He's going to be awesome at Ohio State next season.

Kirby Smart celebrating Georgia's next five star commitment

Interesting facts about Danny Kanell's 1993 National Championship ring: - FSU lost head-to-head to Notre Dame on November 13th but ND, w/same record was excluded - WVU was undefeated in reg season, but denied a chance to play for the title in favor of FSU who had a loss 🧵

In 14 games, Kalen DeBoer has lost to as many unranked teams as Alabama's head coach as Nick Saban did in his entire 17 years in Tuscaloosa.

On the first drive of the game, the UM analyst is speaking to the DC and everyone immediately warns pass. There's no spin here this is BAD. Like, genuine, Astros-level possibly vacate wins bad.

AP voter Haley Sawyer has Florida ranked, USF unranked Baylor ranked, Auburn unranked South Carolina top 10, Vandy unranked (they have a common opponent) There are people who would kill for the honor of an AP vote, and half the people who have them couldn't care less.

The "It's just going to be a Madden reskin" people are in utter shambles tonight. Some of y'all owe EA an apology. This game is a love letter to college football. This game is perfect.

FSU punts up 7 with 2:15 left. LSU muffs the punt to FSU. FSU fumbles on the 1 with 1:25 left. LSU drives 99 yards in 1:24 LSU scores with 1 second left. FSU blocks the XP to win. I love college football.

Y'all always make fun of SEC for playing FCS teams in November. But why is nobody saying anything about Ohio State playing one in December?

"So you paid nearly $11 million to fire Gene Chizik, 21.5M for Gus Malzahn, and 15M to get rid of Harsin?" "Yes, Dave" "And now you're considering another 15M for Hugh?" "Yep" "And you'll replace him with a guy with a big buyout?" "Dave, not gonna lie, that's correct too"

Alabama is going to lose. And deserve to. But they just got screwed on a call so bad that it may be the worst call I’ve ever seen in my life

This isn’t giving me cult vibes. This is giving me “that’s freaking amazing” vibes. This video is dripping with college football essence. And if your team did it, you’d absolutely love it.

There's a subtle, but growing problem in college football with how games involving good teams are called by the refs. Here are some notable teams ranked by OPPONENT penalties: - Oregon 105 - Michigan 110 - Ohio St 115 - Alabama 120 - Georgia 122 - Texas 131 🧵

People mad about this never saw The Program and it shows

EA's servers tomorrow at 4:01 est

If FSU boycotts the Orange Bowl, I don’t ever want to hear a peep about how you’re a national champion. 2017 UCF, 2008 Utah, and 2004 Auburn went out and won NY6 bowls vs top teams. You want an argument? Play and beat Georgia.

This is the first time the BCS formula differed from the CFP final four. But the silence is because it isn’t what you think. It actually had Bama at *3*. The BCS would have left out *Texas* for FSU at 4.

As they should be. There aren't 25 teams better than ND. They just didn't open the season with 2 high school teams.

I think we’ve all learned why Alabama never benched Jalen Milroe last year even in his worst games….

The number of TCU signs on this Michigan sheet is obscene. From this and other shots they had 3+ laminated sheets with at least 50 signs decoded. That’s an entire scheme, which took TCU a month of bowl prep to replace. You can’t ask kids to learn 50 new signs in a week.

Indiana doesn’t get to grind out a garbage time TD drive like it’s the Super Bowl, go for two, kick it onside, and then complain when Ohio State keeps playing. 31-7 was ballgame. It’s not fair to tell OSU they must then accept a score that doesn’t reflect how that game went.

6-6 Oklahoma would have been Indiana’s best win, per SP+ and FPI. All six OU losses were much better teams than anyone IU beat. OU had three wins (Alabama, Tulane, and Auburn) better than IU’s best win. We called OU a “terrible” loss for Bama but they might be better than IU.

At 11,000 players, that's roughly $5.5 million in payouts. NCAA 14 sold 1 million copies, which at $50/each, that's about $50 million. EA Sports is offering 10% of gross from their last game, despite massive AAA dev costs, team/bowl fees, and it's STILL "too low"!?!

