Andy

Very unsurprisingly, the B1G has reportedly voted to rescind the 6-game requirement to play in the title game, clinching the East for Ohio State.

Not that it can't happen, but students are now off campus most places and they certainly will be the 2 weeks leading up to the playoff. That should hopefully keep things quiet. Speaking just for ND, they've said the team is not leaving campus the rest of the year.

I didn't even consider Joe Davis at first because he's already such a star, but he would be a massive win. He's an outstanding game caller. I still suspect he is a long shot.

Ohio State is probably safely in as long as they don't lose and Alabama beats Florida (or ND beats Clemson). The debate starts if it's 10-1 ND or 6-0 Ohio State without a win the caliber of Clemson, especially if OSU wasn't a league champion. (Not to mention 8-1 Texas A&M, which would surely throw its hat in the ring.) The side arguing that conference championships and more data points don't matter would be dripping with irony at that point.

Mustache man delivers the news Luckily for the B1G, the ACC has already broken the seal on 'eh, screw what we said before' decisions, so they can go ahead and ignore their previously-discussed 6-game minimum.

Too bad, I think you could've taken them. I haven't been impressed. Somewhat on topic, my goodness has CBS been hosed this year. Feels like they're losing an SEC game every week and the ones they keep aren't any good. I'm sure many SEC fans view that as karma of sorts for refusing to pony up more cash after they expanded to 14 teams.

I thought it was pretty obvious to everyone that the DH was coming in the next CBA anyway, so it just seems stupid to me to go back to no DH for one more season, especially when it doesn't look like it will be a 'regular' season.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Alabama at Arkansas (12 pm, ESPN) LSU at (6) Florida (7 pm, ESPN) (9) Georgia at (25) Missouri (12 pm, SEC Network) (17) North Carolina at (10) Miami (3:30 pm, ABC) (13) Coastal Carolina at Troy (3 pm, ESPN+) Illinois at (14) Northwestern (12 pm, ESPN2) (15) USC at UCLA (7:30 pm, ABC) Wisconsin at (16) Iowa (3:30 pm, FS1) San Diego State at (18) BYU (10 pm, ESPN2) Utah at (21) Colorado (12 pm, FOX) (22) Oklahoma State at Baylor (3:30 pm, ESPN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Florida Atlantic at Southern Miss (6:30 pm Thursday, CBSSN) Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech (7 pm Thursday, FSN/ESPN3) UTEP at North Texas (6 pm Friday, ESPN3) Arizona State at Arizona (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN) Nevada vs San Jose State - in Las Vegas (10 pm Friday, CBSSN) Michigan State at Penn State (12 pm, ABC) Minnesota at Nebraska (12 pm, FS1) Rutgers at Maryland (12 pm, BTN) Wake Forest at Louisville (12 pm, ACC Network) Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, ESPN3) UAB at Rice (1 pm, ESPN3) Akron at Buffalo (2:30 pm, CBSSN) Navy at Army (3 pm, CBS) Central Michigan at Toledo (3 pm, ESPN3) Houston at Memphis (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Tennessee at Vanderbilt (4 pm, SEC Network) Duke at Florida State (4 pm, ACC Network) Boise State at Wyoming (6 pm, CBSSN) Appalachian State at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN3) Louisiana Tech at TCU (7 pm, FS1) Auburn at Mississippi State (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Virginia at Virginia Tech (8 pm, ACC Network) Stanford at Oregon State (10 pm, ESPNU) Fresno State vs New Mexico - in Las Vegas (10:30 pm, FS2)

I find myself desperately hoping ND avoids Alabama in the semifinals (IF THEY MAKE IT caveat of course) just because I know everyone is going to do the whole "they were frauds" thing if they get blown out even though Alabama blew out #5 already and is probably gonna blow out #6 in 2 weeks

Alabama has activated death machine mode, so it's going to be very important to get in the 2/3 game.

The only person who I know definitely wouldn't be a big step down is Boog Sciambi. I'm sure there are folks I don't know who would be good, too, but Sciambi is the guy Marquee should be after here IMO.

I completely believe Len when he says the Cubs wanted him to stay and made that clear. The questions I have are what led him to the decision that he needed to leave to begin with. It can't all just be about loving radio. It just can't.

That would significantly soften the blow if they are legitimately going to search for and hire a worthy replacement. I'll believe it when I see it though. I know we should expect the worst when it comes to this offseason, but this pretty clearly means Myers isn't getting the job. He's currently already under contract, so if the network is saying they're looking for an outside hire he's not in the running. Myers is 61, so if they're looking for a potential long-term solution, he would make no sense at all.

I haven't listened to much Pat and Ron lately, although I might start this year. I get a kick out of them together. Pat's still very good and Ron is mostly unobjectionable now that he doesn't try to do play by play in the Pat piss break inning anymore. Really, my only major complaint with our radio broadcasts is the in-game ad reads are getting out of control.

I don't know why anyone 'likes' anything on Twitter. If I like something enough to signal I like it, I'll retweet it. If I don't like it enough to retweet it, or don't want people seeing that I like it, then I shouldn't be clicking the button anyway.

Len said about a billion times that he would love to be the voice of the Cubs until he retired. Something must have happened. This is horsefeathering awful. Like really horsefeathering awful.

This is actually a better game with both teams unbeaten.

It's officially on.

A lot of unknowns still, but I can guarantee Alabama is going to be in the playoff even if they lose to Florida. Rooting for the Tide is priority #1 for anyone on the bubble (which includes a potential one-loss ND as well).

ACC cancelling the ND/Wake Forest game scheduled for 12/12 and the Clemson/FSU game that could've been played 12/12, dropping ND, Clemson and Miami to 9 conference games. ND is in the ACC title game 12/19 and Clemson will clinch its spot by beating Va Tech on Saturday. Miami gets in if the Hokies somehow pull the upset and they beat Duke Saturday and then North Carolina next week.

This horsefeathering sucks. IU has maybe its best team of my lifetime and this happens. Feel bad for them and for Penix.

In B1G East news, Michigan apparently has 'presumptive positives' that they're getting confirmed and Ohio State's outbreak from last week could wipe out the MSU game, removing them from B1G title game consideration - which could result in them playing Iowa or Wisconsin in the 'Champions Week' game instead of Northwestern.