Andy

[expletive] you Brian Kelly. Kick a [expletive] PAT and the game is over. Never mind the embarrassment of giving up 40 points to a team that scored nine the previous week against Michigan. [expletive] you. You [expletive] worthless sack of [expletive].

Like 20% of me hopes they lose. This team is a [expletive] embarrassment. One good game since Sept. 6, and that came in a loss.

Northwestern hadn't scored 30 points all year and they're probably getting to 40 today. Notre Dame shouldn't even be ranked next week.

To bait Fitzgerald into kicking that FG with a guy who'd never kicked a FG longer than 30 before today, clearly.

They certainly gave the committee the excuse they need to leave Mississippi State in the top 4. MS State isn't that great. The committee needs to recognize this. I agree, but I think your team might need to take that one out of their hands. After the committee's treatment of Alabama prior to this game (Bama will jump to #3 now, I imagine, deservedly), I don't trust them to evaluate an SEC team on merit.

They certainly gave the committee the excuse they need to leave Mississippi State in the top 4.

Melvin Gordon has 365 yards rushing and there are almost 20 minutes left in the Wisconsin/Nebraska game.

Notre Dame sucks.

I couldn't disagree with you more. Speaking as a fan of the 2012 Notre Dame team, close wins have never been used to hold up a team as being 'battle tested'. FSU's performance this season has been undeniably less than spectacular. I wouldn't have dropped them behind a one-loss team myself (and if I did, it would've been TCU, not Oregon, jumping them), but I can understand the rationale of the move. In the end, FSU still has to beat two great teams to win the championship, so it doesn't change much. Really? That's how Auburn was described in every (a bit of hyperbole, but many) report leading up to the BCSCG. That's because they won the SEC. It had nothing to do with their wins being 'close'. If your problem is that the media and myopic Southerners automatically assume any SEC team is better than any other team, and use any mental gymnastics they can to justify it regardless of evidence, that's a different issue.

This shouldn't go unnoticed. Cracked me up.

Cubs Twitter account just said we will host St. Louis for opening night baseball on Sunday 4/5, 8 pm on ESPN2.

Did CSN even have an HD feed in 2008? The game was aired on WGN and they did have an HD feed, just not in this game. Only WGN locally, though (I believe because it was a Sunday night game and ESPN has exclusive rights to national Sunday night games). I remember being desperate to find a pirated stream online around the 7th inning because I couldn't get the game on TV.

It was supposed to be. But Oklahoma State is probably going to go 6-6 (already lost 4, still have Baylor and OU left) and Florida is at best inconsistent and is looking at 7-4 as a likely best-case scenario. While FSU's intentions were no doubt noble in scheduling good programs, the fact is that schedule isn't the bear it probably should have been and must be judged accordingly.

I agree that it's a resume-based world, and it should be. That's why FSU got passed. They have 2 wins over good teams this year, both at home, and by popular opinion and by numbers they were outplayed in both and were lucky to escape. The rest of their opponents range from mediocre to terrible, and they've struggled with a couple of them too. It's not entirely their fault (Oklahoma St and Florida should be better than they are), but the committee has said intent won't matter when it comes to judging a schedule. This is a good thing. Acknowledging tougher schedules and acknowledging how a team looked in a game will force better scheduling and will make CFB better. Let's talk about the narrative. Last year, close wins were prized, no matter who you played - it showed you were "battle tested." This year, close wins mean that you're not good - especially when you're being judged against your previous years performance, when you set all sorts of NCAA records. It's a bit ridiculous, and I'm unsure of where the hate is coming from. Maybe it's due to the Jameis situation, maybe it's something else. Whatever. Just keep winning, and everyone can deal with it. I couldn't disagree with you more. Speaking as a fan of the 2012 Notre Dame team, close wins have never been used to hold up a team as being 'battle tested'. FSU's performance this season has been undeniably less than spectacular. I wouldn't have dropped them behind a one-loss team myself (and if I did, it would've been TCU, not Oregon, jumping them), but I can understand the rationale of the move. In the end, FSU still has to beat two great teams to win the championship, so it doesn't change much.

I agree that it's a resume-based world, and it should be. That's why FSU got passed. They have 2 wins over good teams this year, both at home, and by popular opinion and by numbers they were outplayed in both and were lucky to escape. The rest of their opponents range from mediocre to terrible, and they've struggled with a couple of them too. It's not entirely their fault (Oklahoma St and Florida should be better than they are), but the committee has said intent won't matter when it comes to judging a schedule. This is a good thing. Acknowledging tougher schedules and acknowledging how a team looked in a game will force better scheduling and will make CFB better.

Ohio State lost to a bad Va Tech team And Baylor lost to unranked WVU.

