It is not so easy to play a road game at Illinois and get a win.
Nebraska is down 14 points with 9 minutes in the 4th quarter as Illinois has shown some home field pride on the day.

UCLA 24 - Hawaii 3

End of the first quarter

Fresno St. 31 - UCONN 0

Middle of the third quarter

Nebraska, now down 8, just missed an extra point with less than 4 minutes to go.
Illinois, couldn't cover the pass, after bringing it on run defense 5 straight plays near the goaline- 10-12 yard line.

22-30

Nebraska tried to make it a game. The other games quickly became unwatchable.

I’m watching the replay of tOSU beating Clemson down last year. It’s more fun than watching Hawaii get rolled.

Chip Kelly has evolved. Finally. I just saw his running QB take a snap from under center and hand it off to his running back on a stretch play the right for about 50 yards.

Man, the Clemson-Georgia game was a slug fest. Georgia D was like flies on poop

Chip Kelly needed to evolve. That gimmick O he ran at Oregon only worked because the Pac 10 was down. USC was under scholarship sanctions. He recruited speed out of California while they couldn’t. Small and fast works against a down USC or a hapless Oregon Beavers team. Once his teams ran into real physical teams, aka tOSU, his hurry up, three card Monty backfield nonsense got exposed. His teams got punched in the mouth because they couldn’t line up and beat their man in an actual smash mouth game.

My Griz beat the 20th ranked Washington yesterday too!

One thing is for certain: do jot draft any OLine from either of those two schools. That linebacker Dean from Georgia might pair nicely with JOK, though.

I picked up tickeys to OSU v Oregon 9/11.. I'm looky forward to that!

McKenzie Milton leading (attempting to) against ND. Great story.

What a ballgame

What a game is right. Hope the D can stop them.

Admittedly, I have ND -6.5...so I enjoy the story, but lets get a tuddy in OT and end it.

50 yards. I'm in South Bend and the bars are losing their minds.

Come on FSU!!!!!

I don't really like FSU but love the Golden Domers losing...

opps... never mind... Notre Dame gonna pull this off...

They iced their own kicker after making the 50. Smh

yep... ND survives.....

Barf. Lol People are happy but not happy lol

Bummer. Would have liked to see FSU win (if ND was not going to cover).

I think it's good for college football to have FSU relevant.

That ND/FSU game was great. Really wanted FSU to pull it out … them and their kickers though

It may be a little early in the season to say that. I mean, is FSU actually relevant or will we find out that ND is irrelevant?

Notre Dame, upon being given the gift of FSU missing their FG try in single overtime, and getting the ball on FSU's 25
Gained only 2 yards on 3 plays before getting lucky on their own FG try.

That's the way overtime works.

yes

j/c...

Matt Corral can play. Fun to watch.

Ole miss could be scary if the defense comes to play

That really was crazy lol

How do you not have more than 1 guy back there with a safety racing over to help? You've got your defense up playing man coverage like you are trying to not give up 10 yards.

I watched the Jackson State vs Tennessee State game last night and it was a very entertaining game. I will say that Deion Sanders son Shedeur Sanders, who plays QB for his dad at JSU, is very good for a freshman. Kid has good size and all the tools.

Cue up Urban Meyer resigning from the Jags for health reasons and taking that USC job!

Sounds like Luke Fickell is their top choice

That'd be a solid hire for him... I've always liked Luke... he's done a great job at Cincy...

only thing I'd worry about is he knows Ohio High School football very well making it easier to recruit... obviously USC is a big draw, but I'd worry a bit that he's not as familiar with the schools on the West Coast...

Yeah the PAC12 is such a different recruiting area

I don’t know what is more impressive, getting to the ball with one hand or hanging on to it after the collision.

I legitimately thought the QB for Nebraska was Taylor Martinez still.

Clemson has not looked good thus far. They’re ahead of GT at halftime, but it hasn’t been pretty

Ohio State Football against Tulsa.

with 5 minutes to play. Ohio state punted up 6 points to a team that had scored touchdowns on their last 2 drives.
With 4 minutes to go, Ohio State in scoring position on the 12 was contemplating how important the field goal would be to go up 2 score.
they scored a touchdown the next play.
and got a pick 6 on the next drive.

Ohio State Won the final 3 minutes, but,
Ohio State dodged a loss to Tulsa today.

About the worst Ohio State team probably since 1983 equaling 2 other outlier years.

Can Ohio State fire their head coach after a win???

I think discussion on the next head coach of Ohio State should not be unheard of or out of the question.

IT'S $%%#$%#%#%$ TULSA!!!!

Ohio State plays Akron next week. Oh my gosh.

Some of worst calls of all time in this Penn St/Auburn game. It's like,, "think that call was bad? Hold my beer!". They actually made Penn St punt on 3rd down.

So much overreaction. The Bucks have been blessed by years of talented QB play since Braxton Miller strapped on his shoulder pads. CJ is 19 years old. He’s not a running QB. It’s going to take some time for it all to slow down for him. If it doesn’t we have another 5 star kid in the wings.
It’ll be a down year by recent Bucks standards. We’ll all survive through it.
Let’s hope the running game can carry us until Stroud finds his groove. As to the D… Tulsa’s QB had too much time far too often. Again we’ve been spoiled by the likes of Bosa and Chase Young. We have to scheme better pressure. Not sure where to find it right now. I think the coaches are looking too.

PAC 12 with a disaster of a day

If a loss can be a quality loss, the Gators being nipped by Bama by 2 would qualify.

Time to roll up the sleeves, win the east, which is no small feat, and see if we can clip them in the SEC Championship.

That assumes they win the west. They have several tough SEC games in front of them.

The officials for the Memphis/Mississippi State game were brutal also.

