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Samuel Chi

College Football Contributor

Samuel Chi is a college football analyst and proprietor of BCSGuru.com. He is also a senior editor at RealClearPolitics and managing editor of RealClearSports. Sam previously covered the NFL and college football for the San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times and Pasadena Star-News. His work has appeared in ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated, Philadelphia Daily News, Denver Post, among numerous print publications.

MOST RECENT POSTS

2013 Notre Dame football, BCS rewards and the value of independence

It's a very, very good time to be Notre Dame, on the field and off.

Can Oregon, Stanford break the Pac-12's bowl slump?

A couple of BCS bowl wins would shore up the Pac-12's bowl reputation in a hurry, not to mention affirm the conference is in very good hands during USC's recovery.

College conference realignment: The TV money game in 2013 and beyond

With 2013 setting up to be another critical year of conference reshuffling, here's a look at where we stand as far as what matters most to the people in charge: conference TV deals.

The conference realignment key: Boise State, at a crossroads

Depending on which way the Broncos go, college conference realignment could be almost done for now or just getting started.

Conference realignment forecast: What will 2015 look like?

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Who's playing in which conference in 2015? Everyone.

Replacing 2012's college football bowl games with a 16-team playoff

College football doesn't have a playoff yet, and the one we'll get will (at first) just be a four-team tournament bolted onto the BCS. Let's scrap the whole thing in favor of a 16-team field. We have that power. No, we don't.

BCS-bound Alabama and Northern Illinois have Ohio State to thank

Four of five BCS bowls, including the national championship, likely would feature different teams if not for one mistake by Ohio State last year.

Northern Illinois is in the BCS: Deal with it

For the first time ever, a MAC team has made the BCS. And now we're all super mad about it! But should we be?

Final BCS rankings projections, Week 15: Title game set, NIU to fall just short

Alabama and Notre Dame are assured of their BCS National Championship spots, but can Northern Illinois knock out Oklahoma?

Full BCS rankings and analysis, Week 14: You call that a BCS buster?

We just about know the entire BCS bowl picture, with two big questions: will Boise State or the MAC champion end up ranking high enough to land a BCS spot, and can Kansas State hold off Oklahoma?