Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The parity once seen in college football at the national championship level has all but diminished since the 2003 season. Over the 18-year duration, 12 SEC teams have laid claim as the country’s best team dispersed among LSU (3), Auburn (1), Florida (2), and Alabama. On Monday night, the Crimson Tide […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The stakes do not get any higher come Monday night in Miami when No. 3 Ohio State (7-0, 5-0 Big Ten) heads to Hard Rock Stadium to face No. 1 Alabama (12-0, 10-0 SEC). The pairing of two of college football’s elite programs is just the fifth meeting on the field […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook College football’s bowl season is the time when teams break from playing their peers taking off across the country to represent their school and conference against the best of the best. The end of season showdowns draws some of the most interesting matchups pitting prolific offenses against stout defenses, top head […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 RNG on Facebook The Peach Bowl is one of the most traditional college football bowl games as it has been played every year in Atlanta since 1968. Since 2014, the Peach Bowl has been in the rotation to host a College Football Playoff Semifinal with the next coming in 2022. On New Year’s Day, […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 RNG on Facebook The Liberty Bowl is one of the oldest postseason games in college football with the start in 1959 being played in Memphis every year since 1965. Numerous NFL stars have appeared in this bowl game during their college tenures including quarterback Doug Flutie, running back Bo Jackson, and recently Dallas Cowboys […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Since the inception of the Cotton Bowl Classic in 1937, this college football bowl game has been a premiere landing spot drawing in high-profile showdowns and some of the game’s all-time greats. From the Southwest Conference days to the current tie-ins of the Big 12 and SEC, the Cotton Bowl is […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Florida, will be rocking on Tuesday when No. 21 Oklahoma State (7-3, 6-3 Big12) heads east to face No. 18 Miami (8-2, 7-2 ACC) in a highly anticipated offensive showdown pitting the Big 12 against the ACC. Both teams love pushing the ball down the field […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 RNG on Facebook The Montgomery Bowl was organized in October as a substitute for the canceled Fenway Bowl which was scrapped due to COVID-19. Organizers have stated this game is for 2020 only, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be an exciting match-up with Florida Atlantic battling Memphis. Both programs come into this game […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook As quickly as Championship Weekend wrapped and the College Football Playoff Selection Committee announced their decision that lights up national talk radio switchboards with furious callers, the bowl season is already upon us. The games begin on Monday when the Sun Belt and Conference USA collide in the Myrtle Beach Bowl […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook As 2020 has presented unusual circumstances, so holds true for the 2020 Pac-12 Championship Game with the Oregon Ducks filling in for the Washington Huskies out of the North Division to take on South winner the USC Trojans. The showdown for the trophy also serves as a revenge game for the […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The 2020 Mountain West Conference Championship Game will have somewhat of a different look and feel when the mainstay Boise State Broncos head to Las Vegas to square off against the newcomer No. 24 San Jose State Spartans. For a Spartans victory to be had, not only must they break a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The championship game with a College Football Playoff feel this weekend will be the ACC showdown between No. 3 Clemson Tigers (9-1, 8-1) and No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-0, 9-0). The two squads met in an epic battle on Nov. 7 pitting then-No. 1 Clemson against No. 4 ranked […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Alabama and Arkansas close out their portion of the 10-game 2020 SEC West regular season schedule on Saturday when the Crimson Tide (9-0) makes the trek to Fayetteville to take on the Razorbacks (3-6). For the Hogs, it is a David verses Goliath scenario with Arkansas hoping to derail the No. […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook A pivotal SEC West matchup is set to kickoff on Saturday in Jordan-Hare Stadium when the No. 5 Texas A&M Aggies (6-1) travels east to face the Auburn Tigers (5-3). With the Tigers 42-13 loss last week to bitter rival Alabama, Auburn is mathematically out of the equation for any claim […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook After feasting on a Thanksgiving dinner and Black Friday sales, the Big 12 has a special holiday plan for college football fans Friday afternoon when No. 13 Iowa State (6-2, 6-1 Big 12) travels to Austin to face No. 17 Texas (5-2, 4-2 Big 12). The showdown has conference title implications […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The