That was an amazing game, never thought they'd be coming back. Who did Ohio state even lose to this year btw?
Flukiest play I've seen in a while: Utah goes for it on 4th and goal at Oregon's 1. QB throws a pass, it's deflected and an o-lineman that is laying on his back in the end zone barely catches the ball before it hits the ground. Touchdown.
It will be interesting, from a couple of angles, to see if Campbell sticks around Ames for the long haul or if he moves to a better P5 job while he's a scorching hot name. From the ISU side of things, it will be interesting to see what they can put on the table as far as compensation and facility renovations to try to entice him to stay. I don't have intimate details of their financials, but I'm guessing they aren't flush with the cash in the same way that much of the power programs across the country are. Do they realize that this could be a program-altering head coach and pull out all the stops? And from Campbell's perspective, even if he is compensated well and given everything necessary to succeed, does he believe that ISU is a place where you can consistently win big?
He's got Big Ten written all over him, but which major program there has a potential opening in the near future? Does Nebraska even count anymore?
AP Top 25 1. Alabama(59) 2. Georgia(2) 3. Ohio State 4. Wisconsin 5. Notre Dame 6. Clemson 7. Penn State 8. Oklahoma 9. Miami 10. TCU 11. Oklahoma State 12. Washington 13. Virginia Tech 14. Iowa State 15. UCF 16. Auburn 17. USC 18. Stanford 19. LSU 20. NC State 21. Mississippi State 22. Memphis 23. Arizona 24. Michigan State 25. Washington State
Yeah, the Big Ten is in kind of the opposite of the SEC in this way. The league is filled with coaches who are superstars of the profession (Meyer at OSU, Harbaugh at UM), established and not going anywhere (Ferentz at Iowa, Fitzgerald at NW) and new hires still in the honeymoon phase (Brohm at Purdue, Fleck at Minnesota) with very little in between. The SEC, of course, may end up with a record number of coach firings at the end of the season. As far as Big Ten jobs go, I'm sure Illinois would love to have him, and living up in this part of the country, I can tell you that the fans' patience is already running thin with Lovie Smith, but there are a couple of things that I think would keep it from happening. First and foremost, Smith is engineering a complete teardown and rebuild, and he was new AD Josh Whitman's first hire, so he's going to get the time needed to see this through. And secondly, I just don't think Illinois is a good enough job to lure Campbell anyway.
A huge question: Is Georgia in good enough shape to still make make the CFP if they run the table and lose to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game? If so, the SEC title game will end up being for nothing more than seeding in the CFP. That would be a shame.
If Georgia is 2nd in the country and loses the SEC championship to Alabama, they absolutely should still be in the playoff given they'd have the clear cut "best loss" among the other 1 loss schools.
