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Based on SEC flex schedule, Miami v. VT is probably 12pm on ABC or maybe 7pm on ESPN.
Most of the Big XII is also under 6-day hold, but none feature ranked matchups. Utah at TCU is probably their best game, and Miami v. VT should outdraw that.
Also, decent chance GameDay comes to Miami. The other options aren't strong.
Teams that haven't hosted GameDay yet this year:
- South Carolina (v. Georgia)
- Missouri (v. Kentucky)
- Washington (v. Indiana)
- Michigan (v. UCLA)
- TCU (v. Utah)
Teams that have already hosted GameDay:
- Tennessee (v. LSU)
- Texas (v. Arkansas)
- Notre Dame (v. SMU)
Another option:
- FCS No. 2 Montana State (vs. No. 12 Montana)
This would be GameDay's second trip to Bozeman, MT for the Brawl of the Wild. The first trip was November, 2022 when there were no FBS top 10 games that weekend.
Getting a 3 loss team from the SEC into the playoffs seems very unlikely. They'd have to take down a top team or two AND jump in front of 2 loss Kentucky and 2 loss BYU, who are probably on the outside looking in atm.
LSU has a chance b/c they still face Texas and Tennessee.
Missouri also has a chance b/c they still face Georgia and Kentucky.
IDK if South Carolina beating Georgia is enough for them. Maybe. They're ahead of Tennessee on H2H, but behind Kentucky and Alabama.
Ole Miss is probably already eliminated absent massive chaos.
But what are the odds of LSU or Missouri getting two top 12 upsets? Very, very low.
...and thank goodness. 4 SEC teams is more than enough this year. Maybe even one too many.
Rob Weaver retweeted
FONG BOMB: Rivals' @SWiltfong_ has logged an expert prediction for Miami to land Five-Star Plus+ OT Mark Matthews🙌
Matthews recently decommitted from Texas A&M.
Read: on3.com/rivals/news/nations-…
I don't think anyone could complain about this playoffs:
SEC: Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee
Big Ten: Indiana, UCLA
ACC: Miami, Wake Forest
Big XII: Utah, Texas Tech
Other: Notre Dame, Boise St
Fun exercise. Mostly happy with my rankings. Wake Forest needs way more love and Bama way overrated.
5 SEC teams would be wild. Probably would put ND and/or a third Big XII team in the field over LSU and Tennessee atm.
The last time No. 1 Miami played the No. 11 team was the 1992 Orange Bowl - a 22-0 shutout of Nebraska
The year is 2028.
A'mir Sears, Brysen Wright, and Nick Lennear are carrying forward the Miami standard they learned throughout their freshman season from Malachi Toney.
Preseason All American tackles Jackson Cantwell and Ben Congdon anchor the offensive line. It's their 'money year' before they turn pro, hopefully as first round draft picks.
Javion Mallory looks closer to Frank Gore Jr. than the actual Frank Gore Jr.
The offense would be a top 5 offense if a janitor was QB, but Mario's brought in an SEC QB with 20 games under his belt to compete with former 5* QB recruit Israel Abrams. Whoever wins the job will lead the greatest Hurricanes offense of all time.
Michael Irvin needs a new belt b/c he's worn out the old one. He buys one just before the Notre Dame game (the next time the Irish are scheduled to play the Hurricanes)
Miami moves up from No. 3 to No. 2 in Rivals 2027 Team Rankings with 5* WR Brysen Wright commitment.
Wright was the No. 1 WR in the 2028 class, and in re-classifying Rivals gave him the No. 3 WR rank and No. 11 overall nationally for 2027)
Easily Mario's highest ranked class, surpassing his No. 5 ranked class in 2024 (Justin Scott, Armondo Blount, Marquise Lightfoot, Jordan Lyle, Markell Bell, Elija Lofton, OJ Frederique, Ryan Mack, Booker Pickett, Jo Jo Trader, Ny Carr)
DBC laying down the smack talk early this morning:
"Here's South Bend, not much to look at"
BANG! Shots fired!!
At breakfast here at South Bend teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/2WXEVLnLq…
Remind me, who were the 4 ACC teams that objected to Congress legislating caps on conference sizes 🤔
One of the few Republican winners last night was DeSantis. Florida experienced a blue surge, but avoided the wave that almost everywhere else saw - plus he got Amendment 3 passed.
Calling it now that the 2028 Republican primary is going to be Vance v. DeSantis. Rubio will defer to both, sit out, and be prepared for 2032 should Dems take back the White House (likely).
Rob Weaver retweeted
NEW: Miami star Malachi Toney is dealing with an ankle injury and his status is unknown for Saturday's game against Notre Dame, @Brett_McMurphy reports.
on3.com/news/miami-wr-malach…
Rob Weaver retweeted
Here's a look at Unranked Losses by conference among Top 12 teams in the AP Poll:
- SEC: 2
- Big 12: 1
- Everyone else: 0
Rank nearly the entire conference. Shout about all the Ranked Wins. Ignore the Unranked Losses.
The SEC's greatest strength isn't football. It's marketing.