Andy

I doubt the Ricketts' permission was an issue for Fox News. If the Cubs for some reason had forbidden it and Shaw had gone Snake Plissken Escape from Cincinnati and battled his way past 4 or 5 armed staffers on the way out to go to the funeral, they'd have loved that too.

Just so it's on the record, Shaw is several years younger than Kirk and they do not share hometowns or any other connection to suggest they were actually personal friends. Not saying it's impossible, there's just no evidence of it.

The Athletic is reporting the funeral was Kirk's.

You got leapfrogged by a Miami team with 3 wins that are somewhere between 'good' to 'very good.' It frankly should've happened already.

Top 25 games (1) Ohio State at Washington (3:30 pm, CBS) (6) Oregon at (3) Penn State (7:30 pm, NBC) (4) LSU at (13) Ole Miss (3:30 pm, ABC) (17) Alabama at (5) Georgia (7:30 pm, ABC) (8) Florida State at Virginia (7 pm Friday, ESPN) Auburn at (9) Texas A&M (3:30 pm, ESPN) (11) Indiana at Iowa (3:30 pm, Peacock) Arizona at (14) Iowa State (7 pm, ESPN) (15) Tennessee at Mississippi State (4:15 pm, SEC Network) (16) Georgia Tech at Wake Forest (12 pm, ESPN) Utah State at (18) Vanderbilt (12:45 pm, SEC Network) UMass at (20) Missouri (7:30 pm, ESPNU) (21) USC at (23) Illinois (12 pm, FOX) (22) Notre Dame at Arkansas (12 pm, ABC) (24) TCU at Arizona State (9 pm Friday, FOX) (25) BYU at Colorado (10:15 pm, ESPN) Other nationally available games Thursday Army at East Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Houston at Oregon State (10:30 pm, ESPN) Saturday TV Louisville at Pittsburgh (12 pm, ESPN2) UCF at Kansas State (12 pm, FS1) Cincinnati at Kansas (12 pm, TNT) Rutgers at Minnesota (12 pm, BTN) South Alabama at North Texas (12 pm, ESPNU) Duke at Syracuse (12 pm, ACC Network) Bowling Green at Ohio (12 pm, CBSSN) Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan (1 pm) Utah at West Virginia (3:30 pm, FOX) Baylor at Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, ESPN2) UCLA at Northwestern (3:30 pm, BTN) California at Boston College (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Rice at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Hawaii at Air Force (4 pm, FS1) Tulane at Tulsa (4 pm, ESPNU) Virginia Tech at NC State (7 pm, CW) Memphis at Florida Atlantic (7 pm, ESPN2) Appalachian State at Boise State (7:30 pm, FS1) San Jose State at Stanford (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Washington State at Colorado State (7:30 pm, CBSSN) Kentucky at South Carolina (7:45 pm, SEC Network) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) Georgia Southern at James Madison (1:30 pm) Arkansas State at UL Monroe (3 pm) Lindenwood at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm) Akron at Toledo (3:30 pm) San Diego State at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm) UConn at Buffalo (3:30 pm) Middle Tennessee at Kennesaw State (5 pm) Liberty at Old Dominion (6 pm) Western Kentucky at Missouri State (6 pm) Rhode Island at Western Michigan (6:30 pm) Jacksonville State at Southern Miss (7 pm) Louisiana Tech at UTEP (8 pm) Marshall at UL Lafayette (8 pm)

Luke Fickell being at least quite solid at Wisconsin felt like a really easy bet a few years ago and it just has never gone well at all. Very hard to believe.

CBS' game presentation has long been the gold standard for me. They do a great job. It's a pity they usually don't get the caliber of games to live up to it these days.

So Clemson is straight up atrocious now huh?

I believe it was. That was an excellent weekend.

I agree, feels like avoiding lefty-stacked rotations as long as possible would be the best situation.

I've thought this basically since the beginning. I do think I heard somewhere that TMac is friends with him and that's what we're picking up on, but I can't find a specific source on that.

