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It's actually quite impressive, the drone show I mean. I don't think the football game will be in doubt by the time halftime rolls around. But I hope those few James Madison fans that make the 2,800 mile trip do stay, and take in the whole show. Hopefully the weather is nice as well. Eugene is a lovely city, in a beautiful part of the country. One day, I hope to take in a game up there. Perhaps a playoff game, or maybe a regular season one of the B1G/SEC challenge ever becomes a thing.

If ASU was in the SEC, or B1G. I'd say no way. He's home, he's got resources, and he can win his conference. Which gets him a shot. But we all know who controls the future of the playoff, and those two fat bears will just keep taking more, and more, and more honey. The other conferences, and even Notre Dame, can complain. But, it will be just as useless as those poor bees that sting the greedy fat bears.

That's what I'd do with his money, age, and reputation. They'll name something after him, I'm sure. But, maybe he wants to see if he can win a title. I remember him saying something about wanting Utah to join the B1G a couple years ago. He might want to see what he can do at a big time program, in one of the big two conferences.

Seems like nonsense to me, but it's a rumor that keeps popping up. I don't see it, as the man is in his sixties, and coming off twenty one years as the head coach at Utah. A program he led with dignity, and transitioned from a G5 to P5, and now P4 member, quite successfully. Would he really want to jump into that mess? I get the resources, but who knows who's in charge up there.

These aren't the days of Steamboat Willie or Super Mario.

Rivals have one rule over everything else. Never give your opponent their full due. Doing that is like hugging a porcupine.🤮

I hope the James Madison huckster follows up after the game. Heck, after the first quarter. Oregon is a couple levels up from Louisville. But hey, they got Billy Napier now!!! Good Luck.

So each school will have access to a thirty million dollar capital line. It's not mandatory, nor does it have any effect on Utah's singular equity deal.

Last week we thought Lane Kiffin, and his nonsense were going to be the stories of the off-season. Then it was Penn State bungling their coaching search. Then just a day or so ago, it was going to be about Notre Dame, and the CFP format likely changing. It's like being a Cowboys fan in the nineties. Imagine a world where Michigan hires DeBoer, and Lane Kiffin goes to Alabama. I don't know if I was at a big job making big money, if I'd want to take that job right now. It's a top ten , or five job. But, there's a lot of mess right now. None of us know who knew what, or if there's more. Michigan students were asked what the team should do. One said "Hire that guy with the glasses at Indiana, just give him a billion dollars". Another said "Defund the whole program". The students are split.

That is one hundred percent true, it's almost hard to conceive that the athletic director could be that foolish. Also, there is no written rule about their inclusion if they are top 12. It's a Notre Dame line of thinking, if it was in place, we all know Notre Dame would be taking everybody to court. What they are doing, is making the B1G and SEC rethink Notre Dame having a seat. We all know who controls the playoff. You know Sankey, or Petitti will gladly make additional space for one of their programs, and Notre Dame isn't the end all. Of the top 25 most viewed games in 2025, Notre Dame had one. It was against Miami. Turns out that people won't just turn in to see Notre Dame crush West Texas, Apple Tech, Moogerville, or ND Poly Tech. Maybe the Irish can get a deal with the new PAC Who. I'm sure people will tune in to see Notre Dame vs Boise State..... Well actually no, we got that matchup this past year. It didn't draw a top 100 ranked game this year. Utah vs UCLA had a better rating.

Notre Dame is one of the best 12 teams, but so is Vanderbilt. Actually Vanderbilt is more worthy. But the difference is, Vanderbilt took it in stride. They had even attempted to schedule a thirteenth game to bolster their resume. Their coach said he was disappointed, but they were going to show out in their bowl. Notre Dame is like the spoiled kid that gets whatever they want, and think it's outrageous that things would ever not. I respect what they can do on the field, I'd rather see them playing Oregon, and Vanderbilt playing Ole Miss. But everybody signed off on this format. Notre Dame chooses to not be in a conference, they knew they had a three game schedule. They lost to a team that had a similar season. Now they are acting like spoiled brats. They had the right to complain about being left, but they've taken it too far. They attacked a conference that gave them full voting rights, a share of the ACC network revenue, and a lifeline in 2020 that got them into the playoff. They won't dare go after the SEC, they know that's a fight even they won't win. Alabama is the team that they should be railing against, but they dare not anger them. They might just find the SEC, and B1G questioning why Notre Dame has a seat at the table, and why they could take away revenue by making a playoff. Revenue they don't share with anybody. Keep pushing Notre Dame, keep trying your luck. You might come to find that even the luck of the Irish runs out eventually.

Faulkner is going to be a head coach very soon, but if we could keep him for a couple years, that would be great. The problem that Napier had , was that he didn't want anybody to challenge him. It's why he brought most of his Louisiana Tech coaches with him to Florida. I'm no fan of Stricklin, but Scott gave Billy the resources to hire who he wanted. Contrary to popular belief, Stricklin doesn't meddle either. Napier was allowed to hire whomever he wanted. Sumrall has already hired two proven P4 assistants. I personally wanted Jedd Fisch, but I like the fire of this dude we got. My only question is how well he's going to recruit, and use the portal. I hope the boosters who were willing to give Lane Kiffin the added NIL money, will give it to Sumrall. Plus, with Sumrall, you can see he has integrity. He didn't poach one Tulane player. He even finished his job there on signing day. He had a funny post on X. " Two jobs, two phones , two recruiting classes, and zero sleep". Fingers crossed, but the more I hear from Jon, the more I like. I'm excited to see if he closed the gap on Ole Miss, since Tulane last played in Oxford back in September. If he could keep it close, I think that would be a great sign to any guys thinking of entering the portal. But ultimately, I think Ole Miss is too much. Which means Ole Miss will have back to back rematches in the playoffs. First Tulane, and then you guys.

Charles has created a place where we can be friendly rivals. I can't say I want Georgia to win another championship, but I gotta say you guys looked really impressive on Saturday. If Kirby figures out his Alabama issue long term, it's going to be trouble for everyone else. Hopefully Sumrall can make the Florida vs Georgia game mean something again. You guys might face him if Tulane can pull off the shocker against Ole Miss. I would say your Bulldogs are the second scariest team in the field, heck the last part of the year, you looked as good as you have all year. You locked Simpson down. I'd love to see a Georgia vs Ohio State game, especially if it's anything like that 2022 classic.

I loved that game as well. It's one of the reasons Oregon is a team I cheer for when Florida is out of the title picture. Oregon ended that little winning streak in epic fashion. Famous Jameis, and big mouth bass Jimbo got shut down fast. It was the first ever playoff game in history.