2023 College Football (CFB) Week 10 and the Playoff Stretch Run

[Jon Joseph]

Week 10 provided some terrific CFB games. We are now in the 2023 season-closing stretch.

 

1. Can it Get Any Weirder? The name of the University of Michigan President - SANTA ONO - this is not a joke.

 

Will B1G Commissioner Tony Petitti be visiting Ann Arbor with a sack of coal? If there is any penalty coming from Petitti I expect it will be a suspension of Jim Harbaugh. He's used to this.

 

2. The OREGON D - Cal, 3 of 14 on 3rd down attempts. 3.8 yards per rush. 1 sack but many impactful QB hurries. 

 

Bo - 6 TDS, 2 rushing, 386 throwing in the slop with 1 interception that was the fault of his baby brother, who had a great game - 180 receiving yards. But was anyone watching?

 

10:30 Eastern kickoff for the SC game. Why couldn't the clock fall back next week? 

 

3. Was that the Ghost of Jimmy Brown in LA? UW RB Dillion Johnson. 256 yards, 4 TDs. 199 yards BEFORE CONTACT!

 

ESPN+ David Hale - "We'd say it (199 yds. before contact) would be hard to do against 11 traffic cones, but that comparison would be giving the USC D too much credit."

 

Alex Grinch must have some very damaging photos. Nevertheless, Caleb Williams comes to Eugene with a 'why not go for it' attitude.'

 

4. Cowboy Roy Rogers 'Happy Trails to You' echoed throughout T. Boone Pickens Stadium as The Cowboys ended Oklahoma's playoff hopes by winning what was perhaps the last Bedlam game. B12 refs hold no grudges, right? Ironic that the interference penalty that should have been called involved a player named Stoops.

 

Kansas State - Kick the Field Goal! Nice for Puddles that the Sooners are now playoff later but the daily double would have been nicer.

 

5. After suffering the second defeat at the hands of the (sorry Puddles) Beaver State, an angry Utah took it out on ASU. I think it will be a fistfight in Seattle on Saturday.

 

6. Didn't the folks at A+M watch the Ducks destroy Jimbo, Jameis, and FSU in the Rose Bowl? After the loss at Ole Miss, A+M is now 0-9 in its last 9 road games against P5 competition. The $76M buyout may be starting to look cheap. (And Mari(o) lost at NC State - 6-20.)

 

7. The CFB Stretch Run for the Playoff contenders.

 

SEC - Georgia - Ole Miss, at Tennesse, at Georgia Tech (Tech is 5-4 after yesterday's 45-17 blowout of UVA.) Far from a walk in the park for the back-to-back champ.

 

Alabama - At Kentucky, Chattanooga (!), At Auburn - Has the tiebreaker over 1-loss Ole Miss. Cupcake? How about a stale bagel?

 

Bama defeats UGA in the SEC champ game. Are 2 12-1 SEC teams in?

 

B1G - Michigan - At Penn State (Noon kickoff so no White Out Full Monty,) At Maryland, Ohio State. Week 11 and Michigan finally plays a ranked opponent.

 

Ohio State - Michigan State, Minnesota, At Michigan. 1 out of 3 ain't bad.

 

Penn State - Michigan, Rutgers, At Michigan State. PSU played its best game of the season on Saturday vs. Maryland

 

B12 - Texas - At TCU, At Iowa State, Texas Tech. Texas needs its starting pitcher back on the mound but none of these teams are ranked or will be ranked when they play Texas.

 

ACC - FSU - Miami, North Alabama (!), At Florida. UF is likely to finish outside of the bowl money. As David Marsh pointed out a few days back, this could well be FSU 2014 redux. 

 

Pac-12 - Washington - Utah, At Oregon State, Washington State. No Easy Day. But WSU, 7-10 vs. Stanford, really?

 

OREGON - USC, At ASU, Oregon State. USC may not be ranked come Tuesday, NR in the Week 11 AP Poll, and deservedly so. But any team with SC's O has a punchers chance in every game. Even if Oregon State loses to UW I think the Beavers will be a Top 25 team when OSU comes to Eugene.