OSU will be fine. Still the best team in the BT.

The entire ACC is a bit of a train wreck.

Clemson loses to Georgia, barely beats Georgia Tech.. good thing they don't have to play Georgia Southern.

UNC gets beat by VT.. at first I thought that might mean VT is better than expected, then VT loses to WVU.

Miami gets stomped by Bama.. ok, it's Bama in week 1.. then they get stomped again by Sparty..

The October 9th game against your team has me nervous. I've never said that about Maryland before.

Since joining the big 10 there hasn't been much of a reason to.. Terps took OSU to OT in a fluke game back in 2018.. but since 2014, the average margin of victory for OSU is 36 points.

Terps play Kent State this week, then they play Iowa.. Iowa will be a big test to see if the Terps have improved as much as I hope they have. Not that I expect them to beat top 10 teams, but we will have a data point to see how they compete.

Way to go BG

I hope people realize just how big of an upset this is. BG has been one of the absolute worst programs in div 1 college footbal for the past 5 years.

Truly. It’s not like they’re even a middle of the road MAC team

Gators beat the Vols 38-14. The Vols had it tight in the first half but the Gators came out in the 2nd half and had their way.

Not that anyone other than me cares...lol

Good for BGSU!!

Brother-in-law is a Vols fan.... so I typically will try to catch some of their games... UT hasn't been able to figure it out since Fulmer left....

Flordia has looked good this year from what I've seen.... that Georgia game should be another great match up

Can somebody explain to me why Clemson is still ranked with a 2-2 record, losses to UGA and an unranked NCState team, a very narrow victory over Ga Tech (who lost to Northern Illinois) and a win over South Carolina State? While there are a bunch of 4-0 teams with better quality wins who are not ranked?

Media types love to say "Dabo Sweeney" and "Brent Venables".

College football rankings for Week 5
Coaches Poll
Rank Team Record Points (No. 1 votes)
1 Alabama 4-0 1,624 (64)
2 Georgia 4-0 1,558 (1)
3 Oregon 4-0 1,467
4 Oklahoma 4-0 1,395
5 Iowa 4-0 1,319
6 Penn State 4-0 1,286
7 Notre Dame 4-0 1,187
8 Cincinnati 3-0 1,185
9 Florida 3-1 1,101
10 Ohio State 3-1 1,030
11 Arkansas 4-0 1,016
12 Ole Miss 3-0 916
13 Texas A&M 3-1 744
14 Michigan 4-0 674
15 BYU 4-0 670
T-16 Michigan State 4-0 583
T-16 Coastal Carolina 4-0 583
18 Oklahoma State 4-0 459
19 Clemson 2-2 389
20 UCLA 3-1 312
21 Fresno State 4-1 251
22 Auburn 3-1 244
23 Kentucky 4-0 179
24 Baylor 4-0 134
25 Wake Forest 4-0 119
Others receiving votes: Texas 101; Boston College 91; N.C. State 70; San Diego State 69; Maryland 59; Wisconsin 56; SMU 54; Virginia Tech 39; LSU 36; Iowa State 31; Army 23; Arizona State 12; UTSA 11; Liberty 11; North Carolina 10; UCF 9; Oregon State 7; Louisiana 3; Appalachian State 3; Louisville 2; Indiana 2; Wyoming 1.

AP Top 25
Rank Team Record Points (No. 1 votes)
1 Alabama 4-0 1,546 (58)
2 Georgia 4-0 1,492 (4)
3 Oregon 4-0 1,411
4 Penn State 4-0 1,283
5 Iowa 4-0 1,277
6 Oklahoma 4-0 1,212
7 Cincinnati 3-0 1,154
8 Arkansas 4-0 1,094
9 Notre Dame 4-0 1,076
10 Florida 3-1 1,019
11 Ohio State 3-1 1,005
12 Ole Miss 3-0 852
13 BYU 4-0 748
14 Michigan 4-0 677
15 Texas A&M 3-1 651
16 Coastal Carolina 4-0 613
17 Michigan State 4-0 581
18 Fresno State 4-1 415
19 Oklahoma State 4-0 341
20 UCLA 3-1 316
21 Baylor 4-0 233
22 Auburn 3-1 197
23 N.C. State 3-1 145
24 Wake Forest 4-0 142
25 Clemson 2-2 138

LOL.. maybe. I mean I already know the answer, teams get to live on their reputation for a while.. teams like Bama, Clemson, OSU, Oklahoma... they get the benefit of the doubt for a rather long time if they have an off year..

the Clemson coaches’ act becomes tiresome IMO. Venables is literally a cartoon character with a get back coach? He’s literally on a chain all game. Lol get real.

The ACC or whatever it is called needs somebody in the rankings?

Notre Dame goes down to Cincinnati. There were a LOT of Bearcat fans there. I don't think I've ever seen so many opposing fans in that stadium. Even during the Jerry Faust years.

Oregon goes down to Stanford in OT

Florida is down 20-10 to Kentucky with 11:32 to go in the 4th quarter. Go Wildcats!!!

some big upsets today!

Down go the Gators

Absolutely loved watching Kentucky beat Florida, watched the end of Stanford beating Oregon. And most of Cincy beating Notre Dame. Great day of football!

I didn't watch college football in protest of Ohio State being on the Big Ten Network who nobody gets.
And there were a half dozen other football games on TV in Columbus but none of them a Big10 game. And this has been a staple for years, for years one local station carries the SEC game of some week, (and mlb baseball on, but not Buckeye football?)
Well I listened to the Buckeyes on the Radio.
Some of it, I mean, real opponents are hard to come by, sure Oregon, but Tulsa- Akron- Rutgers? I forget who they played today, but, they were a pretty sorry team.
The late news was all about the Buckeyes and the interview of Head Coach Ryan Day.

