College football is back! The 2014 season brings new faces to big programs, and new changes to the bowl format as well. Today we have a full schedule of games, which bring a lot of storylines to follow.
Interesting Tid-Bits
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College football playoffs are finally happening this season. The top four teams will have a chance to become National Champion.
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LSU freshman running back Leonard Fournette is drawing comparisons to Adrian Peterson, and his coach Les Miles compared Fournette to Michael Jordan.
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USC begins the year with a new head coach, Steve Sarkisian.
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Alabama has a new offensive coordinator, former Raiders, University of Tennessee, and USC head coach Lane Kiffin. I wonder how this turns out.
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Vegas has Florida State as the favorite to win the National Championship, and Jameis Winston winning the Heisman. Deja Vu? Alabama and Marcus Mariota are No. 2 on the lists.
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NFL.com's Bucky Brooks put together a list of players to watch for this season, he listed these players number one respectively: QB Jameis Winston, FSU; RB Todd Gurley, Georgia; WR Amari Cooper, Alabama; DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon
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Today's schedule has two games where both teams are ranked (No. 16 Clemson at No. 12 Georgia, No. 14 Wisconsin at No. 13 LSU)
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Alabama will play two quarterbacks today, with redshirt Senior Blake Sims starting and FSU transfer Jacob Coker coming off the bench. A quarterback competition is in progress.
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My player to watch is Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon. A runner that is hard to take down and explosive in the open field, Gordon will be a hard man to stop for LSU. Last season while splitting carries with current Patriots running back James White, Gordon rushed for 1,609 yards and 12 touchdowns.