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Penn State AD calling out Oregon for being fucked up retards.

Go Dawgs! Finish off the Tide!

Texas Tech looked great today too. They're gonna be a tough out.

So assuming Ohio State and Virginia both win, which 12 get in?

1) Ohio State
2) Georgia
3) Texas Tech
4) Indiana (unless they get absolutely curb stomped, in which case they may drop to 5)
5) Oregon
6) Ole Miss
7) Texas A&M
8) Oklahoma
9) Miami
10) Notre Dame
11) Virginia
12) Tulane

Looks like Alabama's best chance to get in is if Duke beats Virginia.

After a debacle of a coaching search, I do think Penn State got it right with Matt Campbell. Good football coach.

dbair1967 said:

So assuming Ohio State and Virginia both win, which 12 get in?

1) Ohio State
2) Georgia
3) Texas Tech
4) Indiana (unless they get absolutely curb stomped, in which case they may drop to 5)
5) Oregon
6) Ole Miss
7) Texas A&M
8) Oklahoma
9) Miami
10) Notre Dame
11) Virginia
12) Tulane

Looks like Alabama's best chance to get in is if Duke beats Virginia.

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1) Ohio State
2) Georgia
3) Texas Tech
4) Indiana
5) Oregon
6) Ole Miss
7) Texas A&M
8) Oklahoma
9) Miami
10) Notre Dame
11) Vanderbilt
12) Texas

yimyammer said:

1) Ohio State
2) Georgia
3) Texas Tech
4) Indiana
5) Oregon
6) Ole Miss
7) Texas A&M
8) Oklahoma
9) Miami
10) Notre Dame
11) Vanderbilt
12) Texas

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FMP:

1) Indiana
2) Ohio State
3) Georgia
4) Texas Tech
5) Oregon
6) Ole Miss
7) Texas A&M
8) Oklahoma
9) Miami
10) Notre Dame
11) Vanderbilt
12) Texas

I'm not sure this is 100% accurate, but from what I am reading apparently Tulane and James Madison are in because they are part of the "5 highest rank conference champions"

In one projection they show James Madison playing at Oregon and Tulane at Ole Miss. Ole Miss already beat Tulane 45-10 once this year. Neither of these teams has a chance in hell to win either game.

CBSSports projection:

College Football Playoff projection​

As projected by CBS Sports bowls expert Brad Crawford

Championship game: Jan. 19 -- Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida
Peach Bowl semifinal: Jan. 9 --
Fiesta Bowl semifinal: Jan. 8 --

Quarterfinals​

• Rose Bowl, Jan. 1: (1) Indiana vs. (8/9) Winner
• Cotton Bowl, Jan. 1: (2) Ohio State vs. (7/10) Winner
• Orange Bowl, Jan. 1: (3) Georgia vs. (6/11) Winner
• Sugar Bowl, Dec. 31: (4) Texas Tech vs. (5/12) Winner

First round​

• (12) James Madison at (5) Oregon -- Winner faces (4)
• (9) Notre Dame at (8) Oklahoma -- Winner faces (1)
• (11) Tulane at (6) Ole Miss -- Winner faces (3)
• (10) Alabama at (7) Texas A&M -- Winner faces (2)

All times Eastern

First round (Dec. 19-20)
Friday, Dec. 19
No. 8 at Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Alabama, 8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN
Saturday, Dec. 20:
No. 7 at Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Miami (Fla.), 12 p.m. on ABC, ESPN, WatchESPN
No. 6 at Ole Miss vs. No. 11 Tulane, 3:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max
No. 5 at Oregon vs. No. 12 James Madison, 7:30 p.m. on TNT, truTV, HBO Max

Quarterfinals (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)
Wednesday, Dec. 31
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Texas A&M/No. 10 Miami (Fla.) winner | Cotton Bowl | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026
No. 4 Texas Tech vs. No. 5 Oregon/No. 12 James Madison winner | Orange Bowl | 12 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 8 Oklahoma/No. 9 Alabama winner | Rose Bowl | 4 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Ole Miss/No. 11 Tulane winner | Sugar Bowl | 8 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN

Semifinals (Jan. 8-9)
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026
Peach Bowl (Atlanta) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN

College Football Playoff National Championship Game
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026
Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN

College football playoff committee sucks ass.

Stupid beyond belief "system"

What a great fucking bowl line up #toomanystupidfuckingbowls

A sampling of the incredibly retarded names some of these have.

