Georgia's No. 1, Michgian is No. 2. Now what? Does Alabama Have A Shot?
ATLANTA--The 13-member panel that makes up the College Football Playoff Selection Committee had better make another pot of coffee. It could be a long Saturday night. The final weekend of college football's regular season got off to an unexpected start Friday night when No. 4 USC ...read more
"Mr. CFB & Friends" For Championship Saturday
Thank you for joining us for the Championship edition of "Mr. CFB & Friends" Are there going to be any surprises on Saturday? Find out what our panel thinks by clicking here: ...read more
The Locksmith's Pick Six: Championship Week
We've finally arrived at championship week, and if you had Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC as the top four teams for the playoffs back in August, kudos. Not many people did -- and the Locksmith would venture to say no one did. At least not on the record publicly. The consensus ...read more
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A Jersey Guy's Pick Six: Championship Week
Championship week, time to go out with a bang, rather than a whimper? The games: Pac 12 title game USC vs. Utah TO/U 66.5 Why change now. Shoot out, last team with ball wins type of game, which will be USC on a field goal? Taking Over. USC 41, Utah 38 Big 12 title game TCU vs. ...read more
Mr. College Football's Pick Six: Championship Week
After a 1-4-1 mark two weeks ago, we got back on track last week with a record of 4-2 against the spread: **--The pick that I was most proud of was taking South Carolina and the 14 ½ at Clemson. The Gamecocks won straight up, 31-30. **--Here is the spooky one. I look Alabama and ...read more
Expanded 12 team CFP has options
Finally. Following the 2024 regular season, college football will have a 12 team playoff comprise of the highest ranked six conference champions and six at-large selections. It is the fairest system because now everyone has a chance to participate among the FBS elite. But now the ...read more
Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC Are The CFP Top Four As The Final Saturday Approaches
The main question for the College Football Playoff selection committee Tuesday night was not: “Who are the Top 4?” The most important question that was answered by the new CFP rankings was “Who’s No. 5?” As expected, Georgia (12-0) held on to the No. 1 spot followed by, Michigan ...read more
The Gould Standard: With Luke Fickell and Matt Rhule, Wisconsin and Nebraska Make Splashy Hires.
The much-maligned Big Ten West needed to up its game. And now it has. Wisconsin’s hiring of Luke Fickell, on the heels of Nebraska bringing in Matt Rhule, offers the promise of two much more competitive programs. Add in the fact that Bret Bielema has Illinois positioned to ...read more
TMG Newsmaker of The Week: Lincoln Riley
When Lincoln Riley made the mega and somewhat stunning move to go from Oklahoma to USC last December, conventional wisdom said USC would be much better under Riley's tutelage. Just look at a resume which included 4 Big 12 conference championships, three Heisman Trophy finalists ...read more
Mr. CFB: What We Learned, Week 13
Here’s what makes college football the best game in the world: Just when you think you’ve got the rest of the season figured out, we get yet another crazy Saturday. Four of the top nine teams (Ohio State, LSU, Clemson, Oregon) in the College Football Playoff rankings lost on ...read more
College Football Plus: Week 13 Recap
Five Questions Q. Georgia, Michigan and TCU are likely playoff-bound regardless of how they fare in their conference championship games. But what happens if USC doesn't beat Utah in the Pac-12 title game? Who is No. 4 then? After Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC claim the top four ...read more
Mr. CFB & Friends for Week 13
Here is the latest "Mr. CFB & Friends" for Rivalry Week. To check it out click here: ...read more
Sweet Tea With Tony B. For Week 13
Today we look back at Dec. 2, 1989. It was the first time ever that the Alabama Crimson Tide played at Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium. Until then, the game was always played at Birmingham's Legion Field, which the Auburn folks felt was a home field advantage for Alabama. Bear ...read more
The Locksmith's Pick Six: Week 13
It's time to get serious about the college football playoffs -- and there's no better time than rivalry week. Expect a shakeup, perhaps a major one, in next week's college football rankings, depending on what happens on Saturday. We do know this: There will be at least one less ...read more
Mr. CFB's Pick Six; Week 13
Talk about not being able to live with prosperity. After back-to-back weeks of 5-1 it looked like I was headed to a strong finish. But a crazy weekend did a number on my picks as we finished with a crowd-pleasing record of 1-4-1. The carnage included: Georgia won 16-6 over ...read more
A Jersey Guy's Pick Six: Week 13
It would be easy to surrender and say, wait till next year. But we won't do that--yet, so here's our final push for respectability. The Picks OHIO STATE minus 7.5 vs. Michigan. Buckeyes on a mission and Michigan won't get in the way. They cover OHIO STATE VS. Michigan, O/U 56. ...read more
Giving Thanks, and Mourning a Loss, in a Softball Fraternity
Not long ago, we learned that one of our softball buddies had died. By ``we,’’ I mean the Chicago Sun-Times softball world, which was a 16-inch-softball version of the British Empire. As in, ``The sun never sets on. . . ’’ The official office team played on Wednesday night in ...read more
TMG Newsmaker of Week: Max Duggan
He is not on many Heisman lists-yet. But that could change for Max Duggan over the next few weeks. Certainly, the TCU quarterback has had some Heisman moments in what is still an unbeaten and Cinderella season for the Horned Frogs. It was again that way on Saturday afternoon when ...read more
Mr. CFB: What We Learned, Week 12
It always happens. In every college football season there is a week when the schedule, on paper, looks pretty thin. In the SEC it is always the Saturday before Thanksgiving. That’s when crazy things happen, Crazy as in No. 3 Michigan needing a field goal with nine seconds left ...read more