Andy

Oh no, have to settle for the literally unstoppable team you already had, I guess

They would if they believe he's permanently broken and want to get KB level assets for a player who's never going to be KB again. If they don't think that, then there's absolutely no reason to trade a player of his caliber right now unless they're getting someone they believe to be better right this minute in return.

You're not. There's absolutely nothing in there that's news. The Cubs aren't horsefeathering trading Bryant. What a stupid article.

Is everyone scared off by his asking price or are the teams using the same strategy to try and lower his price? My money is on option 2. It probably isn't actual collusion, but this is what collusion would look like.

Ian Book out for ND with a rib injury (some sources saying kidney injury), Brandon Wimbush in for this week and possibly more.

It's totally a shot at Joe. The timing is curious, but there could be a million reasons for that. I was as pissed off at Hickey as anyone the first half of the season (I have the posts to prove it), but outside of Chatwood's utter collapse, which probably wasn't his fault, on balance he seemed fine. But if all these changes energize the team somehow, that's ok too.

Yeah but 1 slip up before the playoffs would have no affect on their playoff status unless its to Georgia in the SEC title game, and even then it has more effect on teams like Michigan/OSU than it does Bama. Alabama has to lose twice to be out. They'll be rated ahead of any other 1-loss team.

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

Yeah, I only included them because they'd likely be the team that has to beat Michigan. But yeah, rather see UCF try to "Boise St" their way into an upset. OU and Georgia would have to have everything go perfectly to give Bama a fight, they are so horsefeathering good. Alabama would score 70 against Oklahoma. Rude to assume Nick Saban would take his team off the field after 25 minutes of play.

ND was so mad about being ranked behind LSU, largely for not killing weaker competition, that they immediately sucked against weak competition. The committee is gonna put Michigan ahead of ND even if they win this game

I'm impressed any of you noticed that. I was too caught up in the moment to see anything until the replay.

Apparently Heyward has opted in, to our shock.

I love that costume plan, and it was very shrewd of Beltran to go Puerto Rico rather than pick any of his employers.

Those are pretty nice, but the regular uniforms are better. That's a Nike complaint, not a Bulls one, though.

I'm a little leery of what it might mean if ND loses a game (which I still think they're going to do at some point in November), but otherwise it's whatever. LSU will either be out of the race or be very deserving of their spot this time next week.

Updated with the new playoff rankings, including the 'well, we have to show how different we are from the polls' move of putting unbeaten ND with a win over #5 behind 1-loss LSU with a win over #6.

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

All this may be true, but it's worth noting Wisconsin sucks. They've beaten nobody and lost at home to BYU.

Not trying to defend the Bulls medical staff, but it's very possible to continue playing with a strained MCL/ACL and not notice it or have it affect you. Some players continue playing with a torn MCL/ACL if the inflammation and pain isn't too bad. It sucks that he's out now because Cam Payne is horsefeathering terrible, but I want the Bulls to lose. We need to emulate "The Process" and tank -- at least for one more year. Yeah, it sucks that it happened to a supposed 'core' player as opposed to someone less important to the future, but the Bulls losing another year is probably for the best. Signing Parker might have been a nice stealth tanking move in that regard even if it wasn't intended that way.

I don't know for sure, but I think a structure like that, actually is possible. At any rate, the general structure is exactly what we need to be going for...... Wasn't it just reported that Wainwright's STL contract is a no-go because a guy can't make less than 75 percent of what he made the prior year if he stays on the same team without going to free agency or something like that?

I'm cool with either team winning. I'd probably narrowly prefer Boston because they're young and pretty fun, but for whatever longtime fans LA has, getting their first title in 30 years would be kinda cool too.

Too bad ESPN got their claws in Amin first, but hopefully he'll be happy doing the fill-in stuff for Funk when available. He's just great at everything.

I imagine it'd been a while since a team played the first 3 quarters as badly as Carolina did today, then won the game.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (2) Clemson at Florida State (12 pm, ABC) (3) Notre Dame vs Navy - in San Diego (8 pm, CBS) (6) Texas at Oklahoma State (8 pm, ABC) (9) Florida vs (7) Georgia - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, CBS) Kansas State at (8) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, FOX) (12) Kentucky at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network) Baylor at (13) West Virginia (7 pm Thursday, FS1) (14) Washington State at (24) Stanford (7 pm, Pac-12 Network) (15) Washington at California (6:30 pm, FS1) (16) Texas A&M at Mississippi State (7 pm, ESPN) (18) Iowa at (17) Penn State (3:30 pm, ESPN) (19) Oregon at Arizona (10:30 pm, ESPN) (20) Wisconsin at Northwestern (12 pm, FOX) (21) South Florida at Houston (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) (22) NC State at Syracuse (7 pm, ESPN2) (23) Utah at UCLA (10:30 pm Friday, ESPN) (25) Appalachian State at Georgia Southern (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Troy at South Alabama (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Toledo at Western Michigan (7 pm Thursday, ESPN2) Ball State at Ohio (7 pm Thursday, CBSSN) Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Louisiana Tech at Florida Atlantic (6:30 pm Friday, CBSSN) Miami at Boston College (7 pm Friday, ESPN) Indiana at Minnesota (8 pm Friday, FS1) Wyoming at Colorado State (10 pm Friday, CBSSN) Purdue at Michigan State (12 pm, ESPN) Texas Tech at Iowa State (12 pm, ESPN2) Bethune-Cookman at Nebraska (12 pm, BTN) Wake Forest at Louisville (12 pm, FSN/ESPN3) UMass at UConn (12 pm, ESPNU) Vanderbilt at Arkansas (12 pm, SEC Network) Central Michigan at Akron (12 pm, ESPN3) Army at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, CBSSN) North Carolina at Virginia (12:20 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Southern Miss at Charlotte (2 pm, ESPN3) TCU at Kansas (3 pm, FS1) Oregon State at Colorado (3 pm, Pac-12 Network) Arizona State at USC (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) Illinois at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN) Duke at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Northern Illinois at BYU (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Cincinnati at SMU (3:30 pm, CBSSN) New Mexico at Utah State (4 pm, Facebook) Tulane at Tulsa (7 pm, ESPNU) Boise State at Air Force (7 pm, CBSSN) New Mexico State at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN3) Tennessee at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Hawaii at Fresno State (10:30 pm, ESPN2) San Diego State at Nevada (10:30 pm, ESPNU)

In 2 weeks we've gone from 'what if 5 teams win out' to wondering if this is the year a 2 loss team gets in.