Andy

Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl in Nassau, BS – 12/20, 2 pm (ESPN) Charlotte vs Buffalo Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl in Frisco, TX – 12/20, 7:30 pm (ESPN2) Kent State vs Utah State New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, NM – 12/21, 2 pm (ESPN) San Diego State vs Central Michigan FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/21, 2:30 pm (CBSSN) Liberty vs Georgia Southern Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl in Boca Raton, FL – 12/21, 3:30 pm (ABC) SMU vs Florida Atlantic Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, AL – 12/21, 5:30 pm (ESPN) Florida International vs Arkansas State Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, NV – 12/21, 7:30 pm (ABC) Washington vs (19) Boise State R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 12/21, 9 pm (ESPN) UAB vs (20) Appalachian State Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl in St. Petersburg, FL – 12/23, 2:30 pm (ESPN) UCF vs Marshall SoFi Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, HI – 12/24, 8 pm (ESPN) BYU vs Hawaii Walk On’s Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA – 12/26, 4 pm (ESPN) Miami vs Louisiana Tech Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, MI – 12/26, 8 pm (ESPN) Eastern Michigan vs Pittsburgh Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD – 12/27, 12 pm (ESPN) North Carolina vs Temple New Era Pinstripe Bowl in New York, NY – 12/27, 3:20 pm (ESPN) Wake Forest vs Michigan State Academy Sports & Outdoors Texas Bowl in Houston, TX – 12/27, 6:45 pm (ESPN) (25) Oklahoma State vs Texas A&M San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA – 12/27, 8 pm (FS1) (22) USC vs (16) Iowa Cheez-It Bowl in Phoenix, AZ – 12/27, 10:15 pm (ESPN) Washington State vs Air Force Camping World Bowl in Orlando, FL – 12/28, 12 pm (ABC) (15) Notre Dame vs Iowa State ServPro First Responder Bowl in Dallas, TX – 12/30,12:30 pm (ESPN) Western Kentucky vs Western Michigan Redbox Bowl in Santa Clara, CA – 12/30, 4 pm (FOX) California vs Illinois Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN – 12/30, 4 pm (ESPN) Mississippi State vs Louisville Belk Bowl in Charlotte, NC – 12/31, 12 pm (ESPN) Kentucky vs Virginia Tech Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX – 12/31, 2 pm (CBS) Arizona State vs Florida State AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN – 12/31, 3:45 pm (ESPN) (23) Navy vs Kansas State Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl in Tucson, AZ – 12/31, 4:30 pm (CBSSN) Georgia State vs Wyoming Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX – 12/31, 7:30 pm (ESPN) (11) Utah vs Texas VRBO Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (ABC) (13) Alabama vs (14) Michigan Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL – 1/1, 1 pm (ESPN2) (12) Auburn vs (18) Minnesota TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham, AL – 1/2, 3 pm (ESPN) Boston College vs (21) Cincinnati TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL – 1/2, 7 pm (ESPN) Indiana vs Tennessee Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, ID – 1/3, 3:30 pm (ESPN) Nevada vs Ohio Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, TX – 1/4, 11:30 am (ESPN) Tulane vs Southern Miss LendingTree Bowl in Mobile, AL – 1/6, 7:30 pm (ESPN) Miami (OH) vs UL Lafayette “New Year’s 6” Games: Goodyear Cotton Bowl in Arlington, TX – 12/28, 12 pm (ESPN) (17) Memphis vs (10) Penn State Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami, FL – 12/30, 8 pm (ESPN) (9) Florida vs (24) Virginia Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA – 1/1, 5 pm (ESPN) (6) Oregon vs (8) Wisconsin Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA – 1/1, 8:45 pm (ESPN) (7) Baylor vs (5) Georgia Playoff: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Semifinal in Atlanta, GA – 12/28, 4 pm (ESPN) (4) Oklahoma vs (1) LSU PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Semifinal in Glendale, AZ – 12/28, 8 pm (ESPN) (3) Clemson vs (2) Ohio State College Football Championship Game in New Orleans, LA – 1/13, 8 pm (ESPN) Semifinal Winners

Ohio State is in unless they get absolutely crushed and even then maybe they are. The discussion that's interesting if Wisconsin wins, especially by a decent margin, is Wisconsin vs Oklahoma.

Baylor is utterly hopeless without Brewer. It's a bummer because their defense is doing a pretty good job.