The last time an 0-2 team was ranked at all was 1988 Michigan (lost to ND and Miami at the buzzer to start the season), and they didn't lose again and ended up winning the Rose Bowl. I'm hoping this is a good omen. I couldn't possibly care any less whether or where ND is ranked because unless several of their future opponents end up much better than they're projected to be, I don't think they're making the playoff anyway. The power structure of the sport feels determined to rectify whatever strength of schedule "glitches" (I use this in quotes because I had no problem with the field) gave us SMU and Indiana last year.

The first tiebreaker is head to head but the teams were 3-3 against each other so it moves on to the next one

Top 25 games SE Louisiana at (3) LSU (7:45 pm, SEC Network) Florida at (4) Miami (7:30 pm, ABC) Oregon State at (6) Oregon (3 pm, BTN) Kent State at (7) Florida State (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Sam Houston at (8) Texas (8 pm, ESPN+) (9) Illinois at (19) Indiana (7:30 pm, NBC) (22) Auburn at (11) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, ABC) Tulane at (13) Ole Miss (3:30 pm, ESPN) UAB at (15) Tennessee (12:45 pm, SEC Network) (17) Texas Tech at (16) Utah (12 pm, FOX) Temple at (18) Georgia Tech (4:30 pm, CW) Georgia State at (20) Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, ESPNU) (21) Michigan at Nebraska (3:30 pm, CBS) South Carolina at (23) Missouri (7 pm, ESPN) Purdue at (24) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) Michigan State at (25) USC (11 pm, FOX) Other nationally available games Thursday Rice at Charlotte (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Tulsa at Oklahoma State (7 pm, ESPN) Iowa at Rutgers (8 pm, FOX) Saturday TV Arkansas at Memphis (12 pm, ABC) Maryland at Wisconsin (12 pm, NBC) Syracuse at Clemson (12 pm, ESPN) SMU at TCU (12 pm, ESPN2) UNLV at Miami (OH) (12 pm, ESPNU) Bowling Green at Louisville (12 pm, ACC Network) North Texas at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) North Carolina at UCF (3:30 pm, FOX) James Madison at Liberty (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Ball State at UConn (3:30 pm, CBSSN) NC State at Duke (4 pm, ESPN2) Northern Illinois at Mississippi State (4:15 pm, SEC Network) West Virginia at Kansas (6 pm, FS1) Boise State at Air Force (7 pm, CBSSN) Washington at Washington State (7:30 pm, CBS) Arizona State at Baylor (7:30 pm, FOX) BYU at East Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Stanford at Virginia (7:30 pm, ACC Network) UTSA at Colorado State (9:30 pm, FS1) Wyoming at Colorado (10:15 pm, ESPN) California at San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+) South Carolina State at South Florida (12 pm) Wofford at Virginia Tech (12 pm) Wagner at Central Michigan (1 pm) Gardner-Webb at Ohio (3:30 pm) UL Lafayette at Eastern Michigan (3:30 pm) Toledo at Western Michigan (3:30 pm) Troy at Buffalo (3:30 pm) Arkansas State at Kennesaw State (6 pm) Delaware at FIU (6 pm) Duquesne at Akron (6 pm) Coastal Carolina at South Alabama (7 pm) Maine at Georgia Southern (7 pm) Marshall at Middle Tennessee (7 pm) Nevada at Western Kentucky (7 pm) UT Martin at Missouri State (7 pm) Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech (7:30 pm) Nicholls at Texas State (8 pm) UL Monroe at UTEP (9 pm)

After getting punked by New Mexico and Old Dominion respectively. Checks out. I'd say poor UCLA fans but I'm not sure how many they have besides Raisin. Being USC's tag-team partner in the final destruction of the Pac-12 might be the last relevant thing they do for a while, that program is completely directionless

That is a completely ridiculous call by the replay ump, but at least we're on the right end of one of those for once

With the new expanded playoff making the offseason shorter and the CFB season now mirroring the NFL in so many ways, I wonder if the "post-Super Bowl hangover" thing will make its way into the sport for national runners-up. In a related story, Notre Dame's season is effectively over and most of us are ready to ship this new DC Chris Ash to Abu Dhabi

I haven't seen them yet, but it seemed like an issue when Coach Prime decided neither of the 2 guys who was in the preseason QB battle was going to start tonight

Missouri's home game vs UL Lafayette has reportedly been moved up from 4 to 1 pm ET due to excessive heat expected at kickoff.

