Got a big 2A matchup in Saluda Friday night between #2 Saluda and #1 Batesburg. Winner prob gets home field throughout playoffs. Almost wish I could go to experience the atmosphere. Any Saluda or Batesburg people on here let me know who wins and why. Haven't seen Saluda play but I have seen Batesburg. The QB RB and WR are pretty good. The defense is not too bad but the offense is legit good

I find it very interesting this year regarding each conference. Is the SEC elite this year or are they are bunch of decent teams, but not great teams that are overrated? Is the Big 10 strong at top but weak overall? Is the Big 12 just a 3 trick pony? Does the ACC really have 4 legitimate playoff contenders?

SEC
LSU lost to USC (Real one) which isn't very good, but barely beats S. Carolina., got crushed by TX AM
AL beat UGA but then lost to Vandy and TN and almost lost to SC
TN beats AL but then loses to ARK
UGA beats us, but loses to AL and beats TX
TX AM loses to ND, but beats LSU
Ole Miss loses to KY and LSU
TX loses to UGA and struggles with Vandy
Arkansas loses to OK ST., but beats TN and barely loses to TX AM
SC loses to AL, LSU and Ole Miss, but beats OK
Florida got smashed by Miami by more than TX AM, and FL almost upset TN.

Is the SEC elite this year or are they are bunch of decent teams, but not great teams that are overrated? It is sure looking like a bunch of decent teams, but not any Elite or great teams. Most of them have a bad loss already (against an unranked team). UGA smashed TX like they smashed us in the 2nd half. To me, they are best team in this league. However, TN could knock them off. I would have Clemson right there with any SEC team not named UGA right now based off what I have seen. Miami has been challenged lately by VT, Louisville, and Duke. VT lost a close one to Vandy who beat AL. Louisville has lost to ND, Miami, and SMU all Highly RANKED TEAMS. Duke lost to SMU in a close one and GT. I could see 3 to 4 SEC teams making it in, but time will tell. The polls keep pumping them up as ranked vs. ranked games so people's judgment and eyeballs are watching these games. I haven't been too impressed with many of these teams. They are very inconsistent.

Big 10
Penn State is unbeaten. Almost lost to USC, but didn't
Ohio State - Lost to Oregon
Oregon - Unbeaten, close games with Ohio State and Boise State, Cal beat Oregon State worse than Oregon BTW
Illinois - Shine finally came off against OR. They barely escaped Purdue and they took care of business against some overrated mid major Big 10 schools
Indiana - unbeaten, They haven't played a soul yet and are 8-0. We know nothing about them right now except that they have murdered low tier Big 10 schools that aren't very good

Is the Big 10 strong at top but weak overall? It seems like the Big 10 is weak overall as a conference. Their best team came close to losing to Boise ST. They beat the doors off of ILL and also beat Ohio St. Penn St has kind of played OK but not that special but are winning. I could see only 2 Big 10 teams really deserving any spot in the playoff. The Big 10 really is weak overall this year. They will have a bunch of bowl teams that probably do fine, but they aren't a great league.

Big 12
BYU - Escaped SMU early in the year before QB change. Close games vs. OK St and Baylor. Not a very tough schedule
Iowa St. - Barely beat Iowa and UCF. Really wimpy schedule.
Kansas St. - All over the place. Got murdered by BYU, escaped Colorado, Tulane and KS with wins. A little tougher schedule but haven't been to great.
CO - Lost to Nebraska and Kansas ST., No good wins.

Is the Big 12 just a 3 trick pony? The Big 12 is really hard to determine if ANY of these teams are good because the league is so bad from top to bottom. The top 2 teams appear to have a pretty darn easy path to going undefeated. Iowa St does need to get by Kansas St. That game will most likely determine which team plays BYU in the championship game. To me this is by far the worst league top to bottom that I watched this year.

ACC
Miami - Destroyed Florida, Close calls with Duke, Louisville and VT but all wins, not to tough of a schedule
Clemson - Got whipped in the 2nd half by UGA, but destroyed everyone else on their easy schedule
Pitt - Beat Cincy and WV and everyone on their easy schedule so far, tough ones coming up with CL, Louisville and SMU
SMU - Lost a close one to BYU early in the year, won a close one against Duke, won a close one against Louisville, crushed most other teams on schedule

Does the ACC really have 4 legitimate playoff contenders? If they were in the SEC with the records they have, all would be in the top 10. However, the ACC plays a very weak schedule this year. We have 4 strong top 4 teams, a decent middle in VT, Louisville, BC, Duke, GT and Syracuse a really bad bottom in Stanford and FSU and some average to below average teams in CAL, NC ST., UNC, UVA, and WF. The problem this year has been the schedule. SMU, Miami and CL don't play each other this season. Clemson's only game was a 2nd half blow out to UGA. All others were cake walks. However, that will change considerably with VT, Louisville, Pitt and S. Carolina on the schedule. Pitt's schedule will get much tougher going forward with CL, SMU, and Louisville. It will be fun to watch it all play out one game at a time. The answer to the question IMO is that YES, the ACC has 4 legitimate College football playoff teams this year, The Big 10 has 4, The Big 12 has 3, The SEC has 4 left that don't have 2 losses. However, all have 1 loss, so that could spell a problem for them very soon.

