Andy

I know Theo and Co. won't hire a total meatball to manage the team, so I don't really care who gets hired - I do hope this is a sign that we're going to actually make a real effort to win next year.

At least 2 of them will lose again, probably all 3. Georgia and LSU still have to play Alabama to win out and A&M is definitely not beating LSU until they grow a defense. i should have said that im working on the assumption OU doesn't go undefeated this year. Im thinking we'll have the classic slip up against Texas Tech or the classic loss to a [expletive] OSU team. No way a one-loss team from this conference is doing another other than losing in a BCS game to someone. Oh, well yeah, if you lose you're cooked. A slip-up is probably what it will take, though - the Big 12 doesn't look very good at all and you're probably the best team in it.

At least 2 of them will lose again, probably all 3. Georgia and LSU still have to play Alabama to win out and A&M is definitely not beating LSU until they grow a defense.

That was pretty sweet. Also: The Giants and Steelers are absolutely terrible.

Would this mean just one bye per conference? I generally don't like expanding playoffs under any circumstances. 9-7 teams already routinely get into the postseason in the NFL. That's plenty IMO.

Top 25 games ------------------------ Georgia State at (1) Alabama (12:20 pm, SECTV/ESPN3) (2) Oregon at Colorado (6 pm, Pac-12 Network) (3) Clemson at Syracuse (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) (4) Ohio State at (16) Northwestern (8 pm, ABC) (15) Washington at (5) Stanford (10:30 pm, ESPN) (6) Georgia at Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS) (7) Louisville at Temple (12 pm, ESPN3) (25) Maryland at (8) Florida State (12 pm, ESPN) (10) LSU at Mississippi State (7 pm, ESPN) TCU at (11) Oklahoma (7 pm, FOX) (12) UCLA at Utah (10 pm Thursday, Fox Sports 1) Kentucky at (13) South Carolina (7:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) Georgia Tech at (14) Miami (3:30 pm, ESPNU) West Virginia at (17) Baylor (8 pm, Fox Sports 1) Minnesota at (19) Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) (20) Texas Tech at Kansas (12 pm, Fox Sports 1) Arkansas at (20) Florida (7 pm, ESPN2) Kansas State at (21) Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (22) Arizona State vs Notre Dame – in Arlington, TX (7:30 pm, NBC) (23) Fresno State at Idaho (5 pm) (24) Ole Miss at Auburn (7 pm, ESPNU) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- Texas at Iowa State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Western Kentucky at UL Monroe (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) BYU at Utah State (8 pm Friday, CBS Sports) Nevada at San Diego State (9 pm Friday, ESPN) Air Force at Navy (11:30 am, CBS) Michigan State at Iowa (12 pm, ESPN2) Illinois at Nebraska (12 pm, ESPNU) Penn State at Indiana (12 pm, BTN) Rutgers at SMU (12 pm, ESPNEWS) Ball State at Virginia (12 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Eastern Michigan at Buffalo (12 pm, ESPN3) North Carolina at Virginia Tech (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Army at Boston College (1 pm, ESPN3) Central Michigan at Miami (OH) (1 pm, ESPN3) South Alabama at Troy (1 pm, ESPN3) Ohio at Akron (2 pm, ESPN3) UMass at Bowling Green (3 pm, ESPN3) Western Michigan at Toledo (3 pm, ESPN3) East Carolina at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, FSN) Rice at Tulsa (3:30 pm, CBS Sports) NC State at Wake Forest (3:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) Northern Illinois at Kent State (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Washington State at California (4 pm, Fox Sports 1) Central Florida at Memphis (4:30 pm, ESPN3) Texas State at UL Lafayette (7 pm, ESPN3) Cincinnati at South Florida (7 pm, ESPN3) Louisiana Tech at UTEP (7:30 pm, CBS Sports) Missouri at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, CSN South/ESPN3)

There is, but Kelly wants to redshirt him. This team is [expletive] pathetic. 8 wins might be the ceiling. OU isn't even playing well and they're kicking ND's ass. A - he's a true freshman that just recovered from mono that took him out all of fall practice. The reason we don't have another option is Golson cheated and Kiel didn't have the patience to sit behind Golson. B - OU did not kick their ass. We spotted them 14 points and they won by 14. Either team could have won that game. I didn't mean they kicked their ass on the scoreboard. I mean they kicked their ass. That last drive where OU was just trying to run out the clock and got like 5 first downs, that was an ass-kicking. Just like the one ND handed to OU a year ago ('only' 17 points but also a physical beating).

There is, but Kelly wants to redshirt him. This team is [expletive] pathetic. 8 wins might be the ceiling. OU isn't even playing well and they're kicking ND's ass.

Just an absolute joke of a targeting call. I knew it was horse [expletive] in real speed, how can the refs not see it when they're 20 feet away? That rule needs to be revoked.

