Andy

Alabama effectively clinches the SEC West with A&M's loss to Ole Miss - the Tide need only split their final 2 to get to the SEC title game. Even if they did lose one of the next 2 I think they'd get in the CFP by beating Georgia. In fact I think their odds are better that way than by winning the next 2 and then losing to UGA.

Apparently the Panthers are meeting with Cam Newton and are expected to sign him. That's pretty cool and exciting but also super weird. The same dudes who cut him 18 months ago signing him back?

We came so close to making it the whole season without Mustache Man They have rescheduled the game for conference championship weekend since both teams already know they won't be playing in the title game.

It's completely absurd, but MSU controls their destiny at this point and Michigan does not, which is ultimately all that matters. And underscores how dumb it is to release these rankings weekly.

Sam Darnold conned me the first 3 weeks and I want a refund.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Georgia at Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS) New Mexico State at (2) Alabama (12 pm, SEC Network) Washington State at (3) Oregon (10:30 pm, ESPN) (19) Purdue at (4) Ohio State (3:30 pm, ABC) (5) Cincinnati at South Florida (6 pm Friday, ESPN2) (6) Michigan at Penn State (12 pm, ABC) Maryland at (7) Michigan State (4 pm, FOX) (8) Oklahoma at (13) Baylor (12 pm, FOX) (9) Notre Dame at Virginia (7:30 pm, ABC) TCU at (10) Oklahoma State (8 pm, FOX) (11) Texas A&M at (15) Ole Miss (7 pm, ESPN) (16) NC State at (12) Wake Forest (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Mississippi State at (17) Auburn (12 pm, ESPN) Northwestern at (18) Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN2) Minnesota at (20) Iowa (3:30 pm, BTN) North Carolina at (21) Pittsburgh (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Nevada at (22) San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Southern Miss at (23) UTSA (3:30 pm, ESPN+) (24) Utah at Arizona (2 pm, Pac-12 Network) (25) Arkansas at LSU (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Tuesday Buffalo at Miami (OH) (7 pm, ESPNU) Akron at Western Michigan (7 pm, CBSSN) Ohio at Eastern Michigan (8 pm, ESPN2) Wednesday Ball State at Northern Illinois (7 pm, ESPN2) Toledo at Bowling Green (7 pm, CBSSN) Kent State at Central Michigan (8 pm, ESPNU) Friday Wyoming at Boise State (9 pm, FS1) Saturday TV West Virginia at Kansas State (12 pm, FS1) Rutgers at Indiana (12 pm, BTN) UCF at SMU (12 pm, ESPNU) UConn at Clemson (12 pm, ACC Network) Bucknell at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Syracuse at Louisville (12 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Miami at Florida State (3:30 pm, ESPN) Iowa State at Texas Tech (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Duke at Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, ACC Network) UAB at Marshall (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Boston College at Georgia Tech (3:30 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Tulsa at Tulane (4 pm, ESPNU) South Carolina at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network) Stanford at Oregon State (5:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Kentucky at Vanderbilt (7 pm, ESPN2) Arizona State at Washington (7 pm, FS1) Air Force at Colorado State (7 pm, CBSSN) Kansas at Texas (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Colorado at UCLA (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) Utah State at San Jose State (10:30 pm, FS1) Saturday Streaming Samford at Florida (12 pm, ESPN+) East Carolina at Memphis (12 pm, ESPN+) Houston at Temple (12 pm, ESPN+) Georgia State at Coastal Carolina (2 pm, ESPN+) Western Kentucky at Rice (2 pm, ESPN+) South Alabama at Appalachian State (2:30 pm, ESPN+) Georgia Southern at Texas State (3 pm, ESPN+) Florida International at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Charlotte at Louisiana Tech (3:30 pm, Stadium) Florida Atlantic at Old Dominion (3:30 pm, ESPN+) UL Lafayette at Troy (3:30 pm, ESPN+) UTEP at North Texas (4 pm, ESPN+) Arkansas State at UL Monroe (5 pm, ESPN+) New Mexico at Fresno State (7 pm, Stadium)

He'll probably be an OK back of the rotation guy and costs nothing but money. Seems like a good move.

I'm trying in vain to think of the last time someone who had at least a modicum of credibility as a public person (Rodgers has long been considered a weirdo but a seemingly harmless one) set fire to it all in such a short span of time. Without committing a crime, anyway.

