ACC – Walk On Fan

Week 3 Preview + WOF Picks ATS

Cole Tollison / September 12, 2025 / Leave a Comment

What to watch this Saturday. The ACC and SEC are in the spotlight. There’s another After Dark Game worth staying up for.

What is WOF up to this Weekend?

WOF is headed to Tuscaloosa!!

We won’t have time to catch any afternoon games because we will be on the road after the Wisconsin at Alabama game, but we’ll probably catch some of the night games. Or, if Wisconsin wins somehow, we might not be in any condition to head north on schedule.

Odds listed refer to spreads taken from FanDuel at the time of writing

Saturday TV Viewing Schedule

IF A BADGER FAN:

11:00 AM CST: Badgers vs Gumps

Wisconsin at 19 Alabama (-20.5) – (ABC)

Wisconsin has not been this big of an underdog since the 1996 game at #2 Ohio State. The Badgers lost that one 14-17.

Check out WOF’s preview of this game for a full breakdown of the Tussle in Tuscaloosa.

IF NOT A BADGER FAN:

11:00 AM CST: ACC Slugfest

12 Clemson at Georgia Tech (+3.5) – (ESPN)

The winner of this game will be in the fast lane to make the ACC title game. The loser will have significant ground to make up …

Week 3 Preview + WOF Picks ATS Read More »

Football is Here – Week 1 Preview

Cole Tollison / August 29, 2025 / Leave a Comment

Three Top 10 Matchups. Intriguing non-conference showdowns. And inevitably, some inexplicable upsets.

What’s Happening this Weekend?

WOF attended the Badger home opener on Thursday night. It looked like old school Wisconsin football in the worst way: painful on offense, and suffocating dominance on defense.

Opening weekend is 5 straight days of college football, and there is at least one interesting game every day. With 64 Power 4 programs in action, I’ll watch what I can, but there’s just too much going on to see everything.

Odds listed refer to spreads taken from FanDuel at the time of writing

Friday Night

7:00 PM CST: Competitive Non-Con Oddballs

Georgia Tech (-4.5) at Colorado – (ESPN)

This game is sneaky interesting. Georgia Tech is a contender in the ACC, which makes them a contender for the playoff. Colorado lost Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders, but Deion is still there, and they were one game away from the Big 12 title game in 2024. The winner still has a lot of work to do, but the loser is probably going to underperform their 2025 expectations. Personally, I lean Tech because I believe in QB Haynes King and Coach Brent Key. GT …

Football is Here – Week 1 Preview Read More »

The Best Traditions in College Football

Cole Tollison / June 30, 2025 / Leave a Comment

What makes College Football fun, weird, and different from the NFL? Ridiculous traditions that fans don’t even know why they exist, half the time. Here are the 10 best traditions to get you excited for the 2026 season.

1 – Iowa – The Hawkeye Wave

Iowa’s football stadium is located across the street from the University’s children’s hospital. After the 1st quarter ends, players and fans alike turn and wave to the kids watching from windows of the upper floors. This has to be the most wholesome tradition in all of sports.

2 – Auburn – Rolling Toomer’s Corner

What is the correct way to celebrate a victory in football? There are many right answers, but I think Auburn fans have a pretty good one. Toomer’s Corner is a location on campus, and after every victory, the trees on the corner get “rolled.” I guess that’s what they call TP-ing down south.

3 – Wisconsin – Jump Around

Plenty of traditions involve the fans singing a song together, but how many actually get 80,000 to do vigorous exercise for 2 minutes? Badger fans may not know all the lyrics to Jump Around, but they do be jumping. Sometimes, so much …

The Best Traditions in College Football Read More »

Toughest Places to Play in College Football

Cole Tollison / June 27, 2025 / Leave a Comment

Who has the greatest homefield advantage? Where do the fans show up? Here is the WOF Top 25 toughest places to play in CFB.

