College football

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Always funny when it happens to a bammer

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/38927742

Longest WH td in 20 years

opps

Too bad it didn't make the difference in the game.

"WH"?

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Always funny when it happens to a bammer

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/38927742

Longest WH td in 20 years

opps

Too bad it didn't make the difference in the game.

"WH"?

I typed qb and checked it

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LOSERS:
11, to 5 barely, may not drop far. 15
18, to 1, may not drop at all. Down 4 to AP 25
20, UNC will be unranked again . As predicted
22, to 17, Utah will be unranked. As predicted
25, to 21, KS will be unranked. Just 7 votes
https://www.espn.com/college-football/r ... asontype/2

Ohio State up to No. 2 in AP poll; Washington rises to No. 4

Ohio State passed Michigan and moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, a week before the Big Ten rivals play another top-five matchup, and No. 4 Washington flip-flopped with No. 5 Florida State.

Georgia remained No. 1 and received a season-high 61 first-place votes. The Bulldogs have been atop the rankings for 23 straight weeks, the second-best streak in the history of the poll and 10 behind the record held by USC (2003-05).

x 23

The top five teams, all unbeaten, had held their places for five straight weeks. All improved to 11-0 on Saturday, but the order changed Sunday.

Michigan had been No. 2 since the preseason but slipped a spot after playing its closest game yet. The Wolverines, without suspended coach Jim Harbaugh, beat Maryland 31-24.

Terps rock!

... Washington moved up a spot after a 22-20 win on the road against Oregon State, which slipped five spots to No. 15. The Huskies have their highest ranking since reaching No. 4 in 2016, their lone playoff season and the last time the Pac-12 had a team in the College Football Playoff.

Respect to loyal Oregon State for boosting the Huskies. It may have even been dinged too hard.

Florida State dropped a spot after beating FCS foe North Alabama 58-13,

Dinged for scheduling an FCS team, good.

but it suffered a far more significant loss. Quarterback Jordan Travis was carted off the field in the first quarter with what appeared to be a serious injury to his lower left leg.

Bummer for them.
Next week: 5-6 Gators could be dangerous:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/t ... ida-gators
2 weeks: AP 9 Louisville in the ACC Championship could cancel FSU's Playoff dreams. Huskies AND Ducks in the Playoffs?! I can dream. Could be a war among 1-loss teams after the Big Ten Championship

No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Alabama and No. 9 Louisville all held their spots after victories, and Missouri moved up to No. 10.

Michigan and Ohio State will be a matchup of top-five teams for the 13th time, the most of any rivalry. The Buckeyes are 7-4-1 in those games....

Go Buckeyes > Cheatin' Wolverines. I wanna blowout so massive that Michigan is knocked out of 1-loss team contention. Have I mentioned that Jim Harbaugh is a dick?

Somewhat irrelevant AP Top 25
CPF ranking late Tuesday

22 Liberty 11-0 up3

24 James Madison 10-1 down6 after being upset by my Appalachian State 26-23

Others receiving votes:
(27) NC State 66 votes
(28) UNLV 56
(30) North Carolina 26
(31) Clemson 20
(34) New Mexico State 3 after beating Auburn, ouch
(35 tie) Miami 1 . . . Miami (OH) that is
(35 tie) UCLA 1

0 votes: Appalachian State, Auburn, Maryland, Miami, SDSU
Ugh, we mostly suck.

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FCS GO:


@3 Montana > 4 Montana State (-6.5 as if) in Missoula.
Big Sky Battle, winner wins the Conference. GRIZ! Montana up 20-0 at the half. Pooor Kitties, Pooor Kitties! 37-7 final.


3 Montana will move to 2.
4 Montana St will drop a little.
14 North Carolina Central may move up a couple of slots.
18 Western Carolina may fall out of the rankings

New FCS Coaches Poll has not been posted yet, but it's less relevant now because the Playoffs are set.

24-team Bracket
Schedule, Saturday, November 25, 2023

2-seed Montana (10-1, 1st in Big Sky) has a bye, home game on 12/2, another home game if it wins
6-seed Montana St (8-3, 2nd in Big Sky) has a bye, home game on 12/2
The Montana teams will meet again in the Semis.
Montana won't meet 1-seed South Dakota State (11-0, 1st in MVFC) until the Championship Game.
This asshat predicts that the Montana teams won't survive the Quarterfinals and it will be an all-SD Final.