I saw 2-3 national games on ESPN on the schedule. None on TNT if I remember correctly. Aren't national games predefined before the season? I don't think you can flex the Bulls in like NBC does late in the season on SNF. I think there is a bit of flexibility (I seem to recall the Bulls having a game flexed out of ESPN last season) but not that much and it certainly wouldn't be happening this early in the season.

Yep, he can go away forever. Amazing how people who have the start of a wonderful life in front of them can make such unbelievably destructive choices.

Rodgers apparently said he was "immunized" in August. He didn't say he was vaccinated. Clever wordplay. Also, this

I'm not sure. I didn't watch the show, but based on the quotes from the committee chair, it sounded like Bama at #2 was an easy call for them. If they think their resume is so good now, then why would they change their mind after they lose to #1 unless that game is a bloodbath (and it won't be)? I'm probably overreacting, it's just annoying that they already have so much margin for error and on top of that their losses are basically ignored.

Death, taxes and the selection committee shoving a mediocre team Alabama beat into the top 25 so they can move Alabama higher in their own rankings. By the committee's own freaking rankings, Cincinnati owns the second-best road win of the season to date and they've all but announced with this data set that they absolutely will not make the playoff.

As usual I will switch these to the CFP rankings come Tuesday night. Top 25 games ------------------------------ Missouri at (1) Georgia (12 pm, ESPN) LSU at (2) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN) (3) Michigan State at Purdue (3:30 pm, ABC) (4) Oregon at Washington (7:30 pm, ABC) (5) Ohio State at Nebraska (12 pm, FOX) Tulsa at (6) Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Indiana at (7) Michigan (7:30 pm, FOX) (9) Wake Forest at North Carolina (12 pm, ABC) Navy at (10) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) (11) Oklahoma State at West Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPN) (12) Baylor at TCU (3:30 pm, FOX) (13) Auburn at (14) Texas A&M (3:30 pm, CBS) Idaho State at (15) BYU (3:30 pm, BYUTV/ESPN3) Liberty at (16) Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network) (17) Mississippi State at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network) Tennessee at (18) Kentucky (7 pm, ESPN2) (19) NC State at Florida State (4 pm, ACC Network) Illinois at (20) Minnesota (12 pm, ESPN2) (21) Wisconsin at Rutgers (3:30 pm, BTN) (22) Iowa at Northwestern (7 pm, BTN) Boise State at (23) Fresno State (7 pm, CBSSN) (24) San Diego State at Hawaii (11 pm, FS1) (25) Pittsburgh at Duke (12 pm, ACC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Tuesday Ball State at Akron (7 pm, CBSSN) Eastern Michigan at Toledo (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Miami (OH) at Ohio (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Wednesday Northern Illinois at Kent State (7 pm, ESPN2) Central Michigan at Western Michigan (7 pm, ESPNU) Thursday Georgia State at UL Lafayette (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Georgia Tech at Boston College (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Utah at Stanford (10:30 pm, FS1) Saturday TV Air Force vs Army - in Arlington, TX (11:30 am, CBS) Kansas State at Kansas (12 pm, FS1) SMU at Memphis (12 pm, ESPNU) Louisiana Tech at UAB (12 pm, CBSSN) Georgia Tech at Miami (12:30 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) California at Arizona (3 pm, Pac-12 Network) Penn State at Maryland (3:30 pm, FS1) Colorado State at Wyoming (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Tulane at UCF (4 pm, ESPNU) Oregon State at Colorado (7 pm, Pac-12 Network) Texas at Iowa State (7:30 pm, FS1) Houston at South Florida (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Florida at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Clemson at Louisville (7:30 pm, ACC Network) San Jose State at Nevada (10 pm, FS2) UTSA at UTEP (10:15 pm, ESPN2) USC at Arizona State (10:30 pm, ESPN) Saturday Streaming Appalachian State at Arkansas State (2 pm, ESPN+) North Texas at Southern Miss (3 pm, ESPN+) Temple at East Carolina (3 pm, ESPN+) UL Monroe at Texas State (3 pm, ESPN+) Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky (3:30 pm, Stadium) Rice at Charlotte (3:30 pm, ESPN+) South Alabama at Troy (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Marshall at Florida Atlantic (6 pm, Facebook) Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN+) Old Dominion at Florida International (7 pm, ESPN3) UNLV at New Mexico (7 pm, Stadium)

I burst out laughing about halfway through this run

Once again from the 'things were just going too well' file

I have both Kyler Murray and the Arizona D in fantasy (took a calculated risk starting the latter because their next 2 matchups are tasty), so that was a rough night.

Yes, he's technically correct, he's also not only supposedly in charge of reversing that trend but has actively spoken out about needing to market the game better.

