Andy

I disagree with Alabama over OSU, pretty strongly, but I can see not being able to look past the Iowa loss. I'll give the committee this, they've shown to not be beholden to conference agendas. 3 straight years with a team that only played 12 being in is, selfishly, a good thing for ND if they ever get good again.

The fact that Fresno inexplicably got respect from the committee at 9-3 while UCF was simultaneously being ignored screamed Alabama conspiracy to me. I'm a CFB tinfoil hatter though.

Ohio State over Alabama if it comes to that right? Committee has shown over and over that good wins trump everything else, and that's the Buckeyes' biggest advantage in a head to head comparison.

Nebraska is - reports are Frost is all but hired

UNC should have ended any cooperation with the NCAA. Just make up some garbage ex post facto reasoning for what happened (even if it conflicts with things you've already said) and you're golden. Isn't that what they did? Sorry, I meant the UNC case and how it played out should have ended anyone cooperating with the NCAA. Yes, that's exactly what they did and they got away with it.

The ridiculous thing is, if reports were true about him targeting Brohm, Sumlin and/or Leach...those are all pretty good candidates for UT, and his bosses basically kept him from hiring any of them. What a mess.

UNC should have ended any cooperation with the NCAA. Just make up some garbage ex post facto reasoning for what happened (even if it conflicts with things you've already said) and you're golden.

We are less than a month removed from Doeren hijacking his own postgame press conference to make a baseless implication that Clemson was cheating with a laptop on the sideline, but sure, Tennessee, go for it.

If not for the fact that it would backdoor Alabama or Ohio State into the playoff again, I'd find the idea of TCU beating OU and knocking the Big 12 out hilarious.

I would be curious to know how many NFC teams, if they switched conferences with the Patriots, would be favored to reach the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh is the only other good team in the AFC it seems.

To be clear, I’m not defending Schiano in any way. You're correct on this. People in the CFB media who know a lot more about the scandal than any of us do, and with no real reason to go out of their way to do it, were very clear yesterday that there's no evidence Schiano had the slightest bit of knowledge about anything. General educated opinion is that UT fans were using a crazy-tenuous link with Penn State to justify being angry they didn't get a bigger name. Also, people on the UT Twitter mob's side on this are squarely on the side of Clay Travis, so that should be considered.

Pleasure is all mine. I'd be doing this anyway so just glad to have a place to pretend that time spent is productive. Wild day of coaching moves (and non moves, what the heck is going on in Knoxville). Lots of smoke surrounding a Jimbo to A&M move but no reports yet.

Pac-12 Championship Game in Santa Clara, CA (8 pm Friday, ESPN) (10) USC vs (12) Stanford American Championship Game (12 pm, ABC) (20) Memphis at (14) UCF MAC Championship Game in Detroit (12 pm, ESPN) Akron vs Toledo Conference USA Championship Game (12 pm, ESPN2) North Texas at Florida Atlantic Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, TX (12:30 pm, FOX) (11) TCU vs (3) Oklahoma SEC Championship Game in Atlanta (4 pm, CBS) (6) Georgia vs (2) Auburn Mountain West Championship Game (7:45 pm, ESPN) (25) Fresno State at Boise State ACC Championship Game in Charlotte (8 pm, ABC) (7) Miami vs (1) Clemson Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis (8 pm, FOX) (4) Wisconsin vs (8) Ohio State Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- UL Monroe at Florida State (12 pm, ESPN3) Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina (1 pm, ESPN3) Idaho at Georgia State (2 pm, ESPN3) UL Lafayette at Appalachian State (2:30 pm, ESPN3) South Alabama at New Mexico State (4:30 pm, ESPN3) Troy at Arkansas State (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Dec. 9 Navy vs Army – in Philadelphia (3 pm, CBS)

After ND loses the bowl game it will be 6 of 8 seasons under Brian Kelly with 4+ losses

They've played 1 good game this year. Clemson is going to smash them to pieces

Look forward to the committee bumping Mississippi State up another couple of spots for that close loss.

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

It's just classic NFL to horsefeathers that up. If Kaepernick signs with some team, he likely never sees the field except for an injury and the story is dead by the end of September. But because these idiots want to tamp down everything their way, it's a side story every week.

This ND crapfest is the least surprising thing ever.

That would be a great move for Ole Miss. Oregon looked like they were about to be right back near the top of the Pac-12 before they had a QB injury apocalypse.

The first team in that ranking (and only one besides Penn St) that's not likely in a win-and-in scenario is ND, which should (but won't) end any idea that they're advantaged in any way by not having a conference title game. OSU for sure jumps them if both teams win out. Of course, if they play anything like they did Saturday in either of their last 2 games, they're more likely to lose out.

I still can't believe that performance. I don't claim to have watched a lot of Miami football this year but looking at their previous results it looks like they barely got by a few mediocre to bad teams. Miracle catch to beat GT, TD pass with 6 seconds left to beat FSU, had to make a defensive stand to hold off a 2-8 UNC team. I caught a little of their games and they bore no resemblance to what happened Saturday. I thought all the GameDay guys talking about how Hurricane Irma affected them and maybe they're peaking now was a bunch of bluster, but maybe there's something to it. I suppose I shouldn't be bitter because they might represent the best chance for us not to have a Bama/Clemson/Ohio State/OU playoff for what would seem like the billionth time.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Virginia or Pitt beats Miami. They played their A+++++ game against ND and often what follows is a slip-up.

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

They will get in if they beat Ohio State. And they'd deserve to given the carnage going on right now. But as I said I expect the Buckeyes to dump truck them and make it to the playoff themselves.