Zurp said:

How did Dean Sensanbaugher get a play of 103 yards? And don't say that he was 3 yards deep in the endzone, because I remember David Brown's interception was at least 6 yards deep, and he only gets credited with 100 yards.

Edit: My memory was wrong - he was about 4 yards deep.
Edit: In case you want to see the play, go to about 22:28 of this video:
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Fun fact: I was born about 3 weeks before this game. My aunt, who is still a football fanatic to this very day, was watching me while my mom slept. She sat me in front of the TV to watch this game with her. The first Buckeye game these beautiful eyes ever saw.

"I don't think I played good," Sanders said. "I don't think I played good at all. I think there's a lot of things we need to look at during the week and go and just get comfortable with even throwing routes with [wide receiver] Jerry [Jeudy] and throwing routes with all those guys. I think that was my first ball to him all year. But other than that, I just think overall we just got to go next week and understand, so that we have a week to prepare stuff I like to do."

"You're always trying to get your starter ready to play," Stefanski said. "Certainly when your starter's a rookie, those are very valuable reps. When your backup is a rookie also, you do everything in your power to get our quarterback as many reps as possible. Post-practice, after practice, extra meeting time."

Just sayin': One of these two (Sanders or Stefanski) isn't being 100% accurate has to how much practice reps/preparation Sanders is getting, etc.

Just kind of looking at things from a broader perspective...

There are about 7 teams that are basically in, no doubt, barring some pretty unexpected results

1. Ohio State*
- In
2. Indiana
- In
3. Texas A&M*
- In, but a loss in the SEC title game could shake up the seeding
4. Georgia
- In, they're not losing to GaTech
5. Oregon
- In if they take care of business against USC, but a loss there puts them firmly in a precarious spot on the bubble
6. Mississippi
- In
7. Texas Tech*
- In, no one in the Big 12 is gonna take them down
*Projected conference champ

The ACC Champ is in, as is the best G5 team, as of now, I suppose id bet on GaTech/UVA but not with confidence, if Miami somehow sneaks into the acc title game and wins, that would open up another. I'll go with James Madison or North Texas at the moment for the G5 spot, but with the advent of the portal, I don't think the G5 deserves an auto bid, JMO.

This leaves, for all intents and purposes, 3 at large spots available, being fought over by:

Oklahoma
- they're kinda flaky, but two games against two mediocre teams are all that stands in their way

Alabama
- a loss to Auburn would, hilariously, end the season, and I wouldn't be so sure about a W there, given how their offense is playing

Notre Dame
- Interesting position they're in, if the chalk plays out, there's a good chance the last spot comes down to them and...

Miami
- I don't think this team is consistent enough to compete in a playoff scenario, but if they win out, and don't make the ACC title game, the last spot likely comes down to 10-2 Miami and 10-2 Notre Dame, would be extremely interesting to see how they choose, given the head to head. If they do make the ACC title, Notre Dame would likely be a shoe in

USC
- If they beat Oregon, good chance they're in, replacing Oregon, who would be thrown into the debate with, likely, Miami and Notre Dame, for the last spot, although the head to head against ND doesn't favor USC, so that's something to watch potentially

Michigan
- fuck them, it's not happening, even if the bullshit persists, I'm not sure who they would replace

Vanderbilt
- see above, unless there's chaos

I don't think BYU or Utah are legitimate options

Romanowski said:

Hell of a weekend for this team. They wrestled out of their minds! Hard to find much of anything to be critical of. Them wiping the floor with Nebraska was great to see. Antrell Taylor had no answer for Cannon. He was relentless. I talked about the Ferrari/Feldman match in an earlier post. Couldn’t have been a better outcome for that match imo. Mendez tonight was spectacular. He made Bailey quit. It’s really hard to get so many stalling calls against you that they count as two points for your opponent, and Bailey did just that. I think he was also penalized for something else, but I’m not sure. Either way, it was total domination as he got manhandled, and Mendez let him know afterward.

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pretty sure Bailey got tagged with a fleeing the mat in there somewhere.

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Michael Cena and Goff had a boy?

pnuts34 said:

Something tells me he'll be a Miami Hurricane in 2yrs

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More like FIU.

Its only going to get worse.

With the Bengals all but mathematical eliminated, there's little to no chance we'll see Burrow back this season. Even if he wanted to come back, there's an excellent chance ownership simply won't let him.

And if you think the tacklings been horrible up till now, how do you think it'll look once the reality of the season being over inevitably sinks in?

You think these guys are going to throw their bodies around and risk injury for a lost season...? Not hardly.

Expect to see a lot more lopsided loses. A lot more arm tackling. A lot more half-effort plays. A lot more alligator arms on our Wide Receivers. A lot more players going on IR to avoid playing. Etc...

