Andy

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.

Group of 5 realignment news:

Those jobs probably aren't significantly better than PSU, especially when you consider what an incoherent mess the programs have been for a while (LSU's all-time 'lightning in a bottle' title notwithstanding). But Franklin's name keeps getting floated, I assume, because Franklin wants his name floated.

I've also been a bit surprised at this. Even if the Bulls as currently constructed aren't a true championship contender, what they were doing for the last 5 years clearly wasn't coming close to working either. Anyway I'm looking forward to actually sort of caring about them again.

So this dude is gonna lose millions of dollars and abandon all the kids he recruited to play for him over a vaccine. What a halfwit. Reporting is that he didn't even say goodbye to his players, which makes perfect sense since he'd have been vaccinated months ago if he remotely gave a horsefeathers about any of them

They already cut a bunch of teams, I'm not sure how much more they could realistically chop. (Not that they might not try.)

That's what they should do - and they also should've done it last week instead of going to Georgia for the 2nd time in 3 episodes - but they're going to Oregon/UCLA.

I really wish this was Halloween weekend instead of it falling on the jam-packed slate of games the week after

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (2) Cincinnati at Navy (12 pm, ESPN2) (3) Oklahoma at Kansas (12 pm, ESPN) Tennessee at (4) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN) (5) Ohio State at Indiana (7:30 pm, ABC) Northwestern at (6) Michigan (12 pm, FOX) Illinois at (7) Penn State (12 pm, ABC) (8) Oklahoma State at Iowa State (3:30 pm, FOX) (10) Oregon at UCLA (3:30 pm, ABC) LSU at (12) Ole Miss (3:30 pm, CBS) USC at (13) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) (14) Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State (7:30 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) (16) Wake Forest at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) South Carolina at (17) Texas A&M (7:30 pm, SEC Network) (18) NC State at Miami (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Tulane at (21) SMU (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) (22) San Diego State at Air Force (7 pm, CBSSN) Clemson at (23) Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, ESPN) (24) UTSA at Louisiana Tech (7 pm, Stadium) Wisconsin at (25) Purdue (3 pm, BTN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Thursday UL Lafayette at Arkansas State (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Florida Atlantic at Charlotte (7:30 pm, CBSSN) San Jose State at UNLV (10 pm, CBSSN) Friday Middle Tennessee at UConn (6 pm, CBSSN) Memphis at UCF (7 pm, ESPN2) Colorado State at Utah State (9:30 pm, CBSSN) Washington at Arizona (10:30 pm, ESPN2) Saturday TV Kansas State at Texas Tech (12 pm, FS1) Northern Illinois at Central Michigan (12 pm, ESPNU) Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas (12 pm, SEC Network) UMass at Florida State (12 pm, ACC Network) Syracuse at Virginia Tech (12:30 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Maryland at Minnesota (3:30 pm, ESPN2) BYU at Washington State (3:30 pm, FS1) Western Michigan at Toledo (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Colorado at California (3:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) East Carolina at Houston (4 pm, ESPNU) Mississippi State at Vanderbilt (4 pm, SEC Network) Boston College at Louisville (4 pm, ACC Network) Nevada at Fresno State (7 pm, FS1) West Virginia at TCU (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Georgia Tech at Virginia (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Utah at Oregon State (7:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Saturday Streaming Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green (12 pm, ESPN+) Kent State at Ohio (1 pm, ESPN+) Texas State at Georgia State (2 pm, ESPN+) New Mexico at Wyoming (3:30 pm, Stadium) Buffalo at Akron (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Miami (OH) at Ball State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Rice at UAB (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Liberty at North Texas (4 pm, ESPN+) South Alabama at UL Monroe (7 pm, ESPN3) Temple at South Florida (7 pm, ESPN+) Western Kentucky at Florida International (7 pm, ESPN+)