Remember when we heard Georgia players say after winning it all that people predicted that they'd go 7-5?
Turns out, Nolan Smith made that up.
His confession on the latest
@TheSDSPod
:
Burrow's numbers vs. top-20 defenses this year: 112-143 (78%) for 1,356 yards, 12-1 TD-INT ratio, 44 rushes for 179 yards.
Lawrence's numbers vs. top-20 defenses this year: 0-0 for 0 yards, 0-0 TD-INT ratio, 0 rushes for 0 yards.
For the "SEC bias" crowd, consider this:
The SEC is now 8-3 vs. Power 5 teams in non-conference play.
The 3 losses?
-Vandy at Notre Dame (by 5)
-Tennessee vs. West Virginia
-Texas A&M vs. Clemson (by 2)
No bias. Just results.
So...
Stetson Bennett will end his career with consecutive national championships having earned offensive MVP honors in all 4 Playoff games.
But because he wasn't an All-American, he won't be eligible for the CFB Hall of Fame.
That ain't right.
Get-in prices for each Power 5 conference championship game (via
@gametime
):
SEC — $533
ACC — $88
Big 12 — $71
Big Ten — $58
Pac-12 — $42
The SEC Championship's get-in price is more than twice as much as the rest of the Power 5 conference title games combined.
Officials have such little context in these late-game scenarios.
Refs let the defender stay on top of Rattler, then flag the guy who tries to get the defender off.
That’s horrible.
Florida State:
A) Lost 4-star QB recruit to Maryland
B) Dropped to 1 scholarship QB
C) Claimed DBU after finishing 119th vs. the pass
D) Ignored fans' concerns about hiring Kendal Briles
E) Photoshopped MLK's arm doing tomahawk chop
F) Won 5 games last year
G) All the above
Eight SEC players finished their careers with at least 100 total TDs.
Tim Tebow, 145
Aaron Murray, 137
Danny Wuerffel, 122
Dak Prescott, 114
Drew Lock, 109
Nick Fitzgerald, 101
Chris Leak, 101
Peyton Manning, 101
Half of those guys had Dan Mullen on the sidelines.
The fact that Arkansas is going to end with a top-30 class is mind-blowing.
Tip of the cap to Sam Pittman, who I assume hasn't slept since he arrived in Fayetteville.
Tom Brady doesn’t like Peyton Manning’s Smokey head cover and proceeds to drop it on the ground to step on it.
Brady to Peyton: “They haven’t been good since you left.”
@PeterBurnsESPN
Arkansas is America's team.
-No bitter rivals
-Most likable coach in CFB
-An offensive style with modern concepts but physical in a way your dad will love
-Haven't won enough to hate them
UK would've moved into the top 5 with a W.
But it:
A) Gave away 5 points in the kicking game
B) Had a kickoff return TD if not for tripping on a teammate
C) Had 2 TOs in the final 4 minutes
D) Had a penalty negate a go-ahead TD
E) All the above
It's "E." It's always "E."
Shane Beamer:
A) Just ended Playoff hopes for 2 teams in consecutive weeks
B) Just handed Clemson its first home loss since 2016
C) Just earned South Carolina its first win vs. Clemson since 2013
D) Is about to get a FAT raise
E) All the above
It's "E." It's always "E."
Sam Pittman:
A) Got Arkansas its first win vs. A&M in a decade
B) Got Arkansas its first win vs. LSU since 2016
C) Got Arkansas its first 7-win season since 2016
D) Beat the snot out of Texas
E) All the above
It's "E." It's always "E."
We should talk more about that time when Isaiah Spiller dropped the truck stick on Ventrell Miller and delivered Texas A&M's biggest touchdown of the post-Johnny Manziel era.
Nick Saban said to Tua during a mic’d up segment during practice that just aired on SportsCenter:
“So you know, one of the prerequisites for you playing in this game is you gotta be able to outrun my ass. Aight. You ain’t close yet.”
