Andy

I think it's rather fitting that a guy who claimed he'd "do anything" to accommodate COVID protocols besides the easiest horsefeathering thing he could possibly have done ended his team's playoff hopes by very predictably getting COVID and being subjected to unvaccinated people's protocol

Unless Nick Chubb drops 46 points tomorrow (and after the day Ja'Marr Chase had today I know it's in play however unlikely), I'll finally win my keeper league after 11 seasons and seemingly being in the semifinals or better like 5 times. Thank you to the guy who traded me Kyler Murray 2 years ago in a win now move when I sucked, the guy who traded me Austin Ekeler for Justin Herbert in a build for the future move before the season even started, and Rashaad Penny for going bananas 2 weeks in a row.

It would be nice if every star who did play didn't immediately suffer a catastrophic injury.

Marcus Freeman opens his ND tenure by blowing the biggest lead in 3 decades and losing. I was really hoping to win one of those horsefeathering things before the playoff expands and the major-bowl designation is basically eliminated.

You’re not honestly this naive are you? None of those things are why 5 stars go to Bama and Georgia. Well, ok, yes, other stuff too but if you believe the bagmen stories that stuff happens everywhere down there and yet they do it way better than the others (except Texas A&M this year apparently)

It’s just a talent disparity. Same thing when people get skull drugged by Bama. In the last 5 recruiting cycles, Michigan’s average class ranking is 14th, whereas Georgia’s is 2nd. Georgia probably has 3rd string players that would start for Michigan. The difference between 2nd and 14th is probably the same difference between 14th and 40th. It sucks, this is why I always say I don’t like college football as much as other sports. Sour grapes sure but there are seemingly always 2-3 teams that are ridiculously better than the next best teams I don't know how long you mean by always but the disparity is clearly bigger now than it's ever been. Every year Bama or Georgia sets a new record for highest average star rating in a class or whatever. And you can expand the playoff, fine, but playoff stuff is incidental to the talent accumulation. Kids go to Bama and Georgia because they have better facilities, crazy fan support and it's closer to home for most of them than going to a Midwest or West Coast school. Their playoff domination is just an outgrowth of that.

If they lose to Pitt's #3 QB, that will be quite something

I don't know if you have NBATV, but they've picked up several Bulls games already. And there is some limited flexing of games as the season goes on (the Bulls got flexed out of one last year, I recall), so that will probably be coming.

No Mustache Man confirmation yet, but UCLA has dropped out of tonight's Holiday Bowl, so that makes 5 canceled bowls.

Not my favorite thing I've ever read. Most of those were Kizer on a Browns team that was openly tanking, but still

Mustache Man doom report

Yeah bowls are pointless. People kept attacking Harbaugh for his bowl record (on top of the MSU/OSU stuff) and I just couldn't find it in me to care. I don't think I've ever watched an entire Michigan bowl game in a decade. Seems like a pointless exhibition to me. Most teams play their big rivalry game the last week of the season so its sort of a climax to the season. But instead, you take a 5 week break before watching your team play one more game in a neutral location with nothing on the line. If they win, great. If they lose, whatever. I'm sure the players feel the same way except some of them have millions on the line. I'm still watching every second of the Fiesta and enjoy/care about bowls as much as any CFB fan, but it is interesting that this is now the overwhelmingly prevailing opinion, yet if God forbid ND loses again it's going to be another year of many of those same people going 'they haven't won a major bowl since 1993, what a joke'.

I know I’m biased but Corral is equal or better than Pickett imo. Corral played half the season limping around on an ankle that was almost broken at the end of the Tennessee game and was out his 2nd and 3rd best WR and his TE for most all of the year, yet still took Ole Miss to 10-2. He is really, really freaking good and he IS playing in the Sugar. I meant the best players in one specific NY6 game. (Trust me, if I'd meant any NY6 game at all there's no way I'd have rated either of those 2 as better than Kyle Hamilton, who's skipping the Fiesta for ND.) Without having seen much of either I'd probably lean to thinking Corral is better too.

Reasons the CFP is expanding No. 450,000,001 and 450,000,002 (after the $450M it's estimated to add to the leagues' coffers): Kenneth Walker has announced he's skipping the Peach Bowl and Kenny Pickett is rumored to be next. The 2 best players in an NY6 game saying 'nah, we're good' is why they're going to add more games to this thing.

He's a slam-dunk choice. The only thing that should stand in the way is whether he actually wants to work for that owner.

I can't believe we're in a timeline where I'm glad ND got stuck with Charlie Weis instead of that human garbage pile, but here we are The worst thing is that Meyer is sure to land a big college gig next year. Unfortunately that can't be ruled out. However, USC was reportedly turned off by his off-field stuff and that was before this year's veritable boat full of off-field stuff, so I have to think (hope) at least a couple big jobs who otherwise would want him are of a similar mind now.

I can't believe we're in a timeline where I'm glad ND got stuck with Charlie Weis instead of that human garbage pile, but here we are

I think you are. They've been featured on TV commercials because of Deion doing Geico with Saban now, but SWAC games are rarely televised. That's about to change. If Deion (and other SWAC schools) continue to get top commits, that'll force stations to televise them. There are rumors flying that he's taking his bag to get a few other top guys, too, so this should be interesting.

And on that topic, the #1 recruit in the country has just flipped from Florida State to.....Jackson State to play for Coach Prime. Word is that he's getting a large NIL deal from Barstool, which also has a deal with Coach Prime himself.

For the most part. It's obviously a bad look if anyone complains about it - Kiffin just got a big-ass extension from Ole Miss in part so he wouldn't do the same thing - but if you're just observing it's fair to say it.

This is the worst outbreak among any sports team since at least summer 2020 when a couple college football teams had big ones. By percentage of roster it's probably the worst of them all.

Cristobal leaving Oregon for Miami per multiple reports. Chip Kelly said to be favored to go to Oregon for a 2nd tour, which is just delicious.

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