Other
ND - Lost to N. Illinois, Won a close one against Louisville, Crushed Navy, Beat TX AM early. Overall, their schedule is trash this year for the most part. TX AM is making them look good.
Boise St. - Lost a close one to OR, Also beat Washington St., and beat all of the easy teams on their schedule. No reason they shouldn't win the rest of their games.

Boise St seems like a shoe in for the At large spot if they win out unless ARMY wins out and beats ND,Navy, and wins the AAC championship and is undefeated.
ND will walk into the playoffs with 1 less game than everyone and a really weak schedule. They shouldn't have rewarded them so high this week with a win against sorry ass Navy. The only teams with a pulse left on their schedule are ARMY and USC.

How sweet would it be to close with these 4 guys? Wont hapoen though. I have heard that Campbell is going to decide between UT and us and is still thinking Clemson. Young seems like he will choose Clemson but who knows. Murph seems like a gamecock lock but giving us a real chance. Baker hasnt been contacted but seems like a late add if UNC falls and Brown leaves. Dont see any OL in the mix. Probably will push it out until next year unless a decommitt happens somewhere.

So we may get none, 1, 2, or all of the guys above. That is this years recruiting. Haha.

For Tiger baseball. Lets just say itll be bananas.

Folks i support this .

Stop with the green agenda that does not work.

Here is the solution for next 200 -300 years.

Small nuclear plants in Europe: CEZ and Rolls-Royce SMR sign a deal​

YES I DO THINK OF STUFF OTHER THAN RIBBING LIBERALS

Any AP votes or sinilar? Heisman?

Basketball is having a presser that starts shortly featuring Brad Brownell, Chase Hunter and Ian Schieffelin.

I'll be sharing stuff from it here.

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It seems like the ultimate capacity of Williams Brice will be 70-74,000. And closer to 70.
He said essentially that size is no longer of value. But quality is. And there is shrinkage all over college football. Of stadiums.
(Haven’t we all thought that?)

Roof, 60, has had a ton of stops during his coaching career. The latest just came to an end today.

From wikipedia ...

UCF fires defensive coordinator Ted Roof amid 5-game slide​

By: Adam Rittenberg - ESPN.com

UCF has fired defensive coordinator Ted Roof amid a five-game losing streak in which the Knights have allowed 37 points or more three times.

Roof, a veteran playcaller who spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons as Oklahoma's defensive coordinator, was in his first season at UCF under coach Gus Malzahn. Co-defensive coordinator Addison Williams, who also is the team's associate head coach, will take over defensive playcalling duties, according to a source. Williams served as UCF's primary defensive coordinator in 2023, when the unit led the Big 12 against the pass and allowed its fewest passing touchdowns (12) since 2001.

The Knights have allowed 75 points and 1,010 yards total in losses to Big 12 leaders Iowa State and BYU the past two weeks. After a promising start in defending the run, UCF allowed 508 rushing yards in those two losses.

Roof and Malzahn served as coordinators for Auburn's national championship team under Gene Chizik in 2010. Roof was in his second stint at UCF after serving as defensive coordinator in 2011, and also has held coordinator roles for Penn State, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and other programs. He was Duke's head coach from 2004 to 2007.

Malzahn also announced that he will no longer be handling offensive playcalling, and is turning that duty over to offensive coordinator Tim Harris Jr.

UCF returns to the field this week when it hosts Arizona.

From intern Toby Corriston:

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#4 Ohio State at #3 Penn State
Va. Tech at Syracuse
#1 Oregon at Michigan
Texas Tech at #11 Iowa State
#13 Indiana at Michigan State
North Carolina at Florida State
#10 Texas A&M at South Carolina
#18 Pittsburgh at #20 SMU

Does anyone know if there is a Clemson bar in Indianapolis? If not, any recommendations on good spots in Indy to watch the game this Saturday night?

Is there really a chance he plays this weekend? @Cris_Ard @Larry_Williams @Paul Strelow

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Is there even a close second?

From Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports this afternoon.

The NCAA distributed to its members today the long-awaited Q&A related to the proposed House settlement. Here it is: --

So this is a thing now? Am I really the only one that thinks that was horrible?

Thanks everyone.