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Overtime Rules, Officiating Blunders Taint Two Great Games; Turk Passes; Bama Defections; A-Rod Citi

Yesterday's NFC and AFC championship games were both games for the ages, with great play after great play, clutch third down conversions,...

Gary Cavalli

Jan 21, 2019

Dabo Delivers, Levi's Shines, Bama Humbled

Last night’s National Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium was an unexpected joy in many ways. We’d picked Clemson to win, but never...

Gary Cavalli

Jan 8, 2019

Our Annual Bowl Viewing Guide: The Games to Watch

Saturday marks the start of Bowl season, always an exciting time for fans who like to gorge on college football. But no matter how big a...

Gary Cavalli

Dec 14, 2018

Bear Revival, Maryland Mess

My apologies to Cal fans. My brother-in-law, Mike Hosterman, a proud Old Blue and Pleasanton's pre-eminent legal mind, gently chided me...

Gary Cavalli

Oct 31, 2018

Potential Playoff Participants' Portfolios

Takeaways from a chaotic weekend when four of the top eight teams in college football (No. 2 Georgia, No. 6 West Virginia, No. 7...

Gary Cavalli

Oct 15, 2018

Week 1 Winners and Losers

Ah, the beauty of college football. Week 1 of the 2018 season had its typical array of surprises, disappointments, dramatic finishes, and...

Gary Cavalli

Sep 4, 2018

Scandals Taint College FB Season Opening

With the opening of the college football season two weeks away, we should be eagerly anticipating another year of thrills, upsets, color,...

Gary Cavalli

Aug 14, 2018

The Grad Transfer Game

Last week, to the dismay of thousands of Stanford basketball fans and head coach Jerod Haase, All-Pac-12 forward Reid Travis made a...

Gary Cavalli

Jun 4, 2018

CFP, Alabama, Early Departures, Coaching Carousel, A Little Politics

Georgia had it won. And, like the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl last year, they blew it. This is not to take anything away from...

Gary Cavalli

Jan 12, 2018

Gruden Returns, UCF Campaigns, CFP Championship Kicks Off Tonight

The biggest story in sports right now—with apologies to tonight’s college football championship game—is the Raiders’ re-hiring of Jon...

Gary Cavalli

Jan 8, 2018

Gary Cavalli - league and bowl co-founder, author, speaker

Gary Cavalli, the former Sports Information Director and Associate Athletic Director at Stanford University, was the co-founder and Executive Director of the college football bowl game played in the Bay Area, and previously was co-founder and President of the American Basketball League.

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The Inside Track

Overtime Rules, Officiating Blunders Taint Two Great Games; Turk Passes; Bama Defections; A-Rod Citi

Dabo Delivers, Levi's Shines, Bama Humbled

Our Annual Bowl Viewing Guide: The Games to Watch

Bear Revival, Maryland Mess

Potential Playoff Participants' Portfolios

Week 1 Winners and Losers

Scandals Taint College FB Season Opening

The Grad Transfer Game

CFP, Alabama, Early Departures, Coaching Carousel, A Little Politics

Gruden Returns, UCF Campaigns, CFP Championship Kicks Off Tonight

Gary Cavalli - league and bowl co-founder, author, speaker

The Inside Track

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