College football

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Go Washington State (1-1, 1-1 Pac-12) > @#20 USC (3-0, 3-0 Pac-12) Sun night.

28-0 USC . . . in the 1st quarter! Wishes 5-13.

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AP Top 25

Not much change at the top other than the rise of Coastal Carolina to #11 and associated tumble of BYU from the top 10 to #14.
The playoff looks to be boring.
Coastal Carolina, Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Cincinnati are unbeaten, along with 3 teams with only 3 or 4 wins.
8-2 Iowa State broke into the top 10. Weird year.
Louisiana rose to #17. I guess that makes App St a better class of loser.
7-3 UNC bounced back into the rankings at #20.
NC State is #26, followed by #30 Mickey Mouse 11, Washington 10, Boise State 10 and Auburn 9 votes.

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Wishes, not predictions or even barely realistic wishes in some cases:

GO

early afternoon ET
@Arkansas > #1 Alabama
@#21 Colorado > Utah
@Maryland > Rutgers !!!
Minnesota > @Nebraska
@undefeated Buffalo > Akron

Michigan State vs @Penn State, 0-0 tie !!!

late afternoon ET
#17 North Carolina > @#10 Miami (conflicted, O Really?)
Duke > @Florida State !!!

evening ET
Boise State > @Wyoming
Appalachian State > @Georgia Southern !!!
@UCLA > #15 USC
Auburn > @Mississippi State

night ET
San Diego State > @#18 BYU !!!

Look at all of those canceled games.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... /2/week/15

[O Really]

#17 North Carolina > @#10 Miami (conflicted, O Really?)

Nah, Carolina's won their 7 - pretty much their ceiling (or aspiration) most years. It's good if they win, but I'm OK if the U takes them. It would be nice if it wasn't with total humiliation, though.

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Nah, Carolina's won their 7 - pretty much their ceiling (or aspiration) most years. It's good if they win, but I'm OK if the U takes them. It would be nice if it wasn't with total humiliation, though.

Ah, resigned rather than conflicted.

Freshman Brenden Rice, Colorado (vs UT):
81 yd punt return TD
61 yd screen pass reception TD
Jerry Rice's son!

21-17 Colorado

Wishes, not predictions or even barely realistic wishes in some cases:

GO

early afternoon ET
@Arkansas > #1 Alabama

3-38 in the 3rd

[O Really]

Nah, Carolina's won their 7 - pretty much their ceiling (or aspiration) most years. It's good if they win, but I'm OK if the U takes them. It would be nice if it wasn't with total humiliation, though.

Ah, resigned rather than conflicted.

"Resigned" is a permanent state for UNC football fans.

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Wishes, not predictions or even barely realistic wishes in some cases:

GO

early afternoon ET
@Arkansas > #1 Alabama. 3-52
@#21 Colorado > Utah. Fell apart in the 4th
@Maryland > Rutgers !!! Arrrgh. Rutgers FG as time expired, then won 27-24 with another FG in OT.
Minnesota > @Nebraska.
@undefeated Buffalo > Akron. Buffalo up 35-0 at the half.

Wishes 2-3 so far.

"Resigned" is a permanent state for UNC football fans.

UNC up 7-3 early. They like to tease.

Edit: 14-3!

[O Really]

"Resigned" is a permanent state for UNC football fans.

UNC up 7-3 early. They like to tease.

Edit: 14-3!

Occasionally they forget who they are.

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Occasionally they forget who they are.

21-3! Me too.

[O Really]

Occasionally they forget who they are.

21-3! Me too.

Who are these guys?

Edit: has UNC ever scored 62 points before? And WTF, did the U bring the Coral Gables High team?

Edit again: Well, once, apparently, in 2013, but not against a real team. UNC 80- Old Dominion 20.
https://www.nfl.com/news/north-carolina ... 0000286112

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Houston @Memphis - I didn't have a preference, but watched the end while waiting for late games to start.
Houston down 7 with 5:14 left in the 4th, gets TD with 0:28 left, converting its fourth 4th down of the drive!
Opts for EP and OT.
Allows a drive and walkoff 47 yd FG for the 27-30 loss.
Ouch.

Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller first woman to score in Power 5 football game

... Fuller ... started nine of 12 games at goalkeeper for Vanderbilt's SEC championship women's soccer team this fall....

No wonder she's great.

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Who are these guys?

A team that no one ever thought to explain to it that running up the score is a bad thing. A trick play for a TD when already up 41-18?! UNC scored the game winner halfway through the 2nd.

Edit: has UNC ever scored 62 points before? And WTF, did the U bring the Coral Gables High team?

Edit again: Well, once, apparently, in 2013, but not against a real team. UNC 80- Old Dominion 20.
https://www.nfl.com/news/north-carolina ... 0000286112

More trivia:

North Carolina's Michael Carter, Javonte Williams sets FBS record with 544 yards rushing

North Carolina running backs Michael Carter and Javonte Williams made NCAA history in a 62-26 win over No. 10 Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, rushing for the most yards by teammates in a game in FBS history.

