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I think we’re going to 8 soon regardless. This year if the top 10 keeps winning will create a lot of unhappy folks… we need somebody in the SEC agitating for expansion and having Bama be the one would make it a certainty.

I think there’s more expansion talk already happening behind the scenes than we’re hearing in the public domain… future…[Read more]

You are not mistaken. In addition to now 4-5 TCU, they *should* have lost to sub.500 texas tech and now 5-4 Iowa state, and could very easily have lost to west virginia and rice as well. Luckiest, most overrated 9-0 team ever… but living on borrowed time. They’ll lose to both Oklahoma and texas for sure.

We will be ahead of PSU but I think still behind Bama. Pretty sure Clemson moves to #3, then Georgia #4, Oregon #5, Bama #6, Utes #7… if Okla wins big they might jump us too… truth is we are still only marginally in the national consciousness, but positioned to have a shot if we beat Oregon and have one more domino ahead of us fall…
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I think two of those things will need to happen… which is not impossible by any means, just not super likely. A 1-loss LSU/Bama loser will be in over us no matter what we do. And computers seem to think that a 1-loss Oklahoma defeating a 2-loss Baylor twice also jumps us. So we need both the LSU/Bama loser to lose again (I see you Georgia and…[Read more]

Unfortunately, you are right. If you run the scenarios, undefeated (or even 1-loss) SEC/B10 champs are in for sure due to SOS. Undefeated Clemson would be in for sure but out, it looks like, if they lose given the weakness of ACC. 1-loss Penn State (if only a close loss to OSU if OSU wins B10) and 1-loss loser of LSU/Bama probably both in before…[Read more]

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Yep. But Tyler threw completions to NINE different receivers today out of a total of 19 completed passes… !!!!!

And doing it against much better competition than BJ ever saw (through no fault of his own)…

Tyler still VERY gimpy

Leinart and Bush also both picked the Utes on Fox BNK… (Fox doesn’t have the whole panel pick games like ESPN, so these were the only two who gave a pick on the game)

Yep. I think Huntley’s health is the most important X factor for us this week. Although Shelley did an admirable job against UW in the P12CG, I think a healthy Huntley definitely delivers us a W this weekend. Anything short of that, anything can happen.

Without winning Pac12 we have zero chance. If we do win, then it will depend on what else happens whether we get in or not… but first things first, gotta beat UW

Our kicking game is painful to watch…

If voters actually watched all the games or think hard about the relative comparisons I agree we should be 7th. But they don’t and SEC bias will make Georgia #7 and folks will just move Oregon up to #8 because they’re next in line. Also it wouldn’t totally shock me if we stay behind Okla because of perception bias. So at worst we will be #10, but…[Read more]

It wasn’t a slight… they only highlighted QBs that are in games airing on ESPN networks today… they didn’t highlight Tua, Joe Burrow, or Justin Fields either, who all rank ahead of Tyler in QBR…

For what it’s worth, Tyler’s #5 in overall QBR and #8 in raw QBR… which is pretty darned impressive. When was the last time you would have…[Read more]

Herm is crazy… like a fox. Depending on who USC hires when the Helton experiment runs its course, ASU may emerge as our biggest rival in the South in the next year or two. He is very quickly building a legit program in Tempe. The guy knows exactly what he is doing and doing it pretty darn well so far.

Yep. But I think USC will help us out by losing 1-2 more games, so we should still play for the P12.