2025-2026 College Football Season

[Donoghus]

On a totally different note.

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
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18m
ESPN Sources: Michigan has fired head coach Sherrone Moore, per me and
@PeteThamel
 and
@DanWetzel
.

EDIT:  Sounds like he pulled an Ime Udoka.

[Ilikesports17]

On a totally different note.

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
?
18m
ESPN Sources: Michigan has fired head coach Sherrone Moore, per me and
@PeteThamel
 and
@DanWetzel
.

EDIT:  Sounds like he pulled an Ime Udoka.

Perhaps cynical, but part of me thinks that if Michigan was in the CFP this would have been swept under the rug.

[greg683x]

FWIW, SMU lost on the last play of game in the '24 ACC Championship game and was 11-1 heading into the game with its sole loss to a BYU team that finished 11-2 and in the Top 15.. 

Alabama had two losses already and got absolutely smoked by Georgia in the SEC Championship game.

I don't know what the right answer is with ND/Bama but not all CC losses are created the same.

Fair enough.  That being said, it must be nice not to have to worry about playing in one

Why?

And again I have no understanding AT ALL why people want Notre Dame in a conference. Ive yet to hear even an OK explanation for it.

Notre Dame has an agreement that as an unaffiliated team, if they get ranked in the top 12 they are GUARANTEED a CFP spot.  No other affiliated teams have this agreement.  Since they have this guarantee they can?t be the first team out as a bubble team if a G5 team earns a playoff spot or another at large team has a victory over them.

So if Notre Dame is ranked 12, and a G5 team qualifies for the playoff.  The 11th ranked team gets bounced, not Notre Dame, even if the 11th team has a head to head victory against Notre Dame

All this on top of the fact that they can?t be bounced for losing a conference championship game either.  All because they made this agreement as an unaffiliated team.  It essentially gives them a fast pass to the CFP as a bubble team

Oh yeah I thought you were referring to the current setup rather than the one for next year. This is slightly beneficial to ND and Im surprised it was accepted. Although my understanding is it was a concession to pave the way for all P4 champions to be guaranteed a spot (even 7-5 Duke) and a likely expansion to 14 teams.

That said, if you look at who has a more beneficial setup by week 14 CFP ranking:

1-9 no impact as evidenced by Bama staying at 9
10-12 advantage ND
12-25 advantage affiliated teams who can play their way into the playoff while ND cant

From the SECs perspective this is a bad deal as their champion will always be inside the top 10 anyway. The autobid is functionally useless for them. But for the vast majority of college football the benefit of affiliation allowing them to win their way in from a low seed outweights the benefit of having an edge as a bubble team.

I think it makes much more sense if the CFP DOES expand to 14 and if all P4 champions get autobids.

I dont buy this as the argument for ND joining a conference because prior to a few days ago no one even knew about this agreement and I still heard constant noise about people wanting ND to join one.

That?s fair.  I?m sure from the other school?s perspective this is also a money issue as well, though I won?t lose any sleep over it, all these schools have way too much money to begin with

[greg683x]

On a totally different note.

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
?
18m
ESPN Sources: Michigan has fired head coach Sherrone Moore, per me and
@PeteThamel
 and
@DanWetzel
.

EDIT:  Sounds like he pulled an Ime Udoka.

Perhaps cynical, but part of me thinks that if Michigan was in the CFP this would have been swept under the rug.

Ehh, this is probably the best thing that could have happened for Michigan.  He?s not a good coach, they get to fire him a year early

[Moranis]

On a totally different note.

Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
?
18m
ESPN Sources: Michigan has fired head coach Sherrone Moore, per me and
@PeteThamel
 and
@DanWetzel
.

EDIT:  Sounds like he pulled an Ime Udoka.

it is allegedly much worse (none of what I'm going to say is confirmed all rumored). The staffer was his actual executive assistant and is now pregnant with his kid. Once UM started looking into it they found all sorts of texts in which Moore was using recruiting trips to go dates with many different women.  He just couldn't keep it nine his pants at all.

[Moranis]

FWIW, SMU lost on the last play of game in the '24 ACC Championship game and was 11-1 heading into the game with its sole loss to a BYU team that finished 11-2 and in the Top 15.. 

Alabama had two losses already and got absolutely smoked by Georgia in the SEC Championship game.

I don't know what the right answer is with ND/Bama but not all CC losses are created the same.

Fair enough.  That being said, it must be nice not to have to worry about playing in one

SMU fell 2 spots in the rankings from 8th to 10th. They were 11 -2. The only other 2 loss power 4 teams were Miami and BYU.  BYU actually beat SMU last year but they were so far behind it apparently didn't matter (look at that more inconsistencies). SMU and Miami did not play, however Miami finished 3rd in the ACC regular season so it made sense for SMU to stay ahead of them.  All of the other teams in consideration were 3 loss SEC teams. Bama was the highest ranked, but just the 1 ranked win ( a great one in GA) and had 2 unranked losses, one of them by 3 TD. 

So SMU dropped 2 spots, but stayed in because of where they were ranked and who was behind them.  Easily could have fallen out though.

[Donoghus]

And now Moore has been ?detained?. Talk about having a bad day.

Sherrone Moore was detained by police in Saline, Michigan, on Wednesday and was later turned over to a second area police department for investigation into potential charges, the Saline Police Department stated.

