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Andy Staples

Andy Staples

Joined: Dec 11, 2013

Senior writer Andy Staples has covered college football for SI since 2008, developing an encyclopedic index of the best food in every college town along the way.

Which Games Would've Broken College Football Twitter If They'd Happened Today?
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Which Games Would've Broken College Football Twitter If They'd Happened Today?

The Kick Six produced one of the great moments in Twitter history. Could any all-time great finish have topped it?

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Alabama and Georgia Are Destined to Be the SEC's Next Defining Rivalry
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Alabama and Georgia Are Destined to Be the SEC's Next Defining Rivalry

In their words and actions, Nick Saban and Kirby Smart are playing a different game from the rest of college football right now.

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Why Do College ADs Spend Money on Search Firms to Hire Coaches?
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Why Do College ADs Spend Money on Search Firms to Hire Coaches?

Rounding up names can be done for free with Google. But discretion costs money.

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Why Florida State Hasn't Been an Overnight Fix for Willie Taggart
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Why Florida State Hasn't Been an Overnight Fix for Willie Taggart

Willie Taggart's Seminoles must improve in year two, but it's becoming clear how complicated things are in Tallahassee right now.

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Which Star Quarterbacks of Past Generations Would Have Fit Best in Today's Top Offenses?
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Which Star Quarterbacks of Past Generations Would Have Fit Best in Today's Top Offenses?

Mike Vick with Gus Malzahn? Dan Marino with Mike Leach? The possibilities are endless.

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Why the NCAA Is Taking a Massive Step Just by Discussing Athletes’ Path to Profit
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Why the NCAA Is Taking a Massive Step Just by Discussing Athletes’ Path to Profit

Just the fact that the NCAA is willing to talk about the possibility of compensating student-athletes is a move in the right direction.

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Scheduling Wars Set Up a New Future for College Football That'll Be Worth the Wait
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Scheduling Wars Set Up a New Future for College Football That'll Be Worth the Wait

Georgia, Florida and others are beefing up their future schedules, but the reason it took this long is the same reason we have to wait another half-decade to watch.

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What Has the NCAA—or Anyone—Learned From the College Basketball Black Market's Time on Trial?
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What Has the NCAA—or Anyone—Learned From the College Basketball Black Market's Time on Trial?

Today, we know what the millions of tax dollars the FBI spent investigating college basketball recruiting netted: A fart in a stiff wind. What now?

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Mailbag: Will Dabo Swinney and Clemson Avoid the Drake Curse?
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Mailbag: Will Dabo Swinney and Clemson Avoid the Drake Curse?

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Can Kansas's Nightmare Scholarship Situation Convince Anyone to Change the Rules of Recruiting?
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Can Kansas's Nightmare Scholarship Situation Convince Anyone to Change the Rules of Recruiting?

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Should Underclassmen Who Go Undrafted Be Allowed to Return to School?
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Should Underclassmen Who Go Undrafted Be Allowed to Return to School?

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What the ACC's Soft Showing in the 2019 NFL Draft Says About the Home of the National Champs
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What the ACC's Soft Showing in the 2019 NFL Draft Says About the Home of the National Champs

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