Tua laughed.
Alabama reached a Final Four with 9 new players, 3 new assistants and 4 new support staff members, yet it just gave one of the most dominant teams ever its toughest NCAA Tournament game.
Can't put a ceiling on Alabama under Nate Oats.
My way-too-early Top 5 SEC QB rankings for 2020:
1. Kyle Trask, Florida
2. Kellen Mond, A&M
3. Mac Jones, Alabama
4. Jamie Newman, UGA
5. John Rhys Plumlee, Ole Miss
What's yours?
She's been committed to Florida since she was 12.
She's the No. 1 player in the 2023 class.
She's the daughter of Jason Williams (AKA White Chocolate) & Denika Williams (AKA an Olympic qualifier).
She's Mia Williams, and she's softball's next big thing:
A lot of people on this here app seem to love ripping Nebraska and its fans for wanting to play football.
It’s a lazy take made by those who have never actually interacted with the fan base.
If you think Nebraska is what’s wrong with college football, take a look in the mirror.
Since he was hired as LSU's full-time coach in 2017, Ed Orgeron has as many wins vs. top-10 teams (12) as Jimbo Fisher, Tom Herman, Dan Mullen, Lincoln Riley, James Franklin, Jim Harbaugh and Brian Kelly COMBINED.
Dude earned that payday.
Kyle Trask has been off in the first half.
***Looks down***
***Checks stats***
***Sees he's 21-of-28 for 251 yards and 2 TDs***
Kyle Trask has an awfully high bar that he's set for himself.
Something to remember for the people saying 2-loss LSU shouldn't be ranked ahead of 1-loss Ohio State/Washington State/West Virginia:
LSU has more wins against current top-25 teams than all 3 of those teams combined.
I assume right around this time every Saturday night, Hunter Yurachek pours himself a large glass of bourbon, sinks into an oversized leather chair and marvels at the hires that he knocked out of the park.
I asked Jalin Hyatt what the score would be for a hypothetical Tennessee-Georgia rematch in a Playoff game (with Hooker and Tillman healthy).
"42-35, us."
1. Georgia (+27.8) beat its P5 opponents by a larger margin than Ohio State (+26.2) & Michigan (+19.4).
2. UGA has 6 wins vs. P5 teams w/ winning records. OSU has 5 & Michigan has 4.
3. UGA has 2 wins vs. the current CFP top 10. OSU & Michigan have 0.
4. Now, show this to RJ.
1. Ohio State (+29.5) and Michigan (+26.7) have beaten their opponents by a larger margin than Georgia (+26.7).
2. Georgia played an FCS opponent. Ohio State and Michigan did not.
3. Now, show this to an SEC fan.
I'm reminded today that Nebraska had a streak of 348 consecutive appearances in the Associated Press Poll (1981-2002).
Alabama currently has 196 consecutive AP appearances (4th all-time), which means it would still need another decade to hit that mark. Goodness.
SEC teams national rank in percentage of returning production for 2023, via
@ESPN_BillC
:
7. Texas A&M
9. Mizzou
28. Auburn
30. Ole Miss
32. LSU
58. Vandy
69. Tennessee
73. Kentucky
80. Georgia
91. MSU
102. South Carolina
106. Arkansas
107. Florida
125. Alabama
Championship Weekend QBs pre-NFL:
Pat Mahomes: 3-star recruit, was told he played in a gimmicky offense
Joe Burrow: Had to transfer before Year 4 to become a starter
Jalen Hurts: Was benched after starting 2 years
Brock Purdy: No. 839 in 2018 class, Mr. Irrelevant
Pac-12 champ: Utah, lost to 6-7 Florida
ACC champ: Clemson, lost to South Carolina AND Tennessee
Big 12 champ: Kansas State, lost to Alabama
Big Ten champ: Michigan, last loss was to Georgia in the Orange Bowl
But sure, the SEC is awful.