1 – Penn State – Beaver Stadium

2 – LSU – Tiger Stadium

3 – Alabama – Bryant-Denny Stadium

4 – Oregon – Autzen Stadium

5 – Texas A&M – Kyle Field (Home of the 12th Man)

6 – Washington – Husky Stadium

7 – Auburn – Jordan-Hare Stadium

8 – Florida – Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (The Swamp)

9 – Clemson – Memorial Stadium (Death Valley)

10 – Iowa – Kinnick Stadium

11 – Georgia – Sanford Stadium

12 – Utah – Rice-Eccles Stadium

13 – South Carolina – Williams-Brice Stadium

14 – Ohio State – Ohio Stadium

15 – Virginia Tech – Lane Stadium

16 – Oklahoma – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

17 – Florida State – Doak Campbell Stadium

18 – Tennessee – Neyland Stadium

19 – Texas – DKR Texas Memorial Stadium

20 – Wisconsin – Camp Randall Stadium

21 – Kansas State – Bill Snyder Family Stadium

22 – Oklahoma State – Boone Pickens Stadium

23 – Notre Dame – Notre Dame Stadium

24 – Mississippi State – Davis Wade Stadium

25

…

Toughest Places to Play in College Football Read More »

Welcome to Selection Sunday! Walk on Fan’s Final Bracket Update

Jordan Longseth / March 16, 2025 / Leave a Comment

We’re keeping it simple today. Just seeds and no analysis. We’ll have a breakdown of the actual bracket tomorrow.

1 Seeds:

Duke, Houston, Auburn, Florida

2 Seeds:

Tennessee, St. Johns, Alabama, Michigan State

3 Seeds:

Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Michigan, Iowa State

4 Seeds:

Maryland, Texas A&M, Clemson, Kentucky

5 Seeds:

Purdue, Marquette, Arizona, Louisville

6 Seeds:

St. Mary’s, Gonzaga, Kansas, Oregon

7 Seeds:

Mizzou, UCLA, BYU, Ole Miss

8 Seeds:

Illinois, Memphis, Creighton, Miss State

9 Seeds:

UConn, VCU, New Mexico, Vanderbilt

10 Seeds:

Baylor, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma

11 Seeds:

Xavier, Colorado State, West Virginia, Utah St, San Diego St, Indiana

12 Seeds:

UC San Diego, Drake, McNeese, Yale

13 Seeds:

Liberty, Akron, Grand Canyon, High Point

14 Seeds:

Lipscomb, Troy, UNCW, Robert Morris

15 Seeds:

Montana, Wofford, Bryant, Omaha

16 Seeds:

Norfolk State, American, Mt. St. Mary’s, SIUE, Alabama State, St Francis PA

First 4 out:

North Carolina, Boise State, Texas, Ohio State

Next 4 out:

North Texas, George Mason, UC Irvine, Cincinnati

This article was written by Jordan Longseth and edited by Hayden Breene.…

Welcome to Selection Sunday! Walk on Fan’s Final Bracket Update Read More »

Wisconsin might not be good: Walk on Fan’s February 24th Bracket Update

Jordan Longseth / February 24, 2025 / Leave a Comment

1 Seeds:

Auburn (2-0), Duke (2-0), Florida (2-0), Houston (2-0)

2 Seeds:

Tennessee (1-0), Alabama (1-1), St Johns (2-0), Michigan St (2-0)

Auburn, Duke, Florida, and Houston together went 8-0 and outscored their opponents by 145 points. The teams they beat? 5 of them are teams currently in the tournament or on the bubble. At this point, the top four teams in the country have quite a large cushion after Alabama had a 1-1 week. St Johns and Michigan St are both riding hot weeks and upsets to move up the bracket seed line.

3 Seeds:

Texas Tech (1-1), Wisconsin (1-1), Iowa State (1-1), Texas A&M (0-2)

4 Seeds:

Michigan (0-1), Kentucky (1-1), Maryland (1-0), Mizzou (1-1)

I might have jumped the gun a tiny bit when it comes to Wisconsin. A pitiful loss to Oregon drops them only one seed thanks to a beat down of Illinois early in the week. Texas Tech and Iowa State sink a little bit after 1-1 weeks while Texas A&M is teetering on becoming a 4 seed after a rough week. Kentucky and Maryland did what they were supposed to do this week while Mizzou did just the opposite. An upset of Alabama …

Wisconsin might not be good: Walk on Fan’s February 24th Bracket Update Read More »

Welcome to Chaos: Walk On Fan’s First Bracket for 2025

Jordan Longseth / February 10, 2025 / Leave a Comment

1 Seeds:

Auburn, Houston, Florida, Tennessee

2 Seeds:

Duke, Purdue, Alabama, St. Johns

All right, this is the first article I’m writing. Ever. It was supposed to be easy. Then Auburn and Duke lost. Am I biased in dropping Duke to a 2 line? Probably, but the ACC is severely underperforming while the SEC has too many contenders to count. Nothing pains me more than having 3 SEC teams in the top 4, but until they’re proven otherwise, they stay there. Houston is the only team I can currently see competing with the SEC. My one hot take here is I believe Pitino and St John’s will not lose another game before tourney season.

