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the problem is that O state got in, and then showed the world why they had no business being in the playoffs last year.

alabama isn't gonna get shut out in the playoffs.

For those who are dead set on the Buckeyes not making the playoffs, how do you reconcile that with what happened two years ago?

j/c:

I have something to say about the Schiano and TN situation.

I think this is about as disgusting as it gets. There is absolutely no proof that Schiano ever did anything wrong. Surely, the TN administrators who hired him knew about him coaching at Penn St.

Schiano has been the HC at Rutgers, at Tampa Bay, and is now the DC at Ohio State. Now, all of a sudden he isn't good enough for Tenn and he is a defender of child sexual abuse according to some dumb-ass fans who wanted the university to hire Gruden.

I get that fans are dumb. However, the fact that the university caved in to these despicable individuals is a travesty of epic proportions.

They have just slandered a man's name and reputation w/claims that have no true substance behind them. This poor guy and his family are going to have to deal w/this for the rest of their lives. That is beyond wrong.

I'm disgusted that our once great country is allowing scum bags to make administrative decisions and forever tarnish a man's good name w/out any facts whatsoever.

Sometimes, it seems to me that our progress is actually more like the days of burning so-called witches at the stake than it is treating people fairly and w/dignity.

j/c:

I have something to say about the Schiano and TN situation.

I think this is about as disgusting as it gets. There is absolutely no proof that Schiano ever did anything wrong. Surely, the TN administrators who hired him knew about him coaching at Penn St.

Schiano has been the HC at Rutgers, at Tampa Bay, and is now the DC at Ohio State. Now, all of a sudden he isn't good enough for Tenn and he is a defender of child sexual abuse according to some dumb-ass fans who wanted the university to hire Gruden.

I get that fans are dumb. However, the fact that the university caved in to these despicable individuals is a travesty of epic proportions.

They have just slandered a man's name and reputation w/claims that have no true substance behind them. This poor guy and his family are going to have to deal w/this for the rest of their lives. That is beyond wrong.

I'm disgusted that our once great country is allowing scum bags to make administrative decisions and forever tarnish a man's good name w/out any facts whatsoever.

Sometimes, it seems to me that our progress is actually more like the days of burning so-called witches at the stake than it is treating people fairly and w/dignity.

Look at the Top 10 and then imagine if we had an 8-team playoff. Do you really want 8 of them in a playoff? And wouldn't the last few weeks of the season lose a lot of importance if a conference title game became just a seeding outcome? Heck, Alabama would be in with no drama, and they would have known that when they entered the Iron Bowl.

The school that fired him and then went out of its way to set fire to his reputation now believes Art Briles was not in the wrong. So much so they put it in writing.

A letter from Baylor to Briles helped to convince the Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League to hire Briles as their offensive coordinator on Monday.

The letter, obtained by the Star-Telegram, clearly states Baylor’s support of its former coach, and all but clears him from any wrongdoing.

55-24 to an Iowa team that just got beat by Purdue.

Here’s why Nick Saban deserves criticism for his out of conference scheduling

Colin Cowherd reacts to the Alabama Crimson Tide's loss to Auburn and explains how coach Nick Saban schedules his out of conference games.

- Clemson wins, they're in. They will. Oklahoma wins, they're in. They will. Wisconsin wins, they're in. I'm not sure-- coin flip.

And then the winner of the SEC-- Georgia- Auburn. If you think Auburn's going to beat Georgia, having beat them twice in Alabama, and doesn't get in, what are you smoking? Georgia-- if they can beat Auburn-- Georgia's going to have a quality win on the road against Notre Dame. They're going to have a quality win against Auburn. They're going to get in.

Alabama's on the outside looking in. I don't feel any pity. Now, I do think Bama has a chance to get in. Because if Wisconsin loses to Ohio State, and that's a coin flip to me, then you may have two SEC teams.

But, first of all, I don't feel pity for Nick Saban. I know Nick. I like Nick. He's a great coach. He's an all-timer.

But they could've controlled the situation. Nick's been manipulating college football schedules at Bama for years. They play Mercer twice a year. They have a bye right before LSU.

They always have a weakling cupcake right before Auburn. USC didn't have a bye this year. Their out of conference was at Notre Dame in Texas.

Nick schedules out of conference games only on neutral fields. They're doing it again next year. They face Louisville in Orlando. They face Florida State in, you know, Dallas.

He won't go on the road. By the way, the times Nick's gone on the road this year, they got their ears boxed by Auburn. They should've lost to Mississippi State. And it was a one-score game with A&M. And those aren't great teams outside of Auburn.

So Nick is manipulating the system. Georgia got on the phone and dialed up Notre Dame and went there-- total respect. Auburn got on the phone-- went to Clemson. Win or lose, you had the guts to do it.

Nick has been manipulating schedules. He knows it. His people know it. And nobody in the media calls him out for it.

They go-- they-- he won't go on the road for big out of conference games. There's always a bye before LSU. There's a cupcake before Auburn. And all he does is whine when he occasionally every fourth year gets a tough road schedule in the SEC.

Bama does not have a quality win. Mississippi State? They're going to be unranked this week. LSU, that lost to Troy-- that lost to Mississippi State by 30? Where's their quality win?