Rivera obviously was going to be ousted after the season, but it's a bit of a bummer to ax him during the year.

Funny, I'm hearing Leach to Ole Miss and Norvell to Arkansas. Please, no Kiffin. BTW, Chris Peterson just resigned from UW. DC Jimmy Lake gets the UW job, so no coaching carousel affect there. Reports are that Petersen just needs a break, nothing else going on. If there's anyone you can believe that of, it's Petersen, who practically had to be pulled out of Boise. Guy's not a job-chaser.

My rooting interest is Georgia over LSU because it would send a B1G team to the Orange Bowl and therefore would send ND to the Citrus rather than the Camping World.

Pac-12 Championship Game in Santa Clara, CA (8 pm Friday, ABC) (5) Utah vs (13) Oregon Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, TX (12 pm, ABC) (7) Baylor vs (6) Oklahoma Sun Belt Championship Game (12 pm, ESPN) UL Lafayette at (21) Appalachian State MAC Championship Game in Detroit (12 pm, ESPN2) Miami (OH) vs Central Michigan Conference USA Championship Game (1:30 pm, CBSSN) UAB at Florida Atlantic American Championship Game (3:30 pm, ABC) (20) Cincinnati at (17) Memphis SEC Championship Game in Atlanta (4 pm, CBS) (4) Georgia vs (2) LSU Mountain West Championship Game (4 pm, ESPN) Hawaii at (19) Boise State ACC Championship Game in Charlotte (7:30 pm, ABC) (22) Virginia vs (3) Clemson Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis (8 pm, FOX) (8) Wisconsin vs (1) Ohio State Dec. 14 Army vs (24) Navy - in Philadelphia (3 pm, CBS)

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

Georgia is having a really weird year. They have boatloads of talent but have rarely looked like it.

Correct, eclipses Abreu in total money by $5M.

My hot take is there are too many uniforms.

Or it can be an Al Davis/Mark Davis situation where the terrible haircutted spawn are just as bad as the father Hey, don't look now but the Raiders are semi-respectable this season.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Arkansas at (1) LSU (7 pm, ESPN) (8) Penn State at (2) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) Texas A&M at (4) Georgia (3:30 pm, CBS) Western Carolina at (5) Alabama (12 pm, ESPN) (6) Oregon at Arizona State (7:30 pm, ABC) (7) Utah at Arizona (10 pm, FS1) TCU at (9) Oklahoma (8 pm, FOX) (10) Minnesota at Northwestern (12 pm, ABC) Purdue at (12) Wisconsin (4 pm, FOX) (13) Michigan at Indiana (3:30 pm, ESPN) Texas at (14) Baylor (3:30 pm, FS1) Samford at (15) Auburn (12 pm, SEC Network) Boston College at (16) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC) Illinois at (17) Iowa (12 pm, BTN) (18) Memphis at South Florida (4 pm, ESPNU) Temple at (19) Cincinnati (7 pm, ESPN2) (20) Boise State at Utah State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) (21) Oklahoma State at West Virginia (12 pm, ESPN2) Kansas at (22) Iowa State (12 pm, FSN) UCLA at (23) USC (3:30 pm, ABC) Texas State at (24) Appalachian State (2:30 pm, ESPN+) (25) SMU at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois (7:30 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Ohio at Bowling Green (7:30 pm Tuesday, ESPNU) Toledo at Buffalo (7:30 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Akron at Miami (OH) (7:30 pm Wednesday, ESPNU) NC State at Georgia Tech (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) Colorado State at Wyoming (9:30 pm Friday, ESPN2) Michigan State at Rutgers (12 pm, FS1) UCF at Tulane (12 pm, CBSSN) Liberty at Virginia (12 pm, FSN/ESPN App) East Carolina at UConn (12 pm, ESPN App) Air Force at New Mexico (2 pm, ESPN App) Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Nebraska at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN) UT Martin at Kentucky (3:30 pm, SEC Network) East Tennessee State at Vanderbilt (3:30 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) North Texas at Rice (3:30 pm, NFL Network) Mercer at North Carolina (3:30 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Marshall at Charlotte (3:30 pm, Facebook) Syracuse at Louisville (4 pm, ACC Network) California at Stanford (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee (4:30 pm, ESPN App) Coastal Carolina at UL Monroe (5 pm, ESPN App) Kansas State at Texas Tech (7 pm, FS1) Miami vs Florida International - at Marlins Park (7 pm, CBSSN) Tennessee at Missouri (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Abilene Christian at Mississippi State (7:30 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Duke at Wake Forest (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Houston at Tulsa (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Oregon State at Washington State (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) Washington at Colorado (10 pm, ESPN) Nevada at Fresno State (10:30 pm, ESPN2) San Diego State at Hawaii (11 pm, Facebook)

Fun fact, the 2019 Brewers went 10-for-53 against Yu Darvish. Maybe you could use a little help.

