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Breaking Down the Miami RedHawks’ 2026 Football Schedule

James Ernest

07/12/2026

The Miami University RedHawks enter the 2026 football season looking to continue one of the most successful stretches in recent program history under head coach Chuck Martin. Built around physical defense, disciplined play, and consistent player development, Miami has established itself as one of the Mid-American Conference's premier programs. The 2026 schedule presents the RedHawks with a challenging combination of Power Conference competition, in-state rivalries, and a demanding MAC schedule ...

Ohio State Football Quarterback Room Preview 2026: Julian Sayin Leads Loaded Buckeyes Depth Chart

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Notre Dame Football Quarterback Room Preview 2026: CJ Carr Leads Talented Fighting Irish Depth Chart

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Every College Football Player Carries a Sportsbook in Their Pocket

Marvin Uzor

07/10/2026

Louisville Football Quarterback Room Preview: Experience, Competition, and Playmaking Ability Highlight the Cardinals...

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Kentucky Football Quarterback Room Preview: Experience, Competition, and Upside Define the Wildcats Entering 2026

James Ernest

07/10/2026

Top 15 Big Ten Football Coaches of All Time

Mike Goodpaster

07/09/2026

The 5 Most Intimidating Student Sections in College Football

Marvin Uzor

07/09/2026

Ohio University Bobcats Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

James Ernest

07/09/2026

Mike Goodpaster

07/08/2026

2026 Indiana Hoosiers Football Preview: Can Curt Cignetti Build the Next College Football Dynasty?

One year ago, Indiana football completed the greatest season in school history. Actually, that undersells it. ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/08/2026

2026 Oregon Ducks Football Preview: Can Dan Lanning Finally Deliver Oregon’s First National Championship?

There is only one goal left for Oregon football. Not another Big Ten Championship. Not another ...

James Ernest

07/08/2026

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

The quarterback position will be one of ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/07/2026

Big Ten Football Quarterback Power Rankings for the 2026 Season

The Big Ten has never been deeper ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/07/2026

2026 Purdue Football Preview: Odom Begins to Build the Foundation for a Boilermaker Revival

Just two seasons removed from one of ...

James Ernest

07/06/2026

University of Cincinnati Bearcats Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

The quarterback position has become one of ...

James Ernest

07/06/2026

University of Miami RedHawks Quarterback Preview: Breaking Down the 2026 QB Room

The quarterback position is expected to be ...

Marvin Uzor

07/04/2026

College Football Stopped Being Amateur a Long Time Ago

The second year of college football’s pay ...

James Ernest

07/04/2026

2026 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Season Preview

The 2026 Ohio State Buckeyes enter the season with national championship aspirations once again, continuing their ...

James Ernest

07/04/2026

2026 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Season Preview

The 2026 Notre Dame Fighting Irish enter ...

Marvin Uzor

07/03/2026

Florida Paid $21 Million to Fire Billy Napier. Jon Sumrall’s Clock Is Already Ticking

Florida had seen enough of Billy Napier ...

James Ernest

07/02/2026

Louisville Cardinals Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Louisville Cardinals enter the season ...

James Ernest

07/02/2026

Kentucky Wildcats Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Kentucky Wildcats enter a new ...

Marvin Uzor

07/01/2026

Ole Miss Cried About Tampering, Then Got Caught Doing It

Ole Miss just had one of the ...

James Ernest

07/01/2026

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers’s Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers enter the ...

James Ernest

07/01/2026

Ohio University Bobcats Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Ohio University Bobcats enter the ...

James Ernest

06/30/2026

Miami University RedHawks Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Miami University RedHawks enter another ...

James Ernest

06/30/2026

Cincinnati Bearcats Football 2026 Season Preview

The 2026 Cincinnati Bearcats enter Year 4 ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/29/2026

2026 Big Ten Football Preseason Power Rankings

The Big Ten has never been stronger. ...

Marvin Uzor

06/27/2026

Why Jeremiah Smith Turned Down $10 Million to Stay at Ohio State

Not so many people have the guts ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/26/2026

Top 20 College Football Head Coaches Entering the 2026 Season

Ranking college football coaches today is not ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/25/2026

ACC Football Coach Power Rankings Entering the 2026 Season

The ACC enters the 2026 season with ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/25/2026

Who was the Better Football Coach: Jim Tressel or Urban Meyer?

Few debates in Ohio State football history ...

Marvin Uzor

06/24/2026

Brendan Sorsby’s Career May Already Be Over For Good

There is no stranger story in college ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/24/2026

Big 12 Football Head Coach Power Rankings Entering the 2026 Season

The Big 12 may not have the ...

