In our final CFC game of the year, we traveled to Ohio to see our hometown Golden Gophers take on the top-rated OSU Buckeyes on their home turf.  The undefeated OSU team would eventually take the win…but the final score of 28-14 shows a wider advantage than actually existed near the end of the game…the Gophers were actually within one score of a tie (or possibly a win) after a touchdown with 2:10 left in the fourth quarter, putting the score at 14-21.  An onside kick attempt went out of bounds though, and the Buckeyes scored a final touchdown on their last series to finally put the game out of reach – and preserving their perfect record.  The Gophers, fighting strong after the unexpected retirement of head coach Jerry Kill, fell to 1-4 in conference play, having also lost a very close game the previous week to a powerful Michigan team at Michigan.

Instead of the multi-day trip originally planned, the CFC has decided to make it an all-Gopher year, and will travel to Columbus, OH to watch the Gophers take on the #1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes…who, aside from being undefeated so far this year, and as noted are at the top of the polls right now, are also the reigning national champions.  The Golden Gophers, at 4-3 overall, have only one won Big Ten conference game, having thrashed Purdue 41-13 on the road.  They’ll need to summon another performance like that when they take on the Buckeyes on their home turf…and the CFC will be there to see it!

You could understand if someone would have discounted the Golden Gopher’s chances on Sept. 3rd, having to face down the #2 ranked TCU Horned Toads.  Apparently though, the Gophers wouldn’t have listened to them…MN played a tough game losing by a margin of 6 points (23-17) while putting up some unexpected stats – like a time of possession that was nearly 10 minutes longer than TCU.  Had the Gophers pulled off their onside kick attempt after their last touchdown with about 1:30 to go, the game could have ended a different way…

Things did not go so well for the Texas Longhorns on Sept. 5th though, as the Fighting Irish were saddled up and ready to deal with the stampede.  The top-10 ranked Notre Dame team defended their home turf with an iron fist, crushing Texas 38-3.

We can’t wait for the next CFC weekend coming up in early November!  Our tour through KS and TX is gonna be great…we can just feel it!

2015 is going to be a great year!  The CFC is organizing 2 2-game event weekends this year…8 teams, 4 games, 2 weekends, brought to you by 1 organization – the College Football Club!

For the first weekend, things get kicked off right here in the CFC’s backyard, when the Horned Toads of TCU hop into Minneapolis to take on the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers in their season opener on Sept. 3rd!

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Then, 2 days later on Sept. 5th, we’ll be in South Bend, IN to watch the Notre Dame Fighting Irish defend their home turf against the stampeding Texas Longhorns!

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And then for our 2nd CFC weekend, we’ll start out in Manhattan, KS to see the Baylor Bears take on the Kansas State Wildcats on November 5th!

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Then our grand tour finishes up on Nov. 7th when we visit College Station, TX to watch the Aggies of Texas A&M defend Kyle Field from the invading Auburn Tigers in an SEC West showdown!

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Yup.  2015 is going to be a great year!

Going into the first-ever NCAA football playoff championship, it looked like the Oregon Ducks had the momentum, having crushed Florida State in their playoff game 59-20…but the Buckeyes of Ohio State shut down the Oregon offense, and took the crown with a 42-20 victory!

Congratulations to The Ohio State University on their historic win!

2014 proved to be a great year for college football…the CFC got to see LSU grind out a very tough win over Ole Miss at their homecoming game, with the Tigers edging the Rebels 10 to 7.

And then we all got to see the first ever playoff system to determine a true national champion, with #2 Oregon bulldozing the competition to face #4 Ohio State for all the marbles on January 12th…just a few days from now!

You can bet we’ll all be glued to our TVs for that game!

The wait is over!  The CFC is proud to announce that our 2014 event will be a trip to Baton Rouge, LA to see the Rebels of Ole Miss invade Tiger Stadium to take on LSU!

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The game is on October 25th, kickoff time TBA.  More details will be posted later!

Big thanks to everyone who participated in the 2013 CFC event weekend!  We saw a thrillingly-close game in Chapel Hill, as the Hurricanes just barely took the win over the Tar Heels 27-23!  Then we got to see the Seminoles dominate the Tigers, 51-14 in Clemson!

Can’t wait for our 2014 event?  Neither can we!  Stay tuned for more information…

We just posted up some photos from the 2012 CFC trip to the Emerald Isle Classic.  Which, naturally, included a lot of golf and a few pints of Guinness.

Go and check them out in the Photos section!

Once again the CFC is going to have a double-header this year…two awesome college football games in the span of 3 days!

On October 17th, we’ll see the University of Miami Hurricanes invade Chapel Hill, NC to take on the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina!

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Then on October 19th, we’ll be in Clemson, SC to see the Clemson Tigers host the Seminoles of Florida State University!

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We’ll be posting more information about the event, as well as CFC membership and registration soon.  Stay tuned!