The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket is set, with 12 teams preparing to compete in the expanded playoff for the first time. Under the new format, the top four conference champions have secured first-round byes: No. 1 seed Oregon, No. 2 seed Georgia, No. 3 seed Boise State, and No. 4 seed Arizona State will enjoy an extra week of rest before their quarterfinal matchups.

Well, it's that time of year again and no, I’m not talking about the holidays. We are talking about potentially the greatest gift Adam Silver has given to the league, the NBA Cup.  Semi-finals have been won and lost, an epic final matchup between the Thunder and Bucks is set for Tuesday.

It's one of the biggest and most prestigious rivalries in all of sports. This year, for the 125th time, as the lone game on the last Saturday to conclude the college football regular season, the No. 22 Army Black Knights will meet the Navy Midshipmen to compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.

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For the second time this year, the Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs will face off—this time with even higher stakes, as the winner will be crowned the 2024 SEC Champion. Texas has been nearly perfect this season, boasting an 11-1 record, with their only loss coming at the hands of the Bulldogs. Since that Week 8 matchup, Texas has looked like the stronger team, while Georgia has been uncharacteristically inconsistent. The Bulldogs have had some questionable performances, including a loss to Ole Miss and a narrow 8OT victory in their rivalry game just a week ago.

With the NBA 2024-2025 season underway, it’s time to discuss some players who are exceeding expectations and those who are underperforming. Although the season has just begun, potential superstars are already emerging. Following a wild off-season of trades, expectations for some players have never been higher.

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Of the six games covered in the QSAO “Game of the Week" series this will be the fourth time we cover a game from the SEC. The SEC has always been the pinnacle of college football, but with all the division realignment and drama with NIL and the transfer portal the SEC has been transformed into a hotbed for elite competition.

No. 14 LSU (6-2, 5th in SEC) will host No. 11 Alabama (6-2, 7th in SEC) on Saturday night in a pivotal SEC showdown, dubbed a "College Football Playoff Elimination Game." Both teams are fighting to keep their postseason hopes alive, adding extra intensity to this rivalry.

This Saturday's top-5 showdown between No. 3 Penn State (7-0, 3rd in BIG 10) and No. 4 Ohio State (6-1, 4th in BIG 10) is one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the season. Ohio State is preparing for their second top-5 road matchup of the season, needing a different outcome from their 32-31 loss to the now No. 1 Oregon and Penn State is looking to solidify themselves as one of the best teams in the nation in their first ranked match of the year.

College football fans are in for a treat, after another commanding 34-3 victory last week, No. 1 Texas, in its first year in the SEC, will look to maintain its undefeated record and stay atop the AP poll when it hosts No. 5 Georgia this Saturday.