Battle for the Golden Boot kicks off again on Saturday but under fragmentary settings. The LSU Tigers (2-3) get back on the field after an extended unscheduled break ready to get it going again against the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-4) in Fayetteville. Both teams have been battling COVID related outbreaks leading […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The eight-game race to the Big Ten finish line is heating up with teams in the East and West divisions separating themselves from the pack already. A key game that will define the winner in the East is set to kickoff on Saturday when the No. 9 Indiana Hoosiers (4-0) travel […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook If a diehard college football fan had been traipsing the galaxy since mid-September unaware of the actions during the 2020 season, a return visit to Earth on Monday may have the feel that the Florida Gators are a once in a decade kind of team. After three consecutive decisive victories, including […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The surreal with the 2020 college football season took a turn to adverse in Week 11 with 15 college football games across the country either cancelled or postponed. The announced games halted includes five ranked teams including an SEC West rivalry game that typically brings the country to the TV set. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Treading the usual waters of the SEC are tough enough but add two additional conference games into the mix makes the request brutal. On Saturday, South Carolina heads to Oxford taking on Ole Miss in a must-win game for both teams hoping to salvage the remains of their season. Each squad […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook A frustrating 2020 college football season for LSU and the Tigers’ fanbase was ratcheted up a notch on Wednesday with head coach Ed Orgeron announcing his starting quarterback Myles Brennan is likely out for the remainder of the season. Fresh off a record-setting 15-0 national championship season a year ago, hopes […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook College football action in Conference USA has been tight throughout the 2020 season with teams within one or two wins of one another in route to the conference championship game. One team trying to separate from the pack is Marshall. When Middle Tennessee travels to Huntington on Saturday, the plan is […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The action on the college football gridiron is bountiful during Week 10 of the 2020 season with four games pairing Top 25 team against one another, including two contests featuring Top 8 squads. The race for a College Football Playoff berth started to narrow. The top game of the week was […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The Arkansas Razorbacks (2-3) return to the friendly confines of Fayetteville on Saturday playing host to the Tennessee Volunteers (2-3). Both teams seek to get back to even on the season while keeping hopes alive for a shot at postseason play in this SEC cross-divisional showdown. What started out as a […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The college football season is finally underway in the Pac-12 uniting the west coast with the rest of the Power 5 Conferences nationwide. The preseason All-Pac-12 team has a lot of familiar faces and names from standout seasons a year ago, but will look different by season’s end with a few […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook As teams across the country are about to play their eighth and seventh games of the season, the Pac-12 begins their 2020 college football season on Saturday. After the 2020 season was cancelled on Aug. 11, by Sept. 24, seeing the success of their Power 5 peers, the games were back […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Here at RNG, we are continuing to celebrate the high school talents interviewed who have been a part of our history now making their mark at the collegiate level. Week 9 of the college football season saw one near top-10 upset and No. 6 Oklahoma State go down. Outside the top-10, […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Further enforcing the oddity of the 2020 season, ESPN’s college football postseason bowl schedule has been released as the ACC, Big 12, and SEC hit the midway mark of their season before the Pac-12 plays Game 1. While many will focus solely on the College Football Playoff Committee’s four-team selection on […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook College football fans are in for a treat on Saturday when SEC heavyweights LSU (2-2) and Auburn (3-2) meet in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Both squads are in unusual circumstances meeting as unranked opponents for the first time since the 1999 season, but each are still hopeful for a shot at the SEC […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook One of college football’s best kept secret rivalry games is lining up for another exciting matchup when the Arkansas Razorbacks (2-2) travel to College Station to face the No. 8 Texas A&M Aggies (3-1). A&M owns an eight-game winning streak in this series, a series that dates back to the Southwest […]
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