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Time to End College Athletics

The following will not be a popular opinion—but I have never cared if my opinions were popular.

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Millsaps Majors

Every college football team in the state—except two—has at least one loss already this season.

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JFP Top 25: Week 3

Alabama is, without question, the No. 1 team in the country after surviving Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M in a 49-42 shootout. The only thing that might be standing in …

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Be Careful What You Ask For

From time to time, nearly all human beings are guilty of overreaction—overcorrection might be a better way of stating it—when we face a problem or an issue. Especially when a …

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Millsaps Majors

Millsaps and Mississippi College have been meeting on the gridiron since 1920, and the Majors and Choctaws have met annually since 2000, when they renewed their close rivalry.

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JFP Top 25: Week 2

Only two weeks in, and we see a shakeup in the top five and top 10 of the JFP College Football Top 25 Poll. Both happen to involve SEC teams, …

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Optimistic but Cautious

In sports, you see a lot of overreaction the Monday after Sunday's NFL games. Fan bases can swing wildly throughout the season, depending on their favorite team's performance from week …

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Mississippi Braves

The formula was simple for the Mississippi Braves Sept. 2, the final day of play in the 2013 Southern League Season: All the team had to do was win against …

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Beware the FCS

This year in college football might provide an interesting theme to watch for.

College

Many SEC Teams Paying Big Bucks for Easy Games This Week

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — This week Southeastern Conference teams are taking a break from those stressful fall Saturdays, a sort of mini-vacation for a few hundred grand.

College

JFP Top 25 College Football Poll week 1

Bryan Flynn's weekly poll of the 25 teams in college football.

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2013 Games of the Week

If money and time was no object, here are the games I would go see each week of the season.

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Jackson State Football

College football finally kicks off tonight. After a long wait, we can watch games with something at stake for the winners and losers.

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Conerly Hopefuls 2013

Each year since I began writing the college football preview, I have compiled a short list of the preseason players to watch for the Conerly Trophy, which the Mississippi Sports …

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Memorable Football Moments

I got as giddy as a little kid on Christmas day when I saw the JFP question of the week. If you missed it, the question was: What is the …