At the time, I thought Luke Fickell was a great hire for Wisconsin but he's completely failed their program.
Auburn is the most snake-bitten team in all of CFB. They've lost 4 straight but are a cough and a sneeze from being 6-1. Hugh Freeze just can't gain traction there because they always find a way to lose the close ones. I don't follow them closely, but this year it's impossible to not notice the smoke and fire show every single SEC game! If they fired Freeze, I doubt his replacement would be an upgrade. Glad I'm not a fan.
The SEC has a saying: "It just means more," which is only slightly more famous than its bowl-season motto, "if we lost then it wasn't really important anyway." And this Saturday, as SEC communications guru Chuck Dunlap pointed out, there were more SEC games than ever before. So logic suggests that no Saturday has ever had as much meaning as this one. At stake: Georgia's status as a super power, Alabama's dominance over rival Tennessee in Tuscaloosa, Billy Napier's job, Texas A&M title hopes, Lane Kiffin's Twitter mentions, Diego Pavia's AARP membership, about a thousand Arch Manning jokes, and the stitching on the pillow Brian Kelly screams into after another LSU loss. https://www.espn.com/college-footba...k-8-highlights-top-plays-games-takeaways-2025
GG Nerds! Cal, Vandy, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Northwestern, and Stanford nerds all won. I’ll throw in UCLA too.
God****ingdammit I just learned that Frank Reich (yes, that guy) is the new coach at Stanford. Never wanted to hate 'em, actually used to love 'em, but now I just can't
He’s kind of a place holder. He’s only coaching through the season, as a favor to new Stanford football GM Andrew Luck, until they hire a permanent coach.
Not that I was concerned they would lose, but the extent of the 1st half whipping IU put on UCLA surprised me. I thought UCLA was a "hot" team, but IU's defense is legit.
John Mateer was absolutely terrible on OU's final possessions and he single-handedly killed their chances to tie Ole Miss. It was brutal to watch. What a fall from grace since his injury.