Georgia beat Notre Dame on the road. Auburn beat Alabama. Alabama's sitting home right now-- listen, it's over if Clemson wins. And they will. They're in.

Oklahoma wins, they're in. And the SEC Champ wins, they're in. I would take Georgia over Alabama. Georgia will have beaten Auburn and Notre Dame. Those are quality wins.

I don't think you are exaggerating too much. Everyone I have talked to today was appalled by what happened in Knoxville.

Here's a piece that's pretty rough (arguably unfair) toward Nick Saban and Alabama. I'm posting it because I did not know the part about how Alabama always schedules a buy before LSU. Looking back, this is indeed the case for the last five seasons.

https://www.foxsports.com/watch/the-herd-with-colin-cowherd/video/1104472643691

We also have to maintain the illusion that these athletes are students as well. The thought of playing an 8 game tournament during bowl season, or shortly after the New Years is perplexing. The New Years games are bad enough.

The angry mob of college kids have realized that if they make enough noise, they can get almost anything they want from administrations that would rather just stay out of the news.. want a professor fired? want a campus rule changed? want a speaker banned? want a coach fired?

You can have all of this and more with an active social media campaign and a whole bunch of righteous indignation over things you know very little about.

Jim Bob Cooter won’t interview at Tennessee

The University of Tennessee’s comical/pathetic search for a head coach now includes being spurned by an alumnus.

According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter will not interview for the vacant Volunteers job.

Cooter apparently prefers to stay in the NFL, with designs on becoming a head coach, a path which has had ups and downs.

He was a backup quarterback at Tennessee and got his coaching start there as a graduate assistant.

After firing Butch Jones, the Volunteers offered/rescinded former Bucs coach Greg Schiano, and have been turned down by Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy. Duke head coach David Cutcliffe, a former Vols assistant, has also declined to interview for the job.

If Wisconsin beats Ohio State, Wisconsin will be in the playoffs. There is no question about this.

If Ohio State beats Wisconsin, things get tricky. Wisconsin would almost certainly be out; it's just hard to come up with a scenario where they could still finish in the top 4.

Where Ohio State would finish with a win... that's complicated. I predict anywhere from #3 to #5, depending on the results of the Big 12 championship game and how the committee resolves the Ohio State/Alabama conundrum.

Current rankings by the way: http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

College Football Playoff Rankings
RK TEAM REC TREND
1 Clemson 11-1 2
2 Auburn 10-2 4
3 Oklahoma 11-1 1
4 Wisconsin 12-0 1
5 Alabama 11-1 4
6 Georgia 11-1 1
7 Miami 10-1 5
8 Ohio State 10-2 1
9 Penn State 10-2 1
10 USC 10-2 1
11 TCU 10-2 1

Note 10-2 Auburn is already #2, with the SEC title game still to be played. Does this give insight into the committee's thinking, especially in regards to the importance of quality wins?

And the funniest part is that SEC fans for YEARS have thrown the schedule card at everyone else.

Third, you can't hold it against Alabama that LSU and the two Mississippi schools have fallen off lately.

5. Alabama (11-1)

So You're Saying There's a Chance: Alabama's resume has been signed, sealed and delivered to the playoff selection committee. Without an SEC Championship game to potentially boost the Crimson Tide's playoff profile, they're currently stuck on the outside looking in at the top four, hoping that at least one of the teams ahead of them loses. Ohio State showed last season that a one-loss, non-conference champion can make the playoff, so why can't Alabama this year?
Speaking of Ohio State, if there's a game circled on Alabama's viewing schedule this weekend, it's the Big Ten Championship at 8 p.m. ET. As blasphemous as it may sound, the Crimson Tide might be the Buckeyes' biggest supporters on Saturday. Wisconsin's best win was against a 9-3 Northwestern team that's ranked No. 21. None of their other opponents are ranked in the latest playoff rankings.

Ohio State might be a flawed team but remember what happened the last time the Buckeyes played Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship? Ohio State won 59-0. If Ohio State beats Wisconsin, Alabama could have a strong argument to get in ahead of the Buckeyes. The 55-24 shellacking Ohio State suffered at the hands of Iowa could prove to be costly. Alabama's only loss was on the road against the team currently ranked No. 2 in the country – Auburn.

8. Ohio State (10-2)

So You're Saying There's a Chance: Could Ohio State be responsible for another "first" in the College Football Playoff era? Last year the Buckeyes proved that a one-loss power conference team doesn't need to win its conference to make the playoff. A two-loss team has never made the playoff but Ohio State could potentially break that barrier this year.

A win over undefeated No. 4 Wisconsin would be a major resume booster for the Buckeyes, who would also have their Big Ten Championship in their back pocket as a tie-breaker if necessary. They would assuredly leap Wisconsin and likely the loser of the ACC Championship, plus at least one SEC team.

There's a narrative online and on television that Ohio State and Alabama might battle for the final spot if the Buckeyes beat the Badgers (assuming Oklahoma wins the Big 12), and the case for Ohio State would be this: a Big Ten champion with three wins (Wisconsin, Penn State, Michigan State) that are better than Alabama's best win (LSU) in the committee's eyes. Ohio State's blowouts are often as convincing as any team in the country, so another decisive victory over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship could punch the Buckeyes' ticket to the playoff.