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Here is the text: Which college football teams have the best shot at making it through the 2024 season unbeaten? Last fall, five programs - Florida State, Michigan, Liberty, Georgia and Washington - ended regular season play undefeated. We'd love to see a similar scenario unfold once again in 2024 - but according to ESPN's updated Football Power Index, just three teams have better than a ten percent chance of running the table this coming season. Those three programs? Notre Dame (15.8 percent), Oregon (15.7 percent) and Georgia (10.8 percent). Notre Dame is set to open the regular season with a tough road test at Texas A&M - but if the Irish can survive in College Station, their remaining schedule brings an undefeated campaign squarely into the realm of possibility. Late-season matchups against Florida State and USC will be the final major tests for Marcus Freeman's squad. Oregon, meanwhile, enters the 2024 season as members of a new conference. The new Big Ten program lost just two games in 2023 - both to eventual national runner-up Washington - and is expected to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff once again this fall. What about the Georgia Bulldogs? Led by the only returning starting quarterback (Carson Beck) of the aforementioned programs, Kirby Smart's squad is clawing to get back into the CFP after narrowly missing the four-team field last fall. The SEC may be the toughest conference to escape from without a loss - but ESPN's computer model likes the Bulldogs' chances heading into 2024.

Oregon has Big Ten’s best shot to make College Football Playoff according to ESPN FPI AUTZENZOO.COM New to the Big Ten but not new to fielding really strong football teams, the Oregon Ducks apparently have a pretty good shot of...

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So it's true . . . The South shall rise again.

I agree, he will make the play-offs off and on eventually. I just realized that these coaches that are at their dream jobs, they have no leverage for future contracts unless they “produce” as defined by the donors. Of course, with a $50 Mil contract, who cares about future leverage?

Agree 100%. I keep up with it, but that doesn't mean I listen to every pod cast or read every article I find. I pick and choose since until signing day, the fat lady hasn't sung and may have to shut up on portal day.

I do remember some 10¢ “bottoms-up” beer nights which meant the mugs were upside down and they filled the bottom with beer. I was walking (using the terms loosely) from Duffy’s (the first establishment to crack the dry zone, corner of 13th and Alder) when all of a sudden, the blue and whatever lights of a police cruiser pulled up next to me. I was asked if I had a driver’s license. My response was "I wasn't driving was I"? I was relieved to confirm I wasn’t, they just wanted to check my ID.

But with a 12-team playoff, if he, or any other coach of a high-profile program, whiffs a few years in a row . . . bye bye. I also think if any coach of a high-profile program periodically makes the playoff but doesn't advance past the second round, schools will keep them beyond their expiration date since the made the play-offs.

Charles, I had to look twice to see that it didn't say 1894! I remember it quite well. It was my first time back at Autzen since graduating in '72. The senior partner (in his 70's) at the firm I worked at was a big husky fan. We drove up and bet the weekend on it (My ego wrote a check that couldn’t be cashed). Walking out of the stadium I told him if he had been wearing Duck gear, even he could get laid tonight. He was a dead ringer for Tommy Lasorda, so we played that into some free drinks at a bowling alley bar in Grants Pass on the way home. We did have a few doubters. However, it turned out Dan Haggerty was filming something there. On his way out, he stopped at our table as asked me if I was so-in-so. I said no, but you know Tommy Lasorda, don’t you? Well evidently, he had enough to drink to acknowledge he knew Tommy and they proceeded to talk old times. After that, the rest of the drinks were again free. He even signed a few autographs (so be careful on Ebay if you are a Lasorda fan).

Maybe it's a double positive . . . ewe dub stinks and the guy the license plate frame may be indicating his team also.

College football FPI release: Top teams, new playoff trends - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Is Georgia ranked No. 1? Which conferences dominate the ratings? Let's analyze the most interesting storylines from the college football FPI. Gotta love ewe dub "moving in opposite direction" And: Football Power Index - Which college teams are undervalued? - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM The first FPI for the 2024 season is out, and ESPN's college football reporters are here to break it down.

I'll take Oregon vs TBD.

Oregon sits atop Big Ten in ESPN's preseason FPI rankings 247SPORTS.COM The Ducks sit on top of the Big Ten, according to the FPI, but where do they land overall?

Maybe the Broncos can hire the Chargers team doc to administer to the starting QB if it's not Bo.

Brent Venables explains what Oregon is getting in Oklahoma transfer QB Dillon Gabriel - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables explained what Oregon fans should expect out of Dillon Gabriel this season. Works for me. It is interesting how trepidation on Nix turned out and has cooled any such feelings on Gabriel. Also, keeps scrolling the Article for several others on the Ducks.

Yes, I guess this is what travel insurance it all about.

Here's the latest Top 25 from ESPN's Football Power Index: Georgia Oregon Texas Ohio State Alabama Penn State Notre Dame Oklahoma Tennessee Missouri Florida State Michigan LSU Texas A&M Clemson Ole Miss Kansas USC Auburn Florida Louisville Kansas State Miami Arizona SMU Hopefully not AI

I want to thank all of you that posted here for having my back . . . I'm not sure how many minutes of my life I don't have to worry about not getting back since it is clear I do not need to read the main article.

College Football Fans Rip Into Rankings Of Top 10 QB Rooms In 2024 - Athlon Sports 1. Georgia 2. Oregon 3. Texas 4. Ohio State 5. 'Bama 6. Ole Miss 7. Florida 8. Notre Dame 9. Penn State 10. Mizzu Maybe someone else can get the article to load

Pretty sure that is the reason for AI and the internet (present site excepted).

Interesting indeed. In their next contacts they will probably limit the size and/or the number of other logos on their uniforms. Unless of course, that is already in the contracts. Although, we already see in on bowl game unis.

Johnson and Stewart named among 10 best wide receivers heading into 2025 NFL Draft 247SPORTS.COM PFF has Tez Johnson and Evan Stewart among the best receivers in the nation heading into the 2024 season.

Three Ducks listed as NFL's 100 most important players ahead of 2024 247SPORTS.COM Three former Ducks make the cut as the top 100 most important NFL players ahead of the 2024 season.

N'Faly Dante's waiver denied, Ducks expected to appeal 247SPORTS.COM Oregon star center N'Faly Dante's time at Oregon is over barring an appeal.