Wow, what a train wreck. Very sad. "He was formally arraigned on charges including felony third-degree home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering. "...

I'm surprised to see Florida and Mississippi State on the schedule for next year. I figured that our 6 non rivalry games would be against teams we didn't play this year and last.

When you look at Major Applewhite and Bobby Petrino you realize that these types of events will get you fired, and be bad for your career , but generally are not career ending. The pending assault charges won't help his future job prospects.

Wow, after 2 seasons. Either something bad happened, or that's insane.

Trying to figure out how many portal spots we have open. With By my count, which could easily be wrong, we currently have 20 open slots for the portal. The portal officially opens on January 2nd. I don't know why players announce they are entering the portal before the bowl game, but I would...

What a snow flake comment. So the ACC shouldn't pleed their case, because they don't want to alienate ND in the hopes ND will join the ACC as a full member? Nobody paying attention believes that ND will ever join the ACC. This in addition to the bowl decline makes them look very childish.

Makes sense. Everyone was obviously hoping he would pick up next year where he left off before his injury. These days with NIL and the portal there's no telling what factors led to his decision. Hopefully he finds a new school that allows him to realize his tremendous potential.

No surprise on this one: https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/texas-qb-trey-owens-plans-to-enter-transfer-portal/

The ranking is a difficult decision. It's odd that they flipped ND and Miami, same for Texas and Vandy. You will always have arguments about which teams are more deserving. Personally I find it irritating when fans from excluded schools don't move on. This is part of why I like the proposal of...

It was approved yesterday. https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/news/college-football/sec-presidents-vote-to-increase-max-scholarship-amount-to-105-per-report/

This happened allot last year, and it wasn't any well kept secret. If the NCAA blatantly ignores the tampering rule one year, it's unreasonable to expect that the rule will be followed in future years. In the last 2 years we had conference championship games and playoffs to contend with, so we...

With the new 105 scholarship limit, plus the freshman class of 23, we will be able to take 3 less portal additions then the number of players leaving. The number of players leaving is always hard to predict at this time of the year. We don't have that many seniors, and it's hard to predict how...

For sure, although 3 years ago Vanderbilt would have been on that list. Past records are an imperfect prediction of future performance. Statistically playing those schools is probably a good strategy for making the playoffs. BTW, I would add Syracuse to the list of likely easy games.

I'm not sure how many players are coming back, but my understanding is the new 105 limit kick in for 2026. With our recruiting class at 23, You would think we will have plenty of space for portal players. The portal opens on January 2 and closes on January 16. I'm guessing we will have a...

Great rule, but not all power 4 teams are created equally. If this is the requirement then schools like Syracuse and Purdue are going to be very much in demand. I liked the proposal where your quality power 4 OOC opponent would be assigned based on your record the previous year, or some measure...

Since we already played @ Michigan it seems unlikely we would cancel the return game. I would think that a change in scheduling approach would only effect home and away matchups in the future, where neither game has occurred.

This is something you would think would weight heavily on the minds of the playoff committee. Those games bring in lots of excitement and money. On the other hand the wins against Kentucky and Mississippi State are also likely working against us. I remember when we were down big against...

He left Tennessee after one year, and that year wasn't great. Tenesee would have been better off without him. He was at Ole Miss for 4 years, and leaves the program with an historically good run by Ole Miss standards. Unlike Tennessee, Ole Miss should be thankful for what Kiffin's has done...

I think like Sark his stint with Nick Saban was very useful. He did well enough at Florida Atlantic, and killed it at Ole Miss. After the egg bowl he claimed he he hadn't decided if he was leaving, and claimed he would pray on it that night. I'm fairly sure he knew he was leaving. On the one...

This debate about if Texas deserves to be in the playoffs demonstrates that no matter how big the playoff field is, there will always be teams that are left out with legitimate arguments. If we make it, awesome, if not, oh well, at least we finished the season on a high note.