All I really want to say is Ryan Day comes across in interviews as a guy that doesn't have any real answers and wouldn't provide any real ingenuity in a tough contest. (But it's not really about him, there are about 300 coaches at Ohio State right? )
5000 graduate, 50'000 enrolled. Over Half a million surviving alumni around the world. ( I may be way short on that 3rd statement.)

Sorry to hear Florida went down. Not really following college football this year.

Auburn's QB is slippery... has had several plays tonight where he should have been sacked.... Auburn's still down but man their QB is keeping them in this thing

Loved watching Kentucky pull it off...

Miss St looked really good in their upset tonight

It seems like Bo nix has been at Auburn for a decade

Young Buckeyes have woke up ...

perhaps

LOl...it does.

I like Bo. If he is there in the 3rd round, I hope the Browns draft him.

Do what NE did with QBs behind Brady. Stock a few to have as a back-up, then trade them at some point.

Not to mention I think Bo is going to be a pretty good pro.

OU v Texas game was very good.

What a game between OU/Texas

Texas A&M up 24-10 over Alabama, almost halftime

One of the best games I've seen!

Heck of a game so far... not sure A&M can hang on...

Utah is not going to bet USC!
They are up 35-10 but it's in the 3rd. USC is going to kick their tail from here on out. Watch!

you truly have the most fascinating posts....

Utah won 42-26 by the way. USC musta had two 8 point tds. but lost by 16 it wasn't close, they were trying onside kicks unsuccessfully, from the 10 minutes to play mark down 35-10 iirc.
Utah had not won in Los Angeles since 1916.

Well. You’re at least consistent. You’re as wrong in this forum as you are in the political forum.

Alabama goes down!!

Texas A+M should have been in the playoff last year.
Texas A+M knocks off the #1 ranked, previously, team, 41-38.

Something tells me Bama is still going to be in the final 4 at seasons end.

Side note...Iowa. I have always liked them, why, I couldn't say. At any rate, fun game last night. I hope they continue to roll.

Saban owned it afterward. Tide will roll in on practice this week, I suspect. Good fort the Buckeyes!

O — H!

I lived in Cedar Rapids IA from the ages of 2-10. My parents have friends there that are huge Hawkeye fans. I’ve always rooted for them unless they are playing OSU. Ferentz is a good coach, always seems to have a descent team without getting the 5 star recruits.

You spelled "completely ignorant" wrong.

LMAO... honestly made me laugh out loud....

I just noticed there’s a game on tonight (TUESDAY!) … i love in the middle of the season when we start getting these Tuesday/Wednesday night games between smaller schools. It makes the week go quicker

Is #2 Iowa the most over ranked team in history? They are down 24-7 to Purdue with about 7 minutes to go. Is David Bell really this good? 11 catches 240 yards. Might be an interesting late 1st early 2nd round pick if we decide to move on from OBJ.

2020
• Academic All-Big Ten.
• First-team All-Big Ten.
• Started all six games.
• Had a team-high 53 receptions for 625 yards and eight touchdowns on the year.
• Recorded four 100-yard receiving games.
• Had a season-high 13 receptions for 121 yards and three touchdowns vs. Iowa on Oct. 24.
• Caught nine passes for 122 yards and a touchdown at Illinois on Oct. 31.
• Finished with nine receptions for 78 yards against Northwestern on Nov. 15.
• Had eight catches for 104 yards and a pair of touchdowns at Minnesota on Nov. 20.
• Caught four passes for 68 yards and a touchdown vs. Rutgers on Nov. 28.
• Finished with 10 receptions for a season-high 132 yards and a touchdown vs. Nebraska on Dec. 5.

2019
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• First-team Associated Press Freshman All-American
• Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection.
• Named Big Ten Freshman on the Week a school-record-tying four times.
• Appeared in all 12 games, making nine starts.
• Tied for the Big Ten lead with 86 receptions for 1,035 yards and seven touchdowns.
• Caught at least one pass in all 12 games.
• Had three carries for 12 yards and a touchdown on the year.
• Hauled in a 49-yard touchdown reception for first collegiate catch at Nevada on Aug. 30.
• Caught four passes for 82 yards vs. Vanderbilt on Sept. 7.
• Caught one pass vs. TCU on Sept. 14, but missed the majority of the contest after getting banged up.
• Returned to action vs. Minnesota on Sept. 28 and caught eight passes for 114 yards.
• Had three receptions for 56 yards at No. 12 Penn State on Oct. 5.
• Earned first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after catching nine passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns vs. Maryland on Oct. 12.
• Repeated as B1G Freshman of the Week at No. 23 Iowa on Oct. 19, finishing with 13 receptions for a season-high 197 yards and touchdown.
• Had five catches for 18 yards and scored on a one-yard rush vs. Illinois on Oct. 26.
• Scored the game-winning touchdown on nine-yard end-around rush with 1:08 remaining vs. Nebraska on Nov. 2. Caught seven passes for 23 yards in the game.
• Garnered third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after catching a season-high 14 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown at Northwestern on Nov. 9.
• Repeated as Big Ten Freshman of the Week at No. 14 Wisconsin on Nov. 23, finishing with 12 catches for 108 yards and a touchdown.
• Closed out freshman campaign with nine receptions for 136 yards and touchdown against Indiana on Nov. 30.

https://purduesports.com/sports/football/roster/david-bell/10852

Oklahoma beat TCU 52-31, as freshman Caleb Williams passed for 295 yards and 4 TDs. Kennedy Brooks followed up his 271 yard rushing performance against Texas with 153 yards on 20 carries and one TD.

