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With the opening weekend loss to Georgia Tech, Florida State showed us that preseason expectations don’t really hold any water in today’s transfer portal college football world. They also further validated one of the weakest schedules for a College Football Playoff hopeful. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were already a near guarantee to make the playoff this season, and now their path looks even easier.

Notre Dame Football Will Go Undefeated in 2024

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SEC Football Schedules For Week 1: Game Times, TV Stations, And More

Austin, TX

Texas Longhorns On SI

One analyst is predicting the Texas Longhorns will do big things this season.

Analyst Predicts Texas Will Advance to National Championship

Oxford, MS

The Spun

After six spending the last six seasons in the NFL, Chris Kiffin is returning to the college ranks. Kiffin, 42, is about to be reunited with a very familiar face. According to ESPN's Chris Low, he's joining his older brother Lane's staff at Ole Miss as a defensive analyst. "The Kiffin brothers are ...

Lane Kiffin's Older Brother, Chris Kiffin, Lands College Football Job

Texas State

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CJ Coombs

When I learned the brown tarantula is also native to Missouri, I gasped, and when I say I'm not too fond of spiders of any genus is an understatement. It's psychological. They have too many legs.

It's mating season for the Texas brown tarantula also known as the Missouri tarantula

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ESPN’s updated SP+ rankings (subscription required) have the Georgia Bulldogs as the No. 1 team in the country. The SP+ rankings really likes the SEC. In fact, nine of the top 15 teams in the country hail from the SEC including five teams in the top 10. The Big...

SEC football power rankings according to SP+

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The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

Los Angeles, CA

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We finally made it, week one of the college football season is here. There are a lot of good matchups to keep an eye on this weekend, and one that you won't want to miss will be on Sunday between USC football and LSU football. The Trojans and Tigers are both ranked to start the season, and this is a crucial year for both teams. They will be playing at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday.

LSU football bold predictions for Las Vegas clash vs. USC

According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

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The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Denny's was once a staple of the American diner landscape. In recent years, it has had its ups and downs, especially post-pandemic. The dining habits of people also change. Some customers have a more discerning taste.

Denny's: a legacy of serving customers for over 65 years including 27 locations in Missouri

Tuscaloosa, AL

Nick Saban's wife playfully waived her finger at a ESPN College GameDay sign aimed at her husband during Saturday's broadcast, the much-anticipated pre-game debut for the former Alabama coach. Saban, who joined the College GameDay crew after coaching reitrement, chuckled at the clever pick-up line from a Crimson Tide fan.

Nick Saban's wife displeased with College GameDay sign

North Carolina State

Boone, NC

Town Talks

Move-in day for college freshmen is an emotional experience, both for students and their parents. Lori Miggins, a mom from North Carolina, felt this deeply when she dropped off her daughter, Taylor, at Appalachian State University.

North Carolina Mom Sparks Debate By Sleeping In Daughter’s Dorm Her 1st Night At College

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Louisiana State

During my childhood, when my family visited relatives “across the river,” in Bayou Plaquemine, Bayou Goula, Caddo, the Pointe, and White Castle, my siblings and I would sometimes race up and down the levees, some distance away from the cows grazing there. At the summit of the hill, you could see the Mississippi River waters through stands of trees and brush. It never occurred to me that our “playground” was the living testimony of Black men, prisoners of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola whom the state of Louisiana had re-enslaved in the convict leasing system.

No longer ‘half slave, half free’

USC will begin the 2024 college football season with a huge test when the Trojans face the LSU Tigers in Las Vegas on Sunday, September 1. The central key to the game will be the amount of pressure on each of the two quarterbacks in this game. Can the USC defense get to Garrett Nussmeier, and can the talented but unproven offensive line for the Trojans keep Miller Moss’s uniform clean long enough to allow his elite wide receivers to get open? If so, USC fans will leave the desert very happy, and it will be an encouraging first glimpse into...

USC path to victory versus LSU begins up front

Columbia, MO

There is a lot of hype surrounding Missouri football as it prepares for the 2024 college football season. The Tigers are coming off an impressive campaign in which they won 11 games, including the Cotton Bowl against a blue-blood program in Ohio State. However, head coach Eli Drinkwitz issued a strong message to fans earlier this week, urging them to fill the seats for the home opener against Murray State next Thursday with tickets still available.

Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz calls out fans before 2024 season opener vs. Murray State

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Brian Kelly raises bar after consecutive 10-win seasons, sets national championship as 'ultimate goal'

LSU coach Brian Kelly is a model of consistency with his seven-straight seasons of at least 10 wins — good for one of the longest streaks...

Brian Kelly raises bar after consecutive 10-win seasons, sets national championship as 'ultimate goal'

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