The two combined for 544 yards rushing, with Carter running for 308 yards and two touchdowns and Williams running for 236 yards and three touchdowns. Both averaged more than 10 yards per carry.

The previous FBS record was 506 yards rushing, by Buffalo running backs Jaret Patterson and Kevin Marks Jr., who accomplished the feat two weeks ago.

Carter and Williams are also the third pair of teammates in FBS history to each record 200 rushing yards against an AP-ranked opponent.

As a team, North Carolina rushed for 554 yards, six touchdowns and 10.1 yards per carry. That is the second-highest rushing total in school history, behind 555 yards against Virginia in 1945.

Wow.

Also, Williams set a UNC single season record for rushing TDs.

With FSU crushing Duke my wishes are 3-4 so far.

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Look who snuck into the Allstate Playoff Predictor's list of the 10 most likely playoff teams after beating BYU...

Cincinnati?
Indiana?!
Coastal Carolina???!!!

2020.

[O Really]

I thought they said Ohio State was out because of only playing 5 games.

Coastal Carolina? I had to look them up: "...a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954, it became an independent university in 1993." Must be recruiting Clemson's culls.

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I thought they said Ohio State was out because of only playing 5 games.

Good chance you're correct. I don't think that the PSC has a minimum, but the Big 10 Championship currently does. So, Ohio State may be de facto eliminated even if they remain technically eligible. Also, ESPN posted that 6 days ago, before the Mich game was canceled.

Coastal Carolina? I had to look them up: "...a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954, it became an independent university in 1993." Must be recruiting Clemson's culls.

Every season I have to look up which is in which Carolina between it and Eastern Carolina U.

Wishes, not predictions or even barely realistic wishes in some cases:

GO

evening ET
Boise State > @Wyoming
Appalachian State > @Georgia Southern !!!

Wishes 5-4.

Announcers say that USC will play in the Pac 12 Championship, despite likely losing to UCLA today, vs Washington IF the Huskies have enough healthy players. Washington game @OR was CV-19 canceled today. Maybe Oregon would be the alternate?

LSU has a 31 year old punter :confusion-scratchheadblue: . I think that's older than most NFL players.

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Wishes, not predictions or even barely realistic wishes in some cases:

GO

evening ET
@UCLA > #15 USC. Crazy finish, dammit.
Auburn > @Mississippi State Congrats, b.p. Bowl eligible?

Wishes 6-5.

LSU > @#6 FL, another crazy finish. Likely no playoffs.

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GO

night ET
San Diego State > @#18 BYU !!!

Nope, sorry O Really. My wishes end 6-6.

The BYU win helps undefeated Coastal Carolina a bit.

I thought they said Ohio State was out because of only playing 5 games....

The Big Ten did change their rule.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -game-rule
#14 Northwestern (6-1, 6-1 Big Ten) @#4 Ohio State (5-0, 5-0 Big Ten) in the Championship on Sat.

... It's yet to be known if the College Football Playoff selection committee will hold the lack of games played against Ohio State....

GO:

Friday, December 18th

WA (probably) or OR > USC in the Pac-12 Championship
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ame-friday
@Buffalo > Ball State in the MAC Championship

Saturday, December 19th

Northwestern!
@Tennessee > #5 Texas A&M (yeah, right)
@#7 Iowa State > #11 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship!
Vanderbilt (0-9, 0-9 SEC) > @#9 Georgia (7-2, 7-2 SEC)
@#13 Coastal Carolina (11-0!, 8-0 Sun Belt) > #19 Louisiana (9-1, 7-1 Sun Belt) in the Sun Belt Championship
@#2 Notre Dame (10-0, 9-0 ACC) > #3 Clemson (9-1, 8-1 ACC)!
@former #6 Florida > @#1 Alabama in the SEC Championship!

More upcoming games:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... /2/week/16

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... Coastal Carolina? I had to look them up: "...a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954, it became an independent university in 1993." Must be recruiting Clemson's culls.

AP Top 25

No change in the top 5.
A bunch of teams benefited from the FL (down 5) and Miami (down 10) losses.

6 Cincinnati 8-0
7 Indiana 6-1
8 Iowa State 8-2
9 Coastal Carolina 11-0
:confusion-scratchheadblue: 2020

UNC is up 4 to #16.
NC State breaks into the rankings at #24.
Louisiana is #17 while LSU got zero votes despite beating then #6 FL.

b.p's favorites :
(#28) Boise State
(#29) UCF

(#31) Washington
(#32) Auburn

(#34) Appalachian State got a vote :!:

Dropped from rankings and even from getting any votes at all: Colorado, Wisconsin. Ouch, darn.

[O Really]

Happy day for Billy.P - Gus be gone...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/au ... li=AAggNb9

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Happy day for Billy.P - Gus be gone...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/au ... li=AAggNb9

The team is dis-Gus-ted.