What Lincoln Riley has done to the employer that not only made him a millionaire but also provided him a platform that cultivated his success is disgraceful. There's a stark difference between things we can do, and things we should do. And that difference is integrity.

If you ever caught yourself wondering "do LSU baseball fans who travel go hard in the paint?" The answer is yes, yes they do.

Kyle McCord had a better YPA (by a full yard), better TD/INT ratio, and better QBR at Ohio State. The difference is he threw it 348 times in 2023 He threw it 598 times in 2024 Syracuse played exactly zero top 50 passing defenses and 5 that were 100th or worse

The targeting no-call looks to be a good call. The announcers didn’t explain it, but it’s not just forcible contact to the head or neck, it also requires an “indicator” of targeting: - Leaving feet - Crouch and thrust - Striking - Lowering the head No indicator at all imo.

#4 seed takes #1 seed to OT and "didn't deserve to be in" is a take. Michigan earned their win, and was the better team for sure. But to say Alabama didn't deserve to be there is absolutely wild.

The way Clemson celebrates and accommodates a segment of our society, often cast aside by so many, is one of the most amazing stories in all of higher education "Truly I tell you whatever you did for the least of these... You did for me" 🫡

Carson Beck gets tricked by disguises more than the entire cast of Scooby Doo

After seeing that atmosphere when OSU finally got a home game at night, all future defenses of Big Noon Kickoff games being "just as loud" or "just as exciting" will be filed immediately under "unserious Fox/B1G administration propaganda" Noon kickoffs are robbing the fans.

This whole thread sounds like a great deal for FOX. We get it. You’re gapping the SECs best game so to not go heads up. But let’s not pretend this was a move with the fans in mind. There’s no altruism here. You’re maximizing revenue at the expense of game day experience.

Colorado as the #20 defense is completely indefensible as anything but a marketing move. Colorado's 2023 defense (per-play): 110th in total defense 96th in rushing defense 102nd in passing defense 6th worst P5 defense in the entire country "vs Expected" in our metrics

The committee, AP, and Heisman voters love to talk about SOS. Oregon, ranked ahead of Bama and Texas, has 0 ranked wins. Texas has a top 10 win & the same record as Oregon. Alabama is 3-1 vs ranked teams, winning those games by an avg of 14 points. Both ranked behind Oregon🧵

Lol what is going on

This game is why we have criticized the committee for weeks. Oregon has been credited with an assumed win over Washington since they lost in week 7 Committee has historically ranked teams with potential, yet unrealized wins, remaining much lower than more accomplished teams 🧵

Getting barked at, Roll Tided, War Eagled, etc as an opposing fan can be annoying (though it's almost always done in good fun) Being that guy who plays the "youre not a real fan because you didn't go to school there" is among the most cringe traits a fan can have.

Another program who should be celebrated for their OOC scheduling is Ohio State. Here's a list of theirs dating back to 2005: *Also have upcoming home/homes vs Bama and UGA. Texas return trip next year

Dang, they really nailed LSU’s defense

I truly didn't see this coming: so many empty seats for 1st round home playoff games and cheap tickets - Clemson @ Texas: $108 - Tennessee @ Ohio State: $129 - SMU @ Penn State: $60 - Indiana @ Notre Dame: $390 I wonder if games so close to Christmas was an overlooked issue

2014 Georgia Bulldogs running back room. (Gurley and Chubb averaged over 7 YPC) 👀 Can you name a better college football RB room? Rule: Must be at least 3 deep

You wanna know how bad Alabama's injury luck has been? Mocks have some combination of Tua, Diggs, Ruggs, Jeudy, Lewis, Smith, Wills, and Moses in the first round. In 3 years, they never all played in the same game.

