with his job.

Man, there is so little to like about Purdue this fall. This sucks and I’m sorry you all have to read about it.

Let’s kick off the AAC previews with a massive deep dive into Army, Charlotte, East Carolina, FAU, Memphis, Navy and North Texas.

Notre Dame has questions to answer, but an easy schedule makes the Irish shoe-ins for a playoff spot. Can they make noise when they get there?

Alabama is far from a complete team and I believe they have a liability at QB, but this is the league’s most complete roster in 2025.

I love the Texas defense, but there are real questions about the offensive side of the ball, even with Arch Manning at the helm.

Stubborn choices to not upgrade on the quarterback or offensive line positions in the transfer portal could undermine Georgia’s bid to return to championship contention.

Are you a man or a mouse, Billy Napier? Your back is against the wall and you have the roster to save your job this year. Can you do it?

God help me, but I’m buying stock on an Oklahoma resurgence and playoff bid this fall. I think Brent Venables finally has the right roster.

One of the nation’s best offensive lines could place Texas A&M on the fringes of the playoff conversation.

The Bayou Bengals faithful may be out for (Brian Kelly’s) blood if I’m right about the team’s outlook this fall.

We wrap up the MAC with a trio of annual contenders, a newcomer filled with transfers, and Western Michigan’s no good, very bad offseason.

Auburn should roll through this season with excellent wide receivers, a stingy defense, and very little else. Is it enough?

An empty calories schedule opens the door for a young Mizzou team to rack up eight or nine wins, but not to seriously contend in the SEC.

There’s excitement around a young quarterback in Oxford, but the offensive line is an Achilles heel that could submarine this program in 2025.

Vanderbilt had a magical season, by their standards in 2024, and looks poised to be competitive again this fall, even if they’re not a top contender.

The broke ass Vols are not built to last and anyone criticizing Nico’s departure should take a very long look at this roster.

South Carolina’s flash in the pan 2024 season may feel long gone by time the Gamecocks wrap up 2025.

Sam Pittman avoided the axe last year, but he is in danger once again this fall. The Arkansas program needs to grow rapidly.

Central Michigan has a new coach, Eastern Michigan is looking to get back to bowling, Kent State has died, and Miami is incredibly on brand.

What exactly is the purpose or goal of Mississippi State football?

This is a simply despicable football team utterly lacking any kind of juice going into 2025. We are nearing the end of the Stoops era.

Arizona State will work to follow its shocking playoff bid in 2024 with another conference title run in the Big 12.

I might be alone on an island on Baylor, who I view as legitimate Big 12 title contenders behind Sawyer Robertson.

Utah is hoping a powerful offensive line and revamped offensive brain trust can carry its program to a Big 12 title.

Texas Tech’s oil money and top-ranked transfer class is attempting to vault the Red Raiders into Big 12 title contention this fall.

An uncharasterically uncertain offensive line could undermine Kansas State’s 2025 season.

The G5 previews move to the MAC, starting with baby steps at Akron, resets at Ball State and Bowling Green, and a contender at Buffalo.

Iowa State’s remarkably consistent program will be in the mix in the Big 12 once agaIn.

TCU plays a brutal schedule but is a sneaky contender to ruin some seasons in the Big 12.

This is your annual Big 12 empty calories eight-win football program.

Everyone’s favorite gamblin’ ass football team looks to make right the wrongs of 2024’s disappointing shortcomings.

Is Cincinnati going to return to football relevance? Probably not. Will the team be interesting this fall? Probably not.

Is it Perfect Timing again for Colorado in 2025?

Willie Fritz is now in year two at Houston and hoping to see signs of improvement.

The bottom of the Big 12 is so bad dude, I’m trying to get this done as quickly as possible

A truly dismal combination of teams that should be avoided at all costs all season long.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.