Andy

He should be the #1 story in sports pretty much multiple times a week. Baseball fans in the 70s or whatever couldn't have possibly imagined someone being able to be elite at this many things

Brian Kelly did more or less how I thought he would at LSU, though I underestimated how much LSU fans would hate him for it. The idea that a guy whose teams were rarely at their best in the biggest moments at Notre Dame was suddenly going to be able to coach his teams to 2-3 huge regular season wins (which is usually necessary to be near the top of the SEC) and then multiple postseason wins over elite teams was pretty silly.

Three ranked vs ranked this week. Two ranked vs ranked next week.

Top 25 games Penn State at (1) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) (2) Indiana at Maryland (3:30 pm, CBS) (5) Georgia vs Florida - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, ABC) South Carolina at (7) Ole Miss (7 pm, ESPN) (8) Georgia Tech at NC State (7:30 pm, ESPN2) (9) Vanderbilt at (20) Texas (12 pm, ABC) (10) Miami at SMU (12 pm, ESPN) (12) Notre Dame at Boston College (3:30 pm, ESPN) (13) Texas Tech at Kansas State (3:30 pm, FOX) (18) Oklahoma at (14) Tennessee (7:30 pm, ABC) (15) Virginia at California (3:45 pm, ESPN2) (16) Louisville at Virginia Tech (3 pm, CW) (17) Cincinnati at (24) Utah (10:15 pm, ESPN) Purdue at (21) Michigan (7 pm, BTN) West Virginia at (22) Houston (12 pm, FS1) (23) USC at Nebraska (7:30 pm, NBC) (25) Memphis at Rice (7 pm Friday, ESPN2) Other nationally available games Tuesday James Madison at Texas State (8 pm, ESPN2) UTEP at Kennesaw State (8 pm, ESPNU) Wednesday Jacksonville State at Middle Tennessee (7:30 pm, ESPN2) FIU at Missouri State (8 pm, CBSSN) Thursday Tulane at UTSA (7:30 pm, ESPN) Marshall at Coastal Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Friday North Carolina at Syracuse (7:30 pm, ESPN) Sam Houston at Louisiana Tech (8 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV Army at Air Force (12 pm, CBS) Rutgers at Illinois (12 pm, NBC) Navy at North Texas (12 pm, ESPN2) UCF at Baylor (12 pm, ESPNU) Duke at Clemson (12 pm, ACC Network) UAB at UConn (12 pm, CBSSN) Arizona State at Iowa State (1 pm, TNT) Fresno State at Boise State (3:30 pm, FS1) Michigan State at Minnesota (3:30 pm, BTN) Pittsburgh at Stanford (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Delaware at Liberty (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Central Michigan at Western Michigan (4 pm, ESPNU) Mississippi State at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network) Arizona at Colorado (7 pm, FS1) Wyoming at San Diego State (7 pm, CBSSN) Washington State at Oregon State (7:30 pm, CBS) Kentucky at Auburn (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Wake Forest at Florida State (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Arkansas State at Troy (8 pm, ESPNU) Hawaii at San Jose State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) Buffalo at Bowling Green (12 pm) East Carolina at Temple (2 pm) New Mexico State at Western Kentucky (3:30 pm) Old Dominion at UL Monroe (3:30 pm) UL Lafayette at South Alabama (3:30 pm) Oklahoma State at Kansas (4 pm)

This board (and most of the country) will hate it but we are tracking towards a whole bunch of 10-2/9-3 SEC teams who will think they should be in the playoff It's a bad year to be, from a purely hypothetical perspective, a 10-2 team from outside the main conferences that every metric says is really good but won't have the resume to back it up

I love that UCLA kicked a sad FG to get it to 28-3 late in the first half and Cignetti was like "oh screw you" and sent IU right down to score a TD in about a second and a half.

