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There is no winner in this lose / lose situation. But I wouldn't mind the possibility of Dan righting the ship vs DeBoer.

If Portland State drops down a division, will the Beavs jump at the chance to fill that void and become a .500 team again?

Lane CC ???

It is the Duck's fault. Just ask them. Imagine a world where your favorite college football team is out-recruited by Utah State. Imagine.

Oklahoma. Alabama should never have gotten into the playoff with 3 losses.

I'm looking for DL and co. to make a statement in this first playoff game, win by 40.

Mateer is finally back to 100%. The OC will adapt the play calling to that reality and Mateer wil be slinging the ball to his NFL wide receivers suddenly giving Oklahoma an offense to match their defense, making them a contender to win it all. This game is going to look like a repeat of the SEC championship with Alabama not looking like they belong on the field.

*Sorry for the terrible screen grab. Can’t seem to straighten it out at the moment!

I’m definitely not noble 😆 PAC Standings

Thanks, Jordan. JMU took A(n) C(urious) C(ourse) to the PO, which was aided and abetted by a once-great basketball conference tie-breakers, and a choke in Charlotte. I do not believe it will matter tomorrow, but JMU was named after the guy, Jemmy, who his peers, including Franklin and Jefferson, considered to be the brightest of their bunch. Jemmy has the distinction of going 2-0 as a wartime president, and he also won the peace after both wars, a singular achievement for a president of the USA. In 1814, when the British sacked DC, Jemmy and his wife, Dolly, were among the last to evacuate the President's House. Dolly refused to leave the burning premises without taking the portrait of George Washington with them. I imagine Jemmy would be proud of his football team, and he would have been happy about knocking the PO out of Duke, but not wild over the moniker, Dukes. With all due respect to James, Dolly, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, Destroy the Dukes!

If the DeBoer to UM smoke is real, it’s enough of a distraction to tip the scales imo

There were six rematches in FBS football this season. Five of the first game losers, including Wazzu, which blasted Beavis the 2nd time around, won the rematch. The team that was 2-0? Texas Tech with two blowouts of BYU.

Definitely take this game seriously. This team is invading our coveted home turf. Their goal is to embarrass us in front our fans, and the entire sports world. Remember how crappy it felt to lose to IU at home? If the score is even close, pundits will say we are all show, and no go….let’s destroy these guys. I want to see disciplined violence on defense, and fireworks on offense.

Low scouring (SIC) affair, probably decided by a late drive or defensive score. I suspect 'Bama by 17-14. I expecte Whine will be served, with an unhealthy helping of cultish ESPN genuflection as the main course. They just matter more.

OOOOOOOOOOOO, Oklahoma! With a D that brings the pain! And the Sooners fans can make plans to head the Rose Bowl way. 24 to 17, I'll say. 😁 FWIW - Oklahoma is one of the few teams with an overall winning record vs The Tide - 5-2-1 - Venables 2 - DeBoer 0 - Since 2000, Oklahoma has the best home record in CFB.

Personally I want Alabama to go down. A win by a three-loss SEC team somewhat "validates" choosing to put a three-loss SEC team, over several 2-loss teams in a twelve team playoff. HOWever, going to a 16 team PO combined with the SEC and ACC going to 9 game conference schedule probably mitigate much of that validation. OU offense is generally...uninspiring, but the defense is formable. Alabama is more balanced on both sides of the ball. If OU can turnover Alabama and minimize their own mistakes, at home, then I think OU pulls out a close 17-14 type game. If not, then same score, opposite result. So. Alabama 17-14.

It's very hard to beat the same team twice in the same season. Based on that, Alabama wins a close one in Norman.

More predictions re: Autzen environment, rust (Jeremiah Smith not walking out on the filed this time), etc. Oregon football predictions for CFP game vs. James Madison Dukes

20-17 Bama pulls out a low score win. Either way the SEC is staring down a beating by Indiana a week and a half later!

I don’t have a dog in this fight, and don’t see either team lasting long enough to play OBD. The good thing about this game is an SEC loss. The bad thing about this game is an SEC win.

Thank you Jordan! If OBD plays a clean game and plays to their potential, we will all go to bed happy Saturday night! Play to the standard men. FEBU. It’s DUCKS vs THEM!

This is a tough one. I pulled for OU the first time but I think Alabama/Indiana is a much better round two matchup (I would be interested to see what kind of creative ways DeBoer might come up with to attack IU's pass defense as I think both Oregon and tOSU attacked too much into its strengths). Either way Dan gets another shot at either DeBoer or Cignetti if Oregon can get past Texas Tech, which is fun. So go Bama tonight I guess? 😐

Thanks Jordan! Good reminder to stay focused and never ASSUME a cakewalk. As Nick Saban would say, "Don't listen to the rat poison."

Oregon-James Madison predictions: Picks for the CFP first-round game Does Cinderella exist in the College Football Playoff in the same way it does in the NCAA basketball tournament? We're about to find out with James Madison's participation in the 12-team playoff on Saturday at Oregon. The Dukes made the field as one of the five highest rated conference champions because five-loss Duke won the ACC championship game. James Madison finished No. 24 in the final playoff rankings, but it dominated the Sun Belt and played a competitive game at Louisville, showing the capability of playing competitively in this matchup.

Who has the College Football Playoff’s best home-field edge? Here’s what the numbers say Home/road differentialThis is also obvious. We took each team’s home winning percentage and subtracted its road winning percentage to see how much better a team fares in its own stadium. Our road games included neutral sites (like Texas-Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl), conference championships and Playoff games. We excluded non-CFP bowls to avoid the messy complexities of opt-outs. Oregon won 24.2 percent more games at home with Oklahoma (20.8 percent) in second. Ole Miss (13.6 percent) and Texas A&M (12 percent) were at the bottom in this category, too. Scoreboard: Oklahoma 7, Oregon 7, Ole Miss 3, Texas A&M 3