It would be tough for me to make a case for anyone to take Heisman over Pavia. Haynes King is a good contender, but I think Pavia means more to his team’s success.

Ole Miss somehow surpassed Ohio State for the number 3 spot, despite having a loss.

     1	Indiana - 11-0 - 178.26
     2	Texas A&M - 11-0 - 172.68
     3	Ole Miss - 10-1 - 164
     4	Ohio State - 11-0 - 163.25
     5	Alabama - 9-2 - 161.5
     6	Texas Tech - 10-1 - 161.3
     7	Georgia - 10-1 - 160.35
     8	Oklahoma - 9-2 - 156.32
     9	BYU - 10-1 - 154.46
    10	North Texas - 10-1 - 151.34
    11	South Florida - 8-3 - 151.22
    12	Georgia Tech - 9-2 - 148.1
    13	Notre Dame - 9-2 - 148.1
    14	Oregon - 10-1 - 147.15
    15	Tulane - 9-2 - 145.46
    16	James Madison - 10-1 - 145
    17	Pittsburgh - 8-3 - 144.68
    18	Miami (FL) - 9-2 - 144.2
    19	Wake Forest - 8-3 - 143.36
    20	Texas - 8-3 - 142.79
    21	Arizona State - 8-3 - 142.35
    22	New Mexico - 8-3 - 142.15
    23	Virginia - 9-2 - 141.2
    24	Michigan - 9-2 - 139.5
    25	Navy - 8-2 - 139.5
    26	Utah - 9-2 - 139
    27	Houston - 8-3 - 138.7
    28	San Diego State - 9-2 - 138.56
    29	Louisville - 7-4 - 135.45
    30	SMU - 8-3 - 135

Bottom:

   129	Purdue - 2-9 - 49
   130	1-AA Team - 4-122 - 44.95
   131	Middle Tennessee - 2-9 - 43.99
   132	UTEP - 2-9 - 37.55
   133	Boston College - 1-10 - 9
   134	Charlotte - 1-10 - 9
   135	Georgia State - 1-10 - 9
   136	Oklahoma State - 1-10 - 9
   137	UMass - 0-11 - 0

UMass has since lost again since this calculation to go 0-12, so I guess they have cemented their position at last place.

WKU at LSU

WKU is bringing it, but receivers have dropped at least two open perfect on-the-hands throws, and failed a 4th-down conversion on 4th and goal. Still up by 3 though.

Gonna be a blowout

ND has 35 points. At the end of the first quarter. Okay, now 42 points.

Kinda crazy Q4 in the Florida State - NC State game. NC State gets new sets of downs twice by punt (yes that’s right) to run up the T.o.P. and seal the victory.

Surprisingly similar to the CFP rankings. Though, this shows that:

• UNT is underrated (by the committee)
• Miami is overrated
• James Madison is underrated

Algorithm says:

     1  WIndiana - 11-0 - 177.82
     2  Texas A&M - 10-0 - 171.62
     3  Ohio State - 10-0 - 163.89
     4  Ole Miss - 10-1 - 163.09
     5  Texas Tech - 10-1 - 161.62
     6  Alabama - 8-2 - 160.5
     7  Georgia - 9-1 - 160.22
     8  Georgia Tech - 9-1 - 155.57
     9  Oklahoma - 8-2 - 154.56
    10  BYU - 9-1 - 153.95
    11  North Texas - 9-1 - 151.11
    12  South Florida - 7-3 - 149.22
    13  Virginia - 9-2 - 146.42
    14  Houston - 8-2 - 145.16
    15  Tulane - 8-2 - 144.14
    16  San Diego State - 8-2 - 143.95
    17  Oregon - 9-1 - 143.67
    18  Michigan - 8-2 - 143.5
    19  USC - 8-2 - 143.5
    20  James Madison - 9-1 - 143.33
    21  Notre Dame - 8-2 - 142.44
    22  Wake Forest - 7-3 - 142.38
    23  Miami (FL) - 8-2 - 142.28
    24  Louisville - 7-3 - 141.56
    25  Western Kentucky - 8-2 - 141.01
    26  Arizona State - 7-3 - 140.22
    27  Texas - 7-3 - 139.91
    28  New Mexico - 7-3 - 138.69
    29  Navy - 8-2 - 138.16
    30  Utah - 8-2 - 136.66

Bottom:

   127  Purdue - 2-9 - 51.33
   128  1-AA Team - 4-118 - 49.51
   129  Nevada - 2-8 - 47.78
   130  Tulsa - 3-7 - 47.56
   131  UTEP - 2-8 - 41.73
   132  Middle Tennessee - 1-9 - 29.17
   133  Charlotte - 1-9 - 10
   134  Georgia State - 1-9 - 10
   135  Oklahoma State - 1-9 - 10
   136  Boston College - 1-10 - 9
   137  UnwinningMass - 0-10 - 0

Seems like a really good hire for VT. I had thought, out of all of the fired HC’s this season, Franklin was the strangest and most undeserved, considering last year’s accomplishments.

