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Andy Staples

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.

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Andy Staples: Florida's baby Gators figuring out what it takes to win

By Andy Staples
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Boxing

Andy Ruiz: Heavyweight champion, Dad Bod icon

By Andy Staples
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College Football

The case for allowing scholarship offers to be public

By Andy Staples
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College Football

The search for the most SEC person in the universe

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Which old games would've broken CFB Twitter?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

The Bama-UGA rivalry will only get more epic from here

By Andy Staples
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College Football

The four reasons ADs spend money on search firms

By Andy Staples
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College Football

The complex reasons why FSU wasn't an overnight fix

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Pairing past QBs with 2019 play-callers

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Discussing athletes' path to profit a massive step for NCAA

By Andy Staples
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College Football

College football's noncon schedule wars are worth the wait

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

What we did and didn't learn from the NCAA hoops trials

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Did Dabo Swinney avoid the Drake curse?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Could Kansas's roster crunch prompt a rule change?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Should undrafted underclassmen be able to return to school?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Who's to blame for the ACC's lackluster draft results?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Who will outplay their college numbers?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

A firsthand look at how hard being an SEC official is

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Which SEC Tigers will have the best season?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Squatting with Oregon strength coach Aaron Feld

By Andy Staples
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College Football

How strength coaches run modern college football

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Georgia Tech enters life after the triple option

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Mack Brown's UNC reboot isn't a feel-good last hurrah

By Andy Staples
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College Football

What's the CFB equivalent of Virginia's UMBC rebound?

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

How Virginia turned UMBC into the ultimate redemption

By Andy Staples
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College Football

How Nick Saban and the Air Raid shaped Chris Beard

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

Dick Vitale's tireless fight to support cancer research

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

Kyle Guy, UVa adding a happier chapter to their story

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: The dream college football broacast team

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

The three-pointer has taken over the NCAA tournament

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Satterfield has Louisville thinking positive—for a change

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

UVA sweats, then celebrates its long-awaited Final Four

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

Virginia, Purdue grind their way to Elite Eight

By Andy Staples
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NFL

Why NFL Scouts Love Visiting Alabama

By Andy Staples
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College Football

What would college players endorse if it were allowed?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Feleipe Franks and the shush that shifted UF's QB outlook

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

Like it or not, LSU finds a way to keep dancing

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

Fletcher Magee's perfectly imperfect threes lift Wofford

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

PJ Washington's injury tests Kentucky's frontcourt depth

By Andy Staples
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NFL

NFL Draft News: Alabama, Penn State Pro Days

By Andy Staples
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College Basketball

The college football fan's guide to the NCAA tournament

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Is NCAA Football any closer to returning?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Rep. Mark Walker explains his bill aimed at the NCAA

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Can the Pac-12 get back into the CFP mix?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Wake Forest represents a fresh start for John Currie

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Why Bob Stoops came back to coaching for an XFL job

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Re-ranking the 2016 recruiting cycle's top 10 classes

By Andy Staples
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College Football

#DearAndy: Will a non-QB ever win the Heisman again?

By Andy Staples
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College Football

Re-ranking the top 10 recruiting classes of 2015

By Andy Staples
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College Football

The double-edged sword of the transfer portal

By Andy Staples
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