College Football - Championship Week (Dec. 6)

[Andy]

Updated with committee rankings

 

MAC Championship Game in Detroit (7 pm Friday, ESPN2)

Northern Illinois vs Bowling Green

 

Pac-12 Championship Game in Santa Clara, CA (9 pm Friday, FOX)

(2) Oregon vs (7) Arizona

 

Conference USA Championship Game (12 pm, ESPN2)

Louisiana Tech at Marshall

 

SEC Championship Game in Atlanta (4 pm, CBS)

(1) Alabama vs (16) Missouri

 

ACC Championship Game in Charlotte (8 pm, ABC)

(11) Georgia Tech vs (4) Florida State

 

Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis (8 pm, FOX)

(5) Ohio State vs (13) Wisconsin

 

Mountain West Championship Game (10 pm, CBS)

Fresno State at (22) Boise State

 

Top 25 games

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Iowa State at (3) TCU (12 pm, ABC)

(9) Kansas State at (6) Baylor (7:45 pm, ESPN)

Oklahoma State at (20) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, FOX)

 

Other nationally available games

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UCF at East Carolina (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

 

Houston at Cincinnati (12 pm, ESPN)

SMU at UConn (12 pm, CBSSN)

Temple at Tulane (7:30 pm, ESPN2)

Edited December 3, 2014 by Andy

[dew1679666265]

Will Muschamp's future job?

 

A day after allowing 55 points to Alabama in the Iron Bowl, Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson has been dismissed.

[bukie]

There is a decent chance Illinois will play recently undefeated Marshall in a bowl game.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Go Mizzou burn the SEC to the ground

[fiver]

Will Muschamp's future job?

 

A day after allowing 55 points to Alabama in the Iron Bowl, Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson has been dismissed.

 

 

I'm pleased to see they acted swiftly on this. I'm not sure if it will be Muschamp, but it would be great to get the new guy in place quickly so he can begin installing his defense and hit the recruiting trail.

[rawaction]

Will Muschamp's future job?

 

A day after allowing 55 points to Alabama in the Iron Bowl, Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson has been dismissed.

 

 

I'm pleased to see they acted swiftly on this. I'm not sure if it will be Muschamp, but it would be great to get the new guy in place quickly so he can begin installing his defense and hit the recruiting trail.

 

It will be. Answer to Bama hiring Kiffin.

[OleMissCub]

Ugh. Florida has reportedly offered the job to Freeze. Ole Miss surely has enough rich donors to keep him. Also, having just rebuilt Ole Miss from a 2-10 season to a legitimate title contender this year, I'm not sure he'd want to go spend the next few years doing the exact same thing at Florida. Who knows? At any rate, I hope we can keep him.

[sneakypower]

didn't see it posted, but an Ohio State DL was found dead in a dumpster over the weekend of a self-inflicted wound; just a terrible, sad story

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/11/30/body-found-near-ohio-state.html

 

Susan Karageorge told Columbus' NBC4 her son sent her the following text before vanishing: "Sorry if I am an embarrassment, but these concussions have my head all (expletive) up."

[Smack]

didn't see it posted, but an Ohio State DL was found dead in a dumpster over the weekend of a self-inflicted wound; just a terrible, sad story

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/11/30/body-found-near-ohio-state.html

 

Susan Karageorge told Columbus' NBC4 her son sent her the following text before vanishing: "Sorry if I am an embarrassment, but these concussions have my head all (expletive) up."

 

Anyone know if they're doing a CTE test?

[fiver]

 

It will be. Answer to Bama hiring Kiffin.

 

I believe Muschamp is Auburn's first choice, but they will be competing with A&M, FSU, and potentially the NFL for his services. It's definitely not a slam dunk. I'm hearing that South Carolina is another option and Muschamp could take over eventually (soon) for the ol' ball coach.

[Old Style]

I think Muschamp is at the top of A&M's list and from what I hear we are going to offer a lot of money to get a top flight DC this time around. It will be interesting to see where he ends up.

[rawaction]

 

It will be. Answer to Bama hiring Kiffin.

 

I believe Muschamp is Auburn's first choice, but they will be competing with A&M, FSU, and potentially the NFL for his services. It's definitely not a slam dunk. I'm hearing that South Carolina is another option and Muschamp could take over eventually (soon) for the ol' ball coach.

 

I'm just assuming Auburn will get it done as they can make a move now, before NFL teams will have a chance to offer him. A&M is an option (also fired DC) but I think Auburn is more attractive.

[Smack]

didn't see it posted, but an Ohio State DL was found dead in a dumpster over the weekend of a self-inflicted wound; just a terrible, sad story

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/11/30/body-found-near-ohio-state.html

 

Susan Karageorge told Columbus' NBC4 her son sent her the following text before vanishing: "Sorry if I am an embarrassment, but these concussions have my head all (expletive) up."