3 Seeds:

Texas Tech, Kansas, Illinois, Texas A&M

4 Seeds:

Arizona, Mich State, Wisconsin, Iowa St

Now back to some more chaos. Kansas lost a terrible game while both Texas teams were uninspiring in the past week. Out of this grouping, the Big Ten reigns supreme. I hate putting Arizona higher than Wisconsin, but they keep winning in a tough conference. As an aside, I’ll give my full opinion on Wisconsin on Wednesday.

5 Seeds:

Maryland, Gonzaga, Louisville, Kentucky

6 Seeds:

Michigan, Ole Miss, Marquette, Clemson

…

Welcome to Chaos: Walk On Fan’s First Bracket for 2025 Read More »

Week 3 – Some Thoughts on Some Games

Cole Tollison / September 12, 2024 / Leave a Comment

Rivalries in week 3? Only 1 ranked matchup.. on Saturday. And a traditional Rose Bowl game in primetime.

THE BEST RANKED VS RANKED GAME:
20 Arizona at 14 Kansas State

Friday Night Football for this non-con showdown between ranked Big 12 schools. Wait, did I read that right? Yes, despite both schools being in the same conference, this game will not count towards the league standings. This is because the game was scheduled before the realignment shenanigans.

THE OTHER RANKED VS RANKED GAME:
24 Boston College at 6 Missouri

Florida State was ranked when they lost to Boston College, so now Boston College gets to be ranked. That’s a nice little prize. It won’t last long though, Mizzouri likely runs away with this one.

ONE-SIDED RIVALRY GAMES:
9 Oregon at Oregon State
Washington State vs Washington (Seattle)
18 Notre Dame at Purdue

Big Ten rivalry week in *checks notes* … week 3. Historically these are games where the big brand crushes the little guy and moves on. But Oregon, Washington, and Notre Dame should all be on upset watch this week. ND did manage to blow it last week against Northern Illinois as a 28 point favorite.

A

…

Week 3 – Some Thoughts on Some Games Read More »

Tolly Predictions: The Playoffs

Cole Tollison / August 30, 2024 / Leave a Comment

Who are the conference winners? Is the playoff dominated by the SEC and B1G? Bracketology has infected college football.

These are my preseason picks for the playoff.

Yes, I know, Florida State already has a loss from week 0. I was never going to pick them to win the ACC (see the top ACC team in my preseason top 25 as evidence). I’m late, but this is better than never.

Conference Championships:

SEC: Georgia over Ole Miss
Big Ten: Ohio State over Oregon
ACC: Miami over Virginia Tech
Big 12: Oklahoma State over Utah
American: Memphis over UTSA

Round 1:

9 Michigan at 8 Penn State
10 Texas at 7 Ole Miss
11 Notre Dame at 6 Alabama
12 Memphis at 5 Oregon

Quarterfinals:

1 Georgia vs 8 Penn State
2 Ohio State vs 10 Texas
3 Miami vs 6 Alabama
4 Oklahoma State vs 5 Oregon

Semifinals:

1 Georgia vs 5 Oregon
2 Ohio State vs 6 Alabama

Championship Game:

1 Georgia vs 2 Ohio State

National Champion:

The Ohio State Buckeyes

Want more Walk On Fan?

Check out our B1G predictions that came out yesterday.

This article was written by Cole …

Tolly Predictions: The Playoffs Read More »

Tolly’s Top 25 – Preseason

Cole Tollison / July 30, 2024 / Leave a Comment

My ballot for the AP Top 25 – If they let me have one

Is it too early to talk about the top 25? Absolutely. But AP ballots are due on Thursday August 1st. So if I’m going to have my ballot ready in time, I have to do it now.

Top 5

1 – Ohio State
2 – Oregon
3 – Georgia
4 – Texas
5 – Alabama

I think these are the only 5 teams that can win a National Championship this year. The top 2 are the best of the B1G, and the next 3 are all SEC programs with loaded rosters. Unsurprisingly, these are also the 5 most likely teams to win the natty according to Vegas. As you can see, I’m leaning B1G over SEC at the top right now.

6-10

6 – Penn State
7 – Notre Dame
8 – Ole Miss
9 – Michigan
10 – Utah

Penn State at 6 will be high for some, but they are one of very few teams with a proven QB and an elite run game.

QB Riley Leonard transferred from Duke to Notre Dame. I expect him to elevate the golden domes who already …

Tolly’s Top 25 – Preseason Read More »