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Defector

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

Dave McKenna

TEMPE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 21: A Colorado Buffaloes helmet on the field during the college football game between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Arizona State Sun Devils on September 21, 2019 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

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College Football

He Was A Colorado Recruit. Then Dozens Of Women Came Forward

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Patrick Redford

BOULDER, COLORADO - APRIL 22: Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes watches as his team warms up prior to their spring game at Folsom Field on April 22, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Colorado Football Spring Game

Deion Sanders’s Great Transfer Portal Experiment Has Buffaloes Fleeing

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Israel Daramola

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - NOVEMBER 26: ead coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks on during pregame warmups prior to facing the Auburn Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 26, 2022 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Auburn v Alabama

Alabama’s NIL Hub Is The Future Of Silly College Football Spending

Super Bowl LVI – Los Angeles Rams v Cincinnati Bengals

HBCUs Are More Than Stepping Stones For Famous Football Coaches

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Ray Ratto

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 31: Head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines looks on during the third quarter of the College Football Playoff Semifinal Fiesta Bowl football game against the TCU Horned Frogs at State Farm Stadium on December 31, 2022 in Glendale, Arizona. The TCU Horned Frogs won 51-45. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

Vrbo Fiesta Bowl – Michigan v TCU

Bidding Is Now Open On Jim Harbaugh

Inglewood, CA - January 09: Quarterback Stetson Bennett #13 of the Georgia Bulldogs lights a cigar with teammate wide receiver Luke Bennett #29 of the Georgia Bulldogs after defeating the TCU Horned Frogs 65-7 to win the CFP National Championship Football game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Monday, January 9, 2023. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

Georgia Bulldogs defeated the TCU Horned Frogs 65-7 to win the CFP National Championship Football game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

Sometimes The Statement Matters The Most

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Dan McQuade

Pasadena, CA - January 02: Quarterback Sean Clifford #14 of the Penn State Nittany Lions after defeating the Utah Utes 35-21 to win the 109th Rose Bowl game in Pasadena on Monday, January 2, 2023.

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Penn State Finally Gets The Rose Instead Of The Thorn

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Kelsey McKinney

TCU Horned Frogs tight end Jared Wiley (19) hugs a teammate after the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl between the Michigan Wolverines and the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday, December 31st, 2022 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ

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The Big 12 Is Back, Baby

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Laura Wagner

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Death To The NCAA

Dabo Swinney Reaches New Level Of Self-Parody

Sacramento State RB Marcus Fulcher treats himself to some beer after scoring a TD early in Sacramento State's loss in the Division I-AA quarterfinals.

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Sacramento State’s Post-TD Beer Wasn’t The Wildest Part Of The Year’s Best College Football Game

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Tom Ley

Liberty v Arkansas

Hugh Freeze Is Thinking Massively

Deion Sanders introduced as CU Buffs head coach

Deion Coach Prime Sanders named head football coach at University of Colorado, Boulder.

Deion Sanders Meets New Players, Tells Them To Get Lost

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Samer Kalaf

Deion Sanders tells the Jackson State football team that he is leaving for Colorado.

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Deion Sanders Is Like Any Other College Football Coach

Quarterback Caleb Williams #13 of the USC Trojans celebrates USC Trojans defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 38-27 during a NCAA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 26, 2022.

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Before He Was At USC, Caleb Williams Was A Can’t-Miss Kid

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David Roth

Hugh Freeze runs off the field, accompanied by Mississippi State Troopers, after a home win against Georgia Southern in 2016.

Georgia Southern v Mississippi

Hugh Freeze Never Really Left

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

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Did Your Favorite College Football Team Hire A Shitbag? Let’s Find Out!

Head Coach David Shaw of the Stanford Cardinal waits to enter the stadium before an NCAA college football game against the BYU Cougars on November 26, 2022 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.

BYU v Stanford

David Shaw Leaves Stanford In The Dark

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Nothing Redeems A Bad Football Game Like Huge Piles Of Snow

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Lauren Theisen

Jim Harbaugh shakes hands with Mel Tucker

Michigan State v Michigan

MSU Football Player’s Lawyer: My Girlfriend Was Attacked By A Cup Of Phlegm In 1995

Michigan State players fight Michigan cornerback Ja'Den McBurrows in the tunnel after Saturday's game.

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Michigan State Suspends Four Players For Postgame Tunnel Attack

A referee puts a safety symbol (both hands clasped together) over his head as a player hands a football to him

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Four Safeties And A Loss

Tennessee offensive tackle Jeremiah Crawford vomits in the direction of the Alabama defensive line late in the Vols' 52-49 win.

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Barf To Win

A triptych of Israel Abanikanda running for two touchdowns, and then celebrating

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Israel Abanikanda May Still Be Running

Kansas Jayhawks celebrate after scoring a touchdown

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Kansas Has A Football Team

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - OCTOBER 16: Head coach Herm Edwards of the Arizona State Sun Devils reacts after the loss to the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium on October 16, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)

Arizona State v Utah

Herm Edwards Fired Over Embarrassing Loss Before He Could Be Fired Over NCAA Investigation