Looks like Spencer Rattler and all of his NIL deals are on the bench from now on

You probably always liked Iowa football because in all my watching them for years, they almost always, I mean the closest to 100% of the time out of maybe any team you can name, play sound football.
I mean, they line up in traditional formations, and make sound plays for the game situations.
That doesn't mean they were ever good, or talented, or dominant, or tough, but dang they are always sound!

They always play basically, do the edges need held? yep they held the edges, did the safeties need to be in position, yep they kept them in position. Do you need to see basic football, from a couple different formations? Yep, they do basic well.

With 3 star guys? Oh ya! 3 star, 2 1/2 star guys. Basic, sound, football, with 2.5 star guys, That is Iowa, that has been Iowa for many+ years.

Michigan State takes out Michigan in a great game.

Big game coming up tonight ..

Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Penn State Nittnany Lions 33-24 improving the rivalries record to 20 wins to 8 losses in the Buckeyes favor since the latter team joined the Big 10 in 1993. (Now, technically one of those wins in 2010 by the buckeyes had to be vacated.)

In the 1980's we used to watch the buckeyes struggle through playing the entire 9 of other big 10 schools every year. To face every big 10 school from back then, proved a big order; especially because the coaches gained a familiarity with the other teams styles.

Bucks struggled with PSU’s DL, but I thought our pressure on defense really changed the game

Ohio State got Jobbed by the Referees in the game they won today over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Here's what happened. Early, Way early in the 2nd half. Nebraska was punting, (in a game the refs hadn't effected up to that point too much.) and!! (punting because nebr sucked.) and!!
Ohio State got a call, they said punt catch interference against Nebraska, now the tv tried to say you can't be inside one yard, and in front of him, and the others said, well, "he didn't touch the player," but
What was the freaking result??

A stupid punting Nebraska team that had done nothing all day because they suck, had the Buckeyes start their drive, at the buckeyes own 25 yard line instead of the buckeyes own 10 ish yard line after the 15 yard penalty. ( and keep in mind the TV said it was a correct call because the dude got withing one yard and right in front of him. So!!

The Fallout, the dolt Nebraska fans booed for 8 minutes, real time no matter what happened. and the buckeyes made a lot of positive plays. Buckeyes would have scored on that drive with correct officiating.
Including a caught pass at the 50 yard line. But... what happened???

The officials, who had Nebraska fans mad at them, gave Nebraska a make up call.
and the officials gave Nebraska a 2nd make up call. I think one of those was to negate Ohio States 30 yard positive play.
and the 2nd was to Give Ohio State another 20 yards to go play because the guy winked at the other guy.
he winked at him.

That's 2! 2 make up calls. So It's still Ohio States ball, and they probably get the first down AGAIN!
AND THEN, there was another make up call.
and then Another make up call, and Ohio State had to punt, now... All 4 of those calls, were NOT based on what actually the facts would show, but what the refs, and Nebraska fans would have wished would have happened.

Then, it's the later drive, and Ohio State is (because they see this is clearly bull ) OSU is dominating them on the defense, and holds Nebraska to 4 negative plays on offense, Then,
out of nowhere, they refs threw Another Make up call, against the buckeyes, for (standing still in the red zone) or something, I thought it was legal play, but whatever it gave the nebr. dolts a first down.

Then, Nebraska hits on a big play, because everyone was like, What the heck happened that call was so stupid.
Then next play Nebrask scores, should be enough make up calls, right? No.

On the Next drive, The Refs, Give Another make up call, and Ohio State can't even stand still without the refs screwing them.
Then the Buckeyes get the first down anyway on a 20+ yard gain.
Then next play. Another make up call by the refs, and they weren't actual penalties, and weren't based on facts.
so.
the next play, the Buckeyes, Get a 35 yard pass to the Tight end I've not heard of, and the Ref, says No he's out of bounds, but he was clearly in.
So, 10 seconds later they review it, and it clearly shows he made a catch, to give the Buckeyes a first down in field goal range.

Clearly, so, ... The Refs see this, but say, "Not today buckeyes, no catch" . So then, after getting 3 plays over 30 yards on the drive the Buckeyes had to punt.

then on the next drive, the Refs throw a flag because the Nebraska Sideline came onto the field, and both refs, nodded, in discussion,
but then the head ref, he shook his head, and said, " uhh, no foul" .

then the buckeyes still had to overcome another make up call and still got a field goal, and then stopped the loser Nebraska who played very poorly all day from getting points because they missed their field goal set up by the make up calls.

Then with about 4 minutes to play, the Refs finally went back to being neutral observers and let the teams play, and the Buckeyes kicked the cornhuskers into oblivion again.

But the Bottom line is. The Referees Biases against Ohio State today, probably, easily Swang the Scoreboard
10 points in to nebraskas favor
in a game
Where Ohio State won, ended up winning by 9.

Refs screwed the Buckeyes today.

Every time I watch PSU I think they should be better than they are

Schaudenfreude as Spart-y falls at purdue.

And Purdue is dumb for and should not be allowed to introduce dying childrens' medical wards into a football stadiums whole scenario but
the team rushed the field,
it's official Mchican Stat Spartys went all sparty at Purdue and lost by 11.

the fans rushed the field, it looks like the purude fans are celebrating another, if you build it they will come trophe or something.
They didn't win any championsip.

I know one thing: if I were a top 5 team I would not want to play at Purdue lol

Good start for the Bucks. Up 42-14 with 7 minutes left in the 1st half.

How quickly has Texas gone downhill?!?

That Baylor game was incredible!

