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I'm starting to feel the 12 team playoff is as good as it gets. It appears the B1G and the eSECpn want to wait until their current contracts end before just taking their beach ball away and going to another beach. South Carolina, Bama and Ole Miss simply screwed up. They lost to non playoff teams, and feel they still deserved a shot at the playoffs. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Ole Miss stomp pedestrian Wake Forest, but South Carolina and Bama lost to comparable B1G teams? SEC coaches still want to preserve their regular season records, while claiming they have the toughest schedules (yeah, two Pluto State caliber opponents really makes up for that tough run against Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Auburn, and a misunderstood Oklahoma. Your conference has nothing to cry about when nearly half your teams won half or less of their conference games (especially when that number would climb if they played nine conference games). Not to mention, the SEC could (and probably would ) prove it by replacing Mater Dei Catholic with a Big12 and ACC opponent each. That would not only solve a big issue, it would shut up the ACC and Big12 for good ( because they would have to put up or shut up). I also do not want to disparage the SEC crew that visits this forum regularly, because despite my penis envy, I do like and respect the SEC. But let's be real, this decade has been Kirby and Saban. LSU got a B1G product in Joe Burrow, as did Texas for that matter. Tennessee, Florida and Auburn are like us old geezers-better days long past (though I REALLY like Florida this year-the road to the title game requires defeating a very loaded Gator team). So in essence, there are three gimmie playoff teams in both conferences, and frankly, I'm not impressed with potential as we saw what Niko was, what Ole Miss has been the past two years, and it didn't take much for Texas to claim their spot by winning games they should. In other words, win 10 or take your potential to a bowl game and lobby how tough you are while the real teams vie for a Natty. I say stay at 12 and force teams to win 10. Even better, have play in games interconference. Then Ole Miss can demonstrate they can beat the third best team in the Big12 or ACC. So can Bama, and South Carolina. Except they'd have to play the Illinois, Indiana, and Miami circa 2024. That makes more sense than saying my schedule is tougher than yours. In fact, that would make way more sense than the models proposed. As far as I see it, despite having a talent advantage, the SEC sounds like those snooty students that never worked a day in their life talking about how to run businesses. Playing two rounds of games against said lessor opponents in lessor conferences just might prove you really have a strength of schedule argument. This notion you earn a spot just because sounds rather elitist without providing some substance. Josh Pate always says you aren't what your record says you are. Well, let's just see that. Except you can't host a play in game if your record includes potato state as four of your victories.

10-8 Cal Poly wins. I am locking the thread, as I do not need to see people post who never do unless it is negative. And I don't need "Nah-Nah" posts that are meant as salt-on-the-wound, as I've already deleted one of those. We had a great season, but fell short. It happens.

That is an embarrassing performance by the pitching staff, absolutely pathetic, particularly by the relief pitching. Other two teams had relief pitchers who pitched with confidence, our guys pitch like they were scared to death, not getting ahead in the count. We aren't going anywhere unless we start playing actual good teams in the non-con, or the B1G steps up. It is an absolutely unacceptable result to get swept out of the regional.

And we all whined about our low seeding Maybe the RPI is smarter than we thought. A lot of ranked or seeded teams going down though.

Season over. Pitching fell apart at the end. Disappointing to lose both games in your own regional.

10-8 Cal Poly after eight innings. Boy our pitching...

9-8 Cal Poly after seven innings, as Oregon's Drew Smith and Jeffery Heard hit back-to-back home runs over center field! Who would have thought that the replacement for Aroz would hit two dingers today? But then the worst of two worlds happened...the Ducks put in Ian Umlandt--which I cannot understand, as we will need him as a starting pitcher in a later game...and then the Mustangs hit-the-heck out of him.

Originally Posted by Jon Joseph Do you take one of the 5, or do you like the field? One of these five teams will win the 2025-26 CFP National Championship WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The 2025 college football season is getting closer.