Is there such a thing as a fake push for insurance runs? Doesn't sound as cool as fake rally, but that's what that felt like

Shaw scratched, Willi Castro in

The amount of money paid to middling NBA players compared to what even excellent NFL players make given the varying career lengths and physical attrition in the two sports is actually legit annoying if you think about it for too long.

This rules.

TBF in September, anyone in a position to help the team is already on the roster, so it's whatever.

Top 25 games Ohio at (1) Ohio State (7 pm, Peacock) Villanova at (2) Penn State (3:30 pm, FS1) Florida at (3) LSU (7:30 pm, ABC) (4) Oregon at Northwestern (12 pm, FOX) (18) South Florida at (5) Miami (4:30 pm, CW) (6) Georgia at (15) Tennessee (3:30 pm, ABC) UTEP at (7) Texas (4:15 pm, SEC Network) (16) Texas A&M at (8) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) Western Michigan at (9) Illinois (7 pm, FS1) Vanderbilt at (11) South Carolina (7:45 pm, SEC Network) (12) Clemson at Georgia Tech (12 pm, ESPN) (13) Oklahoma at Temple (12 pm, ESPN2) (14) Iowa State at Arkansas State (4 pm, ESPN2) Arkansas at (17) Ole Miss (7 pm, ESPN) Wisconsin at (19) Alabama (12 pm, ABC) (20) Utah at Wyoming (8 pm, CBSSN) Oregon State at (21) Texas Tech (3:30 pm, FOX) Indiana State at (22) Indiana (6:30 pm Friday, BTN) Central Michigan at (23) Michigan (12 pm, BTN) South Alabama at (24) Auburn (12:45 pm, SEC Network) UL Lafayette at (25) Missouri (1 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games Thursday NC State at Wake Forest (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Colgate at Syracuse (7 pm, ACC Network) Colorado at Houston (7:30 pm, ESPN) Kansas State at Arizona (9 pm, FOX) New Mexico at UCLA (10 pm, BTN) Saturday TV Houston Christian at Nebraska (12 pm, FS1) Memphis at Troy (12 pm, ESPNU) William & Mary at Virginia (12 pm, ACC Network) Buffalo at Kent State (12 pm, CBSSN) USC at Purdue (3:30 pm, CBS) Pittsburgh at West Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPN) Norfolk State at Rutgers (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Youngstown State at Michigan State (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Washington State at North Texas (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Richmond at North Carolina (3:30 pm, ACC Network) SMU at Missouri State (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Old Dominion at Virginia Tech (7 pm, ACC Network) UMass at Iowa (7:30 pm, BTN) Eastern Michigan at Kentucky (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Duke at Tulane (8 pm, ESPN2) Air Force at Utah State (9:45 pm, FS1) Minnesota at California (10:30 pm, ESPN) Texas State at Arizona State (10:30 pm, TNT) Boston College at Stanford (10:30 pm, ACC Network) Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+ unless noted) Samford at Baylor (12 pm) Towson at Maryland (12 pm, Peacock) New Hampshire at Ball State (2 pm) UConn at Delaware (3 pm) Incarnate Word at UTSA (3:30 pm) Morgan State at Toledo (3:30 pm) Northwestern State at Cincinnati (3:30 pm) Liberty at Bowling Green (5 pm) Eastern Kentucky at Marshall (6 pm) Florida Atlantic at FIU (6 pm) Merrimack at Kennesaw State (6 pm) Monmouth at Charlotte (6 pm) Alcorn State at Mississippi State (6:30 pm) Appalachian State at Southern Miss (7 pm) Jacksonville State at Georgia Southern (7 pm) Murray State at Georgia State (7 pm) Prairie View at Rice (7 pm) East Carolina at Coastal Carolina (7:30 pm) New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech (7:30 pm) Abilene Christian at TCU (8 pm) Navy at Tulsa (8 pm) Akron at UAB (8:30 pm)