It's already been posted to the Dodgers' Reddit page: Lots of interesting thoughts in there.

Yes it's quite simple to draft a player who will win a league MVP award within 40 months of being drafted.

In retrospect it's hard to believe no one caught this earlier. It's so obvious.

Yeah, I would be interested in a follow-up to see if they can get anyone to talk about Trevor Bauer's accusations (and his attempt to prove them by doing whatever he did in the first inning of a start once). Ironically, I guess Fiers has been accused of doctoring the ball the night of his no-hitter, which wasn't mentioned in that article.

Yeah, if he's really willing to do that there's no reason at all not to.

Gee, I'm stunned, all indications up to this point had them being an upstanding and virtuous organization.

This has been one of the best regular season weeks in the NFL in a very long time. Lots of great, well-played games.

I happened to stumble on this today and my wife has wanted a Cubs zip hoodie for some time. It was part of the sale, so that's one Christmas present checked off.

That's right! IU is ranked for the first time since 1994. It was far and away the longest drought in the Power 5, and it's over.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) LSU at Ole Miss (7 pm, ESPN) (2) Ohio State at Rutgers (3:30 pm, BTN) Wake Forest at (3) Clemson (3:30 pm, ABC) (4) Georgia at (12) Auburn (3:30 pm, CBS) (5) Alabama at Mississippi State (12 pm, ESPN) Arizona at (6) Oregon (10:30 pm, ESPN) UCLA at (7) Utah (8 pm, FOX) (8) Minnesota at (20) Iowa (4 pm, FOX) Indiana at (9) Penn State (12 pm, ABC) (10) Oklahoma at (13) Baylor (7:30 pm, ABC) (11) Florida at Missouri (12 pm, CBS) (14) Wisconsin at Nebraska (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Michigan State at (15) Michigan (12 pm, FOX) (23) Navy at (16) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC) (17) Cincinnati at South Florida (7 pm, CBSSN) (18) Memphis at Houston (3:30 pm, ESPN2) (19) Texas at Iowa State (3:30 pm, FS1) New Mexico at (21) Boise State (10:15 pm, ESPN2) Kansas at (22) Oklahoma State (12 pm, FS1) West Virginia at (24) Kansas State (3:30 pm, ESPN) (25) Appalachian State at Georgia State (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Eastern Michigan at Akron (6 pm Tuesday, ESPNEWS) Western Michigan at Ohio (6:30 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Northern Illinois at Toledo (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Bowling Green at Miami (OH) (8 pm Wednesday, ESPNU) Buffalo at Kent State (7 pm Thursday, CBSSN) North Carolina at Pittsburgh (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) Louisiana Tech at Marshall (7 pm Friday, CBSSN) Fresno State at San Diego State (9:30 pm Friday, ESPN2) TCU at Texas Tech (12 pm, ESPN2) UMass at Northwestern (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Tulane at Temple (12 pm, ESPNU) Alabama State at Florida State (12 pm, FSN/ESPN App) VMI at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) UTEP at UAB (1 pm, ESPN App) Idaho State at BYU (3 pm, BYUTV/ESPN App) Troy at Texas State (3 pm, ESPN App) Kentucky at Vanderbilt (3:30 pm, SEC Network) Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (3:30 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Central Michigan at Ball State (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Syracuse at Duke (4 pm, ACC Network) Wyoming at Utah State (4 pm, ESPNU) Hawaii at UNLV (4 pm, Facebook) Stanford at Washington State (4:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Air Force at Colorado State (7 pm, ESPN2) Arizona State at Oregon State (7:30 pm, FS1) South Carolina at Texas A&M (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Louisville at NC State (7:30 pm, ACC Network) USC at California (11 pm, FS1)

Considering the circumstances that have come together to backdoor Bama into the BCS title game/playoff this decade, I'm not gonna believe they're out until they announce the field. They SHOULD be out barring help, but we know how the committee loves their eye test.