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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

By any spreadsheet, nerd’s algorithm or Fat Joey’s Calzone and Sportsbook, the No. 5 Oregon Ducks‘ College Football Playoff opener looks like a formality dressed up as a national event. The Ducks open Saturday against No. 12 James Madison at Autzen Stadium as 21-point favorites — a primetime belt-to-buns hardly worth pundits’ coveted analysis. Oregon enters its inaugural home playoff ... Oregon Favored but Focused in Playoff Opener

It's CFP time my feathered friends. Tonight in Norman Oklahoma. We have an SEC rematch featuring two of the classic brands in all the sport. 10-2 Oklahoma is a 3.5 point underdog vs 10-3 Alabama. Despite beating the Crimson Tide just four weeks ago. Alabama has struggled rushing the ball all year, and I don't see that changing against the number one rush defense in the SEC. Oklahoma also sacked Alabama QB Ty Simpson five times, and forced him into multiple interceptions. Something he hadn't done all year. Now Alabama did put up over four hundred yards of offense, out gaining the Sooners by over a yard yards. But the untimely mistakes cost Alabama the game. The winner of this game will move on to face Indiana in the Rose Bowl. This is the eight vs nine game, and is on the same side of the bracket as Oregon. If one of these programs gets hot, they very well could be the Semifinal matchup vs Oregon, should the Ducks get past Texas Tech. Which I think happens, and what I'm hoping happens. Who wins? Is Oklahoma as good an eight seed as Ohio State was last year? I personally think Alabama has the higher ceiling, and has the best chance of giving Indiana trouble. But Oklahoma is a bad matchup for Alabama imo. I think Oklahoma vs Alabama will look similar to Indiana vs Ohio State. The higher ceiling team will be dragged down, and forced into a mud fight. Oklahoma is more suited to win a mud fight. Oklahoma 20 Alabama 16.

What is a bust? A bust is finding out who you really are and all your faults. I don't think the Ducks were a complete team last year even though they were rated #1. Regardless of where the Ducks are rated this year, they do seem like an almost complete team - just need a little better pass rush and lay off those penalties, especially pass interference. I think the Ducks are a little short when it comes to pass defense. Will it stop them? That remains to be seen. I don't see an unbeatable team in this year's playoffs. Like that LSU team that won it all or the great Georgia teams or even Ohio St of last season. The Ducks are going to have to battle. They have as good a chance as anyone. However it goes... Oregon and all the other teams will have some different players next year. Keep restacking the talent and playing the games. A real 'bust' would have been losing one or both of the last two games and missing the playoffs. (A classic Cristobal move) Now they are in the playoffs and all the playoff teams will be giving it their best shot. This isn't baseball or basketball - get some timely hits or make some three pointers. This is football where the physicality will determine the game. I am interested to see how Oregon hangs with each playoff game getting tougher and tougher and how far they can go. I don't see them losing any games if they play their best ball. Even if it falls apart, as long as they are reloading with great players, they are still in it. A bust would happen if the best players decided they no longer want to play at Oregon. And that is happening to some very good teams out there with a lot of history. But for us, we need to see some domination on Saturday.

Oregon Ducks WR Dakorien Moore hints at availability on social media https://share.google/bR0A7xNA3Ri5rN291 Got to believe that DAK only puts this out there if he will be on the field.