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It is what it is. Wish this conference could have stayed together, but what can you do? Hoping in a few years when it goes to a 2 conference model they go back to regional divisions and most of the P12 plays each other again.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38794541/big-12-unveils-16-team-conference-football-matchups-2027 The new Big 12 announces matchups for first 4 years.

Whitt commented on why FG team was initially sent out, Pac 12 refs:

I have no idea how this team is 6-1 with all the injuries they have had.

What a game. GG USC, I am really gonna miss the games against you guys.

If this is a shootout, I don't like Utah's chances.

They also have the largest population of any city with an FBS football team. When they are competing for national championships, the fans show up, otherwise not so much. Kind of the definition of fair weather fans,

I would think they would be underdogs in every game.

Why are you here?

Brutal week for picks. Not a gimme game in the lot.

Epic choke

I would be shocked if Utah scored 47 this week.

Deion has done a great job using the portal and NIL to quickly make Buffs a competitive team, which considering where they were last year is quite amazing. However, the amount of hype they have gotten has just been a lot. IMHO they are not in the top half of this league ( behind at least the 7 ranked teams ). There is a lot to praise for what Deion has done here, but I think some of the criticisms are valid too. He is brash, and talks a lot and his team follows suit, and that is going to rub people the wrong way. Hope he sticks around and builds the program up so maybe a rivalry can form in the Big XII that never materialized in the Pac.

If you weren't a total hypocrite, you would have made the same "hold your nose and vote against the crazy person" against Trump both times, but instead supported your boy .

Blaming Democrats for insanity in the party you support, pretty much a summary of everything you have ever posted about politics.

Pac with 7 teams ranked in top 20 AP Top 25 RK TEAM REC PTS TREND 1 Georgia(50) 6-0 1559 - 2 Michigan(11) 6-0 1489 - 3 Ohio State(1) 5-0 1408 1 4 Florida State(1) 5-0 1389 1 5 Oklahoma 6-0 1278 7 6 Penn State 5-0 1273 - 7 Washington 5-0 1239 - 8 Oregon 5-0 1150 - 9 Texas 5-1 1052 6 10 USC 6-0 999 1 11 Alabama 5-1 971 - 12 North Carolina 5-0 894 2 13 Ole Miss 5-1 748 3 14 Louisville 6-0 731 11 15 Oregon State 5-1 725 - 16 Utah 4-1 567 2 17 Duke 4-1 479 2 18 UCLA 4-1 438 NR 19 Washington State 4-1 412 6 Tennessee 4-1 412 3 21 Notre Dame 5-2 374 11 22 LSU 4-2 321 1 23 Kansas 5-1 103 NR 24 Kentucky 5-1 99 4 25 Miami 4-1 74 8 Complete Rankings Others receiving votes: Missouri 69, Wyoming 42, Air Force 41, Wisconsin 41, Tulane 27, West Virginia 26, Clemson 17, Maryland 9, Iowa 7, James Madison 7, Texas A&M 5 Dropped from rankings: Missouri 21, Fresno State 24 AFCA Coaches Poll RK TEAM REC PTS TREND 1 Georgia(61) 6-0 1597 - 2 Michigan 6-0 1512 - 3 Ohio State(2) 5-0 1443 - 4 Florida State 5-0 1411 1 5 Penn State 5-0 1300 1 6 Washington(1) 5-0 1246 2 7 Oklahoma 6-0 1200 5 8 Oregon 5-0 1168 1 9 USC 6-0 1121 2 10 Alabama 5-1 1025 - 11 Texas 5-1 982 7 12 North Carolina 5-0 912 1 13 Ole Miss 5-1 764 2 14 Oregon State 5-1 713 2 15 Louisville 6-0 651 10 16 Utah 4-1 600 3 17 Tennessee 4-1 587 1 18 Duke 4-1 451 3 19 Washington State 4-1 370 5 20 LSU 4-2 355 3 21 Notre Dame 5-2 324 10 22 UCLA 4-1 276 NR 23 Kentucky 5-1 159 3 24 Kansas 5-1 120 NR 25 Missouri 5-1 78 3 Complete Rankings Others receiving votes: Miami 74, Wyoming 60, Air Force 58, Iowa 57, Maryland 37, Clemson 33, West Virginia 24, Wisconsin 23, Texas A&M 22, Tulane 18, James Madison 9, BYU 9, Fresno State 4, Memphis 2, Ohio 2, Florida 2, Liberty 1 Dropped from rankings: Miami 17, Fresno State 24

UCLA should be up by at least 2 scores, instead down one. We'll see how resilient the young qb is .

Nothing to prevent it. I know Utah women's gymnastics has some lucrative NIL. Free market and whatnot. Unfortunately women's sports generally not as marketable as men's. The college football players generate a lot of revenue for schools, coaches and networks. I find it disingenuous when folks cry about how paying the kids a little bit ruins "amateur" athletics and college football while everyone else profits ( average P5 head coach makes $6.2M/year )

I believe they said they were $61k or so. Not "giving" the players the car, but a 4 yr. lease with insurance is my understanding.

Been losing more guys every game. Yesterday in addition to QBs and TE were missing top 2 RB's, starting receiver, kicker and a few guys on defense. Starting left OT, starting DE, another QB ( Barnes ) and another RB all went out with likely serious injuries. Starting to run out of players, hoping a few guys can get healthy enough to play with the bye week

Defense scored first play against UCLA, Utah was a little more successful running the ball and stopping the run, and UCLA had freshman QB. Beavers would likely be favored, but wouldn't shock me if UCLA won.

Congrats Beavs, you dominated the game from start to finish. If the Utes don't get a bunch of guys back after the bye week, it is gonna be a long season.

Hope the Bucks win the next couple, as I am a big Dame and Giannis fan. After 2 years it seems they will have to blow it up, as I understand the two of them will be making over $100M year combined at that point.

I have never heard Utah's head coach call others out before the game or make it about himself, and I don't think he would tolerate his players doing so.

8 people in Pooltracker entered picks this week, and all 8 missed at most 1.