I'm OK with people saying targeting because of how the game is called. But to call this a dirty hit is insane. - Didn't leave his feet - Wrapped up - Didn't lead with the crown, and facemask made first contact Just because a guy gets hurt doesn't mean it's a dirty hit

Allowing students on the field like this before the game is over is bush league and dangerous. Stampeded the FSU WR. Awful

The CFP committee is making the same mistake they made last year: signaling that who you play and how you play doesn't matter. Loss column is all that matters. They're telling teams they should immediately cancel any meaningful out of conference games. 🧵

A lot of people calling Justin Fields a bust today. New rule - if you can't name a single WR a guy is throwing to, he can't be called a bust. New rule - if a QB is playing behind the worst OL in the league, he can't be called a bust

ESPN has a pretty dire problem problem. They're acknowledging the problem, and going about fixing it in a completely wrong way. Settle in, grab a coffee, and let's discuss the 3 biggest things that led to ESPN's downfall and how they're screwing up again Super long🧵

Refereeing malpractice

South Carolina absolutely jobbed by the refs on consecutive plays

I'm not wrong.

Ohio State is ranked behind Oregon. OSU has: - better loss - 2 ranked wins (both ranked higher than Oregon's 1 ranked win) This year, more than any I can remember, has told me that voters do not care about strength of schedule. And there is /zero/ upside to scheduling big OOC opponents. Oregon's best win is 5-4 vs P5 teams, played no P5 OOC. OSU's best win is a top-10 PSU. 2nd best win is #16 Notre Dame. Do not schedule big-time OOC games Do not play in a conference that has better competition Do everything you can to minimize the loss column and impress voters with multi-score wins over bad teams Those in charge of stewarding our sport are failing on multiple fronts.

My hot take is that Nico's demands saved Tennessee from a Jalen Milroe situation where they had an incumbent starter who was going to play just well enough to not get benched, but never good enough to win a title. And Tennessee knew it.

I maintain that Tennessee vs Ohio State was more about OSU than UT. That Tennessee team may be just as good as ND or PSU. But this Ohio State team, the way they’re playing now, will absolutely drag anyone in this field.

"Hey Georgia, here's your reward for being the #1 seed: a considerably tougher opponent than Michigan has to face"

Throwing a flag on Georgia for sideline warning just let them preview the play without burning a timeout. Total BS.

We cheated, but our opponent still scored, so the cheating didn't count... Is certainly a take.

Every SEC team should have a pirate sticker on their helmet in honor of Mike Leach through bowl season. Solidarity in support. Retweet if you agree.

This is Josh, and I can tell you from a DC perspective it’s not the goal, it’s the how. Here’s the takeaway from people i talk to (who, GOP or DEM, universally think this is a total tire fire). He’s very much going with “shut things down first, figure it out later.” The resignation letter they sent was lightly adapted from an identical letter sent to Twitter when he took over. It might have worked in private industry (though many disagree on that), but the government isn’t industry. There are heavy congressional laws over all this stuff, which the executive lacks the authority to just ignore. A handful of issues: - Outright shuttering a statutory agency is very likely unconstitutional in view of current case law. - There has been zero attempt to evaluate what positions were or were not necessary. The threatened cuts are being done wholesale and randomly. - The resignation offer was facially illegal as first offered (you can’t promise longterm pay to federal workers, OPM lacks authority to offer it, taking another job while employed by the fed is often illegal, other reasons). And the sample contracts out now don’t match the initial offers. It’s a total mess. - Many workers I know were hired pre-covid for hybrid telework positions. Undoing all telework wholesale in a city with hour commutes is brutal. - The telework change is also wildly impractical. I work mostly with the USPTO. Most of its judges and something like 90% of the examiners telework. They’re self funded and work on a strict quota system. And they just gave up half their office space to save money. This is causing chaos and will almost certainly exacerbate huge hiring shortages. - Every single person I know who took the resignation offer was changing jobs or retiring before September. Meaning it’s only guaranteed pay to those who would have already left (costing MORE money). - IF the federal workforce shrinks voluntarily, it’ll be the workers who have better options who leave, and they probably do 80% of the work. Given how understaffed the VA and other agencies are with these offers it could create huge delays in processing for everyone. - It’s more likely the current offer fails to reduce like they want and they begin haphazard cuts. They’ve already asked for a list of all new hires from all agencies. Some are needed, some aren’t, but there’s zero indication they’re sorting that out (especially as some departments don’t have a single political appointee yet to do the sorting). Basically we were expecting a 2-year analysis of waste and then a systematic cutting of programs. Instead we’ve gotten an insanely impatient chainsaw. In small part, Musk has a documented hatred of lawyers, and they clearly did not employ even basic legal counsel in any of their decisions so far, so most of them will likely get unwound due to illegalities. This is reflected in trying the same letter as with Twitter rather than heavily reworking for government purposes. It’s clear he thinks he can do this in 6 months and just move on, but while that works in ultra high pay engineering positions this isn’t those positions. Just my two cents as a DC-based lawyer in private practice.