Marvin Uzor

06/24/2026

Even Arch Manning Is Taking a Pay Cut to build Texas’s $40 Million Roster

Forty million dollars can give you a ...

James Ernest

06/23/2026

The Weight of Protection: How LIGHT Helmets is Transforming Gridiron Safety

In collision sports like football, a fraction ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/23/2026

Ranking The Big Ten Football Coaches: Heading into the 2026 Season

The Big Ten may now be the ...

Marvin Uzor

06/22/2026

Bill Belichick Enters Year Two at North Carolina With the Hype Gone and the Hot Seat Warm

Entering the 2026 college football season, Bill ...

Marvin Uzor

06/20/2026

College Football’s Greatest Long Shot Is Disappearing

Heading into the 2026 college football season, ...

Marvin Uzor

06/18/2026

Week Zero Is a Trap and the Ranked Teams That Fall for It Pay Dearly

The 2026 college football season opens in ...

Marvin Uzor

06/16/2026

Alabama Is Rebuilding Its Defensive Front Through the Portal, and It Might Actually Work

Alabama finished last season in the college ...

LaMarr Fields

06/11/2026

Why Cheta Ofili Could Be TCU’s Next Breakout Pass Rusher

TCU's transfer portal class featured several additions ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/09/2026

Brendan Sorsby Cleared to Play: A Controversial Decision That Could Change College Sports Forever

The college football world was rocked on ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/01/2026

Top 10 Notre Dame Football Players of All Time

Few programs in college football history can ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/31/2026

Top 10 Penn State Football Players of All Time: Who is the Greatest Nittany Lion?

Penn State is one of the most ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/31/2026

Top 17 Texas Longhorns(Football) Players of All Time

Today we look at the most incredible ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/30/2026

The Wichita State Football Team Plane Crash: Tragedy and Resilience

On October 2, 1970, tragedy struck the ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/27/2026

Why Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker Could Be the No. 1 Quarterback in the 2027 NFL Draft

By the time the 2027 NFL Draft ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/17/2026

Top 16 Running Backs in Big Ten History

The Big Ten started using the name ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/14/2026

Top 10 College football’s greatest true freshman seasons of all time

Remember freshmen were not eligible until 1973, ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/14/2026

Top 10 Oklahoma Sooners(Football) of All Time

The Oklahoma Sooners aren’t just a great ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/11/2026

Top 10 Alabama(Football) Players of All Time

Let's get this straight before everybody starts ...

Shelley Harcar

04/28/2026

The Ohio State University: Buckeye Nation of Draft Domination

Say what you want about Ohio State ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/19/2026

Top 10 Football Movies of All Time

I know this list is subjective but ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/10/2026

19 Lies in Disney’s “Remember the Titans”

Movies “based on a true story” often ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/07/2026

The Ultimate Power Ranking: Top 10 College Programs in Football AND Basketball in 2025/26

This isn’t about hype. This isn’t about ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/04/2026

Top 10 USC Trojans (Football) of All Time

The USC Trojans football have long been ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/26/2026

Top 10 College Football Legends Who Never Played in the NFL

Most of the players on this list ...

Shelley Harcar

03/11/2026

Remembering Lou Holtz: January 1937-March 2026

The sports world can be overwhelming, like a massive ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/02/2026

Top 10 Florida Gators(Football) Players of All Time

Fred Taylor was a critical piece of ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/10/2026

Top 10 College Football Programs of All-Time: Which program is at the Top of the Mountain Top?

Ranking the greatest college football programs of ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/10/2026

Top 10 LSU Tigers(Football) of All Time

LSU football has produced an extraordinary lineage ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/06/2026

Top 10 Florida State Seminoles(Football) Players of All Time

Few college football programs have produced elite ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/03/2026

Top 10 Ohio State Football Players of All Time

Chic Harley is one of the most ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/02/2026

Top 10 Greatest Texas Longhorns Football Players of All Time

The University of Texas has produced some ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/28/2026

1988 West Virginia Mountaineers: Almost Heaven

The Lambert Trophy, awarded annually to the ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/22/2026

Top 10 College Football Teams of All Time (Where do the Hoosiers Rank}

College football greatness isn’t just about winning ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/22/2026

Why the 1984 College Football National Champion should have Been Washington and not BYU

In 1984 a little school actually was ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/21/2026

Top 10 Michigan Wolverines(Football) Players of All Time

The Michigan Wolverines possess one of the ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/20/2026

The Greatest Football Story Ever Told, is now Complete!

