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Army 20 Navy 17 Double OT Great Finish!!! This game always fun to watch. Navy RB was just inches away from a go ahead TD in second OT. But he fumbled the ball and Army recovered. Had Navy scored a TD they win the game IMO.

Which is unfortunate. I am going to try to make one or both those games. The SEC did screw us over though with those two games. Hopefully, there will still be big crowds even without the students there (though there may be some who live close enough to come).

He will definitely find a home somewhere. We all know there is nothing nice about football. Most of the inner workings of football stay within the gate post. Unfortunately, in todays world with instant communication, these kind of statements can be made on a whim. I remember growing up and I learned the lesson of when you are mad and/or hurt, write a letter but don’t mail it for a day. Next day reread and if you still want to mail it, then send it on. Often times that letter went to file 13. I have no idea what happened with this situation but in my opinion he probably sent this text as a reaction. Had he waited a day or two , I suspect his wording would be different. But it is out there now and cannot be taken back. All that said, I appreciate his efforts as a Bulldog and wish him well going forward.

So the coach left Louie-Ville to go to Cincinnati one outlaw school to another outlaw school. lateral move But Brohm leaving Purdue to go to Louie-Ville is a head scratcher. Even if it is his Alma Mater. Very much a step down in my opinion.

If you are going to have half the distance penalties inside the 15 yard line then they should be assessed equally. In other words, if you are at the one yard on offense and the defense is offsides, the penalty is half the distance to the half yard line. Since that is the case, if the offense incurs a penalty, it should be half distance away from the goal. An illegal procedure would move the ball back a half yard. Then at least you are assessing the penalties equal both ways when the ball is close to the goal line.

Dang, Are we losing Thomas, Harvey and Griffin? That is a lot of production right there. Offense WR’s will have some big holes to fill. Still think none of this should happen until after the Bowl Season is over. Quitting your team is just something I can never digest. I guess it was the way I was reared. I was taught you stuck with your team until the end. One year my little league baseball team went 0-17. No one quit the team. Very disappointing summer to say the least but none of us quit. Might just need to run the ball every play against Illinois…..LOL

I think they need to cut the season to 11 games. 16 team playoff 5 P5 champs + 5 G5 champs 6 at large berths 1st round played on campus Remaining games after the first round are the top 7 bowl games…Sugar, Rose, Fiesta, Cotton, Peach, Orange and Citrus Bowls. Additionally, keep the 10 other best existing bowls for 20 teams that don’t make the playoff. They can be Sun, Liberty, Gator, Holiday, Independence, Music City, Alamo, ReliaQuest, Las Vegas and Cheez it bowls. Or some combination thereof in the extra games. First round of playoff games could be the second Saturday in December. Then second round could be the fourth Saturday in December and the semifinals/championship first and second Saturday’s in January. The 10 bowl games could be be interspersed during the Holidays just like now. This would be a WIN-WIN all the way around. Playoff would be huge. But you will still have twenty deserving teams (just outside the playoff) playing in the postseason and they get the reward of playing one more game. 36 teams play in the postseason total. Now you have to earn it again. And like March Madness, the possibility of a little guy beating one of the big boys does exist. Certainly, the odds are against it but it would be settled on the gridiron and not in the media. And as I mentioned, NIL money would require players to play in all games , barring injury. Transfer portal would not open until after the NC game.

No doubt, Moorhead may have won two Egg Bowls but we laid eggs big time in both bowl games.

Wildcat football may be past the tipping point but I have some hope because I know Cheyenne is an excellent AD and he is doing a good job. This hire is extremely important. We need to get the kids that should be playing back out on the field. And hopefully he can rebuild the Community support for the team as well. The football program at Meridian has always been a shining star until the last four-five years. It can happen again but the odds are more against it now than ever. We will see how this develops in time.

Oops Wrong game I think but same coach.

Yep. I think it is a good chance that our QB plays in this game without being injured by one of his own teammates prior to the game.

