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I get why he's in the portal. He's probably going to go from $2 mil to 3-4. He'll probably play for a team better equipped to contend as ASU seems to be losing a lot, especially if the juniors (Brown, Fite and Abney) go pro.

I'm just saying the situations weren't comparable. He's looking for greener pastures and #5 really needed to be somewhere else.

Also, ASU athletics is partnered with the Mayo Clinic so I'm not sure there are many better places to rehab.

He doesn't have an agent and wouldn't interview during the regular season, so during the start of the search he wouldn't have been an option.

Lucky for Penn State if this is true.

I kind of wonder about the BYU placement from the Committee at #11. Pretty strange considering what was said going into this season about the committee valuing record strength.

I suspect there's some CYA involved. Last year, SMU stayed in the playoffs after losing their conference championship game. Yeah, there were some 3-loss SEC teams that thought they should have moved in, but there was also a 2-loss BYU that beat SMU head to head (on the road). But they promised not to hold losing the CCG against a team, so SMU's still in.

Now this year we've got an 11-1 BYU with a pretty strong case, but they did kind of get rolled when they played Texas Tech. We don't want all those 1st round blowouts again. So how do you prevent going back on your word that conference championship games won't penalize the loser? You do it by deliberately keeping them out of range of receiving an at large bid in the first place.

It also probably doesn't help BYU that the two selection committee members that withdrew this year were both Big 12 people, and the only remaining Big 12 affiliated representative left is the AD of Utah, who I am sure would be just devastated if BYU was left out.

Better question is why is Ole Miss 4 spots ahead of BYU.

They have the same record. BYU has a stronger SOS. BYU has a stronger SOR.

They both lost their only games to 10-1 teams ranked above them. They both have one significant win.

Two very similar resumes with a slight metric advantage for BYU, but a 4 rank difference that's enough to likely keep BYU out of the playoffs unless they win their conference.

Rare to see starters pulled before halftime.

I hope it goes to OT. I want to know what happens first- Stanford QB throws a pick 6 to lose it or Hawaii's QB's leg falls off on live television. Or he somehow limps in on a scramble for the gamewinner.

Institutional support is pretty bad. David Shaw was a good coach and it just fell apart the last few years.

The ASU/LSU series back in the day would have been awesome, but Katrina*.

*Early Doucet did drop that TD.

I think it's actually supposed to happen in 2029/2030? The 05 game was a classic. I'd recommend a visit if you're still traveling for games.

I want to see someone make an argument as for why Texas, who will probably be the #1 team in the country to start the season or at least top 2 or 3, is significantly higher ranked than the team we saw play them to double OT (Arizona State) and returns far, far more.

Other than economically not up to snuff. This is preseason cooking. ASU might regress, ASU might suck, but whoever beats them isn't going to get anywhere near the reward and they won't have anywhere near the ranking shield.

This is just more blatant than normal.

Try enforcing that $600 limit. Everyone has lawyers that can make it fine. If not, bag men.

There aren't many gimme's.

New Mexico and Northwestern are probably easy dubs, but that's a lot of 35/65s or 40/60's. They'll get some. I thought they were looking a little salty after the murderer's row run in the 1st half of their season, but that's a struggle for 6-6 unless they really pull something out of their arse.

You're right though. 4-8 is far, far more likely than 8-4. My B.