1930

I was just going by this year’s top 12.
3 out of the SEC,B10,P10 with 1 from the ACC and 2 from B12.

1931

Over the past 9 years the Pac -12 (minus USC + UCLA and ignoring the COVID year) would have had 2 bids 3 times and 1 bid the remaining 6

1932

…except USC will be in Big 10 in 2 years, so it would have been 4 Big Ten, 2 P10

1933

The expanded playoff takes the top 6 ranked conference champs (with the top four of those getting first-round byes) and six highest-ranked non-champs, so unless I missed something this year we’d have:

  1. Georgia (#1 Conference Champ)
  2. Michigan (#2 Conference Champ)
  3. Clemson (#3 Conference Champ)
  4. Utah (#4 Conference Champ)
  5. TCU
  6. Ohio State
  7. Alabama
  8. Tennessee
  9. Kansas State (#5 Conference Champ)
  10. USC
  11. Penn State
  12. Tulane (#6 Conference Champ, bumping Washington)

So, by conference:
3 B1G
3 SEC
2 Big XII
2 Pac-12
1 ACC
1 American

Which I reckon would be pretty typical: 2-3 for most P5 conferences, maybe 4 or 1 during a particularly strong/weak year, then 1-2 from the G5s (2 seems somewhat unlikely for the G5, but it’s possible if two G5 conferences have an undefeated or maybe even a one-loss team).

1934

That would put Alabama vs USC, just like old times.

1935

Cincinnati to hire Scott Satterfield from Louisville. Not sure what to make of that, as I’ve not followed Louisville football any.

1936

Seems like a lateral move- Louisville has been medicore the time he was there but I guess you can argue that he’s batting .500 in the ACC vs the AAC

1937

Either John Cunningham (Cincinnati AD) is way out of his league (which is a good possibility) or something is wrong at Cincinnati that nobody is talking about. How in the ever-loving hell do you settle on Scott Satterfield, a coach who is 25-24 in four seasons with Louisville in the ACC (not exactly a sterling accomplishment) when so many better qualified candidates from better programs were available? Cincinnati is a successful program with good resources, on the eve of joining a Power Five conference which will mean even more resources and visibility in recruiting, and you mean to tell me the best coach we could convince to come here is a guy who can go 7-5 overall and 4-4 in the conference and thinks that is “success”?

Every pundit in sports was talking about the “opportunity” the Cincinnati job represented, coming in to a solid roster even with the departure of some recruits, having a good recruiting rep in the Midwest region, and joining the BigXII next season. So what up-and-coming coordinator or successful mid-major head coach wouldn’t want the job? Instead we settle for Scott Satterfield, and Louisville fans are already all over social media “congratulating” Cincinnati and thanking us for the “Christmas gift”. Yeah, that’s a great sign we made a terrible hire.

1938
1939

The transfer portal is going to be insane this year. So many names jumping into this year trying to get some of that sweet sweet NIL.

1940

I don’t know that it is all about NIL, I think a lot of it is about playing time. You no longer have to be happy as a back up, you can transfer without losing a year to a school that wants you at a certain position.

1941

Yeah, I think that’s right. I’m sure NIL plays a part sometimes, but you see teams like Georgia, Ohio State, and Alabama having rosters of around 80% blue chips and it’s clear not all those kids are seeing the field, despite presumably being good enough to start for the majority of CFB teams. To say nothing of the kids who had a coach leave on them, those that aren’t scheme fits, and/or are otherwise not gelling at the school. They now have an avenue to remedy that, same as their coaches and coordinators.

1942

Oklahoma State is reportedly losing a bunch of their top players to the portal.

1943

So I got to attend the TCU / K-State game. The 3rd down play should have been reviewed. And the TCU playcalling was sub-optimal. Duggan should have gotten a couple of shots at a sneak.

That said, TCU should not have been in the situation. K-state played great, but TCU played just OK until the end. Then on the last drive Duggan said f* this Shit and proceeded to carry the whole team on his shoulders. Freaking amazing. His face said it all; he left everything on the field.

The atmosphere in the stadium was crazy. just electric.

1944

Well, things just got a bit ugly for Mazi Smith and by extension U of M. The police report on his felony gun possession charge came out and the details are not good. First of he was pulled over for doing over 50 in a 25mph residential area, at 9:30 in the morning. Then when pulled over he was observed attempting to hide the gun under the seat. After the search, they found the Glock 19 he had was fully loaded with 24 rounds. They also found 30 more rounds in his pocket and another 2 full clips as well. He is very lucky that he was a well known U of M football star and not some random black guy. A random black guy would have been lucky to survive the stop and would have been arrested and jailed on the spot. Instead the arrest, which took place in Ann Arbor, was buried for months. This stinks of athlete priviledge and institutional favoritism.

1945

Wisconsin fires coach. Hires Cincy’s coach.

Cincy hires Louisville’s coach.

Louisville hires Purdue’s coach.

1946

Deion Sanders at Colorado? This seems like a failure waiting to happen.

1947

While Deion’s private high-school in DFW was kind of a disaster his time at Jackson State made me a believer. I think he’s learned to use his Primetime persona when appropriate and his solid football mind when appropriate. And Colorado has been terrible for two decades. The Pac-12 is getting easier so it looks like a pretty good spot for him to jump to a Power 5 school. CFB is all about recruiting and the dude seems to recruit very well.

1948

I’d say recruiting AND motivating the kids you recruited to work hard for you. A big personality can check both of those boxes.

1949

I’m also very hopeful Deion Sanders does well at Colorado. As noted, at Jackson State he was a great recruiter and motivator of players. However my assessment is he was not always the best strategy/gameday coach. So if as he moves up to Colorado he can accept that, empower his staff, and surround himself with great coaching talent I think he will do very well.