"The City of Saline Police Department assisted in locating and detaining former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore," the department said in a statement released to ESPN. "Mr. Moore was turned over to the Pittsfield Township Police Department for investigation into potential charges."

The University of Michigan fired Moore as its head football coach earlier on Wednesday following an investigation into Moore's conduct with a staff member.

[Ilikesports17]

And now Moore has been ?detained?. Talk about having a bad day.

Sherrone Moore was detained by police in Saline, Michigan, on Wednesday and was later turned over to a second area police department for investigation into potential charges, the Saline Police Department stated.

"The City of Saline Police Department assisted in locating and detaining former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore," the department said in a statement released to ESPN. "Mr. Moore was turned over to the Pittsfield Township Police Department for investigation into potential charges."

The University of Michigan fired Moore as its head football coach earlier on Wednesday following an investigation into Moore's conduct with a staff member.

Allegedly came to the employees house and threatened to kill himself and her.

Not good.

[Moranis]

Playoff predictions, I'm going to be a homer and pick Ohio State to defend the title. Really only worried about a potential Georgia game in semis.

Full predictions

Bama over Oklahoma (close)
A&M over Miami (relatively close)
Ole Miss over Tulane (another beatdown)
Oregon over Jame Madison (potential for most lopsided playoff game ever)

Quarters
Indiana over Bama (very close)
Oregon over TTech (relatively close)
Georgia over Miss (never in doubt)
Ohio State over A&M (not close)

Semis
Oregon over Indiana (close)
Ohio State over Georgia (close)

Finals
Ohio State over Oregon (never in doubt)

[Ilikesports17]

Playoff predictions, I'm going to be a homer and pick Ohio State to defend the title. Really only worried about a potential Georgia game in semis.

Full predictions

Bama over Oklahoma (close)
A&M over Miami (relatively close)
Ole Miss over Tulane (another beatdown)
Oregon over Jame Madison (potential for most lopsided playoff game ever)

Quarters
Indiana over Bama (very close)
Oregon over TTech (relatively close)
Georgia over Miss (never in doubt)
Ohio State over A&M (not close)

Semis
Oregon over Indiana (close)
Ohio State over Georgia (close)

Finals
Ohio State over Oregon (never in doubt)

Im very close to this only disagree in two spots

1. Oklahoma beats Alabama
2. Indiana beats Oregon

Then down stream from that would be Ohio State beats Indiana in the final relatively easily. Agree that the Georgia OSU semi-final is defacto national championship.

I think Ohio State is worse than last year. Their offense isnt scary to me this year. But I still think they are the best team in the nation by a wide enough margin.

[Moranis]

Playoff predictions, I'm going to be a homer and pick Ohio State to defend the title. Really only worried about a potential Georgia game in semis.

Full predictions

Bama over Oklahoma (close)
A&M over Miami (relatively close)
Ole Miss over Tulane (another beatdown)
Oregon over Jame Madison (potential for most lopsided playoff game ever)

Quarters
Indiana over Bama (very close)
Oregon over TTech (relatively close)
Georgia over Miss (never in doubt)
Ohio State over A&M (not close)

Semis
Oregon over Indiana (close)
Ohio State over Georgia (close)

Finals
Ohio State over Oregon (never in doubt)

Im very close to this only disagree in two spots

1. Oklahoma beats Alabama
2. Indiana beats Oregon

Then down stream from that would be Ohio State beats Indiana in the final relatively easily. Agree that the Georgia OSU semi-final is defacto national championship.

I think Ohio State is worse than last year. Their offense isnt scary to me this year. But I still think they are the best team in the nation by a wide enough margin.

Rematches among good teams are hard to sweep which is why I went with Bama and Oregon.  Wouldn't surprise me if they did get the sweep though especially IU as they controlled Oregon most of the game.

OSU had better RB's last year and a more mobile QB so it gave them more options.  Kelly is also a more dynamic offensive mind than Hartline so that mattered some to offensive efficiency.  The OSU defense though is unbelievable.  Best one I ever remember seeing. Patricia has done a lot to elevate, but their talent is incredible.  I mean Kiper just today updated his draft board and has 4 of OSU's defensive starters in his top 15 (he also has Tate for 5 of top 15).  No team scored more than 16 points (Illinois of all teams). Penn State is the only team to score a 1st half TD against them all year.  They just suffocate teams defensively.  Their offense starts a bit slow and then runs away in the 2nd half, at least until the IU game.  That is the only pause I have with them i.e. did IU figure something out or was it just a weird game against a great team.

[Donoghus]

I laid money on Georgia last week before the SEC Championship game to win it all. So I'm going to ride that.  Just like the way they've been playing the later half of the season. My hesitation is the bye slowing down momentum.  I do agree that Ohio State/Georgia could be the defacto national title game. 

Kinda like Oregon to go on a run to the final in the other side of the bracket.

Hopefully the bye weeks treat teams better than last year.  Can't get any worse and they did get rid of that stupid automatic seeding. 

[Donoghus]

I laid money on Georgia last week before the SEC Championship game to win it all. So I'm going to ride that.  Just like the way they've been playing the later half of the season. Well balanced team that can hold with anyone. My hesitation is the bye slowing down momentum.  I do agree that Ohio State/Georgia could be the defacto national title game. 

Kinda like Oregon to go on a run to the final in the other side of the bracket.

Hopefully the bye weeks treat teams better than last year.  Can't get any worse and they did get rid of that stupid automatic seeding.