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TheCatt wrote:I have a hard time buying OSU/MSU as #1/#2 in the country.

But it's early. And maybe that's just where we're... I haven't seen any dominant football out there there year.
Well, OSU/MSU still not looking awesome this week.

Georgia got embarrassed, Notre Dame getting embarrassed, Ole Miss got destroyed, and TCU finally woke up.

PS - Go Heels!
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TCU won last week on a fluke.

Nobody looks awesome.

I do know that it's another week and another top 5 SEC team got beat down. Can you say overrated?

UCLA got beat too.




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I assume spurrier. Yeah, fucking end of an age.
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That Michigan-Michigan State ending was once in a lifetime.
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Love it.

I watched parts of the game after white water rafting in between bar/tent trips. I gave up when it was 1:30 left in the game, 2nd down for Michigan.

Then, while playing a drinking game, one of my friends said "MSU won." I thought he was fucking with me. "No really, last second fumble, MSU returns for TD to win"

Me: How does that even happen?

We went back to the bar, and saw it replayed again... and again... and again...
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Louisville Basketball would like to bring Destiny to the stage!

Everyone is predicting Pitino will be gone.
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A book... details nearly two dozen stripping and sex parties from 2010 to 2014 inside Billy Minardi Hall, the on-campus dorm for athletes and other students named for Louisville men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino's late brother-in-law. Powell, who first spoke to Indianapolis Business Journal Book Publishing, has said that McGee arranged the parties and paid her $10,000 for supplying dancers during the time period.

That sounds cheap, right?
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And she was pimping out her own daughters
Lindsay Powell, 24, Katina's daughter, told Outside the Lines she danced at multiple parties and was paid $100 to have sex with former Louisville point guard Russ Smith, part of the Cardinals' 2013 NCAA championship team and now a player with the Memphis Grizzlies. Katina Powell's book also mentions the allegation involving Smith, who did not respond to requests for comment.

"I believe that McGee came to my mom and said something to her about it, and my mom came to me and I was like 'OK,' and we went in another room and we had sex," Lindsay Powell said.

During another party, Rod Ni Powell, 22, another daughter of Katina's, said she was paid to have sex with former Cardinals player Montrezl Harrell, a power forward who now plays for the Houston Rockets. Katina Powell told Outside the Lines and wrote in her book that Harrell, who played with Louisville from 2012-15, had sex paid for by McGee as a recruit and as a player.
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Brady Hoke says he wouldn't have punted.

The problem, Mr. Hoke, is that a team coached by you would have been out of the game by halftime.
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Leisher wrote:Brady Hoke says he wouldn't have punted.

The problem, Mr. Hoke, is that a team coached by you would have been out of the game by halftime.
Well, he's not wrong...

At any rate, OSU finally looked decent, and I see they made the inevitable QB switch. Good news for Leisher.
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I really think Meyer was forced into starting Cardale based on last year. Plus, I think he was trying to push Barrett harder by saying things like "The other guy hasn't been him out yet."

Everyone knows Barrett is the superior QB. His QBR last year was the highest in the Big Ten and one of the highest in the nation. He had that offense humming. He was voted a captain by his team even after losing the job to Cardale. He doesn't have Cardale's deep ball, but he's more accurate, can read defenses better, and is more mobile.

It was a no brainer.

Don't sleep on the Buckeye's defense though. Cardale made great plays down the stretch last year, but the defense really stepped up. The defense has been on the field a LOT this year and has kept the Buckeyes undefeated. They have more plays under their belts than most other defenses, and now that the offense should generate more plays, they'll have more time to rest during games.

If they do go on a run of great play now the thing that will be nagging at me is are they hitting this too early? It's what was said about Michigan a week ago. Did they start their run too early, and while it did take a miracle to end their streak, it did end. Should be interesting to see how hard they play the rest of the way now that they're buried for the national championship game.

Back to early runs, Alabama might be peaking too early too. They're on a great run right now, and I don't know if they'll lose another game, but teams that peak too early tend to fizzle out later.

The CFP would be very interesting right now. Who would you put in? Only one school from each conference is allowed in and all 5 have at least one undefeated team right now.

The Big Ten almost seems like a lock to have a rep with MSU, OSU, and Iowa all undefeated. If the winner of MSU/OSU goes on to face an undefeated Iowa team, the winner is in...unless it's Iowa. I could see them getting left out if all the other conferences offer up an undefeated champ.

The ACC is probably the weakest conference, so Clemson can run the table, but if they lose I think the committee will have a hard time debating between the ACC champ and the Pac 12 champ.

The Pac 12 champ won't be undefeated as Utah doesn't look like world beaters right now. If they lose once, but win their conference, and Clemson loses once and wins their conference, who do you leave out?

The Big 12 is TCU/Baylor. The undefeated team at the end is probably in...maybe? Do they have a conference championship yet? If the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, and Pac 12 all offer up an undefeated conference champion, does the Big 12 get left out again? (Especially if it's Baylor who has the weakest SOS of anyone.)

The SEC is LSU's if they win out. If they stumble at Bama, then it'll probably be Bama/Florida unless Bama loses another game before they meet. If LSU loses then the SEC champ will have at least a loss. Do we skip the SEC if all the other conferences offer up undefeated champs? I think so. Then we'll get months of SEC people claiming their conference is too tough, and the best teams aren't in the playoffs, and other bullshit.
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Right now, I think the PAC 12 gets left out, especially if this beat-down of Utah keeps up.

PAC 12 has a lot of skeletons. Stanford losing to Northwestern looks horrific now. Utah beating up a bunch of nobodies.

Assuming Baylor/TCU win out, the winner there makes it. A close game makes it questionable for Clemson.

OSU and SEC winner are probably locked to make it.




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Al Golden gone.

I remember when he was hired and all the talking heads proclaimed Miami was back.
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Well, he did take a team that was 2-9, then 0-11 in the two years before (Temple) and make them good. He had potential.
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JT Barrett suspended one game for DUI
According to ElevenWarriors.com, Barrett blew slightly over the legal limit of 0.08 when he was stopped at the checkpoint. He was given a ride home by Jones

I have a problem with that sentence.
The site also notes that Barrett could be subject to a two-week suspension as part of Ohio State's athlete code of conduct since it's an alcohol-related offense and he's underage.


Pretty sure the legal limit is 0.00.
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JT is just being young and dumb. My favorite meme about the situation has Cardale calling the police on him. (In reality, Cardale was the one who picked him up from the police station.)

That Miami-Duke game got the entire officiating crew (on field and off) suspended.
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