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Smart to DL after the next Bulldogs blowout of OBD: Our players are more loyal!

Per ESPN FPI we have a.1% chance of winning the Natty. So they are saying there's a chance!

The other side of the coin to OSU’s urgency to get back in the win column are the nerves that will accompany that stress, especially in front 100,000+ intolerably entitled fans. Our defense starts to make life tough on their freshman QB, and things could get interesting.

The question is whether this game makes us too optimistic in our Ohio State prediction, or whether we stick pessimism? Personally, I predicted a loss vs USC and Northwestern and wins vs Ok State, UCLA, and Illinois, so clearly the team is better off with my negativity. 38-17 Ohio State 😝

Is 2026 Indiana this season's 2014 FSU? 😁 Saturday Down South5 college football ideas I'm buying or selling after Week 9Let's break down 5 college football ideas following Week 9, including a predicting involving Miami and Notre Dame this week.

CBS Sports on tomorrow's PO committee CFB rankings - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-rankings-top-25-2026-first-what-to-expect/

Big Ten Current Championship Odds - 'Oregon Needs a Miracle' On32026 Big Ten Title Odds: Indiana surges as Polymarket fav...Nine weeks into the 2026 college football season, a new Polymarket prediction market lists three Big Ten football teams with 22% or greater odds to win

Win out, get into the B1G CG, win it and you are in the playoff. Do that and anything can happen... Go Ducks

Kirby Smart: The players were hungrier in the past. On3Kirby Smart on SEC carnage: Players 'were definitely hung...Kirby Smart had an interesting take on why we are seeing so much carnage within the SEC this season. After Georgia's victory over Florida on Saturday, the

Feels like DL is trying to take that same philosophy (he's been relying on fewer transfers the last couple of off-seasons). But the difference is the coaching staff...he's got a staff full of elite recruiters but short on development experience. That's going to have to change soon starting with the OC hire, he needs more guys who have proven resumes of developing players over a long period of time.

"Unique College Football Playoff Opportunity". SIOregon’s Matchup With Ohio State Presents Unique College...When Oregon takes the field against a suddenly-vulnerable Ohio State team, they’ll not just be gunning for revenge.

The Inside Read: 3-2-1 | A Comeback, a Crossroads and a Trip to ColumbusThree takeaways from Oregon’s win over Northwestern, two questions that remain unanswered and an early look at an Ohio State team confronting a quarterback transition of its own.The Inside Read: 3-2-1 | A Comeback, a Crossroads and a T...Three takeaways from Oregon’s win over Northwestern, two questions that remain unanswered and an early look at an Ohio State team confronting a quarterback transition of its own.

CFB 2026 - All Glory is fleeting. And, Brother, can you spare me a QB? SIForde-Yard Dash: Examining College Football’s Most Danger...Wisconsin went from storming the field after beating USC to getting shut out by Iowa, showing how no team seems capable of staying comfortable for long.

To manage to pull off this win, it will require Jay Johnson and Raiola to both be perfect. What are the odds of that, gamblers? Quite impressive for them to be right last Saturday (and I was wrong), but I hope they are wrong this week. I want to pick OBD over tOSU, but don't want to jinx them. Tough decision come prediction time. 😁 Go Ducks!

Three Oregon offensive injuries loom large entering pivotal Ohio State matchupAutzen ZooThree Oregon offensive injuries loom large entering pivot...Coming into the season, everyone circled the matchup against Ohio State as the biggest game for the Oregon Ducks, and while the matchup has lost some luster, th

If you like to play around with what-ifs, here is a website where you can pick winners and then calculate conference standings that will lead to the Big Ten Championship game. Pick winners from each week, then punch the Calculate Standings button. https://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=fb

This was ND's biggest complaint last season. The Irish lost to Miami in Week 1, and Miami doesn't jump ND before the final ranking? Notre Dame being ranked above Miami before the final ranking on 12/7/2025 is a result of a media company and not the NCAA, managing the postseason. The myriad rankings by the CFB committee benefit ESPN's bottom line, while causing unnecessary confusion. Oregon is 3-1 against ESPN's Strength of Record rankings updated through Week 9. Wins against No. 24 Northwestern, No. 19 Boise State, and No. 14 USC—loss to No. 3 UCLA. Oklahoma State, after the Week 9 loss, 51-49 at Iowa State, dropped out of the AP Top 25 and the SOR Top 25, and Illinois never made the SOR or AP Top 25. Nebraska choked its way to another loss, this time to UW. USC and Iowa are back in the AP Top 25, but never should have dropped out. 2-loss Northwestern, instead of falling to No. 26 in the AP, should have remained ranked. Instead, 3-loss South Carolina and 3-loss Florida are ranked. As ESPN's Bill Connelly recently noted, the SEC was paid to play a ninth conference game and should not ipso facto benefit in the rankings from playing nine games. BTW, No. 6 Indiana is one of the many Big Ten teams with QB injury issues. Indiana was historically bad when B1G HQ created the conference schedules in 2023; Indiana, after playing nine straight games, has a much-needed Week 10 bye. No other P4 conference asked its defending champion to play nine straight games to start the season. The Trojans are also off this week, SC's 2nd bye because it played a Week 0 game. SC plays Indiana in Bloomington in Week 11. I won't be surprised if three 2-loss SEC teams, Alabama, best out-of-conference (OOC) win against FSU, Texas, solid OOC win over Ohio State with a healthy Julian Sayin, and Ole Miss, best OOC win against Louisville, are in the PO committee's Top 12. I think Ohio State could be ranked lower than No. 11 and bumped by G6 Boise State, out of the committee's first-ranking PO field. I hope I (again) am in error. It will help Oregon's playoff chances if the Buckeyes are ranked in the top 10 before Saturday's game in Columbus. Beat Brutus!

I assume most head coaches keep a Rolodex (digital) of guys they have coached with, met at camps, met at coaches conventions, watched on tape, heard about, etc. Though, I think Chip was in Gary Crowton's Rolodex, not Bellotti's. I hope Lanning takes a bit of time (as needed subject to December signings) to really look around at offensive systems, QB nurturing, and success. While my gut reaction is to find someone with gray whiskers, I also think there is potential in a broader look under the rocks. The OC at Arizona? The OC at Wake Forest? Maybe not guys who are currently on the lips of pundits, but have shown they might be breakout coordinators at a program with more resources. Those two are examples, not a full list. Though there is something to be said for the gray whiskers types who have seen years of opponent adjustments and know how to counter it.

Well, the best place to pick peaches is where the peach trees are. Would Smart have the same philosophy if he was coaching in Kansas?

Not at all.

This Wall Street Journal article appears to be locked but it is not. https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/georgia-kirby-smart-gunner-stockton-ec53bc9c?st=1U556y&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

A veteran… former HC…Lanning needs somebody who has been in the trenches. From a distance he needs balance. Saban and Lane, Saban and Sark. Right now Lincoln Riley and Gary Patterson might work out. If Venables is let go at Oklahoma I would look at him as a DC. I think this is a staff remake to get to the next level.

Not sure why Norvell would be such a good selection? Does he have any better offensive touch than some of the young successful OC's?

He also did an analytics combined with strength of schedule ranking that had the Ducks at #25. A win at Ohio St. and suddenly the Ducks are back in consideration. May not get there (really an outside shot) but it's possible.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The SEC is once again overrated. Surprise, surprise! But even so 10 top 25 teams. No, no way! the voters should be ashamed of their pro-SEC bias!