And how about that 62 walk off FG in the Texas Tech game and then the hail marry in the South Dakota game?!? Talk about poor clock management at the end of that game by SDSU

CJ Stroud rewriting the Buckeye record books. OSU up 49-0 at the half vs Michigan State. 8 possessions, 7 touchdowns and a kneeldown to end the half. Stroud broke the consecutive completion record with 17 straight, tied the most TD passes per game at 6. In the first qtr, he was 16-of-17, 241 yards, three touchdowns. At the half, he's 29-of-31 for 393 yards and six touchdown passes. This isn't against a MAC or Division II school, this is against the #7 team in the country that beat Michigan just 2 weeks ago. Chris Olave also broke the all time Buckeye TD reception record with his 35th.

It certainly wasn't what I was expecting.

j/c...

I had been hoping that WR Chris Olave might fall to our 1st round pick, but that seems less and less likely each week.

From CBS Sports "Best College Football Bets"

The Six Pack: Ohio State vs. Michigan State, Oregon vs. Utah among best college football bets in Week 12 - CBSSports.com
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...g-best-college-football-bets-in-week-12/

No. 7 Michigan State at No. 4 Ohio State: One of the more interesting parts of this week is the look-ahead factor. Not only is next week the final week of the regular season, but it's rivalry week. I don't know if you've heard about it, but Ohio State has a rather big rivalry with Michigan that's important to them. Perhaps this is why the Buckeyes have failed to cover a spread in their last seven games ahead of the Michigan rivalry (last year's game was canceled).

When you look at that trend and combine it with the fact that this spread seems pretty disrespectful of the Spartans, it's hard not to lean Sparty's way. I know we took Purdue and got burned by the Buckeyes last week, but head-to-head results aside -- it works both ways, Spartan fans -- Michigan State's a better team than Purdue. Plus, after watching Ohio State play with its food far too often, I'm not ready to buy the idea that it's suddenly flipped the switch because it pounded a Purdue team coming off a huge win. I mean, Purdue did still score 31 points in that game.

While Michigan State's defense gives up a lot of yards, it tightens up in the red zone, which happens to be an area the Ohio State offense has struggled most of the season. The Buckeyes win, but not nearly as easily as the spread suggests. Ohio State 38, Michigan State 24 | Michigan State +19

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2 YEARS!

It's the week of the Ohio State xighican game.

Wow, what a beat down today

#3 Oregon crushed by Utah!

Jc

I’m calling in for a friend…..is Ohio State still “re-building”? No, seriously….are they? I mean….they lost to the Ducks ….

SMH

The Buckeyes defense was pretty bad that day. Injuries and younger players combined with bad techniques and bad decisions or reads.

they may have changed and gotten healthier, though... One Cb may still be getting healthier.

Sure….that day. It’s because you have a ridiculously young team (on both sides of the ball) learning while playing in live action. Look at the beginning of the season, Stroud was throwing everything high and overthrowing deep balls. He was still figuring it all out, plus trying to slow the game down, emotions and etc.

Same goes with the defense and also the adjustments of having Barnes call the defense. If I remember correctly they were starting 7 new players on D.

My opinion: I expressed this to friends but not on here. This year was going to be interesting, because your current blue bloods were all losing big time QBs. Bama with Mac Jones, Clemson with Trevor, and OSU with Fields. That’s 3 out of 4 previous playoff teams. This was the year for those other team to take advantage of it.

Those three teams have way too much talent to have a bad season. The recruiting they’ve done in the past few years basically has set them up for least the next 2,3,4 years.

I'm not one to make predictions in terms of college kids as freshmen. But I swear that Stroud has to be one of the best freshman QB's I've ever seen play the game. As a freshman I have seen him have some missteps along the way, but his poise under pressure is second to none for such a young kid. Watching him progress and grow, watching him in the NFL will certainly be something I'm looking forward to. And I'm not one who has really promoted the Buckeye QB's at the NFL level. But this kid is different.

my guess:

Georgia
OSU
Alabama
Cincinnati

If OSU beats Michigan and wins the big 10, they will be in.

j/c

Big game this Saturday. I'm an OSU fan, wife is a fan of the other team. Our kids got us tickets to the game for our anniversary. (hope my son paid for them. He's doing great financially. Daughter is still in college).

Yesterday, watching the Bucks destroy msu, wife said "I hope next weeks game isn't like this one." I paused, then thought: I guess I'm in a no win situation on Sat. If the Bucks blow out that team, I have to ride home with my wife. Not good. If that team wins, I have to ride home with my wife. Not good."

#marriedlife

We all live it.

He has been really impressive to watch.

My dad called after the game and I was telling him I don’t want the season to end. I wish they could play 10 more games.

Watching this team grow has been so much fun. Watching Stroud throwing it around with Olave, Wilson, and JSN. It’s one thing to have a one player with good hands on offense, but having three and this isn’t even including Ruckert. Henderson has been great and also love seeing he is an option in the pass game too.

That’s awesome Arch…well besides the ride home, lol.

Have fun at the game!

If you'd prefer to go with a Buck fan, that's admittedly not as pretty or charming.....I'm your man!

I'll take that into considerat...................................nope. Wife just hit me.

So this guy's two big picks were for Michigan State to cover and Oregon to win? How do these people have jobs?

The two best teams in the country right now are Georgia and Ohio State and I don't think it's all that close, Alabama is probably the 3rd best team but already have a loss and still have to play Georgia in the SEC championship.

Of the other 1 loss teams... Michigan will lose to OSU, OU and Okie St still have to play so one of them will lose, ND will beat Stanford, and ND will get in ahead of an undefeated Cincinnati team.

How though? Cincinnati has the head to head, which is also the best win of either team. Notre Dame has one win against the current AP top 25.

The winner of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State game could shoot up the ratings next week. If Oklahoma they play Okie State again in the Championship game if Okie State they will play Baylor. If Oklahoma beats Okie State back to back or Oklie State beats Oklahoma and then Baylor I think a 12-1 Big Twelve Champion will get in over Cincinnati.