 

Anyone know if they're doing a CTE test?

 

 

Looks like they will be.

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11964414/coroner-says-kosta-karageorge-brain-examined

[OleMissCub]

Freeze signs extension with Ole Miss, so the Florida search continues.

[TruffleShuffle]

supposedly florida is going to speak with chip kelly. good luck with that.

[RynoRules]

Why is Michigan waiting so long to "decide" re Hoke? This reeks of incompetence. Is there some financial advantage to officially dismissing him on a Tuesday? What do the pay periods look like UM? Freaking ridiculous. I haven't cared about college football for years because of this isht.

[RynoRules]

supposedly florida is going to speak with chip kelly. good luck with that.

 

He'd be nuts to take that job. I don't care how much money they offer him. He'd be much better off staying in Philly another couple of years and waiting for Brian Kelly's inevitable dismissal.

[sneakypower]

Why is Michigan waiting so long to "decide" re Hoke? This reeks of incompetence. Is there some financial advantage to officially dismissing him on a Tuesday? What do the pay periods look like UM? Freaking ridiculous. I haven't cared about college football for years because of this isht.

you're angry because he's (exceedingly likely) going to be fired today and not yesterday?

[Andy]

Why is Michigan waiting so long to "decide" re Hoke? This reeks of incompetence. Is there some financial advantage to officially dismissing him on a Tuesday? What do the pay periods look like UM? Freaking ridiculous. I haven't cared about college football for years because of this isht.

To answer your second question, I believe Michigan has to pay him $1M less in buyout if they fire him after Jan. 1 - not that they will wait that long.

[UMFan83]

Why is Michigan waiting so long to "decide" re Hoke? This reeks of incompetence. Is there some financial advantage to officially dismissing him on a Tuesday? What do the pay periods look like UM? Freaking ridiculous. I haven't cared about college football for years because of this isht.

To answer your second question, I believe Michigan has to pay him $1M less in buyout if they fire him after Jan. 1 - not that they will wait that long.

 

I don't think that matters. It would be more harmful to the program to leave Hoke in limbo for another month (because of recruiting mostly) than it would be to pay that extra $1m to go away today.

 

And it looks like today is the day....2:30 PM CST press conference.

[sneakypower]

I don't think that matters. It would be more harmful to the program to leave Hoke in limbo for another month (because of recruiting mostly) than it would be to pay that extra $1m to go away today.

 

And it looks like today is the day....2:30 PM CST press conference.

eh, this recruiting class is completely fubar anyway, though; it's at 7 verbals right now and like 3 are solid

 

UM decommits so far (247 composite rank):

Damien Harris (33)

George Campbell (36)

Mike Weber (101)

Darian Roseboro (106)

Shaun Crawford (119)

Garrett Taylor (123)

Darrin Kirkland (178)

 

Chris Clark (80), Tyree Kinnel (181) seem liable to jump ship at any moment and Brian Cole (61) isn't any lock to stay

[RynoRules]

He's officially done, per ESPN.

 

That said, what frustrates me is that apparent lack of decisiveness. I think it looks stupid and unprofessional in this day and age to leave your coach in limbo for at more than 48 hours. If they had made the decision then they should have just executed on it. What was the upside to waiting until Tuesday? If they hadn't made the decision yet (particularly based on the number of de-commits in the recruiting class) then Hackett is dumb.

 

Now that we know he is gone, let the Harbaugh brothers pursuit commence...

[sneakypower]

it seems like they wanted to let him inform the players himself, a courtesy Nebraska didn't extend which resulted in some hostility and bad PR

[RynoRules]

it seems like they wanted to let him inform the players himself, a courtesy Nebraska didn't extend which resulted in some hostility and bad PR

 

Could have easily called a team meeting yesterday. It was silly to wait until today.

[UMFan83]

I don't think that matters. It would be more harmful to the program to leave Hoke in limbo for another month (because of recruiting mostly) than it would be to pay that extra $1m to go away today.

 

And it looks like today is the day....2:30 PM CST press conference.

eh, this recruiting class is completely fubar anyway, though; it's at 7 verbals right now and like 3 are solid

 

UM decommits so far (247 composite rank):

Damien Harris (33)

George Campbell (36)

Mike Weber (101)

Darian Roseboro (106)

Shaun Crawford (119)

Garrett Taylor (123)

Darrin Kirkland (178)

 

Chris Clark (80), Tyree Kinnel (181) seem liable to jump ship at any moment and Brian Cole (61) isn't any lock to stay

 

Chris Clark did indeed jump ship.