Top 25 games UCLA at (2) Indiana (12 pm, FOX) (3) Texas A&M at (20) LSU (7:30 pm, ABC) (4) Alabama at South Carolina (3:30 pm, ABC) Wisconsin at (6) Oregon (7 pm, FS1) Syracuse at (7) Georgia Tech (12 pm, ESPN) (8) Ole Miss at (13) Oklahoma (12 pm, ABC) Stanford at (9) Miami (7 pm, ESPN) (15) Missouri at (10) Vanderbilt (3:30 pm, ESPN) (11) BYU at Iowa State (3:30 pm, FOX) Oklahoma State at (14) Texas Tech (4 pm, ESPNU) (16) Virginia at North Carolina (12 pm, ACC Network) (17) Tennessee at Kentucky (7:45 pm, SEC Network) (18) South Florida at Memphis (12 pm, ESPN2) Boston College at (19) Louisville (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Baylor at (21) Cincinnati (4 pm, ESPN2) (22) Texas at Mississippi State (4:15 pm, SEC Network) (23) Illinois at Washington (3:30 pm, BTN) Houston at (24) Arizona State (8 pm, ESPN2) (25) Michigan at Michigan State (7:30 pm, NBC) Other nationally available games Tuesday Kennesaw State at FIU (7 pm, ESPN2) Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech (7:30 pm, CBSSN) Wednesday Middle Tennessee at Delaware (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Missouri State at New Mexico State (9 pm, CBSSN) Thursday South Alabama at Georgia State (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Friday North Texas at Charlotte (7 pm, ESPN2) California at Virginia Tech (7:30 pm, ESPN) Boise State at Nevada (9 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV SMU at Wake Forest (12 pm, CW) Kansas State at Kansas (12 pm, TNT) Northwestern at Nebraska (12 pm, FS1) Rutgers at Purdue (12 pm, BTN) Appalachian State at Old Dominion (12 pm, ESPNU) Ohio at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, CBSSN) Auburn at Arkansas (12:45 pm, SEC Network) Minnesota at Iowa (3:30 pm, CBS) Toledo at Washington State (3:30 pm, CW) San Diego State at Fresno State (3:30 pm, FS1) NC State at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Florida Atlantic at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Colorado State at Wyoming (7:30 pm, CBSSN) Colorado at Utah (10:15 pm, ESPN) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) Bowling Green at Kent State (12 pm) Akron at Buffalo (1 pm) UConn at Rice (3 pm) Ball State at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm) UL Monroe at Southern Miss (3:30 pm) Temple at Tulsa (3:30 pm) UMass at Central Michigan (3:30 pm) Western Michigan at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm) TCU at West Virginia (6 pm) Georgia Southern at Arkansas State (7 pm) UL Lafayette at Troy (7 pm)

I wonder what would've happened if somebody tried. It really seemed like he was going to the Dodgers all along and worked backwards from that, but maybe if someone had had the cojones to pay him what he's obviously worth he may have considered other teams?

Yeah, it's fun to laugh at the Brewers, but for one thing I hate that this is giving ammunition to the much-too-large subset of fans that are on the owners' side in pushing for a salary cap, and for a second it is a bit annoying that LA just gets to buy whoever they want in part because their TV contract came up at the exact right time in the cable bubble cycle.

Without going into the weeds too much (trust me, you don't want me to), it makes me very sad that ND/USC as we know it isn't going to exist anymore after this game.

The only thing I can think of is Ballpark Village-type stuff, but I don't know what Philly's situation is there. A cursory Google says they were planning to construct one as of last year.

Just to clarify, the owners are fine with a floor as long as the cap is ludicrously low. They proposed a cap/floor in the last CBA negotiations, but the cap was $180M (lower than 13 teams currently spend) and the floor was $100M (only 5 went below that this year). It was a completely unserious offer and no amount of negotiating would've gotten it to a reasonable place.

The easiest way to explain the play was when the ball touched the top of the wall it became the same as if it touched the ground. It's in play and everyone has to move up or get forced out.

Holy cow, I cannot believe Turang swung at that last pitch

You want to know something funny? In a Slack I'm part of, someone described that play and how crazy it was without ever specifically saying which team was on which end. And I horsefeathers knew beyond all doubt the Brewers had benefited before I went to look up the video.

To be frank, Tucker is probably too old to do that. He'll be 29 the next time he plays in an organized baseball game and any year he plays before gunning for a mega contract is just going to lower the value of that contract at this point. To say nothing of the owners militantly pursuing a salary cap after next season and probably torpedoing games to get it.