But if UGA beats Bama, making them a 2 loss team.. does Cincy get in ahead of Bama or is Cincy out either way?

The committee sent a clear message when they left PSU out a few years ago. Penn State had the Big Ten championship and a head to head win over Ohio State but OSU got in over them, because they had 1 loss to PSU's 2. I think an undefeated Cincinnati should get in over a 2 loss Alabama.

I agree with you that Cincy should get in... but I'm not sure the clear message sent by picking OSU over PSU (2 power 5 teams with good football pedigree) is going to play the same as picking a non-power 5 Cincy team over perennial playoff team like Alabama.

I see that, but it would be a joke, considering Alabama's resume isn't really that impressive. They have one extra win against the top 25, one of which is an Arkansas team on the verge of being booted out.

Couple that with an extra loss, and possibly 2? I think that would be shameful.

I think a lot of it boils down the the fact that the small teams just don't get the love. We could blame that on the fact that the market and viewership simply wouldn't be there, ( all about the Benjamins ), or that they may see them as fluke that couldn't compete in the actual tournament. I have my thoughts on the matter but no real evidence to support that opinion. Regardless of their reasoning, regardless of their worthiness, I think they will be out whether that's right or wrong.

Yeah, nobody wants to see Cincinnati or some other program that never goes get the crap kicked out of them, but I feel like the committee has usually gotten it right.

For the record, I think these kinds of conversations will eventually go away as we can all see the movement that is going on in college football. We are going to eventually have less conferences with more teams. Super conferences. Obviously there will still be arguments, since having a bigger conference guarantees you won't play a bunch of teams in your own conference, but this anchor of being out of the power 5 will be gone, which should help the Cincinnati's in college football.

I also think this Cincinnati team is being treated like Boise State of ten years ago, and I think that's false. This team is fundamentally a lot better. They play good defense. Luke Fickell is a really good coach. I think they can line up and play with just about anyone.

I think they get in over a two loss Bama.

I think Concy stands a decent chance to get in. Georgia will be in win or lose in the SEC Champioship game if they beat Georgia Tech this weekend and go into Championship game undefeated. So a terrible scenario for the Bearcats would be for Bama to beat Georgia in Atlanta. Then have Oklahoma or Oklahoma State win the Big Twelve with only 1 loss.

Then it would be #1 - Ohio State or Michigan depending who wins Saturday assuming they also win the Big Ten Championship game.
#2 - Alabama because they just beat Georgia in the biggest game of the year.
#3 - Oklahoma or Oklahoma State for just winning the Big 12.
#4 - Georgia for an undefeated regular season and lone loss to the #2 team on a neutral field.

More than likely

#1 - Georgia
#2 - Ohio State or Michigan whoever wins Saturday assuming they win the Big Ten Championship.
#3 - Oklahoma or Oklahoma State for just winning the Big 12.
#4 - Cincinnati - Only team in contention would be Notre Dame and most years they would get in ahead of Cincy but this year their lone loss would be Cincy and that could not get overlooked.

Chaos scenario

Auburn pulls the upset and beats Bama and then Bama beats Georgia who gets in from the SEC? Just Georgia?
Michigan beats Ohio State but then loses to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game. Does the Big Ten get any teams in? Does both get in?
Oklahoma beats Okie State in Regular season finale but Okie State wins the Big 12 Championship games. Does either team get in? Or niether team get in?



#1 - Cincinnati
#2 - Georgia
#3 - Notre Dame
#4 - Who is the best 2 loss team? Bama, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Baylor, Iowa, Pittisburg.

Yeah I would have that first 3 locked in, and I think either Michigan or Ok St would have the best argument for that last spot

He just got done playing MSU, and MSU going in had reportedly the worst college pass defense in the entire country.
They played man coverage, and even the covered receivers were open. 4 or 5 open guys on every play? We'll see what this Stroud player does going forward.

Don't go too far out on a limb there.

Then there's this:

I suppose this can fit here, since this is a huge score for USC.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...h-in-college-football-coaching-carousel/

USC is set to hire Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley in its search to replace Clay Helton, sources tell CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd. Riley, 38, has led the Sooners for the past five seasons after taking over for legendary coach Bob Stoops.

Oklahoma went 55-10 under Riley with four Big 12 titles and three College Football Playoff appearances during his tenure. The Sooners posted a 10-2 record in 2021 but missed out on the Big 12 Championship Game after losing to Oklahoma State 37-33 in a Bedlam thriller on Saturday.

After the game, Riley vehemently shot down rumors tying him to the LSU opening, but he was not specifically asked about the the USC vacancy.

Though Riley has been connected to other high-profile openings in the past, including opportunities in the NFL, this is truly a rare, if not unprecedented, move in the modern landscape. He becomes the first Oklahoma coach to leave for another college job since Jim Tatum left OU for Maryland in 1947. This marks the first time the Sooners will be in the market for a new coach since 1999 when they hired Stoops.

Southern California's local talent pool, along with the the appeal of Los Angeles and USC's brand, were focal points in the stunning move, according to The Athletic's Bruce Feldman.

Riley's imminent move West comes as Oklahoma and Texas are set to depart the Big 12 for the SEC. Though the two blue bloods are not scheduled to switch conferences until 2025, it's possible -- if not likely -- that they transition as soon as next year. Southern California is a recruiting hotbed of players who will likely be extremely attracted to Riley's wide open, up-tempo offense. Riley has produced two Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks (Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray) and sent another to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist (Jalen Hurts).

Since being hired as the team's offensive coordinator by Stoops ahead of the 2015 season, Riley has led Oklahoma to top-10 offensive performances each season except for 2021 -- the Sooners are tied with SMU for 11th -- reaching as high as No. 1 nationally in 2018.

