2022

Savvy Index 2022 top 25 week 1 week of 09/02/22 ranking points rank week 0: 8-3 73% season: 8-3 73% wins losses 514 1 Alabama 0 0 514 2 Georgia 0 0 513 3 Ohio St. 0 0 512 4 Oklahoma 0 0 512 5 Utah 0 … Continue reading College football rankings 8/28/2022

A quick look at PAC-12 football injuries prior to opening games

You know how life is. The glitter guys get all the headlines. They strut and rut and make it look so easy. But sometimes, it just doesn't pay to be a limelighter. For example, already this month, Don Best is reporting that all PAC-12 injuries to-date are skill guys. It's enough to think that some … Continue reading A quick look at PAC-12 football injuries prior to opening games

Full game predictions for Week Zero in the FBS

Savvy Index 2022 predictions week 0 week of 08/27/22 top 25 wins losses game rating notes Charlotte 27 FAU won this game Florida Atl. 31 38-9 last year. fcs Duquesne 17 This is a game … Continue reading Full game predictions for Week Zero in the FBS

Weird tales from the world of college sports

From time-to-time, I snoop the dusty pages of college sports to find those things that are bizarre, extraordinary, forgotten, or just plain strange. I’ve been at it again and I thought I would share some of what I found. A player with eight years in college football? Yup. Linebacker Jared Folks signed with Temple University … Continue reading Weird tales from the world of college sports

Rating new coaches in the PAC-12 Conference

With the 2022 football season on the horizon, this is a good time to take a look at the new coaches in the conference and see what they have been up to. With that, we should be able to get an idea of which programs were winners and which were losers in the quests … Continue reading Rating new coaches in the PAC-12 Conference

Savvy Index preseason rankings for all FCS teams

Savvy Index FCS preseason 2022 08/08/22 ranking points 1 N Dakota St. 511 2 Sam Houston St. 509 3 S Dakota St. 508 4 Montana St. 506 5 E Washington 503 6 Weber St. 503 7 Montana 503 8 S Illinois 503 9 Kennesaw St. 503 10 … Continue reading Savvy Index preseason rankings for all FCS teams

Who will win the PAC-12 Conference in 2022?

Getting all of the pieces together to produce rankings for all 131 college football teams is a dizzying task that makes me often question if perhaps I've gone crazy. Sometimes I feel like the unnamed person who Douglas Adams once described: "He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher. Or, as his wife would … Continue reading Who will win the PAC-12 Conference in 2022?

Preseason rankings for all 131 FBS teams

Savvy Index 2022 b4 savvygameline.com pre season rank 8/18/22 Preseason rankings ranking points 1 Alabama 540 2 Georgia 536 3 Ohio St. 532 4 Oklahoma 530 5 Utah 530 6 Clemson 526 7 Michigan 526 8 BYU 524 9 Oklahoma St. 522 10 Iowa 519 11 Cincinnati 518 12 N … Continue reading Preseason rankings for all 131 FBS teams

Bridget, the most courageous girl I ever knew

Tales from youth basketball The girl had everything. She was well-groomed, successful, personable, and fun. With her perpetual smile, it appeared the girl never had a bad day. But, that is only how it seemed because those of us who knew her were aware of the barriers that life had put in her path. My … Continue reading Bridget, the most courageous girl I ever knew

The valley of dry bones . . . thoughts on the chaotic transfer portal

March 8, 2022 The entire town of Creswell, Oregon is gone. Vanished. Sadly, never to be heard from again. Sound preposterous? Indeed, but essentially, that is what has happened since college sports uncorked the transfer portal in October of 2018. Since then, a population of more than 15,000 players have entered the portal yet only … Continue reading The valley of dry bones . . . thoughts on the chaotic transfer portal