Top 25 games (1) Ohio State at Wisconsin (3:30 pm, CBS) Louisville at (2) Miami (7 pm Friday, ESPN) Michigan State at (3) Indiana (3:30 pm, Peacock) (4) Texas A&M at Arkansas (3:30 pm, ESPN) (5) Ole Miss at (9) Georgia (3:30 pm, ABC) (11) Tennessee at (6) Alabama (7:30 pm, ABC) (7) Texas Tech at Arizona State (4 pm, FOX) (8) Oregon at Rutgers (6:30 pm, BTN) (10) LSU at (17) Vanderbilt (12 pm, ABC) (12) Georgia Tech at Duke (12 pm, ESPN) (20) USC at (13) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) (14) Oklahoma at South Carolina (12:45 pm, SEC Network) (23) Utah at (15) BYU (8 pm, FOX) (16) Missouri at Auburn (7:45 pm, SEC Network) Florida Atlantic at (19) South Florida (7:30 pm, ESPNU) (21) Texas at Kentucky (7 pm, ESPN) (22) Memphis at UAB (4 pm, ESPN2) (24) Cincinnati at Oklahoma State (8 pm, ESPN2) (25) Nebraska at Minnesota (8 pm Friday, FOX) Other nationally available games Tuesday New Mexico State at Liberty (7 pm, CBSSN) Arkansas State at South Alabama (7:30 pm, ESPN2) FIU at Western Kentucky (8 pm, ESPNU) Wednesday Delaware at Jacksonville State (7 pm, ESPN) UTEP at Sam Houston (7 pm, CBSSN) Thursday Tulsa at East Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday San Jose State at Utah State (9 pm, CBSSN) North Carolina at California (10:30 pm, ESPN) Saturday TV Washington at Michigan (12 pm, FOX) Baylor at TCU (12 pm, ESPN2) Arizona at Houston (12 pm, FS1) Army at Tulane (12 pm, ESPNU) UConn at Boston College (12 pm, ACC Network) Central Michigan at Bowling Green (12 pm, CBSSN) West Virginia at UCF (1 pm, TNT) Purdue at Northwestern (3 pm, BTN) UNLV at Boise State (3:30 pm, FS1) Old Dominion at James Madison (3:30 pm, ESPNU) SMU at Clemson (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Wyoming at Air Force (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Mississippi State at Florida (4:15 pm, SEC Network) Washington State at Virginia (6:30 pm, CW) Maryland at UCLA (7 pm, FS1) Pittsburgh at Syracuse (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Nevada at New Mexico (9:45 pm, FS1) Lafayette at Oregon State (10 pm, CW) Florida State at Stanford (10:30 pm, ESPN) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+ unless noted) Eastern Michigan at Miami (OH) (12 pm) Kent State at Toledo (2 pm) Buffalo at UMass (2:30 pm) Troy at UL Monroe (3 pm) Akron at Ball State (3:30 pm) Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State (3:30 pm) Northern Illinois at Ohio (3:30 pm) Temple at Charlotte (3:30 pm) Texas State at Marshall (3:30 pm) UTSA at North Texas (3:30 pm) Southern Miss at UL Lafayette (5 pm) Georgia State at Georgia Southern (7 pm) Penn State at Iowa (7 pm, Peacock)

James Franklin has been fired.

I haven't had a chance to actually watch IU yet, but wow, the results indicate these guys are legit and a step above last year. Props to all involved. No more real tests on the schedule, so they're in position to cruise to Indy at 12-0 and get a bye. Mind blowing.

As I said somewhere else, if Milwaukee had merely played like one of the best teams of all time for that massive chunk of the season where their record was that of a 125 win team or whatever the hell it was, rather than the unstoppable Voltron engine of death they masqueraded as, the Cubs would've won the division. Now, as it turned out the Cubs would've played in the wild card series anyway and would've been stuck with LA in round 2, so whatever, I guess, but still.

It's the old "coverage starts" gambit. The game starts at 8:08

7:30 ET

Definitely use somebody else, no reason to burn through Keller for a 2nd inning when he'll likely be needed Saturday

Not in love with using Keller here

Happ is hitting the ever loving horsefeathers out of the ball tonight Everyone is getting hot now