And USM playing an old CUSA rival (Rice) in Mobile. Glad to see them make a bowl game. I do agree there are some good SEC matchups.

I am fine with Illinois. I just hope most of our players will play. If we are full strength or at least close to full strength I would like our chances to win. Obviously, we will be without Rara and possibly Forbes but if the rest of the players play, I think we will be in good shape.

That is an interesting question. Being he was the leading receiver on the team, it makes you wonder? With a Leach coached team, WR’s are going to get a lot of opportunities though the load will be shared amongst many. At the end of the day, I wish him well and appreciate his time at State. That is probably one position that we should be able to replace his production without seeing a drop off. Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State are the playoff teams. For State, as I mentioned above, I am hoping for a match up with Notre Dame. It would be the first time we have played them in football. Beyond that it does not matter to me. Just glad we are bowling again for 13th straight year. Obviously, that is a product of having 40 bowl games and being the beneficiary of having some good fortune in 2016 and 2020 when we should not have been played in bowl games. But kind of back doored into each one.

I am not surprised that Sanders has left Jackson State but going to Colorado is a bit interesting. Though, in his view, this is a good situation to walk into because they have been BAD in the recent years and have nowhere to go but up. It is a great move on Colorado’s part. Great PR and based on what he did at JSU, he most likely will improve them in the coming years. And while P10 is a decent conference, the pressure there is minimal compared to the SEC. I wish him well and he definitely left Jackson State in better shape after two years. 12-0 this year was tremendous and hosted Gameday. Can they sustain the momentum? Doubtful but as 83 noted he caught a situation at the right time and JSU rode at the top of that wave for two years.

TCU is in. Resume is better than Ohio State and Bama. Lost in OT to a top ten team that they have already beaten once. Heck of a game.

Don’t see Bama leapfrogging TCU. I guess if TCU gets blown out it is possible. However, I look for this game to be competitive and TCU pulling away from KSTATE at the end to win 38-27. Utah just flat took uscw to the woodshed last night. Finished the game on a 44-7 run. Granted it was the first game of the year but they lost to Florida. Safe to say they are much better team today than they were on Labor Day.

#7 for USC has been abused in the 4th quarter. Utah has outscored USCw 37-3 since the first quarter. Finally USCw defense is soft. Though they did have a great tackle against the Utah QB.

Yes it is. Utah could be about to start a weekend of chaos. 24-17 in third quarter after being down 17-3 in the first half.

I hope State plays Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl. That would be really cool as we have never played them before. And I think it would be a good match up as well.

That boat has left the dock, I am afraid. We had an opportunity to hire Chris Jones five years ago and did not. That was a poor, poor decision at the time. As much as I love Demetrius Hill and what has meant for Meridian High over the last 35-40 years, I am not sure he would be the right choice. Cheyenne is an excellent AD and I believe he will make a good choice here. I am disappointed that we did not turn the corner this year with Douglass but the football program is in better shape today than it was in 2019. As to who that new Coach will be, I have no idea or inkling but I will hope it will prove to be the right choice over time. I will always be a Wildcat.

Agree with 83, Cohen & Freeze together? That goes together about like fish & ice cream. After a couple of days to digest this hire, I still can’t believe Auburn hired him. I guess they are gluttons for punishment.

Well Cohen put Leach in twitter time out so not surprising that he is doing the same to Freeze…:)

Surprised that Auburn hired Freeze. No doubt he is a good coach. But a lot of baggage there. Understandably Pearl had it but has worked out so far. Will be interesting to see how he does there. I guess in Auburn’s view: What do we have to lose? High Risk… High Reward… But after typing this, I am not surprised. When we first learned that Freeze was hired at Liberty, there was speculation that he would eventually return to the SEC. So now he has done so.

A&M spanked LSU. If UGA were to lose the conference championship game, it would interesting to say the least. Look for the SEC officiating to prevent that from happening. But given that Clemson lost, UGA is probably still in unless they get blown out. Of course, TCU and USC could both lose and really throw a wrench into it.