Arkansas (4-4) at Mississippi State (7-0) Nov. 1, 7:15, ESPN2 Here’s The Deal: Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema keeps saying that the program will break its 16-game SEC losing streak when it’s ready. It wouldn’t be any sweeter than to come up with a win over the No. 1 team in the nation to get over the doldrums. The […]
Florida (3-3) at Georgia (6-1) Nov. 1, 3:30, CBS Here’s The Deal: Last week, the Dead Coach Walking situation was in Michigan, with Brady Hoke getting one shot to totally change around the fortunes and the inevitability with a showdown against rival Michigan State. That didn’t end so well. This week, it’s Florida’s Will Muschamp who’s in the […]
Kentucky (5-3) at Missouri (6-2) Nov. 1, 4:00, SEC Network Here’s The Deal: If nothing else, these two play interesting games this year. Kentucky got its doors blown off by LSU, and came back to push the No. 1 Mississippi State team to the wall in a wild 45-31 loss. The offense has been fun and exciting, and the […]
Auburn (6-1) at Ole Miss (7-1) Nov. 1, 7:00, ESPN Here’s The Deal: Enjoy the historic and much ballyhooed inaugural College Football Playoff rankings for now, because they’re going to change up in a big away after this week when either No. 3 Auburn or No. 4 Ole Miss bows out of the top four and, effectively, the […]
Oct. 30 Florida State 42, Louisville 31 And You Care Because … Florida State got down 21-0, and Jameis Winston was picked off three times, but it didn’t matter. The Seminoles wore down the Louisville defense as Winston threw three touchdown passes starting out with a 68-yard Travis Rudolph pass and threw a perfect strike […]
1. Mississippi State 2. Florida State 3. Auburn 4. Ole Miss 5. Oregon 6. Alabama 7. TCU 8. Michigan State 9. Kansas State 10. Notre Dame 11. Georgia 12. Arizona 13. Baylor 14. Arizona State 15. Nebraska 16. Ohio State 17. Utah 18. Oklahoma 19. LSU 20. West Virginia 21. Clemson 22. UCLA 23. East […]
Please scroll down for each committee member’s top four write-up. Along with the rankings compiled by all the members, each one explains what went into creating the top four. The Campus Insiders Week 9 Top Four1. Mississippi State – 272 votes2. Florida State – 2623. Alabama – 2544. Auburn – 238Others Receiving Votes: Oregon (225), Ole […]
The CFP Process: The Process – The Flaw | Philosophies | The Flaw | Bowl Matchups What are the College Football Playoff committee voters doing? What’s the process they’re going through? How does it all work, what are the problems, and what are the positives? What’s happening to determine who the four playoff teams are going to be, and who’ll […]
The CFP Process: The Process – The Flaw | Philosophies | The Flaw | Bowl Matchups – Welcome to the major flaw – Pat Haden had to leave the room. Actually, the guys playing Haden, Kirk Bohls of the Football Writers Association of America and Chris Dufresne of the Los Angeles Times, didn’t have to physically leave like the real members do when […]
The CFP Process: The Process – The Flaw | Philosophies | The Flaw | Bowl Matchups – It can’t be stressed enough about the philosophies, and this is what the College Football Playoff people are looking for. The debate isn’t about the teams as much as it is about the process. This is where the “eye test” – the most fallible part of […]
The CFP Process: The Process – The Flaw | Philosophies | The Flaw | Bowl Matchups – It’s unspoken, until we start asking about the theory behind these revotes in terms of seeding. It only matters in the top four, but as it’s set right now, No. 1 Florida would play No. 4 USC, and No. 2 Oklahoma would play No. 3 Texas […]
The CFP Process: The Process – The Flaw | Philosophies | The Flaw | Bowl Matchups So now comes the truly fun part – creating the bowl matchups. – The playoffs create themselves. No. 1 Florida vs. No. 4 USC in the Sugar, and No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Texas in the Rose. One part to point out is that, if possible, depending […]
The Worst College Football Game On The Planet Was … UTEP 34, at UTSA 0 And You Care Because … UTEP destroyed the UTSA offense allowing just 70 yards, while the Miner attack didn’t have any problems as Jameill Showers found Jaquan White for a 75-yard touchdown early and connected with Aaron Jones for a 40-yard touchdown. […]
hat in the name of Rick Mirer was Bo Wallace possibly thinking in the waning seconds of the LSU game? It was just a matter of time before the ever-erratic Wallace cost Ole Miss a shot at a perfect season. And that time arrived this weekend. The Rebs were at the Tiger 30, trailing by […]
The ten most important things to happen in the history of our great planet – at least this weekend. How will Week 9 of your college football season be remembered in the history books? And so it is written …1. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad SEC West With Mississippi State’s win over Kentucky, Alabama’s win over […]