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NCAA Football: Citrus Bowl-Louisiana State vs Louisville
NCAA Football: Citrus Bowl-Louisiana State vs Louisville
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It’s officially time to flip the calendar to 2017 — we’re talking about the best and worst games of 2016.

Today’s PAPN topics (beyond Bill’s top 100 list, that is):

  • The most on-brand reader mail ever
  • “Purdue is no longer directionless, maybe.”
  • The 2017 preview series begins in a week and a half. THE 2017 PREVIEW SERIES BEGINS IN A WEEK AND A HALF. THE LONG OFFSEASON IS ALMOST OVER.
  • The North Dakota State script.
  • Invisible Georgia.
  • Notre Dame: team on the rise (yuck).
  • Oklahoma State-Texas Tech as the most Big 12 game of the year.
  • Ed Orgeron getting hired was the upset of the season.
  • How we use “rivalry” is really stupid.
  • The most Iowa play in recorded history.
  • What’s a Hail Mary?
  • That month where Auburn was awesome.
  • Great play-callers calling bad plays (yes, this is about Notre Dame-NC State).
  • Random things that make Bill mad.
  • Kentucky’s insanely logical logic.
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