During football season you can’t drag football fans away from their TV’s. Watching their favorite college teams play is a way of life - until the season ends. Football fans are competitive and a lot of them find that playing poker is a good way to fill in time during the off season. Many of the members of the Cardschat Poker Forum are also college football fans and join in on discussions on both topics in the forum.
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Posted on May 2nd 2020
The Billingsley Encyclopedia has been updated and the LSU Tigers 2019 team figures prominently in the record books. Bolstered by a perfect 15-0 record, coupled with playing the #1 most difficult schedule of the season, the Bayou Bengals vaulted to the #1 All Time most powerful college team to ever take the field. The rating… Read more »
Posted on January 14th 2020
Will LSU 2019 be remembered as the GREATEST College team of all time? I’m sure the debate will begin in the next few hours and days, but according to the Billingsley Report, yes indeed, the 2019 LSU Tigers are on record as the best team ever to take the field. The Billingsley Encyclopedia will be… Read more »
Posted on January 7th 2020
The Bowl season completed last night (January 6th) with the conclusion of the Mobile Bowl where Louisiana held off Miami (Ohio) 27-17. The National Championship Game had already been set back on December 28 when the Semi-Final games were played. LSU overwhelmed Oklahoma 63-28 in the Peach Bowl and Clemson downed Ohio State 29-23 in… Read more »
Posted on December 15th 2019
An American Holiday tradition gets underway next Friday, December 20th, as a series of 39 Bowl Games culminate into a National Championship set for Monday January 13th. Projections for all 39 games will be posted tomorrow, Monday, December 16th shortly after 2PM. Yesterday the 2019 regular season ended with Navy running all over Army, literally,… Read more »
Posted on December 8th 2019
Championship weekend left little drama as only Oregon’s very slight upset of Utah raised any eyebrows. The Duck’s win further opened the door for the Big 12 Champion to enter the playoff discussion, and after Georgia’s loss to LSU, the door flung wide open for the Sooners to take the 4th and final playoff spot…. Read more »
Posted on December 1st 2019
Be prepared for a lot of controversy. It’s PAC 12 vs Big 12, Utah or Oklahoma, what’s your pleasure? Of course Oregon and Baylor might have something to say about this argument as well, but if the Utes and Sooners both win their respective conference championship games all eyes will be on the final decision… Read more »
Posted on November 24th 2019
Many a good team has traveled to the Arizona desert and left the desolate environment with a shocking loss. Perhaps, none so more than Oregon, as late Saturday night the Arizona State defense held the Ducks in check for 3 quarters, enough to build a 24-7 lead, then hold off a furious Oregon rally to… Read more »
Posted on November 17th 2019
During the Switzer years at Oklahoma the phrase “Sooner Magic” was coined to pen the amazing comebacks the Sooners experienced in games of National prominence over Nebraska. Saturday night in Waco, Texas, Sooner Magic was reborn, Twenty First Century style, as Oklahoma overcame a school record 25 point deficit to down undefeated Baylor 34-31. Trailing… Read more »
Posted on November 10th 2019
With three weeks remaining in the 2019 regular season there is still a lot of football left to be played, but LSU took a huge step forward toward punching their ticket to the College Football Playoff. The Bayou Bengals dominated their arch rival Alabama for three quarters, then withstood a furious comeback bid to survive… Read more »
Posted on November 3rd 2019
The PAC 12 inched closer to the CFP Saturday as Oregon and Utah beat two of the conference’s other elite teams which went a long way towards clearing up the muddled conference race. Oregon manhandled USC in the Coliseum 56-24 and Utah pulled out a win over Washington in Seattle 33-28. Both the Ducks and… Read more »