Arkansas beat Cincinnati comfortably, barely lost to Texas A&M, lost to Alabama. Unranked in the AP. Cincy lost to Arkansas, then beat Kennesaw St, Miami OH, Indiana, and Tulsa. Ranked #24. Moral of the story, play terrible teams, get rewarded.

In the Alabama/Wisconsin game, there were 7.5 minutes of commercials between Alabama's TD and Wisconsin's first play from scrimmage. This is why games are running into each other. And makes for a horrible product. Still not enough money for all the games to be in 4k tho

Folks saying refs gave the game to Texas. "Good teams get all the calls" - which we've proven to be false, and actually opposite. Refs subconsciously screw good teams 2024 Opp penalties against ranks: - Texas 103rd - Ohio St 134 (dead last) - Penn St 130 - UGA 99 - Indiana 111

Kalen DeBoer is 7-0 combined vs Kirby Smart, Dan Lanning, and Steve Sarkisian. But will continue to be inexplicably ranked behind all of them on top coaches rankings.

I'm genuinely happy for Penn State fans. The crowd yesterday let out a collective sigh of explosive happiness for 3.5 hours. That's a fan base that's put more into the program than they've gotten in return over the last decade. To get a playoff win, and get it at home, was gratifying to watch.

Jackson Arnold threw 33 times for 3.8 yards per attempt Auburn running backs had 8 carries for a respectable 4.8 yards per carry Coaching malpractice

Really frustrating to see Acho, a constant NIL cheerleader, celebrate the idea of a guy taking millions from businesses and not trying to give them value for their money. Screw those who took care of him amirite? Also, statistical reasons why Caleb needs to play for Caleb: 🧵

This was the first DeBoer-coached game where his team had fewer penalties than his opponent since Washington beat Texas in 2023.

This is why we kept beating the drum against playoff expansion. This idea of March Madness runs in college football is just totally disconnected from this sport. Champions really ARE almost predetermined based on talent. TCU could play Georgia 20 times and never win here.

People are gonna be so mad when they realize CFP expansion under the guise of "access and inclusion" means the National Champion Cinderella rags-to-riches story is gonna be a multi-loss Ohio State who beat the G5 auto-qualifier 56-3 in round one.

RIP Alabama football. What a soft football team

Every time Will Howard is in front of a microphone, I find him to be incredibly likable. Just seems like a genuinely good dude.

Will Howard was better than JJ McCarthy in college. Final season he had - better completion % - higher YPA - 1,100 more yards (in only 1 more game) - higher QB rating Against a tougher schedule.

In Hugh Freeze's last SEC season (2016), he had a team with Chad Kelly, A.J. Brown, Van Jefferson, Evan Engram, and D.K. Metcalf. They went 5-7 that year.

Just being honest - after watching a ton of film neither of us understands Arch Manning as the #1 recruit.

This playoff format is every bit the disaster we told you it would be since day one. The 5-seed has by far the easiest path by not being a conference champion. Clemson is an autobid with multiple OOC losses, including to a team (SC) on the bubble. It’s laughably unbalanced.

This is one of the most disingenuous comments I've ever seen from a national. Riley left OU and took their Heisman QB and half the staff with him. And he left because he didn't want to coach a team in the SEC Last year, Venables had an infinitely harder schedule than Riley ever saw at OU He won 10 games his last year in the B12.

The overreaction with Shedeur Sanders is insane. 5 teams may let a guy slide over fit. When 32 teams let you slide it’s who you are as a player. Sanders has good arm talent but a bad internal clock and avg athleticism. He needs to be coachable and instead bombed his interviews.

It’s honestly shocking to see how openly anti-SEC so many writers are. The number of tweets that read as if they came from fan accounts and not people responsible for national coverage is wild

In 2007, Rich Rodriguez passes on Alabama, and they instead hire Nick Saban. Nick Saban loses to ULM in his first season. In 2020, a day after Saban wins his 6th title at Alabama, ULM hires Rich Rodriguez as their offensive coordinator.