North Carolina Central (9-2,1st in MEAC tie) plays Saturday at Richmond (8-3, 1st in CAA 3-way tie).
Idk why Richmond gets the home game, it only got 1 vote in the Coaches Poll last week. Bias against HBCUs?

Western Carolina (7-4, 4th in Southern) did not make the Playoffs

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Splain dis

1 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-0)
2 Michigan Wolverines (11-0)
3 Georgia Bulldogs (11-0)
4 Alabama Crimson Tide (10-1)
5 Oregon Ducks (10-1)
6 Penn State Nittany Lions (9-2)
7 Oklahoma Sooners (9-2)
8 Texas Longhorns (10-1)
9 Florida State Seminoles (11-0)
10 LSU Tigers (8-3)
11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3)
12 Kansas State Wildcats (8-3)
13 Washington Huskies (11-0)
14 Texas A&M Aggies (7-4)
15 Ole Miss Rebels (9-2)

Poor undefeated fsu and Washington
How did the 2 loss nittanys and Sooners leap Texas to clock in at #6 and 7, but 2 loss tougher schedule ole miss end up #15
And 3 loss lsu, ND and K state are riding pretty high

And the rest of the top 25 gets even crazier


https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... gs-week-12

[O Really]

??
Dunno, where'd you find that?

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??
Dunno, where'd you find that?

Popped up on my phone. Link above

Fans In Disbelief Of ESPN FPI College Football Rankings After Week 12

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Splain dis


Poor undefeated fsu and Washington
How did the 2 loss nittanys and Sooners leap Texas to clock in at #6 and 7, but 2 loss tougher schedule ole miss end up #15
And 3 loss lsu, ND and K state are riding pretty high

And the rest of the top 25 gets even crazier

https://athlonsports.com/college-footba ... gs-week-12

Considering how things have looked all season, the top-five of the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) computer-generated college football rankings are at least starting to make some sense now....

Rumor is that ESPN outsources its IT work to South Asian cricket fans.

lol why is it always generated to have Alabama in the top 4

Auburn fans and the rest of the country can relate.

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Top three in CFP rankings unchanged, joined by Washington

... Florida State plays at rival Florida on Saturday with Tate Rodemaker as its starting quarterback and then has the ACC championship game against No. 10 Louisville on Dec. 2 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

GO Gators & Cardinals GO

... The three one-loss teams behind Florida State in the top 10 remain unchanged: Oregon at No. 6, Texas at No. 7 and Alabama at No. 8. All three have huge games looming as well. The Ducks have Oregon State, which dropped to No. 16, while Texas has Texas Tech on Friday with a chance to clinch a spot in the Big 12 title game.

GO Ducks & 'Horns GO!

Alabama has rival Auburn and then the SEC championship game against Georgia.

WDE, a season redeemed! Crap, I'm gonna have to root for Bama vs GA, at the dire risk that both end up in the Playoffs with 1 loss, aren't I?

Tulane remains the highest-ranked Group of 5 team at No. 23,

although Liberty joined the rankings this week at No. 25.

Also joining the rankings this week are two schools familiar to Florida State: NC State at No. 22

and Clemson at No. 24.

College Football Rankings

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Top three in CFP rankings unchanged, joined by Washington

... Florida State plays at rival Florida on Saturday with Tate Rodemaker as its starting quarterback and then has the ACC championship game against No. 10 Louisville on Dec. 2 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

GO Gators & Cardinals GO

... The three one-loss teams behind Florida State in the top 10 remain unchanged: Oregon at No. 6, Texas at No. 7 and Alabama at No. 8. All three have huge games looming as well. The Ducks have Oregon State, which dropped to No. 16, while Texas has Texas Tech on Friday with a chance to clinch a spot in the Big 12 title game.

GO Ducks & 'Horns GO!

Alabama has rival Auburn and then the SEC championship game against Georgia.

WDE, a season redeemed! Crap, I'm gonna have to root for Bama vs GA, at the dire risk that both end up in the Playoffs with 1 loss, aren't I?


Bring back the tie

Tulane remains the highest-ranked Group of 5 team at No. 23,

although Liberty joined the rankings this week at No. 25.

Also joining the rankings this week are two schools familiar to Florida State: NC State at No. 22

and Clemson at No. 24.

College Football Rankings

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Alabama has rival Auburn and then the SEC championship game against Georgia.

WDE, a season redeemed! Crap, I'm gonna have to root for Bama vs GA, at the dire risk that both end up in the Playoffs with 1 loss, aren't I?

Bring back the tie

Bring back the double forfeit.