I was going to ask you which one you thought the puppet was, then it hit me - both

Southeastern Louisiana State University is a big name. Big non-conference games at neutral sites are better than no good non-conference games at all, I guess, but Georgia/Clemson kicked all kinds of ass and I don't understand why more games like that can't be played on campus. It's not like Bama has anything to fear from Michigan State anyway.

Alabama backs out of Michigan State series in 2016-17 because of 'uncertainty in the SEC schedule' according to the Detroit Free Press. Looks like a 9-game league slate is all but confirmed. Meanwhile, Bama is apparently in talks to play a "big name" school in a neutral site game in 2016 to replace MSU.

Hopefully UCF competes with South Carolina, because there's not much else of note going on in the early games.

Carolina used to split him out wide sometimes in the red zone, though I don't think he ever actually caught a pass.

Last year's OU game feels like a million years ago.

Carolina's running read-options, QB draws, and all sorts of other stuff they didn't run the first 2 weeks. And they have 31 points. Maybe stick with that.

Nobody pays you to think, eh? Actually, he's right. Len has said that before on game broadcasts.

Top 25 games ------------------------ (21) Ole Miss at (1) Alabama (6:30 pm, ESPN) California at (2) Oregon (10:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Wake Forest at (3) Clemson (3:30 pm, ESPNU) (23) Wisconsin at (4) Ohio State (8 pm, ABC) (5) Stanford at Washington State (10 pm, ESPN) (6) LSU at (9) Georgia (3:30 pm, CBS) (8) Florida State at Boston College (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) (10) Texas A&M at Arkansas (7 pm, ESPN2) (11) Oklahoma State at West Virginia (12 pm, ESPN) (12) South Carolina at Central Florida (12 pm, ABC) (14) Oklahoma at (22) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) (15) Miami at South Florida (12 pm, ESPNU) Arizona at (16) Washington (7 pm, FOX) (20) Florida at Kentucky (7 pm, ESPNU) (25) Fresno State at Hawaii (12 am Sunday) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Iowa State at Tulsa (7:30 pm Thursday, Fox Sports 1) Utah State at San Jose State (9 pm Friday, ESPN) Middle Tennessee at BYU (9 pm Friday, ESPNU) Northern Illinois at Purdue (12 pm, ESPN2) SMU at TCU (12 pm, Fox Sports 1) Miami (OH) at Illinois (12 pm, BTN) South Alabama at Tennessee (12:20 pm, SECTV/ESPN3) East Carolina at North Carolina (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Virginia at Pittsburgh (12:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Navy at Western Kentucky (2 pm, ESPNEWS) Akron at Bowling Green (2:30 pm, ESPN3) Colorado at Oregon State (3 pm, Pac-12 Network) Troy at Duke (3 pm, ESPN3) Toledo at Ball State (3 pm, ESPN3) Iowa at Minnesota (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) UTEP at Colorado State (3:30 pm, CBS Sports) Central Michigan at NC State (3:30 pm, ESPN3) UConn at Buffalo (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Army vs Louisiana Tech – in Dallas (4 pm, Fox Sports 1) Houston at Texas-San Antonio (4 pm, FSN) Kent State at Western Michigan (7 pm, ESPN3) Tulane at UL Monroe (7 pm, ESPN3) Air Force at Nevada (7:30 pm, CBS Sports) Arkansas State at Missouri (7:30 pm, CSN South/ESPN3) UAB at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) San Diego State at New Mexico State (8 pm, ESPN3) Southern Miss at Boise State (10:15 pm, ESPNU) USC at Arizona State (10:30 pm, ESPN2)

Umm why was Vandy playing a game at an FCS school? It was played in Foxboro at Gillette, but I'm not quite sure. Both are big academic schools, maybe there's more to that relationship. UMass is an FBS school, they're in the MAC. Dunno why they played them on the road though (Gillette is UMass's home stadium)

That whole 'you can't review out-of-bounds outside the 5-yard line' thing is absolutely terrible. Would've been interested to see if NC State could keep it up had that TD run been reviewed and overturned. But they fumbled the ball to Clemson a few plays later and the Tigers scored on the ensuing drive, so that was the end of that.

Strike that, reverse it. Also, I'm not a die-hard NFL fan so I may have missed the boat, but I certainly never got the "Chip Kelly is gonna put up fifty a game on the NFL, take it to the bank" consensus that seems to be the source of the backlash here. Was this an actual thing or is it a "They won't stop doing Chip Kelly features on SportsCenter" thing? The latter, I think.

Dude is a monster.

Heisman count Ingram: 1 Richardson: 0 I just...wow.

He's clearly broken. We should send them Castro for him so they can have another talented SS they can neglect. Well done.

http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2010/09/08/090810-CFB-Alabama-Mark-Ingram-PI_20100908123959_660_320.JPG Putting up a photo of the RB Richardson outperformed during his Bama career (and who wasn't on the team when Richardson had his excellent 2011 season) tells us nothing