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Hoosiers - played their butts off 20-15 – Iowa 30-20 – Oregon 27-24 – Penn St 13-10 – Ohio St

9/10 – Notre Dame/Miami 10/9 – Miami/Notre Dame 11 – Alabama - unlikely the SEC Champ loser falls out of top 12. 12 – Tulane 13 – James Madison Does Texas factor? In the 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11 scenario Tulane has already lost to Ole Miss in September. Would the Committee put Tulane at 11 to face 6 Ole Miss? Ole Miss did not play Alabama.

The 12 vs 5 winner plays the No. 4 seed. If Ohio State loses do they slip to No. 4? No. 3?

Indiana D-coordinator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Haines

They've picked it up a little, but Alabama's new Beavis coach JaMarcus Shephard's receivers had 93 yds after 3 quarters. Georgia now leads 28-7 with 6:51 left.

'bama's D-coordinator Kane Wommack is getting his pants taken down on national TV. There are more than one receiver open on almost every play.

Interesting story here about Tulane's QB. And, by the way, former Duck Ty Thompson is still on the Tulane roster, but as a TE, no longer a QB. He has played sparingly this season. Thompson was regarded as a 5-star QB recruit in 2021. An interesting case study on player development, or lack thereof. Anyway, here is the link for Tulane's current QB who transferred from BYU: Jake Retzlaff, eyeing college football history, isn’t the...Across the country is Zevi Eckhaus, a Washington State quarterback who dons tefillin every morning, prays at the 18-yard line and hopes to set an example for Jewish fans

I get the impression Kraft would ask his President to never consider ending Oregon's partial media share early despite Oregon making a contribution to TV viewer interest and CFP revenue share.... laugh.

Perhaps add a little spicy sauce to OSU vs WSU? Jonathan Smith is available.

Penn State finally hires a head coach after about 50 days. Got him from Iowa State. Iowa State took about 50 minutes to hire a replacement. First year Washington State coach leaves the Cougs.

No coach, including Ryan Day and Dan Lanning, should assume more than a one-season commitment these days.

North Texas at Tulane for the AAC championship, 5:00 pm PT, ABC. The winner will likely be in the No. 12 CFP slot to face a team in the No. 5 slot. N. Texas is one of just 7 teams this season which did not lose on an opponent's home field. (Oregon was one of the 7 as well) N. Texas has been an offense powerhouse including thumping WSU 59-10. North Texas leads the NCAA with 46.8 points per game. They lead in total offense with 511.8 yds per game. They lead the nation in number of plays 10 yds and longer. N. Texas leads in total red zone conversions and is fourth in percentage success (66 of 70) QB Drew Mestemaker leads the nation with 319.6 yds passing per game. The North Texas and Tulane head coaches have accepted new jobs (OK State, Florida), but both will coach on Friday night, and both say they have been told they can continue with their teams if chosen for the CFP. NTSU head coach Eric Morris will be on the Oklahoma State sideline next season when the Ducks visit. He is a Mike Leach protege. He coached Cam Ward and John Mateer.

Maybe he should talk to Mark Few about out-of-conference scheduling philosophy?

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Henry Jr? Obviously you guys are out of the loop... :)

"Bair will be joining the Ducks in the Fall..." I read a few weeks ago that his 2-year mission in Texas started mid-February 2024. Seems that would make him available for Spring camp? Church NewsWhy Gatlin Bair, the biggest football recruit in Idaho hi...Burley’s Gatlin Bair is the biggest recruit in Idaho history, and will soon decide where he will play. Then he plans to spend his next two years as a Latter-day Saint missionary in Texas. Here’s why h

Lanning was hired by Oregon on December 11. He coached in Georgia's last game on January 11. He probably has as good a feel for what to expect from Stein as anyone could have.

How about the team that lost its head coach, and apparently also its O-coordinator today? Ole Miss. A&M lost to Texas, which was the only team A&M faced in the upper tier of the final SEC standings. Didn't get much publicity, but A&M's conference schedule was comparable to the ease of Indiana's last season.

Iapani Lalolu, Sione Laulea and Jayden Limar are questionable. Isaiah World and Alex Harkey are available. Gary Bryant Jr. and Dakorien Moore remain out.

Mt. West SDSU, 6-2, 9-3 – lost to Hawaii and New Mexico New Mexico, 6-2, 9-3 – lost to BSU and San Jose St BSU, 6-2, 8-4 – lost to Fresno St and SDSU UNLV, 5-2, 9-2 – lost to New Mexico and BSU (final game will be vs Nevada) Boise State, New Mexico and San Diego State all finished MW play with 6-2 records. UNLV would join the group at 6-2 with a win over Nevada on Saturday. The participants for the 2025 Mountain West Football Championship will be determined by a composite average of computer metrics and announced the morning of Sunday, Nov. 30. UNLV and New Mexico were not invited to the New Pac. If they were talking about being Power 5, maybe they meant the Mt. West's power four plus one? Boise won by 1 point today. A loss would have meant 7-5. 7-5 would have matched 2021 for their worst W-L since 1998. North Texas is 11-1. James Madison is 10-1 headed to Saturday's final.

"TAM loses. What will this do to our seeding??" Assuming the Ducks win, then not much. Ole Miss will be jumped by the Committee over Oregon. Thus, 3) Georgia, 4) Ole Miss, 5) Tex Tech. Perhaps the question will be whether A&M can take the 6-spot from Oregon.....SEC, SEC, SEC strength of schedule....but look at my earlier note above about A&M schedule which the Committee will ignore. There's still Saturday's games to be played, plus conference championship games in SEC and Big12 which could mess with the highest seeded. As Al Davis said, "just win baby!"

Teams at the top of the SEC standings with A&M Georgia Ole Miss Alabama Texas Oklahoma Vanderbilt Tennessee Which of these teams has A&M played this season? Answer: Texas. That's it: Texas. They did win 41-40 at Notre Dame.

Florida is now apparently targeting Jon Sumrall, Tulane, not Fisch.

Chris Vannini Sources: Stanford is hiring Tavita Pritchard as the school’s next head coach. He’s a former quarterback, assistant coach and coordinator at the school, including a run on staff from 2010 to 2022. Pritchard is the Commanders QB coach, where he coached Jayden Daniels in his ROY season in 2024, and he’s set to leave the team’s staff after Washington plays Denver on Sunday night. Mariota is expected to start for the Commanders/Pritchard. Pritchards time on Stanford staff included five seasons as coordinator and nine seasons coaching QBs.