Its going to get real ugly guys...

ScriptOhio said:

Dillingham reaffirms commitment to Arizona State

Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham reaffirmed his commitment to his alma mater after his name has been linked to numerous open jobs.

www.espn.com

Kenny Dillingham reaffirms commitment to Arizona State​

Forget about Kenny Dillingham leaving Arizona State.

Linked to numerous open jobs across the country, Dillingham shut down any thoughts of leaving his alma mater after the Sun Devils' 25-23 win over West Virginia on Saturday.

"I was never leaving, I never said I was leaving -- this is home," Dillingham said. "You have to continue to push and my job running the program is to push and push and push until you can't push anymore. And if I didn't do that, I'd be cheating my players. I'd be cheating my staff. I'd be cheating the fan base. I'd be cheating everybody in the city. I'd be cheating the local businesses that feed off of us winning, and then they sell more beer. I'd be cheating everybody."

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Wrong Arizona...

Zurp said:

1. To answer your question, I would lean toward a 2-loss team over a 3-loss team. Not knowing the schedules and results, I think I'm aiming for BYU or Utah. Did they already play each other? Who won? That's the team I'd pick.
2. This would start a gross precedent: the loser of a conference championship game being likely in before the loss, and then out after the loss. How long until teams start declining the invite to the CCG? And then, if they can't back out, how long until we get the conspiracy theory that a conference pulled the referee strings to make the one team win so that they'd get into the playoff, since the other team was going to get in, anyway?
3. The whining coming out of Pawl and his callers will be beautiful, if Bama gets left out, again.

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The truth is BYU and Bama would basically be in identical spots as far as having conference title game losses. The Bama argument is much greater SOS justifies inclusion over BYU. BYU did beat Utah, so that will get them in first.

Zurp said:

Thanks. That's interesting. I wonder why they don't retroactively change those to 100, then...

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I'm sure PSU fans have multiple theories about this.

DZ83CK said:

It seems plausible that Bama loses in the SEC championship game and BYU loses in the Big 12 title game, Bama ends up with 3 losses and BYU 2.
In a hypothetical Playoff 12: OSU, IU, A&M, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oregon, TTU, Oklahoma, ND, ACC champ, G5 champ - those seem probable. Then let's say you have one spot for 3-loss Bama, 3-loss Texas, 2-loss BYU, 2-loss Vandy, and 2-loss Utah ... who gets it? I would lean BYU.

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1. To answer your question, I would lean toward a 2-loss team over a 3-loss team. Not knowing the schedules and results, I think I'm aiming for BYU or Utah. Did they already play each other? Who won? That's the team I'd pick.
2. This would start a gross precedent: the loser of a conference championship game being likely in before the loss, and then out after the loss. How long until teams start declining the invite to the CCG? And then, if they can't back out, how long until we get the conspiracy theory that a conference pulled the referee strings to make the one team win so that they'd get into the playoff, since the other team was going to get in, anyway?
3. The whining coming out of Pawl and his callers will be beautiful, if Bama gets left out, again.

BB73 said:

Back in the day, they counted plays over 100 yards as their actual length, But the NcAA stopped that at some point.

From a post by @LordJeffBuck:

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Thanks. That's interesting. I wonder why they don't retroactively change those to 100, then...

Wait a second fellas. We can't give Feldman full credit. Ferrari apparently wasn't wrestling to win.

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AKAK said:

The refs are ass, And I know I complain about this a lot but they design this league to have close games and they can't insist the refs make it their full time job? Nah

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And I don't care at all about this eagles/lions game but these refs are ass

Broncos/Cheifs was apparently awful

This dude is butt cheeks. I watched the game and he sucks in every single attribute. Guess not knowing what the defense is going to do pre-snap makes the game just a tad more difficult. He has arguably the best WR in the league and can't even get him the ball.

BB73 said:

You would lean BYU, the committee would lean Bama.

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I don't know. I think the 3rd loss being to a mediocre FSU team will be the bridge too far. It's not like the SEC wouldn't be getting enough representation without Bama.

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Just sayin': Apparently he had some "issues" at Tennessee:


1. Carter didn't play a defensive snap in the Volunteers' 33-27 loss to Oklahoma on Nov. 1 because of a coach's decision.

2. The source told ESPN that Carter had been informed by the coaching staff that he wasn't going to play against the Aggies because of disciplinary issues.

3. Shortly after school officials confirmed Sunday that Carter was no longer a member of the team, he announced on social media that he won't play the rest of the season due to injury and plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens Jan. 2.

I take comfort knowing this is out there.

Cris keeping it real

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