Andy

I'd prefer it to the Bucs, and it's not even close. By a million miles. I know Belichick isn't everyone's favorite person but their team seems fun enough and it would add a fun new wrinkle to the Belichick/Brady thing

Well, Cam was fun for like 10 days

Lincoln Riley leaving OU for USC per many reports. Unreal move. I guess he didn't want that SEC smoke. Also, not great news for my team, which plays USC every year and competes for recruits.

Conference USA Championship Game (7 pm Friday, CBSSN) Western Kentucky at UTSA Pac-12 Championship Game in Las Vegas (8 pm Friday, ABC) (10) Oregon vs (17) Utah Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, TX (12 pm, ABC) (9) Baylor vs (5) Oklahoma State MAC Championship Game in Detroit (12 pm, ESPN) Kent State vs Northern Illinois Mountain West Championship Game (3 pm, FOX) Utah State at (19) San Diego State Sun Belt Championship Game (3:30 pm, ESPN) Appalachian State at (24) UL Lafayette SEC Championship Game in Atlanta (4 pm, CBS) (1) Georgia vs (3) Alabama American Championship Game (4 pm, ABC) (21) Houston at (4) Cincinnati Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis (8 pm, FOX) (2) Michigan vs (13) Iowa ACC Championship Game in Charlotte (8 pm, ABC) (16) Wake Forest vs (15) Pittsburgh COVID Reschedule USC at California (11 pm, FS1) Dec. 11 Army vs Navy - in East Rutherford, NJ (3 pm, CBS)

In that scenario, Georgia and ND are in and dear lord do I not envy the people trying to pick 2 more. Baylor probably sneaks in as a conference champ. Then you're probably arguing between Michigan, Ohio State, Alabama and Iowa somehow?

There is absolutely no team that should be left out for Alabama if #1 Georgia is going to be the opponent. There are years the Tide have earned some benefit of the doubt, not this year.

Would need 2 outcomes - UM over Wisconsin (likely since it already happened) and Oregon over Utah (less likely because the opposite already happened)

I'm mentally steeling myself for Michigan to be the team that draws Cincinnati.

That is not Mustache Man. You got fooled. Now that being said, apparently several LSU-affiliated people have started following Riley on Twitter very recently, so this could very well still happen.

If Riley can find someone to coordinate a defense, his QB development and the ability to get Southeast OL and WR recruits could be scary.

Nothing much weird in the new rankings, but worth noting Cincinnati is actually 4, first time a G5 team has gotten that high.

It's the hope that kills you. Saw some fun Cam magic today but the Carolina defense, mostly solid all year, picked today to suck ass, so now they're 5-6 with 2 against Tampa and 1 against Buffalo in the last 4.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Georgia at Georgia Tech (12 pm, ABC) (2) Ohio State at (5) Michigan (12 pm, FOX) (3) Alabama at Auburn (3:30 pm, CBS) (4) Cincinnati at East Carolina (3:30 pm Friday, ABC) (6) Notre Dame at Stanford (8 pm, FOX) (10) Oklahoma at (7) Oklahoma State (7:30 pm, ABC) Texas Tech at (8) Baylor (12 pm, FS1) (9) Ole Miss at Mississippi State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Oregon State at (11) Oregon (3:30 pm, ESPN) Penn State at (12) Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC) (13) BYU at USC (10:30 pm, ESPN) (14) Wisconsin at Minnesota (4 pm, FOX) (15) Texas A&M at LSU (7 pm, ESPN) (16) Iowa at Nebraska (1:30 pm Friday, BTN) (17) Pittsburgh at Syracuse (7:30 pm, ACC Network) (18) Wake Forest at Boston College (12 pm, ESPN2) Colorado at (19) Utah (4 pm Friday, FOX) North Carolina at (20) NC State (7 pm Friday, ESPN) Boise State at (21) San Diego State (12 pm Friday, CBS) (22) UTSA at North Texas (2 pm, ESPN+) (23) Clemson at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network) (24) Houston at UConn (12 pm, CBSSN) Missouri at (25) Arkansas (3:30 pm Friday, CBS) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Tuesday Western Michigan at Northern Illinois (7 pm, ESPNU) Buffalo at Ball State (7 pm, ESPN+) Thursday Fresno State at San Jose State (3:30 pm, FS1) Friday Kansas State at Texas (12 pm, FOX) Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan (12 pm, ESPNU) Ohio at Bowling Green (12 pm, CBSSN) Utah State at New Mexico (1 pm, FS1) UTEP at UAB (2 pm, ESPN+) South Florida at UCF (3:30 pm, ESPN) UNLV at Air Force (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Coastal Carolina at South Alabama (3:30 pm, ESPN+) TCU at Iowa State (4:30 pm, FS1) Washington State at Washington (8 pm, FS1) Saturday TV Florida State at Florida (12 pm, ESPN) Maryland at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN) Navy at Temple (12 pm, ESPNU) Miami at Duke (12:30 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Indiana at Purdue (3:30 pm, FS1) Northwestern at Illinois (3:30 pm, BTN) Western Kentucky at Marshall (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Vanderbilt at Tennessee (3:45 pm, SEC Network) Virginia Tech at Virginia (3:45 pm, ACC Network) Tulsa at SMU (4 pm, ESPN2) UL Monroe at UL Lafayette (4 pm, ESPNU) Arizona at Arizona State (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Kentucky at Louisville (7 pm, ESPN2) West Virginia at Kansas (7 pm, FS1) Tulane at Memphis (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Nevada at Colorado State (9 pm, CBSSN) California at UCLA (10:30 pm, FS1) Saturday Streaming Akron at Toledo (12 pm, ESPN+) Army at Liberty (12 pm, ESPN+) Miami (OH) at Kent State (12 pm, ESPN+) Louisiana Tech at Rice (1 pm, ESPN+) Charlotte at Old Dominion (2 pm, ESPN+) Texas State at Arkansas State (2 pm, ESPN+) Troy at Georgia State (2 pm, ESPN+) Georgia Southern at Appalachian State (2:30 pm, ESPN+) Florida International at Southern Miss (3 pm, ESPN+) Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic (7 pm, Stadium)

Mullen may be (definitely is) a clown, but he's done nothing but have good or great teams relative to expectations in the SEC for a decade and he gets fired after one bad year. Some college football programs are completely insane.

