Andy

I haven't had this problem all year but I don't really know who to bench between Jakobi Meyers, DJ Moore, Deon Jackson and Kenyan Drake. Only 2 can play and one has to be a WR. Right now I'm just rolling with Yahoo's projections and benching Meyers and Drake.

I'm much too happy to be annoyed about this and wasn't even going to bring it up, but since Brian did himself:

I thought they were cheating with their pitchers before the trash can crap even came out. And frankly as great as he is I'm still very skeptical that Justin Verlander is pitching the best baseball of his life at age 38 or whatever he is without any weird horsefeathers happening.

OK, Kelly can beat Alabama as many times as he wants if ND destroys a top-5 team the same night each time it happens

Clemson isn't very good and will likely lose before the ACC Championship game Notre Dame is a smaller underdog Saturday (+4) than they were in the 2020 version of this game despite a hilariously huge downgrade at the most important position since then, so it seems like Vegas doesn't think much of Clemson.

Just looking at the rankings it seems like the committee doesn't think the B1G or the ACC are any good, so yeah the Michigan/Clemson thing seems odd given that context. I'm still confused by the Penn State thing given their best accomplishment so far was basically doing what Notre Dame did against Ohio State (hang in just long enough to get sat on in the end). But whatever, as usual this will all sort itself out and these weekly shows are dumb.

I don't generally care what Brian Kelly does with his time these days but if he beats Alabama while ND is likely getting waxed by Clemson in large part because of the gaping horsefeathers hole in the QB room he was responsible for, the takes will be unbearable, so Roll Tide.

This week begins the fun tradition of switching these from the AP to the CFP committee rankings once they come out. Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Tennessee at (3) Georgia (3:30 pm, CBS) (2) Ohio State at Northwestern (12 pm, ABC) (4) Clemson at Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) (5) Michigan at Rutgers (7:30 pm, BTN) (6) Alabama at (10) LSU (7 pm, ESPN) Texas Tech at (7) TCU (12 pm, FOX) (8) Oregon at Colorado (3:30 pm, ESPN) California at (9) USC (10:30 pm, ESPN) (12) UCLA at Arizona State (10:30 pm, FS1) (24) Texas at (13) Kansas State (7 pm, FS1) Arizona at (14) Utah (7:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) (15) Penn State at Indiana (3:30 pm, ABC) Michigan State at (16) Illinois (3:30 pm, BTN) (17) North Carolina at Virginia (12 pm, ACC Network) (18) Oklahoma State at Kansas (3:30 pm, FS1) (19) Tulane at Tulsa (12 pm, ESPNU) (20) Syracuse at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, ACC Network) (21) Wake Forest at (22) NC State (8 pm, ACC Network) (23) Oregon State at Washington (10:30 pm Friday, ESPN) (25) UCF at Memphis (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Tuesday Ball State at Kent State (7 pm, ESPNU) Buffalo at Ohio (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Wednesday Western Michigan at Bowling Green (7 pm, ESPN2) Central Michigan at Northern Illinois (7 pm, ESPNU) Thursday UTEP at Rice (7 pm, CBSSN) Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPN) Friday Duke at Boston College (7 pm, ESPN2) Saturday TV Air Force vs Army - in Arlington, TX (11:30 am, CBS) Florida at Texas A&M (12 pm, ESPN) Minnesota at Nebraska (12 pm, ESPN2) Iowa at Purdue (12 pm, FS1) Maryland at Wisconsin (12 pm, BTN) Kentucky at Missouri (12 pm, SEC Network) Western Kentucky at Charlotte (12 pm, CBSSN) Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (12:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3) New Mexico at Utah State (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Washington State at Stanford (3:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Navy at Cincinnati (4 pm, ESPNU) Liberty at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network) Houston at SMU (7 pm, NFL Network) BYU at Boise State (7 pm, FS2) UMass at UConn (7 pm, CBSSN) Florida State at Miami (7:30 pm, ABC) Auburn at Mississippi State (7:30 pm, ESPN2) James Madison at Louisville (7:30 pm, ESPNU) South Carolina at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Hawaii at Fresno State (10:30 pm, FS2) UNLV at San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming South Florida at Temple (2 pm, ESPN+) Marshall at Old Dominion (2 pm, ESPN+) Middle Tennessee at Louisiana Tech (3 pm, ESPN+) Baylor at Oklahoma (3 pm, ESPN+) Georgia State at Southern Miss (3 pm, ESPN+) West Virginia at Iowa State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Florida International at North Texas (4 pm, ESPN+) South Alabama at Georgia Southern (4 pm, ESPN+) Texas State at UL Monroe (5 pm, ESPN3) Troy at UL Lafayette (5 pm, ESPN+)

