Andy

No way Auburn is ahead of Wisconsin. I’m really surprised there’s isn’t more talk about them being playoff contenders. With just Minnesota and Michigan left on heir schedule, they have a strong chance of going into the title game undefeated. Their schedule is the most pitiful thing ever put forth by a P5 team. Their only win over a currently ranked team is Northwestern, which is only ranked because they're in the same godawful division as Wisconsin. They'll get in if they win the B1G, but I think Ohio State is going to incinerate them in the league title game (as long as they show up). We're headed for Alabama and Ohio State and very possibly Clemson in the playoff yet again.

Right, this is what happens every time ND ever has a chance to be relevant. Now I remember

I'm not the first person to say so, but all the talk about Alabama and Georgia going 12-0 makes me think at least one is going down tomorrow.

Best Saturday of the season and I'm going to have to work through the bulk of it. Sigh.

I don't know how in the heck Rizzo got the Platinum Glove last year as a 1B, but I really don't know how you go from that to not even getting a Gold Glove this year. He was just as good.

This is terrible. He was so good that I still remember Sergio Mitre beating him in a random game in like 2005 or something because it was one of the most stunning regular-season results ever to me. RIP

I guess Samardzija probably wouldn't be any worse than Lackey.

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

Well their only chance now is Wisconsin running the table, and even an uneven Ohio State team should be able to handle them if they show up IMO. (That's, of course, assuming Michigan State doesn't beat OSU, which is far from a given at the moment.) I’m not entirely sure an undefeated Wisconsin gets in now. Their best win would be vs a 2 or 3 loss PSU/OSU Would they deserve to? Probably not. But I don't think the powers that be would want to deal with the giant conniption the entire conference would throw. My guess is if Wisconsin ran the table there would be enough carnage elsewhere to justify it. Maybe if the 12-0 Georgia/12-0 Bama scenario played out, plus two of ND/Clemson/Oklahoma winning out, a 13-0 Wisconsin would still get shafted. But that's about the only way I can see it.

i saw someone else make this joke on twitter and i just didn't see how it lands...the bulls have traded a good player for a disappointing return in recent memory...once? (which ironically he was part of the return for) typically they've traded disappointing players, sometimes for surprisingly good returns. They weren't good players, but I'm guessing dumping Taj and McDermott for exactly horsefeathering nothing for no real reason is probably part of the joke.

Well their only chance now is Wisconsin running the table, and even an uneven Ohio State team should be able to handle them if they show up IMO. (That's, of course, assuming Michigan State doesn't beat OSU, which is far from a given at the moment.)

McGloin playoff starts in 2016: 1 Kap: 0 Obvious move They actually had the same number of playoff starts in 2016. McGloin sucked so much against Denver (6-11 for 21 yards) before getting hurt that the Raiders gave Connor Cook the first start of his career in the playoffs. Damn it, I knew not looking that one up would come back to haunt me.

I have Hopkins and Fuller (of course, I'm also 3-5, so who cares). But really it just sucks because Watson is fun as hell to watch.

But McGloin has moxie. Checkmate McGloin playoff starts in 2016: 1 Kap: 0 Obvious move

Is he all that vilified? I feel like considering the circumstances he takes much less crap than one would expect a high-priced free agent bust to take.

absolutely the events are just crazy and fun enough to justify watching something I don't actually care about. the summer olympics is none of that The events are also frankly more dangerous which makes watching pretty fun. Ski cross, for example, is horsefeathering bonkers. Snowboard cross (obviously the same thing minus the apparatus) seemed like a ludicrous idea when they started it but is consistently my favorite event now.

This franchise is nothing if not befuddling in everything they do.

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

If I had a playoff 4, Georgia would be 1 followed by Alabama, and you can pretty much arrange Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State and ND 3-6 in any order you want and I'll buy it. (Sorry, Miami and Wisconsin.) I think I'd go in that order for now; but even though it doesn't matter, I'm enjoying that half of ESPN has ND 3.

It would be funny, but Penn State is toast barring mass carnage. They won't have the quality wins needed. So far their best win is...Michigan? I guess? And MSU is the only sort-of quality team left on their schedule.

I still can't believe I'm actually typing things like this non ironically, but you're killing ND's playoff resume here.

It definitely was not necessary, but I can buy the idea that some new voices might be a net positive.

You don't think it's fun to root for an overgrown horsefeathering teenager who may or may not ever play another playoff game in his career? I'm having a blast.

What is it with Hoiberg and Cleveland?

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