The Analyst

1 week ago | theanalyst.com | Craig Haley

The 2025 FCSfootball season promises to be stuffed with one memory afteranother. Here’s a list of many key dates to know from July toJanuary. Everybody’s anticipating the first whistle of college footballon Aug. 23, but there are many key dates to know before, during andafter the 2025 FCS season. The FCS again includes 129 programs and 13 leagues this season. North Dakota State is the reigning national champion, and the titlegame is shifting to Nashville, Tennessee, for the first time.

2 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Robbie Dunne

Xabi Alonso takescharge of RealMadrid for the first time at the 2025 FIFAClub World Cup. His system of structured freedom could set theclub up for another decade of dominance. Xabi Alonso’s playing career was a lesson in elegant timing. He had an uncanny knack for showing up exactly where thefootballing zeitgeist was about to happen. There was Liverpool’s‘Miracle of Istanbul’. Then on to Real Madrid, just in time for theLisbon final that kickstarted a decade-long dominance of theChampionsLeague.

2 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Zach McKinnell

Know them now beforeothers do this fall. Here are 10 FCSfootball players who flashed their skills last year and appearprimed for a full breakout in the 2025 season. Whether they shined in limited action or were behind on anexperienced depth chart last season, many FCS football players laidthe foundation for a breakout campaign in 2025.

2 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Alex Kirshner

Isthe 2025U.S. Open a case of ScottieScheffler vs. the field? We break down the golfers at Oakmont andhow the difficult course factors into the thirdmajor. The main character at this year’s U.S. Open is the course:Oakmont Country Club, in suburban Pittsburgh, is one of the handfulof hardest layouts in the world. Although Oakmont’s high rough and fast greens get most of theattention, I find the course’s fairway and bunker layout to be themost diabolical part of its design.

2 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Patric Ridge

It’s time for thegrand finale. As PSG andInterprepare to face off in Munich, we look ahead to Saturday’s hugegame with our UEFA Champions League final prediction andpreview. Paris Saint-Germain are the favourites to win the UEFAChampions League for the first time in their history, with the Optasupercomputer giving them a 56.6% probability of lifting thetrophy.