I was listening to ESPNU on satellite radio. The show had OU great Tony Casillas as a guest co-host. Too bad Mr. Casillas has no more eligibility left because the OU defense could have used him. Once again the OU defense lays an egg in a big time game.
Another week another absolute 'Bama beat down. This time they scored 65 on the Roasted Hogs. 'Bama has failed to score over 50 points once against TAMU where I think Saban let off the pedal against his former assistant.
U Washington's chances of a playoff berth took a huge hit as Mississippi State ran over Auburn.
In the battle of the Swamps the Gators beat the Bayou Bengals. Looks like the World's Largest Cocktail PartyFlorida–Georgia game will be meaningful.
Sandman lasted for one half as Notre Dame easily pulled away from the Hokies. How crazy will college football be if two of the most hated teams with the most arrogant fan bases in the country Texas and Notre Dame make the playoffs. If those two teams meet it will be Nazi Germany v. Soviet Union.
the B12’s singular hope for the CFB playoffs is and has always been OU- unless somehow Georgia losses two games this season or Clemson/Ohio State don’t win their conference titles the B12 is toast- as it should be...
“In the battle of the Swamps the Gators beat the Bayou Bengals. Looks like the World’s Largest Cocktail PartyFlorida–Georgia game will be meaningful. “
Orgeron was due to blow it...it just came a little later in the season than most expected...
While I’m an admitted Bama fan, I really think they can be the 1st 15-0 team as long as Tua remains healthy.
Kind of seems like there’s Alabama then the rest of college football. However, it cannot be taken for granted when they play the Tigers. Auburn can be 0-11 and still beat the tide, and the top of LSU’s wish list is also to beat Bama.
OU has been suspect since game 2.
OSU will ag out as usual.
What a STUPID question. A question written by someone other than a d*clkess agitator would be, “Could the Big 12 go unrepresented in the BCF?” But that wouldn’t be clickbait for the publicity whores at Yahoo.
No major-conference team is “locked” out after 5 games... unless they’ve got three losses. Is Duke going to make it to the BCS? Highly, highly unlikely. But their fate is still ENTIRELY in their own hands. With highly unlikely wins at Miami and Clemson, of course they’d get in. Even Syracuse can get in... if they can beat everyone else.
The Fantasy Playoff is a joke. Until they have a real playoff where every team has a chance it is not a playoff at all.
Take the Big 5 conferences and add 3 more.
I don’t normally get into Football anymore but I’m thinking it’s time for the Longhorns to take the National Championship (again).
Props to Texas for coming up with an outstanding performance especially on offense yesterday. So they're still in the picture, notwithstanding an early season loss to Maryland. WV might be worth keeping an eye on as well...
The only info I have to share here is that... let's put it this way... Bob Stoops is a fine gentleman and was an excellent football coach when he first arrived here. IMO he became complacent before many years had passed. Although he did the right thing and retired from coaching, he still has a certain influence at the University... he actually has more say in a certain uh, personnel situation than our current head coach has, to the detriment of the program.
Until that gets resolved in a responsible manner OU is insignificant in the national championship picture, and is no more than a very long shot for the conference championship at this point. What an embarrassment.
Time for some hard decisions to be made in Norman by people who are paid the kind of money to make hard decisions, and time for some wheeling and dealing behind the scenes to put together a nice buyout package for somebody. One would hope that people's phones would be ringing even this afternoon.
Do what's got to be done, appoint someone into an "interim" position, and finish the season, win or lose. At least when you lose you can learn something, if you're paying attention.
Then turn the page...
I think the problem for the Big 12 is, it looks like Notre Dame has a clear path to an undefeated season AND there’s a reasonable chance an AAC team finishes undefeated. If UCF runs the table again it’ll be very interesting to see what the committee decides.
Bottom line is there probably won’t be room for four major conference teams, and it’s highly likely the SEC and Big Ten will each get a slot.
Here’s a nightmare scenario.
Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12, Big 12 teams all have at least one loss.
ND and UCF unbeaten.
Georgia and Bama unbeaten going into the SECCG.
Then, the SEC would be the only Power Five conference (UGA, Bama, UCF, ND)
And if UCF is unbeaten, they will get in.
IIRC correctly WV will play texas and OK. So they WILL be tested. Tin may be their best tweet ever. A pro-prospect QB, two transfer quality receivers and a strong defense. IF they beat those tow and win out, it will be hard pressed t keep them from the top 4.