Andy

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.

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.