The Panthers openly announced they were tanking 3 days ago and are also 1 game out, with a 2-0 record in division. Suddenly next week's game in Atlanta becomes huge.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Florida vs (1) Georgia - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, CBS) (2) Ohio State at (13) Penn State (12 pm, FOX) (19) Kentucky at (3) Tennessee (7 pm, ESPN) Michigan State at (4) Michigan (7:30 pm, ABC) (7) TCU at West Virginia (12 pm, ESPN) (8) Oregon at California (3:30 pm, FS1) (9) Oklahoma State at (22) Kansas State (3:30 pm, FOX) (10) USC at Arizona (7 pm, Pac-12 Network) (10) Wake Forest at Louisville (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Stanford at (12) UCLA (10:30 pm, ESPN) (14) Utah at Washington State (10 pm Thursday, FS1) (15) Ole Miss at Texas A&M (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Notre Dame at (16) Syracuse (12 pm, ABC) (17) Illinois at Nebraska (3:30 pm, ABC) (20) Cincinnati at UCF (3:30 pm, ESPN) Pittsburgh at (21) North Carolina (8 pm, ACC Network) Virginia Tech at (24) NC State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Missouri at (25) South Carolina (4 pm, SEC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Thursday UL Lafayette at Southern Miss (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Friday East Carolina at BYU (8 pm, ESPN2) Louisiana Tech at Florida International (8 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV South Florida at Houston (12 pm, ESPN2) Oklahoma at Iowa State (12 pm, FS1) Toledo at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, ESPNU) Arkansas at Auburn (12 pm, SEC Network) Georgia Tech at Florida State (12 pm, ACC Network) Boston College at UConn (12 pm, CBSSN) Miami at Virginia (12:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3) Rutgers at Minnesota (2:30 pm, BTN) Northwestern at Iowa (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Temple at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) South Alabama at Arkansas State (4 pm, ESPNU) Colorado State at Boise State (7 pm, FS1) Coastal Carolina at Marshall (7 pm, NFL Network) UAB at Florida Atlantic (7 pm, CBSSN) Baylor at Texas Tech (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Arizona State at Colorado (7:30 pm, ESPNU) San Diego State at Fresno State (10:30 pm, FS1) Nevada at San Jose State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming Miami (OH) at Akron (12 pm, ESPN+) Charlotte at Rice (2 pm, ESPN3) Old Dominion at Georgia State (3 pm, ESPN+) New Mexico State at UMass (3:30 pm, ESPN3) North Texas at Western Kentucky (3:30 pm, Stadium) Robert Morris at Appalachian State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) SMU at Tulsa (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Middle Tennessee at UTEP (9 pm, ESPN+)

Dung for Young is fully on. I'm happy for McCaffrey, who deserves better than to toil on a terrible team throughout his prime as he has so far.

That exact clip was in a Tweet embedded into an article about last night's game. IIRC he did that several times with DeRozan and/or LaVine last year too.

I didn't watch the game and don't get to watch many games, but the more I read about Ayo the more I like him. The kid just knows how to play the game and keeps a level head every minute. It's awesome. Fantastic pick (and luck that he was there) by AKME. Hardly any words can be added about DeRozan. Dude's a badass.

LaVine out tonight. Great. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about with a lingering knee injury to a guy the Bulls just gave a horsefeathers ton of money to - it's not like that's ever been an issue before.

