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The SEC got preference like no other conference did in the 4 team format, just stands to reason they would get the same with 12 teams. We're not talking about 3 loss LSU winning the SEC Championship getting the AQ. According to precedent a 3 L SEC team is definitely deserving of an at large selection. Alabama got into the old format, without even being the SEC champion and won the National Championship. That proves they deserved it, right? No, the only thing that proves is that any team that gets in can win it all. "The 4 best teams" has now been replaced by the "12 best teams". I think there was more chance of an egregious snub with four, if your team is No.13, I don't think you'll have that much to cry about.

Chip knows why. For Kelly, these dreaded noon starts centered around the Buckeyes’ quarterback. “Will (Howard) said if he gets to play at noon, he can complete 80% of his passes,” joked Kelly. “So, I think the controversy is over. You get a noon kickoff, he’ll complete 80 (percent). I know a lot of people have problems with what we’re doing, but if it means the QB can complete 80% of his passes, we’ll take it.”

Does the Commitee just want that more? So it begins: ESPN is already pushing to bail the SEC out of nightmare College Footba FANSIDED.COM The College Football Playoff committee's ambiguous criteria created this headache and unfortunately for them, it's their...

I think you're right. But a jrw stated earlier Riley is doing a great job for the rest of the B1G and no other team should want USC to do anything.

9 points. Anytime an Oregon team, does something the Sabrina, Ruthy, Satu team didn't, that's something. Especially on the defensive side after beating Baylor.

Who knows. Lanning didn't hide Burch's injury. As far as they go, he's been pretty transparent. Unless it's Gabriel, and even if it was, I don't really see the advantage of keeping it a secret until kickoff time in Madison. Maybe last week's game raised some concerns in Lanning, and he wants to tighten things up as much as possible.

The rankings of teams has more variables than the COY does. It is the case that in the COY, Cignetti and Indiana fit the bill perfectly, Cig has exceeded 0 expectations by a lot this season. If he was coaching the Indiana team from last season, and was 10-0, He'd have my vote. But this isn't that team, transformed into championship contender. We've gone over all the great coaching moves Lanning has made, What moves had Cignetti pulled off? What did he do in the 5 point win over Michigan? I think that Lanning meeting the expectations that were set for Oregon is impressive.

That does seem to be the case. Cignetti should get COY because Indiana going undefeated against a schedule full of enough cupcakes to cause diabetes, exceeds the expectations? "Magical" should be the last requisite when grading coaching.

Thanks, Darren, 14 divided by 7 is as deep into math as I want to get into either. At first, I couldn't understand what was happening either. The Ducks playing in the 3rd quarter were the same that were playing in the 1st and 2md. Why the drop off in production? The answer came through discussion, here in the "forum with decorum". It was a plan. It is "prevent offense" with a purpose. The Ducks were never in danger of losing to Maryland, or the others, when the scoring went into hibernation. This is going to be a season longer than any other. There is no reason to keep the assault going, show more of the playbook, add carries to the running backs in games that are already in the win column and the playoff is coming. Hockey does have its moments

Why does Indiana, who hasn't played a top 25 team yet, survive Michigan, 20-15, and rise 3 places in the poll? Oregon beat ranked BSU by 3, and dropped 3 places. If either game was a harbinger of trouble ahead, it wasn't Oregon's 21 point win, it was Indiana's 5 point escape.

Oh, the good old days. Used to be a player would get in trouble if he got a job at a car dealership; now the player can buy the dealership.

Sources say Underwood has cooled om Michigan, open to offers from other schools, leaning towards LSU. The bidding opens at $10M

Ethan at work

Once a Duck, ALWAYS a Duck. RIP, John Robinson.

Thank you for posting that, without a video of Bob Dylan singing it.

So true, if tOSU was -17 you'd get the same action from the tOSU fan base.

I'm afraid that Riley's recruiting pitch is,

Speaking of Full of KLATT: Here's another: "There is going to be a 10-2 team out of the SEC that is left out of this playoff, it is going to happen," Klatt said on The Joel Klatt Show. "9-3 is not cutting it...You are not getting into the playoff at 9-3...And I'm telling you that a 10-2 team is going to get left out."

The weather, rain shouldn't be a problem on the Ducks' passing game. The Badgers defense is No.91 against the run this season. This could be old school Big 10 football for the Ducks, plan your score prediction accordingly, and maybe Charles should swap passing yards with time of possession?

I agree, basically any comparison to tOSU fans should be avoided. This is a step to being so myopic that you don't appreciate wins anymore, you just accumulate them. If your team is so good that wins are inevitable, where's the fun?

Cignetti's off to a great start, 10 of them this season.

Calling for a split and putting tOSU at -3 isn't a huge lot of shade being thrown at OBD. Based on the 1st game, declaring Oregon to sweep tOSU, this time on a neutral field, might be a bit much, (though UW did it last season). So.

This was timely. Matt Hasselbeck is on with Cowherd, and he said, "9 sacks, 6 are on the QB" Williams is thinking too much, then things fall apart and it's a bad throw or a sack. He could get awy with, in fact it seems he preferred to, at USC, to go off script and just make plays. Won't work in the NFL.

As the commercial's used to say, "The more you know" & "This is your brain on drugs."