Tulsa is now 2-0 against OSU this season.

Northwestern just took the lead over Michigan

A&M just practicing their comeback game in preparation for playoffs.

Wow, what is happening in College Station

From my algorithm:

     1  Indiana - 10-0 - 177.16
     2  Texas A&M - 9-0 - 168.88
     3  Alabama - 8-1 - 166.96
     4  Texas Tech - 9-1 - 161.04
     5  Ohio State - 9-0 - 160.81
     6  Ole Miss - 9-1 - 158.88
     7  Georgia - 8-1 - 157.84
     8  South Florida - 7-2 - 154.3
     9  Georgia Tech - 8-1 - 150.36
    10  Virginia - 8-2 - 150.35
    11  BYU - 8-1 - 148.67
    12  Tulane - 7-2 - 148.18
    13  Oregon - 8-1 - 147.03
    14  Louisville - 7-2 - 145.88
    15  North Texas - 8-1 - 145.73
    16  Texas - 7-2 - 142.88
    17  Memphis - 8-2 - 142.58
    18  Houston - 8-2 - 142.1
    19  Michigan - 7-2 - 141.48
    20  USC - 7-2 - 141.48
    21  Miami (FL) - 7-2 - 139.58
    22  James Madison - 8-1 - 139.33
    23  Wake Forest - 6-3 - 138.65
    24  San Diego State - 7-2 - 137.88
    25  Oklahoma - 7-2 - 137.28
    26  Notre Dame - 7-2 - 137.28
    27  Arizona State - 6-3 - 136.22
    28  Utah - 7-2 - 135
    29  Western Kentucky - 7-2 - 134.07
    30  Nebraska - 7-3 - 133.8

For fun, lowest ranked:

   125  New Mexico State - 3-6 - 49.07
   126  1-AA Team - 4-117 - 48.63
   127  UTEP - 2-7 - 33.38
   128  Sam Houston - 1-8 - 31.96
   129  South Alabama - 2-7 - 30.44
   130  Tulsa - 2-7 - 30.44
   131  Middle Tennessee - 1-8 - 19.44
   132  Charlotte - 1-8 - 11
   133  Georgia State - 1-8 - 11
   134  Nevada - 1-8 - 11
   135  Oklahoma State - 1-8 - 11
   136  Boston College - 1-9 - 10
   137  UMass - 0-9 - 0

Will be interesting to see if Lagway can tie his int record or not. He’s at 3 so far.

Almost took out our #1

Was busy and didn’t make it here to the game thread in time, but wanted to say.

Kinda surprised that the KU-OSU game didn’t have more points. It featured 2 of the worst defenses in the Big XII (or in 1-A for that matter).

Kind of curious if this was Freeze’s last game at Auburn.

Holy moly, I didn’t watch the Clemson-Duke game, but judging from the box score, it looked like one hell of a game.

I’m hoping both IU and OSU go undefeated; that Big Ten championship game would be epic.

I was really surprised at the eventual result, especially after Q1. Oklahoma looked completely outmatched in the first quarter, and I attributed the close score to lucky breaks. I was expecting it to turn into a blowout.

The number of times a vol was on the ground probably didn’t help them; I didn’t count, but it seemed like a lot.

I think some of the Tennessee offensive playcalling was questionable in Q2 and Q4, namely some of the run calls. Tennessee at times had been tearing up the Oklahoma secondary, but was ineffective with the run. I understand the desire to establish the run to be balanced and to open up the pass, but some of those calls killed the Tennessee drives.

I think Tennessee wins this 6 or 7 times out of 10. Mostly turnovers and the eventual Groza winner, Tate Sandell, did them in in this one. (btw, the RMT fumble recovery TD play was incredible; look it up, unless you’re a Vols fan.)

It’s disgusting that this asshole gets that much money just to go away.

I kinda wonder what Franklin will do; maybe to LSU?

He was on the hot seat for so long his ass must be well done by now.