Carolina is on its 4th-string QB (Jacob Eason, in case you were curious), are shopping Christian McCaffrey and are booting guys off the team in the middle of the game... So we're well on our way to Bryce Young.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Iowa at (2) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) UT Martin at (3) Tennessee (12 pm, SEC Network) (14) Syracuse at (5) Clemson (12 pm, ABC) (24) Mississippi State at (6) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN) (7) Ole Miss at LSU (3:30 pm, CBS) (17) Kansas State at (8) TCU (8 pm, FS1) (9) UCLA at (10) Oregon (3:30 pm, FOX) (20) Texas at (11) Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, ABC) Boston College at (13) Wake Forest (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Minnesota at (16) Penn State (7:30 pm, ABC) (21) Cincinnati at SMU (12 pm, ESPN) Memphis at (25) Tulane (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Wednesday Georgia State at Appalachian State (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Thursday Virginia at Georgia Tech (7:30 pm, ESPN) Troy at South Alabama (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Friday Tulsa at Temple (7:30 pm, ESPN2) UAB at Western Kentucky (8 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV Kansas at Baylor (12 pm, ESPN2) Indiana at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN) Houston at Navy (12 pm, ESPNU) UL Monroe at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Duke at Miami (12:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3) West Virginia at Texas Tech (3 pm, FS1) Purdue at Wisconsin (3:30 pm, ESPN) Northwestern at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN) BYU at Liberty (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Western Michigan at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Vanderbilt at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network) Arizona State at Stanford (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Fresno State at New Mexico (6:30 pm, FS2) Boise State at Air Force (7 pm, CBSSN) UCF at East Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Texas A&M at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Pittsburgh at Louisville (8 pm, ACC Network) Colorado at Oregon State (8 pm, Pac-12 Network) Utah State at Wyoming (9:45 pm, FS2) Washington at California (10:30 pm, ESPN) San Diego State at Nevada (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming Akron at Kent State (12 pm, ESPN+) Bowling Green at Central Michigan (1 pm, ESPN3) Toledo at Buffalo (12 pm, ESPN+) Eastern Michigan at Ball State (2 pm, ESPN+) Northern Illinois at Ohio (2 pm, ESPN+) UNLV at Notre Dame (2:30 pm, Peacock) Rice at Louisiana Tech (3 pm, ESPN+) Florida International at Charlotte (3:30 pm, ESPN3) North Texas at UTSA (3:30 pm, Stadium) Georgia Southern at Old Dominion (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Marshall at James Madison (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Florida Atlantic at UTEP (4 pm, ESPN+) Arkansas State at UL Lafayette (5 pm, ESPN+) Southern Miss at Texas State (5 pm, ESPN+)

I think that’s only true if ND wins out and Michigan is the team that wins that game and the Big Ten. Big Ten appears to be down this year, Michigan played a really bad non-conference schedule as we all know so they have a hard argument as a 1 loss team that didn’t play in their conference title game. A 10-2 Notre Dame gives OSU a top 15 win and an argument, along with their dominance this year to make it. UM over OSU or not, a 10-2 ND would help them because it would mean Clemson and USC take losses. There's a nightmare scenario where ND goes into the USC game basically determining whether USC or Michigan goes to the CFP. LOL JK Notre Dame horsefeathering sucks so bad they're not determining anything except how many assistant coaches get fired after this horsefeathering disaster of a season. Marshall and Stanford are two of the worst teams Notre Dame has ever lost to and Freeman managed to pull it off within a five-week span.

Bryce Young is so stupidly good. Might actually be worth rooting for Carolina to lose out.

I would love to be wrong but if Michigan's biggest test in the next 6 weeks is Illinois then there will be two B1G teams in the playoff. I think that’s only true if ND wins out and Michigan is the team that wins that game and the Big Ten. Big Ten appears to be down this year, Michigan played a really bad non-conference schedule as we all know so they have a hard argument as a 1 loss team that didn’t play in their conference title game. A 10-2 Notre Dame gives OSU a top 15 win and an argument, along with their dominance this year to make it. UM over OSU or not, a 10-2 ND would help them because it would mean Clemson and USC take losses. There's a nightmare scenario where ND goes into the USC game basically determining whether USC or Michigan goes to the CFP.

They'll get a crack at Georgia either way and if they win that they'll see Bama again. They're sure fun to watch.

I would love to be wrong but if Michigan's biggest test in the next 6 weeks is Illinois then there will be two B1G teams in the playoff.

That makes too much sense. They talked about this or something similar. If they added a second bye, the season would go to the end of February. Moving Week 1 up to Labor Day weekend isn't something they want to do either. Why don't they want to move games to Labor Day weekend? Seems like a no-brainer to me I'm sure there's some data they have that indicates people don't watch as much TV Labor Day weekend, but the NFL basically owns the country to a large extent. They'd adjust. Also, the season did at one point start before Labor Day (granted the last time was 2000, so a lifetime ago in terms of TV rights and such). It's not like it's unprecedented.

Not satisfied with doing all they can to ruin college football through pointless and nonsensical realignment, the power conferences are now taking aim at college basketball. It's all about infusing new revenue growth rather than just being pleased with the already financially healthy state of things.

this got me thinking about the biggest championship probability added hits, and i found this https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2016/11/all-time-most-pivotal-plays-in-the-world-series/ the rajai davis home run is 3rd, zobrist's single is 15 Davis is the only one in the top 11 positive CPA plays whose team did not win the title. The next-most positive play that did not ultimately result in a title was a game-tying two-run double in the 8th by the Red Sox' Dom DiMaggio in Game 7 of the '46 World Series against St. Louis, which was bettered by #13 on the list, Harry Walker's game-winning hit in the bottom of that same inning.

It was so reassuring to know we're paying sideline reporters to do horsefeathering ads for HBO during the game instead of, you know, actually reporting on something.