I wrote an article after the Indiana ...

Dr. Jay Gee

01/19/2026

The 2003 Fiesta Bowl: Were the Canes robbed, or did the Buckeyes Win, Fair and Square?

Monday the 19th, and for the first ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

The Trench Truth: Why Miami’s Size Won’t Decide This Game

If you’ve heard one talking point all ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

Miami’s Past vs. Indiana’s Present: Two Programs, Two Eras, One Night

College football rarely gives us clean contrasts ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

Speed vs. Structure: How Indiana’s Discipline Challenges Miami’s Chaos

At first glance, this matchup looks like ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/19/2026

Championship Quarterback Showdown: Why Fernando Mendoza Is Built for This Moment—and Why Carson Beck Isn’t

Championship games don’t just reveal who has ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/16/2026

College Football’s Greatest Team Ever: 2001 Miami Hurricanes or 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers?

Every era of college football produces a ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/16/2026

Miami’s Defensive Line vs Indiana’s Offensive Line an In-Depth Look: Who Wins Up Front

From Miami’s point of view, the conversation ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/14/2026

Lee Corso at Indiana: The Madcap Rebuild That Set the Table for “Not So Fast, My Friend”

Before Lee Corso became America’s college-football grandpa—before ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/13/2026

The Miami Hurricanes Dynasty (1983–2003): Championships, Culture, and Consequences

From the 1983 national championship to the ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/13/2026

If Indiana Football Goes 16–0, It Would Rival the 1976 Hoosiers as the Greatest Achievement in School History

There is only one undefeated team that ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/11/2026

Terry Hoeppner: The Coach who restored hope to Indiana Football

Indiana football has had better seasons than ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/10/2026

Howard Schnellenberger and the Blueprint That Built “The U”

Before Miami was swagger. Before national titles, ...

James Ernest

01/08/2026

Life After Mendoza: How Curt Cignetti is Rebuilding a Powerhouse

Indiana’s 2025 season didn’t just change expectations ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/06/2026

Phil Knight, Nike, and the Oregon Brand Evolution

There are plenty of rich boosters in ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/06/2026

If Indiana Wins the National Championship, Would They Be the Greatest Team of All Time

At some point, disbelief turns into denial. ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/04/2026

Bill Mallory: The Man Who Made Indiana Football Matter

For most of its history, Indiana football ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/03/2026

NIL, the Transfer Portal, and SEC Inflation: Why the Big Ten Is Now College Football’s Best Conference

For nearly two decades, the SEC sold ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/02/2026

Top 5 Takeaways from Indiana’s Rose Bowl Statement Win Over Alabama

The Rose Bowl was supposed to be ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/01/2026

The 1968 Indiana Hoosiers Football Team: A Historic Rose Bowl Journey and the Rise of the “Cardiac Kids”

In the long and uneven history of ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/29/2025

Alabama Football Fans: A Cult Built on Entitlement, Excuses, and ESPN Brainwash

There are annoying fan bases. There are ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/29/2025

CFP Quarterfinal Chess Match III Indiana’s Offensive Tempo vs. Alabama’s Defensive Substitutions

If Indiana’s secondary and pass rush define ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/28/2025

Top 10 Big Ten Football Coaches of All Time

Big Ten football is older than most ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/28/2025

CFP Quarterfinal Chess Match Indiana’s Pass Rush vs. Alabama’s Protection

If the Indiana secondary versus Alabama’s receivers ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/27/2025

Is Lane Kiffin Really an Elite Football Coach?

Yes, the Ole Miss Rebels won their ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/26/2025

CFP Quarterfinal Rose Bowl: Indiana Secondary vs. Alabama Receivers — A High-Powered Matchup

When No. 1 Indiana meets No. 9 ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/22/2025

Why Indiana Will Handle Alabama in the Rose Bowl — And Why the SEC’s Delusions Are Finally Crumbling

The moment Indiana was officially matched with ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/17/2025

The Heir to the Heisman: Why Drew Mestemaker Should Replace Fernando Mendoza at IU

Indiana should always be thinking one step ...

Shelley Harcar

12/15/2025

And the Heisman Goes to…

Weeks of speculation and debate culminated in ...

Shelley Harcar

12/10/2025

Defense Wins Championships- but What About Heismans?

When the clock ran out at Lucas ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/09/2025

College Locks and Longshots: Top 3 NCAAB Bets of the Day: IU/Penn State, OLL/OSU and UCONN/Florida

Join Mike Goodpaster as he gives you ...