I love how @espnbillc.bsky.social now plays a pivotal role in deciding the Mountain West championship participants.

Yes…ha ha ha…yes!

Using the Sagarin ratings as a proxy, potential ACC champions Duke and Virginia are both currently trailing the leaders of the American (USF) and Sun Belt (JMU).

There’s a nightmare CFP scenario out there for the ACC that isn’t going away after yesterday’s results.

At some point we have to just accept reality.

Disappointing, @espn.com.

UMASS VS. KENT STATE WIN PROB 34.3% MASS PROJ POINTS 21.48 UMASS OFF VS KENT STATE DEF EPA MARGIN -0.411 133 OFF -0.238 151 DEFI 0.173 152 OFF SUCCESS RATE 36.1% 130 DROPBACK 34.6% 129 RUSH 40.7% 120 DEF SUCCESS RATE 47.6% 128 DROPBACK 45.9% 129 RUSH 48.0% 122 NET PTS/DRIVE -2.72 136 OFF 0.47 136 DEF 3.18 132 NET FIELD POS -2.82 112 QUALITY DRIVE RATIO 29.7% 132 -0.122 127 EPA/RUSH 130 -0.271 129 EPA/DROPBACK 103 24.4% 131 QUALITY DRIVE RATE 121 2.09 129 PTS/QUALITY DRIVE 127 26.69 84 FIELD POSITION 136 -6.7% 29 RROE 56 -0.233| 130 EARLY DOWNS EPA 125 29.9% 134 3RD /4TH DOWN SUCCESS 115 UMASS DEF VS KENT STATE OFF 54.8% 0.111 134 EPA/RUSH 155 -0.167 0.200 150 EPA/DROPBACK 108 -0.117 59.1% 155 QUALITY DRIVE RATE 135 17.3% 4.92 156 PTS/QUALITY DRIVE 96 2.89 29.51 122 FIELD POSITION 151 24.66 -0.2% 63 RROE 4.5% 0.131 124 EARLY DOWNS EPA 128 -0.205| 3RD/4TH DOWN SUCCESS 155 155 ADVANCED STATS PREVIEW WIN PROB 65.7% PROJ POINTS 30.28 K 0.098 0.112 54.0% 4.33 31.80 -0.8% 0.131 45.8% 29.5% 121 -0.261 EPA MARGIN 120 -0.137 OFF| 117 0.125 DEF 156 31.3% OFF SUCCESS RATE 132 33.8% DROPBACK 136 31.4% RUSH 153 48.5% DEF SUCCESS RATE 131 46.2% DROPBACK 129 49.5% RUSH 134 -2.42 NET PTS/DRIVE 122 0.94 OFF 134 3.36 DEF 136 -7.14 NET FIELD POS 135 25.0% QUALITY DRIVE RATIO

So much red

Good morning, there is football on every day for the next 49 days.

Looking back Virginia Tech losing to James Madison in 2010 did signal the direction of the program a lot.

Scoreboard screenshot. UTEP 10-27 Texas, ULM 31-7 UTEP

ULM > Texas? 🤔

Tarleton beats Army in 2OT!

The Beautiful Game.

Scorebug Jax State 0-0 UCF in the 3rd quarter

We truly don’t deserve this sport.

Scorebug with Wyoming 3-0 Akron in the 4th quarter

We are so back.

Week Zero NCAA football TV listings schedule from lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm

Good morning. 😍

This appears to be correct!

gonna BREAK SOME NEWS ON BLUESKY

industry sources tell me Sacramento State is expected to announce tomorrow that they are withdrawing from the Big Sky and joining the Big West in everything but FB, effective July 1 2026

And if they can't join FBS, I'm told their short term plan is FCS Independent

Wow, and abandoning that lucrative FloSports deal?

Giant "ELIMINATED" letters over an Akron football player getting tackled.

JUST IN: Due to a low multi-year APR, Akron has officially become the first FBS team of the 2025 season eliminated from postseason contention.

We’ve got a new blue field in FCS! University of New Haven is moving up to D1 in all sports, joining the Northeast Conference.

Sad to learn of the passing of Hero Sports writer Brian McLaughlin. His FCS coverage amplified the subdivision so much over the last decade. A passionate, welcoming human in my limited interactions with him. 🙏

Favorite D1 college nickname?

Remember in Week 2 when one of these teams was losing to Bowling Green at halftime, and the other lost to Northern Illinois?

Anyway, college football rules.

Sun Belt announces cross divisional opponents for 2025 season

Opponent Adjusted EPA/Play (P4) chart. Texas, ND, PSU, and Ohio State all grouped together in the top right "Good Offense, Good Defense" quadrant.

We don't need to push the "bye as a detriment" narrative. Sometimes the better teams just win:

The College Football Playoff is good.

Louisiana Tech (5-7) will replace Marshall & play Army in Independence Bowl, sources said. Marshall withdrew from the bowl because it claimed it had lost too many players to the transfer portal. The bowl game is Dec. 28

Would.

Per sources, West Virginia is close to finalizing a deal to bring Rich Rodriguez back as head coach. He went 27-10 at JaxState and was 60-26 during his first stint in Morgantown. ESPN first.

Respect to Google Sheets.