The article discusses the role luck plays in college football, particularly in terms of turnover margins, injuries, and close-game outcomes. It suggests that while fans often resist the idea of luck influencing their team's success, much of a season's outcome can hinge on random events like injuries and turnovers. As the 2025 season approaches, it reflects on the prior year's teams that benefited or suffered from luck in these areas, emphasizing that past fortunes may not necessarily predict future performance.
Almost no word in the English language makes a college football fan more defensive than the L-word: luck.
A large percentage of a given college football season is determined by the bounce of a pointy ball, the bend of a ligament and the whims of fate.
Certain teams will keep their starting lineups mostly intact for 12 or more games while another is watching its depth chart change dramatically.
Just because Lady Luck was (or wasn't) on your side one year, doesn't automatically mean your fortunes will flip the next.
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