Cricket Celebration Bowl

Bucked Up LA Bowl

StaffDNA Cure Bowl

68 Ventures Bowl

Xbox Bowl

Myrtle Beach Bowl Presented by Engine

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Bush's Boca Raton Bowl

Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl

GameAbove Sports Bowl

Rate Bowl

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

Wasabi Fenway Bowl

Pop-Tarts Bowl

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl

Kinder's Texas Bowl

JLAB Birmingham Bowl

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl

AutoZone Liberty Bowl

Duke's Mayo Bowl

Trust & Will Holiday Bowl

dbair1967 said:

What a great fucking bowl line up #toomanystupidfuckingbowls

A sampling of the incredibly retarded names some of these have.

Cricket Celebration Bowl

Bucked Up LA Bowl

StaffDNA Cure Bowl

68 Ventures Bowl

Xbox Bowl

Myrtle Beach Bowl Presented by Engine

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Bush's Boca Raton Bowl

Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl

GameAbove Sports Bowl

Rate Bowl

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

Wasabi Fenway Bowl

Pop-Tarts Bowl

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl

Kinder's Texas Bowl

JLAB Birmingham Bowl

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl

AutoZone Liberty Bowl

Duke's Mayo Bowl

Trust & Will Holiday Bowl

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Meanwhile in D2 Saturday.

yimyammer said:

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Excellent.

Troy says fuck NIL

Dooms "NIL is great and stuff"

Why Troy Aikman says he's 'done with' NIL after giving 'sizable check' to player at UCLA​

One particular experience turned Aikman off from giving any more NIL money out​

It seems as if UCLA won't be able to rely on charitable name, image and likeness donations from Troy Aikman anymore. During a recent appearance on the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch, Aikman -- the UCLA quarterback who went on to a Hall of Fame career with the Dallas Cowboys -- recounted the specific instance that turned him off from donating NIL money.

"I gave money to a kid, I won't mention who," Aikman said. "I've done it one time at UCLA, never met the young man. He was there a year, he left after the year. I wrote a sizable check, and he went to another school. I didn't even get so much as a thank you note. So, it's one of those deals, to where I'm done with NIL. I want to see UCLA be successful, but I'm done with it."

Aikman, currently the color analyst for "Monday Night Football," did acknowledge that athletes should be allowed to leave a school whenever a coach does. given that programs often change dramatically in times of transition. But he also called for further guardrails with NIL legislation.

"There's got to be some leadership at the very top that kind of cleans all of this up," Aikman said. "Starting with players that accept money. There's got to be some accountability and responsibility on their behalf, to have to stick to a program."

Aikman, who was a three-time Super Bowl champion and a six-time Pro Bowler in the NFL, starred with the Bruins from 1986-88. He actually arrived at UCLA as a transfer from Oklahoma, where he started his college career under legendary Sooners coach Barry Switzer.

UCLA just wrapped up its second season in the Big Ten by going 3-9 and will be undergoing another coaching transition. After Chip Kelly left following the 2023 campaign, the school promoted DeShaun Foster, but his tenure lasted only 15 games. Foster was fired after an 0-3 start and the school officially announced the hire of James Madison's Bob Chesney on Saturday. Chesney will coach JMU in the College Football Playoff before moving over to UCLA on a full-time basis.

dbair1967 said:

Dooms "NIL is great and stuff"

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It is. Troy should have donated to the school's NIL program managed by the GM then he wouldn't be married to personal expectations. It's business now. An 8 billion a year business that isn't going away.

Troy thinks he should own a guy? You fuckin people are stupid.

Doomsday said:

It is. Troy should have donated to the school's NIL program managed by the GM then he wouldn't be married to personal expectations. It's business now. An 8 billion a year business that isn't going away.

Troy thinks he should own a guy? You fuckin people are stupid.

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The thing is, the transfer portal and NIL don't have guardrails yet. We're in the frontier of it. It's buyer fuckin beware. You can't be a rich sumbitch and individually buy a player and realistically expect him to stay bought. There's no contracts.

This is why universities have removed all this stuff from the HC into its own department with a general manager and the alums and boosters POOL THEIR RESOURCES and don't put all the eggs in one fuckin basket. This us how Indiana University suddenly became a football power when it never was.

This is new shit. Adapt or get left behind. JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. We're really pearl clutching over this? Please. You're precious.