The scandal isn’t going away, and neither is the microscope on the title-contending Wolverines.
The initial made-for-television College Football Playoff rankings show will debut on Halloween, but at the moment, there isn’t much intrigue.
Oklahoma’s loss to Kansas on Saturday ended that. Right now, the playoff picture is pretty clear. Undefeated Florida State gets one spot. The Michigan/Ohio State winner gets another spot. That leaves the SEC champion, either Alabama or Georgia, and the Pac-12 winner. Right now, Washington owns pole position, courtesy of its three-point win over Oregon, but the Huskies have been shaky of late, struggling with Arizona State and Stanford in consecutive weeks.
There is a lot of time left, and so much can happen, but it sure seems like the ACC, Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12 will each have representatives this year barring something unforeseen. In an otherwise bland Saturday, Kansas and backup quarterback Jason Bean provided the country with a stunner. At full strength, the Jayhawks would’ve been an underdog against previously undefeated Oklahoma.
Take a bow, Lance Leipold. The second-year coach has done the unthinkable in Lawrence, Kan. – he has made people care about football there a few weeks before college basketball season’s arrival. Is Japanese hurler Yoshinobu Yamamoto worth the $200M it may cost to sign him? For the Mets, he might be
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