Author: Michael

Week one of college football is officially in the books. So what can we learn from it?
It’s easy to overreact to the first set of games; teams are figuring out new schemes, there’s more obvious mistakes, penalties and player rotations can be inconsistent, and sloppiness abounds. But there are things that can be learned, and thanks to advanced analytics, we can react without putting too much weight on just one game.
For example, the biggest winners of Week One were Notre Dame, Miami, USC, and Georgia.

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The UCF Knights are 1-0 this season after throttling the New Hampshire Wildcats by a score of 57-3 (although, full disclosure, I’m a UCF alum, and man, they had me nervous during the first half).
The Knights are back at it this week when they play host to the Sam Houston Bearkats, but the Knights will be trading one of their normal helmet decals for something a bit more special.
The team posted a video showing off the special decals designed by patients at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.

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