College Football Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
Last Word on College Football continues to spend our Summer taking a look at the Best Returning Players, by position, by conference. In order to be eligible for the list, the player has to be returning to the conference. Players who transfer from one school to another within the conference are eligible. Players who are […] READ MORE
Duke won the 2022 Military Bowl against UCF 30-13 on December 28th. In our preview of this game, we stated that the UCF would have to rely heavily on an injured John Rhys Plumlee and the Blue Devil would need to stop him. Duke did just that and kept its offense front and center like […] READ MORE
The 2022 Military Bowl will feature Duke and UCF on Wednesday, December 28th. This is the first-ever meeting for these two teams that will face off in Annapolis this week. After taking two years off, the Blue Devils will take on the Golden Knights, both teams being carried by their offenses this season. Let’s take […] READ MORE
The American Athletic Conference is widely considered as the strongest Group of Five conferences in the country. That certainly should not change in 2021 as Cincinnati, UCF, Memphis, and Houston should all be improved this year. Having eight teams from this conference going bowling would not be a huge surprise. With that, let’s break down […] READ MORE
Why should March get all the fun? There’s many reasons logisitically why a 64-team tournament for college football could not work. However, taking out the logistical challenges of this type of undertaking how entertaining would this be? Region by region, matchup by matchup we take you from 64 to one as we unveil our 2021 […] READ MORE
Cincinnati travels to Tulsa on Saturday for its first road game of the season, a game which will feature defense. Tulsa was never expected to be the team to beat in the conference, but early on they have defied expectation. Their opener against then-No. 11 Oklahoma State was surprisingly close. Mike Gundy was forced to […] READ MORE
Week one provided us with some upsets early in this crazy football season. Who had the Sun Belt Conference going 3-0 against the Big 12? While Kansas State and Iowa State took considerable hits to their season, Louisiana and Arkansas State were big winners. Even though much of the discussion this week has and will […] READ MORE
Cincinnati’s toughest games are going to be in the conference this year, which gives the Bearcats a real shot at an undefeated season. With only three power-five conferences participating in fall sports in 2020, a group of five team might finally get a college football playoff appearance. If Cincinnati can go undefeated and win their […] READ MORE
Every few years there are a few teams that decide to join a different athletic conference. The most recent example was in 2012 when Texas A&M and Missouri left the Big 12 to join the SEC. Schools usually base these decisions on numerous factors such as TV deals, financial and branding opportunities and better competitive […] READ MORE
Week three of the 2019 season saw a weekend with no ranked matchups for the first time since October of 2017. With weekends like that, many times that’s when the biggest upsets happen. That’s exactly what happened as three top 25 teams lost as Michigan State, Maryland, and USC all lose. And, who could forget […] READ MORE
Jason is a senior writer at Last Word on College Football. He has been with the network for five years now. He covers the Big XII, Oklahoma, and heads our Heisman Trophy weekly column.