USC fired Helton two games into the 2021. Helton went 46-24 with the Trojans, including a Rose Bowl victory over Penn State following the 2016 season. Here are takeaways from Sunday's stunning news.

A coup of epic proportions
New USC athletic director Mike Bohn has a relationship with Luke Fickell, one of the hottest names on the coaching market, due to their time together at Cincinnati. Because of that, it was only natural to connect the dots and put Fickell at the top of Bohn's list. Bohn pulled off a ninja move nabbing Riley from Norman in a move that will go down as one of the most monumental hires in recent college football history.

This is the juice that USC needs. The program has to win the public relations fight in Los Angeles, but it has fallen into a place where it's hard to attract a name at the peak of the profession that will play well in L.A. Riley accomplishes both. His success with the Sooners will reenergize a program that had become stale and put the Trojans back on the map after a half-decade of irrelevance.

Needed recruiting prowess
USC has become an afterthought in recruiting circles in SoCal, but that will change with Riley running the ship. He brings the perfect system to attract talent in the area, evolving from a pure Air Raid coach into a quarterback whisperer who not only develops superstars but runs a system that is founded in the power rushing attack.

Riley has a five-star player from California committed to Oklahoma in the Class of 2022, and three more top-50 players from the state -- including five-star quarterback and No. 2 overall prospect Malachi Nelson -- committed to the Sooners in the Class of 2023. Those players not only could follow Riley to USC but show just how highly regarded he already is in California.

Riley runs the system that virtually every high school coach in the region employs, which means that he will be able to open the doors of Heritage Hall and five-star offensive skill players will be attracted to the building like moths to a light.

The SEC factor played a role
Riley was asked about relationship with the administration after the loss to Oklahoma State, and he referenced the program's impending move to the SEC.

"I have no concerns about our administration, our AD, our president," he said. "We've been through a lot together. This isn't our first rodeo together. So, we always have conversations about the future. And certainly with all that's changing right now in the college landscape, all that's getting ready to change, for us, at some point here we transition into a new conference, those are always conversations that we're going to have, and we would be having those yearly no matter what."

That sounds cryptic and a little bit like he was unhappy with the challenges that playing in the SEC will present.

It's hard to blame him. Oklahoma struggled in the trenches against teams from the SEC during his entire tenure, and he would have been forced to do that on a weekly basis once the move is complete. What's more, he'd probably be doing it with a roster that isn't comparable to the majority of teams he will face no matter how the SEC divides up its divisions or pods.

Is Riley scared of the SEC? That will be the narrative, but it's not the way to look at it. If he feels like the program hit its ceiling in the Big 12, why not go somewhere that not only has more upside, but won't face the same challenges that Oklahoma will face in the near future?

Lincoln Riley getting out of Oklahoma before his gimmick offense has to go up against SEC defenses week in and week out. Will be much easier in the soft Pac Ten.

it was leaked he's getting $100m; USC is buying his two properties in OK for $500k over asking (each), buying him a $6m property in Cali and he gets unlimited access to USC's private jet

And he gets to live in LA instead of Oklahoma.

Brian Kelly to LSU? What a low life. If he knew he was leaving, he should have left Knute Rockne's record intact like Lou Holz did. Why announce it now when your team has a shot at the playoffs?
Poor LSU's on the hook for 10 yrs at 10M per. He's going to flounder there.

Is that a positive?

It depends on how much weather is a factor in your life.

How about, how much taxes are a factor in his life.

Also, I'd rather have 6million dollars of property in Okla, than 6million dollars worth in Los Angelas, but, I came here to make a different point.
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The College football playoffs. OKLAHOMA STATE,

how can anyone, using an other argument than, Eyes on the TV game, and, "tradition"
automatically say,
that the Ohio State, Michigan, winner or loser, is a better football team
THIS YEAR,
than Oklahoma State, if they end up 10-1

and I don't care about, Cincinnati, or some other spot, just simply, just simply.
Michigan, and Notre Dame for that matter, or Ohio State, <<<<<< THOSE 3!!!

how anyone can say they are automatically, demonstrate-ably, or in any way other, JUST GIVEN THAT THEY ARE BETTER THAN OKLAHOMA STATE??????
I don't believe it! I want to see something on the field.
something besdes, "tradition" and , they draw more fans and eyes to bowl games, to TELL ME, that they DESERVE! to be the #2 ranked team in the Country?????

I want to see Oklahoma state, in the 4 game playoff!!

I think Oklahoma State will get in if they beat Baylor Saturday. If Bama wins I think they will knock UC out of the playoffs because of winning a P5 conference championship over a top 10 team. If Georgia wins I think they simply take Bama's spot.

I looked at schedules and looking at schedules I do not see Michigan's schedule being better than Oklahoma State. Best P5 non conference win for Michigan was Washington. Best for Oklahoma State was Oregon State. Michigan had the better loss on the road vs top 10 Michigan State and a slightly better big win vs Ohio State. Which is the only top 25 win they have. Oklahoma State lost on the road to Iowa State. Oklahoma State has 2 wins over the top 25 in Baylor and Oklahoma. I believe the Big Ten is seen as a superior conference overall to the Big 12 and that is why Michigan is rated higher at this time.

Love watching the Ducks get rolled. I like Utah’s style. Traditional ground and pound. Very little spread concepts. Recruit good linemen and punch the opponents in the mouth. Oregon is getting punched. Couldn’t be happier. Obnoxious local fans.

I agree Portland. Oregon was so overrated all year IMO. Their QB was not good and they just never impressed me

I always forget the Pac12 championship is on Friday night... glad the ducks lost...

100% agreed. I almost went to the taproom in my building at halftime to watch the rest of the game last night knowing it'd be full of duck fans.