I hope Carolina doesn't give him the option. He can't throw worth a [expletive], so if he can't run, he's useless. I was on record saying I wanted to pick AJ Green in 2011, suck another year with Clausen, then get Andrew Luck. That team would look pretty damn good right now. Problem is the Colts were pathetic that year (without Peyton) and you would have really had to try hard to be worse than the 2-14 they were in 2011. You'd have RG3 now, MAYBE. Carolina actually played Indy that year in a game they definitely would've lost if Cam hadn't been playing QB - they almost did anyway. That would've taken care of that. I'm all over this alternate-universe scenario.

The fact that Newton was even in the game was coaching malpractice, so you're well within your rights to call bull [expletive] on that one.

I hope Carolina doesn't give him the option. He can't throw worth a [expletive], so if he can't run, he's useless. I was on record saying I wanted to pick AJ Green in 2011, suck another year with Clausen, then get Andrew Luck. That team would look pretty damn good right now.

Carolina's 1-15 2001 team would house this group. If only the season had started in week 3, we might get the #1 pick.

Supposedly Hillman got dinged during the game. This week has been frustrating. I had him, I dropped the GB defense for KC after Watkins got hurt, Demaryius somehow didn't catch one of Peyton's 5 touchdowns, and my opponent pulled Jared Cook off the scrap heap. I should still win if Maclin and Olsen do what they should, but it's no guarantee.

Updated with committee rankings Top 25 games ------------------------ (1) Mississippi State at (5) Alabama (3:30 pm, CBS) (3) Florida State at Miami (8 pm, ABC) (4) TCU at Kansas (3 pm, FS1) (6) Arizona State at Oregon State (10:45 pm, ESPN) (8) Ohio State at (25) Minnesota (12 pm, ABC) (9) Auburn at (15) Georgia (7:15 pm, ESPN) (12) Michigan State at Maryland (8 pm, BTN) Washington at (14) Arizona (3:30 pm, FOX) (16) Nebraska at (20) Wisconsin (3:30 pm, ABC) (17) LSU at Arkansas (8 pm, ESPN) Northwestern at (18) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) (19) Clemson at (22) Georgia Tech (12 pm, ESPN) Virginia Tech at (21) Duke (12 pm, ESPNU) (23) Utah at Stanford (6 pm, Pac-12 Network) Missouri at (24) Texas A&M (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- Toledo at Northern Illinois (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Akron at Buffalo (8 pm Tuesday, ESPNU) Kent State at Bowling Green (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Ball State at UMass (8 pm Wednesday, ESPNU) East Carolina at Cincinnati (7 pm Thursday, ESPN2) Southern Miss at UTSA (8 pm Thursday, CBSSN) California at USC (9 pm Thursday, ESPN) Tulsa at UCF (8 pm Friday, ESPN2) Temple at Penn State (12 pm, ESPN2) Iowa at Illinois (12 pm, BTN) South Carolina at Florida (12 pm, SEC Network) Army at Western Kentucky (12 pm, CBSSN) Pittsburgh at North Carolina (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Miami (OH) at Central Michigan (1 pm, ESPN3) Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan (2 pm, ESPN3) Wake Forest at NC State (3 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) Appalachian State at Arkansas State (3 pm, ESPN3) Oklahoma at Texas Tech (3:30 pm, ESPN) Memphis at Tulane (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Indiana at Rutgers (3:30 pm, BTN) Rice at Marshall (3:30 pm, FSN) Georgia Southern at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Kentucky at Tennessee (4 pm, SEC Network) Troy at Idaho (5 pm, ESPN3) UNLV at BYU (7 pm, ESPNU) New Mexico at Utah State (7 pm, ESPNEWS) UL Lafayette at UL Monroe (7 pm, ESPN3) Texas at Oklahoma State (7:30 pm, FOX) Texas State at South Alabama (7:30 pm, ESPN3) South Florida at SMU (8 pm, CBSSN) North Texas at UTEP (10 pm, FS1) San Diego State at Boise State (10:15 pm, ESPNU)

IMO Bama would easily beat Florida State. This isn't 2013 FSU.

I think Baylor has the easiest route into the playoff as they will only need to beat hove vs Ok State and KSU and at Texas tech. Pretty much everybody else on the list needs to beat at least 2 too teams. And Baglor has the big 12 tiebreaker with the win over at TCH. Baylor isn't in right now. The top 4 is FSU, Miss St, Alabama and TCU or Oregon (personally I prefer TCU, but to each their own). Arizona St is ahead of them too. The Bears still need some help, I think.

Alabama sure seems to pull escape jobs like this every year. And they're probably the favorite to win the national title again as of now.