According to the radio broadcast, Aroz and the Ducks football team are watching the game at the Moshofsky Center

Oregon yard sale! Now 8-5 Ducks on dingers by Smith and Heard

6-5 Ducks! This is after six innings, as the replacement for Anson Aroz...Jeffrey Heard, got a dinger over the center field fence to tie it. Then Oregon's Burke-Lee Mabeus got a blooper single in shallow left field to set up The Pride of Portland Oregon, Ryan Cooney, who blasted a two-run homer over center field as well. The crowd went nuts... There is a stiff wind blowing out toward center field, so anything up in the air can get carried long, and Cal Poly got a HR that way.

Way too close for comfort at 6-5, but Oregon uniforms finally answered the signal.

4-3 Cal Poly after five innings, as the Ducks' Carter Garate singled to get to first, got to second on a wild pitch, and then was advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Then came a LONG at-bat with Dominic Hellman, who fouled off tons of pitches, and with two outs and a runner on third...we needed this. He got the pitch he wanted and blasted it out of the park and into the left field scoreboard for a two-run homer! The crowd was razzing the pitcher, and went crazy with the HR. The Mustangs are hitting Oregon's Grinsell much more than I would have thought...

A look at the 2025 opponent, Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Preview 2025: Prediction, Win Total, Top 10 Players, Keys to the Season - College Football News | College Football Predictions, Analysis and Updates

Coach Bielema asked for the SEC #s, and CBS delivered. Illinois coach Bret Bielema asked, so we answered: How the SEC has fared against Power Four in recent years - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Crunching the numbers on just how good the SEC has been in recent years It's a small sample size since NIL and largely unregulated transfers, but it appears that the B1G is closing the on-field results gap. Why the need for Sankey to beat this drum over and over again? What's the point? I guess, 'We'll play 8 conference games and the PO committee should put at least 6 SEC teams in the field every year."

CBS Chimes In. Lacking CFP clarity, SEC faces blind decision on 8- or 9-game schedule with soft deadline looming - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Commissioner Greg Sankey said two years ago he was hoping to land the plane on a decision The ADs and the Coaches were not on the same PO format and scheduling page, and the ADs didn't know this before gathering in Florida? Come On Man!

Here is my 2¢ . . . I'm always of the opinion that unless the call is the last call of the game, it did not "cost" the game (MLB still needs to reverse Jim Joyce's incorrect call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game). There were a couple of innings to go. If the play stood as safe, then the batting order, pitch selection etc. would have all changed and maybe we don't score a run in the ninth. It could also have gone extras and still lost. So, I'll go with it affected the game.

3-1 Cal Poly after four innings. Sigh…

Burke-Lee Mabeus is called out on strikes without a pitch being thrown, ending the inning for the Ducks, a clock violation.

3-1 Cal Poly after three innings. Oregon's Ryan Cooney got a double to center field, got sacrificed to third, and Dominic Hellman hit him with a single to left field. Left two stranded!

2-0 Cal Poly after two innings. They caught a Grinsell fastball for a two-run HR.

ES(ec)PN asks whether a 5-11 PO format will help an 8-game regular season SEC? College Football Playoff format - SEC debate, chances of lost bids and more - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The debate about the future format of the CFP is raging. Particularly, how it hurts or helps the biggest leagues. More 'It Just Means More' propaganda. Paul Newman - 'If you're playing a poker game and look around the table and can't see who the sucker is, it's you.'

0-0 after one inning, and Grayson Grinsell looks good.

Bo is not resting on last season's laurels. Bo Nix reveals how Broncos teammate humbles him after stellar rookie season WWW.YARDBARKER.COM While speaking with reporters on Thursday, Bo Nix revealed that an unnamed teammate has helped keep him humble following an impressive rookie season. I think there are a few good QBs in the Division, and so far, the Chipper seems to be happy with Geno Smith.

One of Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, Penn State, or OBD will win the CFB title in 2025-26. One of these five teams will win the 2025-26 CFP National Championship WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The 2025 college football season is getting closer. Given the opportunity, would you take one of these five to win it all or bet the field? Note: 3 B1G teams and 2 SEC teams.