When Lincoln Riley set out to steal everything from Oklahoma on the way out the door, he made sure to take the defense.

7th all time in wins. Top ten in NFL players. Success in every decade going back to the 1800s. Blue Blood.

We were mocked here last week for trying to warn y'all that Autzen is no joke. 100k old heads sitting on their hands isn't as loud as 58k hooligans sitting on top of you in a stadium designed for noise

Note from an actual lawyer: Michigan broke TWO rules by going to games to record: 1) a rule restricting advanced scouting 2) a rule outlawing recording of signals All the excuses are about the first rule, which they have considered dropping. But the second is worse. 🧵1/10

The number of people pretending to not understand this is astonishing "THIS YEAR" good wins against top teams and playing a hard schedule wasn't rewarded, while playing weak schedules (and still losing) was rewarded... So "IN FUTURE YEARS" SEC teams will look to do things "THEY CAN CONTROL" to make their schedules easier. Games against Ohio State, Notre Dame, Clemson (no reason to play them when they lose to you and still go), Notre Dame - why play them? The committee made it clear: play as weak a schedule as possible.

I cannot Brad went with: Alabama had the tougher schedule, better wins, and won head to head, but when they beat Carolina on the field, they didn't cover - therefore Carolina should be in over Alabama. Beyond unserious. This is fan talk, not analysis

We say this as two people who rabidly love the sport as much as anyone: The College Football Playoff now lasts way too long and it’s burning us fans out. Ohio State vs Notre Dame is an awesome, historic matchup and it doesn’t feel nearly as hyped as it deserves.

Bama fatigue has people making the worst arguments I’ve ever seen. This is the second person to suggest South Carolina’s loss to Alabama doesn’t count because Carolina covered. Folks hate Bama so much they’re willing to use defenses that they’d never use elsewhere

The teams Oregon has beaten are a combined 2-14 vs P4 competition

Just a giant middle finger to Auburn fans, players, students, the local businesses and employees. The people in that community who count on these experiences financially and for memories, sold out for a line item on an accounting ledger that they’ll never see.

BYU was unseriously ranked ahead of Tennessee, Alabama, Ole Miss, and Georgia. It's absolutely insane that we do this thing where a team can have one score wins over Utah, Baylor, and Oklahoma St and we're demanded pretend they're an elite lest we be accused of bias.

Ohio State had a ton of backups in, and you can't ask players to not do what they're coached to do when they're in the game. That punter is coached to run when he sees a high leverage situation like that. Asking OSU to lay down entirely while Rutgers gets to go all out is unfair

Realize this "settlement" was Michigan saying "we'll accept the full penalties you levied if you agree to stop the investigation and not force us to testify." This points to Michigan realizing: 1) They're screwed on the merits 2) They really don't want to testify under oath

I present to you, Auburn 2025 starting QB, Matt Sluka.

Implication here is that the SEC schools were cheating for 20 years and that's why they won so much. And if we learned anything about Michigan in 2023, it's that they were a highly moral program that would never cheat to get a leg up.

Ohio State’s September slate, on display in a glass house.

Mama, just killed a man… #Georgia #FSU

Alabama Steve Sarkisian Alabama Kirby Smart

Kirby is a football guy through and through. He respects the game and honors his opponent in a way that a lot of coaches won't do.

I've maintained that QBs /never/ throwing interceptions is a bad thing. It usually speaks to a non-functional passing game where the QB isn't throwing with anticipation and needs a guy to be wide open to pull the trigger Arnold is 135th in YPA, 95th in QB Rating

So far the team that got manhandled at the LOS by the one really good team they played is being manhandled by the only other really good team they’ve played. Saban seemed convinced that Notre Dame would “dominate” Indiana and so far it seems true. This is why SOS matters.

Alabama's football team being held hostage by Jalen Milroe's game-to-game mental state is something to behold. In 4 plays from Milroe: - 1 sack on 4th down - 1 negative yard run - 2 unforced turnovers This guy gets shook more than a magic 8-ball