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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

"Best" is a highly subjective matter. If the ESPN personalities had their way we'd have 4 loss SEC teams rolling into the playoff.

I'd rather see a middle of the pack B1G/SEC team in a 12 game playoff than any middle weight conference champ.

Boxing figured this out a long time ago. Middleweights have their own belt.
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2027 FL (NV) WR Eric McFarland (Verbal Offer)

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305Buck 3 hours ago
McFarland on Ohio State:

Ohio State has always been up there. Coach Hartline is gone, but Ryan Day is still there and they are still Ohio State. I know a lot of people up there, they have always treated me well, and I still like them a lot, even with coach Hartline gone.”

A&M, Oregon and LSU were the other schools mentioned. Plans to take his official visits before committing.

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KYBuck4858 2 hours ago
Ok this makes sense now:

While the move may sound sudden, it’s actually a return to the original plan. McFarland entered high school as a 2027 prospect but stayed back during the COVID-19 period while in middle school. Now, he’s moving back into the class he was set to graduate with all along.
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Ohio Bobcats (official thread)

Interesting.

I'm copying and pasting a couple of parts of this article here (I think some will encounter a paywall):

"It is unclear what connection, if any, Smith’s Nov. 25 reprimand had on him being placed on leave and later fired for cause. Ohio University did not immediately respond to an additional request for comment on the matter. Elliott had no further comment."

And

"We vigorously dispute Ohio University’s grounds for the termination for cause of Coach Brian Smith,” Smith’s attorney, Rex Elliott, said in a statement Wednesday. “He is shocked and dismayed by this turn of events, and we plan to fight this wrongful termination to protect his good name. Coach Smith is an ethical man who has done an exemplary job for the University. He wants nothing but the best for the players, coaches, and the entire Bobcat community.”

What is going on here? He's lawyered up? He's going to court for wrongful termination? Curiouser and curiouser.

If they fired him, officially, for having alcohol in his desk (that he used infrequently and discreetly, as he described) that's within their rights, I suppose. Technically. But it's definitely a cover story.
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