7:30 PM ESPN
@Mississippi State > 12 Ole Miss (-10.5 )

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Alabama has rival Auburn and then the SEC championship game against Georgia.

WDE, a season redeemed! Crap, I'm gonna have to root for Bama vs GA, at the dire risk that both end up in the Playoffs with 1 loss, aren't I?

Bring back the tie

Bring back the double forfeit.


7:30 PM ESPN
@Mississippi State > 12 Ole Miss (-10.5 )

What’s a double forfeit?

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What’s a double forfeit?

I made it up since I want both GA and AL to lose. A tie might eliminate AL, but it would possibly keep undefeated GA in the Playoffs.

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What’s a double forfeit?

I made it up since I want both GA and AL to lose. A tie might eliminate AL, but it would possibly keep undefeated GA in the Playoffs.

Immediate rule change

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7:30 PM ESPN
@Mississippi State > 12 Ole Miss (-10.5 )

7-17, the football gods are not giving me anything to be thankful for today.

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12:00 PM

CBS
17 Iowa > @Nebraska (-2.5)

ABC
Miami (-9.5) > @Boston College
Go O Really Go, double Miami football victory days are rare.

3:30 PM ABC
@23 Tulane (-3.5) > UTSA. Go Group of 5 rep Go

4:00 PM FS1
@Boise State (-7.0) > Air Force. SAM them on the Blue.

7:30 PM ABC
@7 Texas (-13.5) > Texas Tech

8:30 PM FOX
@6 Oregon (-14.0) > Loyal 16 Oregon State

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12:00 PM

CBS
17 Iowa > @Nebraska (-2.5)
13-10 on a walkoff 38 Yd Field Goal Next GO Iowa vs Michigan or Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship on 12/2!

ABC
Miami (-9.5) > @Boston College
Go O Really Go, double Miami football victory days are rare.
45-20, Eagles can't handle Hurricanes Congrats.

Also:
I did not pick a favorite, but TCU 45 @13 Oklahoma 69 Most points in a Big 12 game since 2000. Both teams over 500 yards of offense, both with over 129 yard rushers, both QBs over 340 yards. Always good when RW TX god loses, and OK will be vulnerable in its possible Big 12 Championship and certain Bowl.

3:30 PM ABC
@23 Tulane (-3.5) > UTSA. Go Group of 5 rep Go
29-16 Movin' on up, at least co-AAC Champ.

4:00 PM FS1
@Boise State (-7.0) > Air Force. SAM them on the Blue.
27-19, Vegas nearly nailed it. Mission accomplished.

I'm 4-0 so far today!

7:30 PM ABC
@7 Texas (-13.5) > Texas Tech. 57-7

8:30 PM FOX
@6 Oregon (-14.0) > Loyal 16 Oregon State.
31-7. Next Washington again for the Pac-12 Championship, having lost by just 3 on a TD with 1:38 left on October 14, might still make the Playoffs. GOPac-12GO.

6-0 today, albeit after picking 5 favorites. 6-1 for the week so far.

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12:00 PM

CBS
17 Iowa > @Nebraska (-2.5)
13-10 on a walkoff 38 Yd Field Goal Next GO Iowa vs Michigan or Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship on 12/2!

ABC
Miami (-9.5) > @Boston College
Go O Really Go, double Miami football victory days are rare.
45-20, Eagles can't handle Hurricanes Congrats.

Also:
I did not pick a favorite, but TCU 45 @13 Oklahoma 69 Most points in a Big 12 game since 2000. Both teams over 500 yards of offense, both with over 129 yard rushers, both QBs over 340 yards. Always good when RW TX god loses, and OK will be vulnerable in its possible Big 12 Championship and certain Bowl.

3:30 PM ABC
@23 Tulane (-3.5) > UTSA. Go Group of 5 rep Go
29-16 Movin' on up, at least co-AAC Champ.

4:00 PM FS1
@Boise State (-7.0) > Air Force. SAM them on the Blue.
27-19, Vegas nearly nailed it. Mission accomplished.

I'm 4-0 so far today!

7:30 PM ABC
@7 Texas (-13.5) > Texas Tech. 57-7

8:30 PM FOX
@6 Oregon (-14.0) > Loyal 16 Oregon State.
31-7. Next Washington again for the Pac-12 Championship, having lost by just 3 on a TD with 1:38 left on October 14, might still make the Playoffs. GOPac-12GO.

6-0 today, albeit after picking 5 favorites. 6-1 for the week so far.

Boycotting the sec?

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bammer going down later today - stay tuned

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