Texas President: “We’ve been winning, just not like we’d like to.”
State senator responds: "3-7 against the Horned Frogs. Perhaps you’d rather lose to Alabama than TCU."
OSU/WSU making their own schedule to finish above the MWC/AAC/SBC champ and get into the playoff as one of the five highest ranked conference champs -- and then keeping all that money -- would be the most fascinating outcome imaginable.
48 people ran in the regular 400m prelims yesterday. The highest semifinal qualifying time was 45.64.
Karsten Warholm ran 400m in 45.94 — while jumping over hurdles — which was better than 23 Olympic sprinters did without the hurdles.
Ohio State QB CJ Stroud: "This is the Rose Bowl man. This is where the legendary games are being played. If you aren't motivated to play, I question your love of the game."
Jim Larranaga on NIL: "TV makes money, right? The shoe companies make money. The universities make money. The athletic directors..they benefit from their relationship with the shoe companies. And the coaches make a hell of a living.
Well, what's wrong with that filtering down?"
TCU going to somehow make it undefeated in the regular season and they're going to get beat in the Big 12 title game by a three-loss Kansas State team, aren't they?
Chip Kelly, who lost a national title to Cam Newton and played Jalen Hurts and Kyler Murray among others, on USC’s Caleb Williams last night: “We played against as good a quarterback as I have faced in my college career.”
BYU returned 37% of its production from last season when they went 11-1. Will finish 10-2 against a much tougher schedule in 2021 while going 5-0 vs. Pac-12. Heck of a job by Kalani Sitake and company.
With Urban Meyer on administrative leave, it’s worth noting that these sections were added to his most recent contract extension that was signed in April:
The New Year’s Six is set:
Fiesta (semi): TCU vs. Michigan
Peach (semi): Ohio State vs. Georgia
Rose: Utah vs. Penn State
Cotton Bowl: Tulane vs. USC
Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Tennessee
Sugar Bowl: Kansas State vs. Alabama
Pac-12 has had multiple opportunities to end the Big 12 and yet here we are with the Big 12 trying to land a knockout punch before the end of the round.
From a Pac-12 source: “This is directly on (Pac-12 presidents) hands. They didn’t prioritize football and now they are going to constantly be dealing with the one thing they are least equipped to handle.”
Potential game changer for many: as part of recent NCAA rules changes surrounding student-athlete benefits, schools may now pay parking expenses for athletes.
Took Sam Pittman six games to get three SEC wins at Arkansas.
Chad Morris didn’t win a single one. Bret Bielema took 18 games to get three SEC wins, Petrino took 11.
2017 Unanimous All-Americans:
- Baker Mayfield
- Bryce Love
- James Washington
- Mark Andrews
- Orlando Brown Jr.
- Quenton Nelson
- Billy Price
- Bradley Chubb
- Josey Jewell
- Roquan Smith
- DeShon Elliott
- Minkah Fitzpatrick
- Josh Jackson
- Michael Dickson
The real Mike Leach experience: ending the nation’s longest winning streak one week and then following that up the next by ending the SEC’s longest losing streak.
BYU finishes 11-1, likely ranked in the top 15 in the final polls, will have a number of award finalists, a first round QB and had their only loss coming on the one yard line after playing on a few days notice. Heck of a season for the Cougs.