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  • ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘บ, 8/22/25: (“๐‘พ๐’†๐’†๐’Œ ๐’๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’•๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’)

    Iโ€™ve been making football predictions for years, but this year, Iโ€™m making them on my blog, and โ€œsharingโ€ them onto social media, which may take a slight adjustment. And yes, thereโ€™s an important footnote.*

    *-These predictions are for entertainment purposes only, and should not be used for gambling.ย 

    The college football season starts off in Ireland for two old foes, Kansas State and Iowa State, who play in a rivalry game thatโ€™s been dubbed โ€œFarmageddon.โ€ Things should be a bit chillier in Ireland than in the heartland of the United States, and that could make things difficult for Kansas State QB Avery Johnson. Fortunately for Johnson, Kansas Stateโ€™s new offensive line coach is pretty sharp. Brian Lepak served as the tight ends coach for Kansas State for the last three years, and heโ€™ll find a way to get Johnson the protection he needs. I think Kansas State will beat Iowa State in a nail biter to start the season. 

    A little further west, Hawaii hosts Stanford. Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Frank Reich takes over as Stanfordโ€™s new coach. Reich made his name by leading Buffalo to a legendary comeback victory, but that was in the NFL. Hawaii has a deceptive home field advantage, largely due to the fatigue that the traveling team endures to get to Hawaii. I think that fatigue will take its toll on the Stanford defense in the second half, leading to a Hawaii victory. 

    ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐„๐†๐„

    Kansas State 26, Iowa State 25 (KSU -3; O/U: 50.5)

    Hawaii 31, Stanford 24 (H -2.5; O/U: 50.5)

  • Hello, my name is Jeff Cummins, and welcome to newyorkwolverine.wordpress.com. I’m an avid sports fan who works in pharmaceutical advertising, but my blog will be limited to football, college and high school football, primarily, with some personal fitness commentary and pop culture content thrown in for good measure. If you’ve read my posts on Facebook during the football season, you already know that I’ll post some movie content, and some music. It’s whatever I feel that day. I’ll try to post daily content from Monday through Friday, and please, feel free to offer any comments you like.

    If you follow college football, you’ve probably read my “Looking Back” posts on umgoblue.com. You’ll be able to find a lot of that content here now.

    For now, this is it. I’ll get better, I promise, but the techie thing is a work in progress for me.

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