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Looks like the end for the intersectional matchup, and why not? ND makes money off the series. ND's recruiting benefits from the series. USC gets a jeweled stick if it wins. 🤪 A B1G SC does not need another trip east every other season. SC offered to compromise and continue the series if the game was played earlier in the year at a neutral site. Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is what SC offered as a neutral venue. https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/sources-notre-dame-usc-rivalry-series-ending-next-year-as-irish-finalize-2-year-deal-with-byu-165245493.html

Notre Dame vs. USC is on pause. Probably 'forever.' From a B1G perspective, and a USC travel perspective, I think Troy made the right call. USC asked for the game to be played earlier in the season at a neutral site. The Irish said 'No.' SINotre Dame Football Fills Future Schedule Signaling End t...The Fighting Irish will play BYU the next two seasons with other marquee opponents already on the books until 2030.

The offense has nothing to be disappointed about from Saturday, the defense should be ashamed about their performance, it was putrid in the second half, and the first half wasn't as good as the score would say. What this means for the Orange Bowl, probably not a whole lot. The defense has been good for most of the year, but it is concerning that they haven't shut down a good offense yet this season. It's a defense that has feasted on bad offenses, Indiana and USC were able to accomplish a lot, I don't think TT is as good as these offenses though. I still think we should win, but we have to be better on defense, we have to get more pressure, the run defense has to stiffen up, we have to better in every facet of the defense if we want to win the lot. I don't think we'll do it since we haven't been able to shut down a good offense yet, the offense is going to have to make up for it.

I just honestly don’t know exactly what to think of TT. I’ve seen highlights, but I didn’t watch them play very much. They lost to Arizona State, but it’s not like the Sun-Devils are a bad team, and it was a close game. Plus, any team is subject to have a bad game, no matter how good they are. They won every other game in convincing fashion, but it’s not like they played a real gauntlet of a schedule. I will say that convincingly beating Utah and then BYU twice is pretty impressive, but doesn’t convince me that they are the world beaters that some are saying. Obviously, I think the Ducks win, but I know how talented and how well the Ducks are capable of playing. With Texas Tech, I’m just not sure. I’m going to pull up and watch a few of their games before the Orange Bowl. Go Ducks!!!

The Joe Moore winners will play ball on Wednesday, 12/31/26 - No. 14 Vanderbilt - 10-2 vs. No. 23 Iowa - 8-4, 9 AM Pacific, ESPN. This should be one of the best non-PO bowl games. Two more Power 2 matchups see Illinois vs. Tennessee in Nashville, playing at 2:30 PM on Tuesday, the 30th, and No. 13 Texas vs. No. 18 Michigan, Noon ABC, on the 31st. Thursday, 1/1/26, 1 PM, ESPN, sees the fourth postseason matchup of B1G vs. SEC, when No.1 Indiana plays No. 9 Bama in the Rose Bowl, with Indiana -6.5, the favorite. Indiana, the favorite? DOCTOR!🤪 Three seasons back, everyone saw this Rose Bowl battle coming on, right? 🙃 Odds on that one of Georgia/Ole Miss will play Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday, 1/8/26, with a chance that OBD plays Alabama in Atlanta on Friday, 1/9/26. Saturday Down SouthEarly thoughts on each quarterfinal matchup of the 2025 C...The quarterfinal matchups of the 2025 College Football Playoff are set. Here's what you should watch out for. WRECK TECH!

Fifty one points, (51!) and he still catches crap. Wowsa. For sure. Fact: We really have no idea what is going into the decisions of what we are going to do when. It is very possible that we did not abandon the run game because we thought it wasn't working. (Duh. Who would think that?) Maybe they wanted to get some practice in for the receivers and Dante in a real game situation. There really are not many targets to spread around. We don't know... but as long as we keep winning, who am I to complain???

Saturday Down South evaluates the PO quarterfinals - Saturday Down SouthEarly thoughts on each quarterfinal matchup of the 2025 C...The quarterfinal matchups of the 2025 College Football Playoff are set. Here's what you should watch out for.

This is great news!!! GO DUCKS!!!

This is great news. Not only for the run game but his pass blocking might make the difference against the TT pass rush.

I'm thinking the game will come down to defense and who puts the most pressure on the qb.

Yes, I commented on the game-day thread. I am hoping DL and WS are finally playing the best players. 🤞🏼 I’m not an expert, but DHJ and JD sure are the most fun to watch. I’ve never been that excited about Whittington.

Finebaum is all SEC Network, he is gonna always plug for the SEC whether it’s true or not. I’ve noticed even regular ESPN doing similar in recent years. It makes little difference though, games are won on the field and the clowns can’t influence the outcome at all! Aside from perhaps firing a team up a bit!😂 A few years back Eric Ainge made comments that Sanford Stadium was not loud and not at all intimidating before UGA hosted his Vols! During the ensuing beat down there were many false starts and much confusion for the TN offense at the line of scrimmage. Many Vol fans were not happy with Mr. Ainge!😂 This actually reminds me of something I’ve noticed about Autzen. While not having the capacity of some of the larger college stadiums it gets extremely loud and can and does cause much confusion for visiting opponents! Great design for creating an extremely loud environment!

Clown is a compliment for this guy. I would say he is an embarrassment to humanity.

Hopefully, he takes this clown with him.

It’s nice to be a finalist, but the Indiana game kind of sealed the Duck OL’s fate. Granted, many of those sacks were on the QB, but the stat line still stands out. Kudos to Iowa. They played the top teams very close this season.

Yeah I knew we wouldn't win it. I figured we'll be finalists again next year and not win it next year too..

The 3 finalists were Indiana, Iowa, Oregon for 2025. Oregon was a finalist for the third consecutive season. The winner? Iowa. The three teams did play each other in 2025. Indiana had more rushing and passing against both Iowa and Oregon. Oregon had more rushing, and a bit less passing against Iowa. Iowa trailed both in game stats except passing vs Oregon. On the key stat of in-game rushing, Iowa was behind both opponents.

Oregon's response to poor second half play has Dan Lanning encouraged Oregon coach Dan Lanning said on Monday that the team has been great in the days following Saturday's subpar second half showing against James Madison in the College Football Playoffs.

Dan Lanning Addresses 'Messed Up' College Football Playoff FormatWith a home win against James Madison, the Oregon Ducks are headed to the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. However, coach Dan Lanning believes the game should be played in Lubbock, Texas. Oregon Ducks On SIDan Lanning Addresses 'Messed Up' College Football Playof...With a 51-34 final score, the No. 5 Oregon Ducks took down the No. 12 James Madison Dukes to advance to the College Football Playoff quarterfinals in Miami, Flo

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Just a weird stance to take.

Yeah, it could easily be Oregon or Indiana vs Ohio State!

I wondered if Whittington was dinged up or got dinged up, but he showed back up in the 3rd or 4th quarter. Happy that Davison will be there for the TT game.

Fifty one points, (51!) and he still catches crap. Wowsa.

Note how he had limited respect for Alabama...."very few of Indiana players were wanted or recruited by Alabama." That is more important than winning the game?