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  1. games
    College Football Will Ruin What Made This Season GreatThe powers that be are too obsessed with money and ratings to stop while they’re ahead.
    By Will Leitch
  2. games
    USC Spring Football Game
    A Brief Guide to College Football’s Strange New LandscapeFrom conference consolidation to a new playoff system, the sport is rapidly transforming before our eyes — mostly for the worse.
    By Will Leitch
  3. games
    Victorious, Villainous Michigan Is College Football’s FutureThe national championship winners offer a TV-ready blueprint to the media executives who run the sport.
    By Will Leitch
  4. games
    How Michigan Became College Football’s VillainThe once-likable team’s maniacal quest for a title — they’re now one game away — has made them hard to root for.
    By Will Leitch
  5. games
    The 10 Worst Things About the Florida State TravestyThe College Football Playoff committee really, really screwed this one up.
    By Will Leitch
  6. games
    Michigan Won At All Costs and Your Team Would TooScandals be damned; just by defeating Ohio State on Saturday, the team prevailed over its critics.
    By Will Leitch
  7. games
    What Happened to College Basketball?The sport, already fading in relevance, is paying a big price for being second fiddle to football.
    By Will Leitch
  8. games
    The Deion Sanders Hype Train Is Probably About to DerailAnd that’s a good thing for college football.
    By Will Leitch
  9. games
    College Football’s Sad Last DanceEnjoy one final season before everything turns upside down.
    By Will Leitch
  10. college football
    The Dawgs Versus the UnderdogsThis Georgia fan looks forward to a national championship game against TCU and its Hypnotoad mystique.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. games
    College Football Is Now NFL LiteA sport once defined by regional charm is awash in money and becoming more like the pros every week.
    By Will Leitch
  12. games
    College Football Is About to Change Drastically — and Not for the BetterThe rise of two super-conferences will make the sport more like the NFL, and rob it of much of its character.
    By Will Leitch
  13. politics
    Who Is Biden’s Big Voting-Rights Speech in Georgia Really For?Spurring action on a stalled bill would be tricky enough, and that’s not all the president is trying to accomplish.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. college football
    41 Years of Frustration Could End TonightIn a winner-take-all league, the Georgia Bulldogs need a championship to get the 1980 monkey off their backs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. games
    College Football Is the Wild West NowAs a new season kicks off, it’s clear that the Supreme Court–weakened NCAA isn’t really in charge anymore.
    By Will Leitch
  16. games
    States Are Starting to Fix the NCAA — For the Wrong ReasonsCompetition, not morality, is driving legislation that allows college athletes to make some money.
    By Will Leitch
  17. 2022 midterms
    Georgia Republicans Wonder What to Do About Herschel WalkerHis indecision about a 2022 Senate race after Trump urged him to run is complicating life for other would-be senators.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. republican party
    Agonized Georgia Republicans Long for Herschel Walker to Run for SenateA battered and deeply divided state party bent on suppressing Black votes could use a Trump-friendly Black sports legend.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. college football
    Nick Saban’s Positive Test Makes COVID-19 Real in the Heart of TrumplandNobody pays more attention to detail than the legendary Alabama coach. Now college football in the South is as imperiled as COVID-19 denial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. games
    The Fans Can Go to Games Again. Will They?The stadiums are open, but fans aren’t exactly rushing through the doors.
    By Will Leitch
  21. games
    College Football Is Still Recklessly Barreling ForwardSome of the big conferences canceled their seasons. Others seem to have adopted a “let’s hope for the best” pandemic strategy.
    By Will Leitch
  22. games
    Don’t Just Blame COVID-19 for College Football’s Lost SeasonPresident Trump, the NCAA, and many of the sport’s most loyal fans had their chance to improve the odds. They blew it.
    By Will Leitch
  23. games
    The College Football Championship Was All About the Crowd — and TrumpIn 2020, everything eventually turns into a political rally.
    By Will Leitch
  24. games
    The Sports Scolds Are WinningElijah Moore’s peeing-dog touchdown celebration was a fun, funny moment — not a threat to our children.
    By Will Leitch
  25. vision 2020
    This College Football Fan Thinks Buttigieg Is Right: The Game Is ‘Problematic’If you really love college football, it’s time to admit the truth about the exploitation the game involves.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. games
    Dabo Swinney Is College Football’s Real Evil VillainHe’s everything wrong with college football.
    By Will Leitch
  27. games
    College Football Players Are Going to Start Quitting Bowl GamesMaybe even on college football altogether. The only question is how soon.
    By Will Leitch
  28. games
    This Football Play Didn’t Just Trick the Other Team, It Gamed the Rule BookNow look for a lot of coaches to take advantage of new safety rules this way.
    By Will Leitch
  29. games
    Why Aren’t We Talking About Football’s Culture of Brutality?The environment which led to the death of a Maryland college football player in practice isn’t an aberration. It’s normal.
    By Will Leitch
  30. College-Football Fans at Title Game Squeezed by Ticket Prices, Ice, and TrumpIt’s going to be a complicated evening in downtown Atlanta.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Trump’s Going to the College Football Title Game in ‘Crime Infested’ AtlantaThe White House is hoping for a warm reception but Trump might be in for a surprise.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. 2017’s Special Elections Are Telling a Hopeful Story for DemocratsThe Donkey Party has been getting a lot more votes than expected.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. the sports section
    See the Gutsy Alabama Onside Kick That Swung the College Football ChampionshipThe Crimson Tide won their fourth title in seven years.
    By Joe DeLessio
  34. the sports section
    5 Things to Know About Tonight’s College Football Championship GameAlabama is favored.
    By Joe DeLessio
  35. dumb things
    College Football Fans Suggest Alabama ‘Finish What Katrina Started’ Against LSU“Flood their homes and drown their families!” apparently wouldn’t fit on the banner.
    By Chas Danner
  36. the sports section
    Mississippi Coaches Call for State Flag ChangeOle Miss coach Hugh Freeze and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen were among those whose names appeared in a newspaper ad calling for a change.
    By Joe DeLessio
  37. the national interest
    Why Jim Harbaugh Came Home to MichiganRomanticism scores a touchdown over cynicism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. the sports section
    NCAA Ends Penn State Football’s Postseason Ban EarlyThey’ll get their full complement of football scholarships back in 2015–16.
    By Joe DeLessio
  39. the sports section
    George W. Bush Feels Alabama Kicker’s PainHe said so in a note.
    By Adam Martin
  40. terrible things
    Four Former Vanderbilt Football Players Charged With RapeThree are in custody, and one is still at large.
    By Delia Paunescu