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NCAA Football: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl-Houston vs Florida State
NCAA Football: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl-Houston vs Florida State
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This week’s PAPN begins with an uncomfortably mainstream question, then veers into comfortable randomness.

Some topics:

  • Bama-FSU, the impact of maybe #1 and #2 playing right off the bat, and one of the strangest 8-7 finishes you’ll ever see.
  • Hey, what’s Temple up to? Is there a worse campus in the country for parking? And how’s that “on-campus stadium” thing going?
  • Baylor’s offensive identity (or total lack thereof) in 2017.
  • Muted Instagram videos.
  • The Sloan Conference — what it is, who is there, what it has to do with this sport — and the odd, isolating circumstances that might create a Moneyball situation in college football.
  • Butch vs. Lane and Butch’s cult favorite status.
  • What Frank Wilson might be able to do over 3-4 years at UTSA, and what might become of C-USA if UTSA, UNT, FIU, and FAU all get their act together at the same time.
  • Return of Blind Box Score Bingo?
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