Andy

Did not anticipate back to back wins on the road against New England and Detroit. If they can get Philly on Thursday too I might have to admit this team is good.

Has to be both to move it back 90 minutes

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

The ESPN guys talked an awful lot about ND and their playoff chances today and I refuse to get my hopes up until they beat a good team.

Knowing Joe, probably Wade Davis. You're thinking of Dusty Baker. Dusty would have Jon Lester mopping up his own blowout playoff victory.

Maybe I just hear less of some of these people than you guys do, but I don't hate any national color commentator, not since Tim McCarver stopped.

Well, that was a fun 2015 when most people liked Cam and that's completely over now

Yeah I think I'm on board with this idea too.

horsefeathers that's a good point. Fred would know what to do. Damn it I miss that man

It should be 5. This is the best playoff system in pro sports and it isn't close.

The forum is whizzing along nicely. I like this.

After missing my chance to win this thing this year I look forward to screwing up whatever new feature Southpaw will add and returning to my usual spot near the basement in 2018.

So Plan, Sammy, myself and Brian to start. In the wild event it gets that far, Jersey, Ding Dong and the robot can have a battle royale to determine the next spot. (I really enjoyed typing that last sentence.)

I believe they are. I remember listening to a game last year. You can also use International VPN or a service like delocator to watch the game. They definitely are, I used it to listen to the bulk of Games 1 and 3 of the World Series (damn you, work).

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

I was saying that because in the past we rotated by who had the best regular-season record. Unfortunately that info seems lost to history at the moment. I'd definitely give Game 1 to Sammy regardless of all else.

Alabama is both an outstanding football team and may very possibly not face a team that will finish ranked before Thanksgiving. (Texas A&M might, and they're probably the only one that might mess that up.)

Remains to be seen if they can take advantage but this was a really nice and needed win for Carolina today. If nothing else Cam can brag about being 2-0 against Tom Brady for the rest of his life.

So are we setting a playoff rotation?

I don't care what order, but Hendricks and Quintana need to start the first two playoff games.

1) Where is Tree? 2) Tell that story, I've definitely never heard it. In 2004 there was a poster named Controversy. When we had the old picture thread, she posted a picture. Tree was impressed and started talking to her. We actually had an outing with me, tree, controversy and an old poster (his name is mark, drawing a blank on NSBB name) at a Cubs/Expos game (Scott Downs pitched a complete game shutout for Montreal). I believe this was their first meeting and they ended up dating for a bit, so I'm assuming they had sexy time. Wasn't Mark just MarkR? Or is this a different person?

Yeah, this is irrationally annoying me. Not even a mention of Ian Happ doing this for months.

MLB makes the schedule. I'm guessing we end up around that 5:30 slot because the game in LA is likely to be the late game.

This inning is the best inning of this game