 

Bama and FSU are the beneficiaries of an 8 game conference schedule. This chicanery needs to end.

 

8. Playffs? Playoffs!

 

Here's a troubling Playoff hypothetical.

 

Bama and UGA finish 12-1 with a competitive SEC champ game.

 

Texas finishes 12-1 with a win at SEC Champ Bama.

 

One of Michigan/Ohio State finishes 13-0.

 

FSU finishes 13-0.

 

OREGON finishes 12-1.

 

Which team loses the Playoff Musical Chairs Game? 

 

GO DUCKS! Beat SC!

 

 

Edited November 5, 2023 by Jon Joseph

[Solar]

On 11/5/2023 at 11:45 AM, Jon Joseph said:

Week 10 provided some terrific CFB games. We are now in the 2023 season-closing stretch.

 

1. Can it Get Any Weirder? The name of the University of Michigan President - SANTA ONO - this is not a joke.

 

Will B1G Commissioner Tony Petitti be visiting Ann Arbor with a sack of coal? If there is any penalty coming from Petitti I expect it will be a suspension of Jim Harbaugh. He's used to this.

 

2. The OREGON D - Cal, 3 of 14 on 3rd down attempts. 3.8 yards per rush. 1 sack but many impactful QB hurries. 

 

Bo - 6 TDS, 2 rushing, 386 throwing in the slop with 1 interception that was the fault of his baby brother, who had a great game - 180 receiving yards. But was anyone watching?

 

10:30 Eastern kickoff for the SC game. Why couldn't the clock fall back next week? 

 

3. Was that the Ghost of Jimmy Brown in LA? UW RB Dillion Johnson. 256 yards, 4 TDs. 199 yards BEFORE CONTACT!

 

ESPN+ David Hale - "We'd say it (199 yds. before contact) would be hard to do against 11 traffic cones, but that comparison would be giving the USC D too much credit."

 

Alex Grinch must have some very damaging photos. Nevertheless, Caleb Williams comes to Eugene with a 'why not go for it' attitude.'

 

4. Cowboy Roy Rogers 'Happy Trails to You' echoed throughout T. Boone Pickens Stadium as The Cowboys ended Oklahoma's playoff hopes by winning what was perhaps the last Bedlam game. B12 refs hold no grudges, right? Ironic that the interference penalty that should have been involved a player named Stoops.

 

Kansas State - Kick the Field Goal! Nice for Puddles that the Sooners are now playoff later but the daily double would have been nice.

 

5. After suffering the second defeat at the hands of the (sorry Puddles) Beaver State, an angry Utah took it out on ASU. I think it will be a fistfight in Seattle on Saturday.

 

6. Didn't the folks at A+M watch the Ducks destroy Jimbo, Jameis, and FSU in the Rose Bowl? After the loss at Ole Miss, A+M is now 0-9 in its last 9 road games against P5 competition. The $76M buyout may be starting to look cheap. (And Mari(o) lost at NC State - 6-20.)

 

7. The CFB Stretch Run for the Playoff contenders.

 

SEC - Georgia - Ole Miss, at Tennesse, at Georgia Tech (Tech is 5-4 after yesterday's 45-17 blowout of UVA.) Far from a walk in the park for the back-to-back champ.

 

Alabama - At Kentucky, Chattanooga (!), At Auburn - Has the tiebreaker over 1-loss Ole Miss. Cupcake? How about a stale bagel?

 

Bama defeats UGA in the SEC champ game. Are 2 12-1 SEC teams in?

 

 

Here's a troubling Playoff hypothetical.

 

Bama and UGA finish 12-1 with a competitive SEC champ game.

 

Texas finishes 12-1 with a win at SEC Champ Bama.

 

One of Michigan/Ohio State finishes 13-0.

 

FSU finishes 13-0.

 

OREGON finishes 12-1.!

 

 

Yes, this is the sum of all fears scenario if the Ducks win out, and worse, it is the most probable scenario.

[Charles Fischer]

But the irony in our final Pac-12 year? Oregon getting screwed again?