I know we disagree on Iowa/Michigan today, but I'd much rather play Utah in LA than watching Iowa play them and watching OSU play Kentucky or A&M or whomever in the Citrus or Outback bowl.

Bama just pounded Georgia. At the end of the game, CBS analyst Gary Danielson said that if Michigan loses to Iowa tonight, the #4 spot in the playoff goes to Notre Dame, Baylor, or Ohio St.

Bama just EMASCULATED Georgia and OSU is OUT!

Why do you care if OSU is out? Scared? Don't worry Soup, Cardale Jones is gone.

Georgia got their butts handed to them... will probably make it into the playoffs, but after that beating doesn't really feel like they should.... UM is winning... if they win they're in... if they lose then ND will be in...

Does not look like any suspense this year on who gets in. I would guess it will be

#1 - Alabama 12-1
#2 - Michigan 12-1
#3 - Georgia 12-1
#4 - Cincinnati 13-0

I do not think there are any teams with much beef about these 4. Notre Dame is the only other 1 loss team and they lost to #4.

I'm going to go with:

#1 - Michigan 12-1
#2 - Alabama 12-1
#3 - Cincinnati 13-0
#4 - Georgia 12-1

Makes the committee look good and appear unbiased, while setting up what would likely be an all SEC championship game. From a business standpoint, this makes the most sense. The last thing the NCAA wants is to risk the remote chance of a UM vs UC championship game.

I have no idea how this works but I would like to see Bama v Michigan.

Any of you guys in Pasadena?

So far it looks like Cinci and Michigan didn’t belong in the playoff.

Good job representing the Big 10, xichigan. Hopefully this will shut up all of the obnoxious wolverine fans that crawled out of the woodwork around here this year.

It certainly does nothing to quiet the obnoxious buckeye fans

Believe me, I want to say the same exact thing. I'm a huge Buckeye Homer. However, I don't think Georgia was going to let anybody beat them last night. Their defense was probably the best I've ever seen in college football. - Keep mind that Michigan's Oline pushed the Buckeyes around back in November. - Not the case last night. I usually (99.9% of time) don't support the idea of the sec having 2 teams in the playoffs, however, there is little doubt that UGA and 'Bama are the two best teams in the country. - I also feel that Cincy and Xichigan were the 3rd and 4th best teams.
Keep in mind that Ohio State was really young this year. -Coming off a year where we destroyed Clemson in the playoffs and then played for a national championship, there had to be some turnover. A true freshman qb, rb, and a really young defense. Next year and the year after is where we'll see the Buckeyes take off again. - You'll also see Clemson and eventually USC back in the mix.

I think UGA wins a close one next Monday.

Georgia's D is pretty stout. There are 3-4 guys on that D I would like to see play for the Browns some day.

I'm bad with names but give me that linebacker in round one. Guy can fly.

Utah is kicking butt thus far

FIRE RYAN DAY!

#11 on Ohio State has short legs.

Big 10 has looked like crap overall in the bowl games.

Is anybody else tired of the ridiculous number of bowl games and the 6-6 teams that play in them?

j/c...

Dear Cleveland Browns: Draft Jaxon Smith-Njigba in 2023.

Good thing you don’t catch with your legs.

he is already far better than any receiver on the Browns. give me him and TE from Georgia and all is well in the world.

Ohio State going to play for the FG and ruin the OSU -4. I weep!

Unless you're Gary Barnidge.

Oh boy. Should have opted out. Hope it's not serious.

Great win for the Bucks (Stroud and his WR were just incredible)

Hoping Matt Corrall is okay … that sucks

I thought you needed 7 wins, but it could be 6 wins. At any rate, no.

I'd rather have the option of watching two teams that are in theory equally matched over whatever other option the network might otherwise show.

It must be worth it to the bowl itself and the networks that air the game. I would bet the players and coaches are happy to go to a post season bowl.

There is always the option to not watch the game if you have no interest.

I was more bummed that the last game of the Bowl season (not including the championship game) was Baylor v Ole Miss. Two teams I find no interest in watching. I turned the TV off after the Bucks won. Would have liked to watch more football but, meh. To each their own I guess. I’m sure it was watched and enjoyed by many.

What I was happy about yesterday was watching two very good bowl games in a row. The Oklahoma State come back victory against Notre Dame was a thing of beauty to watch. Ohio state making the defensive statement they made while missing five starters in their lineup in that second half and the record breaking performance by Smith-Njigba combined with Stroud's performance during that second half were all things of beauty and I'm glad I didn't miss any of it.

Surprisingly has been a good game

Whethere it's NOtere dame, or Florida, or the steelers, or the ravens, or the broncos, or the east coast teams, or the west coast teams, or the cowobys, or tonight the Alabama college team,

Anytime,Any time, one of those arrogant, Hollywood favorite teams loses,
all is a little more right in the world.

WHOOO GEORGIA WINS! Finally we beat them.

Great job Georgia.

I was somewhat neutral since I like both teams, but am happier that Georgia won. This was their turn.

Go Dawgs!

It was really nice to see Georgia win. I have a feeling it will not be there last. When Saban hangs it up. Georgia Coach Smart will probably become the new Saban and Georgia the new Alabama. With the talent base in the state of Georgia and a National Title the sky is the limit for that program.

Congrats Georgia. I had no rooting interest, but it’s nice to see a newer face on the podium

I had to root for Georgia. It's been a long championship drought for them. I was hoping it was their turn.

Tough, hard fought game right up until the fourth quarter.

Great game. Lot of future NFL players on both teams and both sides. Like to see the Browns draft a few...

Hell of a game... Congrats UGA.... they were clearly the best team for most of the year... played an outstanding championship game...

Hate to say it, but mad respect to Saban as well... Loved the respect he gave his players after the game....