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Anyone trying to say they weren’t entertained last week is the same person that orders a salad at Wendy’s and claims the food there sucks. Quite frankly, we don’t have time for those people. We got more games with big playoff implications this week, including a few of those matchups where teams might get caught looking ahead. Get ready for 2 final weeks of completely unhinged college football!
Week 13 Pro Tips:
- Holy moly, anyone else getting tired of hearing about schedule discrepancy? It’s always been an issue, but with super conferences, it’s worse than ever. Texas joined the SEC, breezed through a soft schedule, and flopped in their only real test. South Carolina is a damn good football team who is likely to beat the best team in the ACC at the end of the year (don’t try with SMU and Miami 😂), but won’t get a shot at the playoff. Flip flop their schedules and they probably also exchange records. It’s a brutal reality that we’re stuck living with until they use it to justify expanding the playoff even more.
- Here’s the straight truth – if you focus on the intention of the playoff, scheduling isn’t really that big of a deal because if you win your conference you automatically get in. All conference champs get the shot they’ve “earned” or they “deserve”, with the top four earning a bye, and even the G5 gets a seat. After that, the rest of the teams had 12 chances to prove they’re among the next seven best. If you miss out, tough luck—should’ve won your conference. From what I’ve seen in the trenches, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Ole Miss (even with two losses) are legit. Heck, you could argue A&M deserves a shot. That’s not SEC bias—it’s just what I’ve watched. Forget schedule comparisons; they won’t change that. Moral of the story: if you’re a non-conf champ left out, don’t be shocked when SEC teams dominate the playoff. Want credibility? Schedule the big boys (not Kentucky or Miss St.) in non-conference play and prove your worth. Don’t pay to get out of a Louisville game and replace it with an FCS school that has a losing record.
- Remember that rare scenarios where missing your conference title game put you in a better spot for the playoff? Well, this is one situation the 12 team playoff has only made worse. Thanks to the formation of super conferences and lack of head-to-head games, we have created even more crazy ties at the top of the conference. Just another reason why conference championship games – designed to be nothing more than a straight money grab for the conference – should be gone. Unless they definitely determine who the best team in the conference is, which will ultimately come down to the fifth or sixth layer of a tiebreaker to determine just the two that get to play, then it’s doing the players a disservice.
TOS GAME OF THE WEEK
#5 Indiana at #2 Ohio State (-13.5) 11:00 CST FOX
What we like about this game: It seems as though we’ve touched on this before, but if we haven’t made it clear enough, JOEY GALLOWAY IS THE WORST COLLEGE FOOTBALL ANALYST ON TELEVISION. His hard on for his beloved Buckeyes is so obvious, he’s literally Barry’s grandpa from Road Trip. This week he legitimately made a case for undefeated Indiana to not play their starting QB! I can’t even come up with an analogy more asinine than that truth in this scenario. If you don’t know who to root for in this game, I highly suggest ignoring the teams and just root for getting to watch Joey panic and meltdown on live television while mercilessly defending Ohio State after a loss.
What we love about this game: Everyone loves cheering for the underdog, but especially with such a discrepancy in perceived talent. Indiana is legitimately full of competitive dudes that Ohio State wouldn’t even bother entertaining. It’s going to be great to watch the guys with a chip on their shoulder go for glory. Hopefully they get a Friday screening of Gladiator II to get the juices flowing. The only downside is this won’t happen under the lights, but at least we now have Big 10 advocate JJ Watt helping fight against premier noon games.