I haven't been watching so I can't speak to this, but as long as the same conferences with financial stakes in a certain outcome of a game are paying the people officiating that same game, they deserve every bit of skepticism they get.

The entire rankings show on Tuesday might be Gary Barta smirking about ranking Michigan ahead of MSU the last 2 weeks

Nothing much new or crazy in the CFP rankings. Mississippi State jumped back in after beating Arkansas because the committee is absolutely hell-bent on making sure Alabama has more than one ranked win, but whatever.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Charleston Southern at (1) Georgia (12 pm, ESPN+) (21) Arkansas at (2) Alabama (3:30 pm, CBS) (3) Oregon at (23) Utah (7:30 pm, ABC) (7) Michigan State at (4) Ohio State (12 pm, ABC) SMU at (5) Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPN) (6) Michigan at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Georgia Tech at (8) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC) (9) Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (8 pm, FOX) (10) Wake Forest at Clemson (12 pm, ESPN) (11) Baylor at Kansas State (5:30 pm, FS1) Vanderbilt at (12) Ole Miss (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Iowa State at (13) Oklahoma (12 pm, FOX) (14) BYU at Georgia Southern (4 pm, ESPN+) Nebraska at (15) Wisconsin (3:30 pm, ABC) Prairie View at (16) Texas A&M (12 pm, ESPN+) Illinois at (17) Iowa (2 pm, FS1) Virginia at (18) Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, ESPN2) (19) San Diego State at UNLV (11:30 pm Friday, CBSSN) Syracuse at (20) NC State (4 pm, ACC Network) UAB at (22) UTSA (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Memphis at (24) Houston (9 pm Friday, ESPN2) Tennessee State at (25) Mississippi State (12 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Tuesday Toledo at Ohio (7 pm, ESPN+) Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Bowling Green at Miami (OH) (8 pm, ESPNU) Wednesday Northern Illinois at Buffalo (7 pm, ESPN2) Central Michigan at Ball State (7 pm, ESPNU) Thursday Louisville at Duke (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech (8 pm, CBSSN) Air Force at Nevada (9 pm, FS1) Arizona at Washington State (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) Saturday TV Texas at West Virginia (12 pm, ESPN2) Purdue vs Northwestern - at Wrigley Field (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Rutgers at Penn State (12 pm, BTN - Regional) New Mexico State at Kentucky (12 pm, SEC Network) Florida State at Boston College (12 pm, ACC Network) UMass at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Wofford at North Carolina (12 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3) Washington at Colorado (3 pm, Pac-12 Network) Minnesota at Indiana (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) East Carolina at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) UCLA at USC (4 pm, FOX) UL Lafayette at Liberty (4 pm, ESPNU) Florida at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network) Auburn at South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN) South Alabama at Tennessee (7 pm, ESPNU) California at Stanford (7 pm, Pac-12 Network) Virginia Tech at Miami (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Wyoming at Utah State (8 pm, CBSSN) UL Monroe at LSU (9 pm, ESPN2) New Mexico at Boise State (9 pm, FS1) Arizona State at Oregon State (10:30 pm, ESPN) Saturday Streaming Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky (12 pm, Stadium) Kent State at Akron (12 pm, ESPN+) South Florida at Tulane (12 pm, ESPN+) Texas State at Coastal Carolina (1 pm, ESPN+) Arkansas State at Georgia State (2 pm, ESPN3) Marshall at Charlotte (3:30 pm, Stadium) Appalachian State at Troy (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Kansas at TCU (4 pm, ESPN+) Rice at UTEP (4 pm, ESPN+) Temple at Tulsa (4 pm, ESPN+) UConn at UCF (4 pm, ESPN+) North Texas at Florida International (7 pm, ESPN3)

I still think a 2-loss Bama would have to win the SEC title game to have any sort of a shot. The committee has prioritized conference champs assuming they have as many losses as a non-conference champ. So if Bama loses to Georgia to finish 11-2 and you have 13-0 Georgia, 1 loss Big 10 champ, 1 loss Big 12 champ and 1 loss Oregon, Bama isn't getting in. I don't think a 2-loss Bama that wins the SEC gets a spot in that scenario either though. A 2-loss SEC champ Bama absolutely gets in and there's already precedent for it. 2-loss Auburn was sitting at #2 in the CFP going into the 2017 SEC title game (they had beaten Georgia and Alabama that year), so they were clearly going to get in if they had won the conference. The Tide wouldn't have quite the same resume - Ole Miss is the only really good team they've beaten - but I think any team anywhere near contention that beats Georgia has to be in given the way the Bulldogs have looked since week 1. (The Clemson win looks oddly quite unimpressive right now given the Tigers' season, but they've destroyed everybody else.)

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)