From the "things were just going too well" file Can't imagine this won't affect his production.

"We don't market our game on a nationwide basis" goes right in there with "a piece of metal". This guy is a horsefeathering clueless dickweasel.

Sure you can play for a higher profile exhibition (AKA bowl) game and play for the development of your players etc but unless Clifford is really messed up, I think a win over Ohio State is probably the best thing you can still accomplish this season so I'd play him. PSU's only chance at playing in a major bowl is beating Ohio State, so might as well take your best shot.

I have yet to watch Clemson this year so I know nothing. This is certainly not just bad QB play, is it? Yeah, something else must stink over there because even with a bad QB you'd expect a HELL of a lot more from a team that for the last 4 years had recruiting classes ranked 8th, 9th, 2nd, and 7th. I've said it before but their offensive lines have never been that good by CFB Death Machine standards. Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence could paper over it, but that doesn't work out every time. You're right though that there's got to be more to it than that.

None of this matters because Tom Brady is either a robot or is eating HGH-fortified babies and he'll win the next 5 Super Bowls

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Florida vs (1) Georgia - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, CBS) (2) Cincinnati at Tulane (12 pm, ESPN2) Texas Tech at (4) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, ABC) (20) Penn State at (5) Ohio State (7:30 pm, ABC) (6) Michigan at (8) Michigan State (12 pm, FOX) Colorado at (7) Oregon (3:30 pm, FOX) (9) Iowa at Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN) (10) Ole Miss at (18) Auburn (7 pm, ESPN) North Carolina at (11) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) (12) Kentucky at Mississippi State (7 pm, SEC Network) Duke at (13) Wake Forest (4 pm, ACC Network) Kansas at (15) Oklahoma State (7 pm, FS1) Texas at (16) Baylor (12 pm, ABC) Miami at (17) Pittsburgh (12 pm, ACC Network) (19) SMU at Houston (7 pm, ESPN2) Fresno State at (21) San Diego State (10 pm, CBSSN) (22) Iowa State at West Virginia (2 pm, ESPN+) Troy at (24) Coastal Carolina (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN2) Virginia at (25) BYU (10:15 pm, ESPN2) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Thursday South Florida at East Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Navy at Tulsa (7:30 pm, ESPN2) UNLV at Nevada (10 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV Rutgers at Illinois (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Indiana at Maryland (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Texas State at UL Lafayette (12 pm, ESPNU) Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (12 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Bowling Green at Buffalo (12 pm, CBSSN) Washington State at Arizona State (3 pm, FS1) Missouri at Vanderbilt (3 pm, SEC Network) Florida State at Clemson (3:30 pm, ESPN) Purdue at Nebraska (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Minnesota at Northwestern (3:30 pm, BTN) TCU at Kansas State (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Boston College at Syracuse (3:30 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Louisiana Tech at Old Dominion (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Wyoming at San Jose State (4 pm, FS2) Arizona at USC (7 pm, ESPNU) Boise State at Colorado State (7 pm, CBSSN) Oregon State at California (7 pm, Pac-12 Network) Louisville at NC State (7:30 pm, ACC Network) UCLA at Utah (10 pm, ESPN) Washington at Stanford (10:30 pm, FS1) Saturday Streaming UMass at Liberty (12 pm, ESPN3) UCF at Temple (12 pm, ESPN+) North Texas at Rice (2 pm, ESPN3) Florida International at Marshall (3:30 pm, Stadium) Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, ESPN+) UL Monroe at Appalachian State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Charlotte at Western Kentucky (4 pm, ESPN+) Arkansas State at South Alabama (5 pm, ESPN+) Georgia State at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN+) UTEP at Florida Atlantic (6 pm, ESPN+)

I've seen his name come up a few times. I don't see it as a fit for either side. Kelly does not have a reputation for being a tireless recruiter; it's practically a running joke in some quarters, fair or unfair, when Kelly is brought up as being a factor in bringing in a recruit because some fans think it's ridiculous that he's not more involved. (Worth noting that new DC Marcus Freeman, who coincidentally chose ND over LSU, almost immediately started targeting and getting ND in the door with guys of a caliber they weren't close to getting before.) Don't see how you can win in the SEC without living and breathing recruiting. On Kelly's side, he's worked with the same president and AD his entire time at ND and is in a very stable position. Not sure leaving for an athletic department that from the outside appears to be a giant mess, for a school that just fired someone barely 18 months after winning the national title, is an enticing sell, no matter their natural advantages.