THIS WEEK IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

What a great College Football Saturday we just had! I picked 2 upsets in last weeks blog, including Minnesota to take down Penn State AND LSU to FINALLY get the Bama win they have been begging for for years! We also got the newest playoff rankings and there has been plenty of debate! Also, the Arkansas Razorbacks became the next school to fire their coach so who they hire next? That fan base can be pretty demanding....why? I have no idea but let's dive in!

Playoff Rankings

The latest Playoff Rankings came out on Tuesday and their's been some changes!

1) LSU

2) Ohio State

3) Clemson

4) Georgia

5) Alabama

6) Oregon

So when I saw this released on Tuesday, I instantly had one thought. The committee loves the SEC! Alabama has not beaten a single good team this year yet here they are at 5! Now I don't have a HUGE issue with that primarily because it will play itself out. I however would have Oregon at 5, and the reasoning is simple. They have 1 loss, on a neutral site to Auburn who's highly rated by the committee. And that was the first game of the season! Since then, Oregon has ran off 8 in a row! 

LSU and Ohio State are easily 1 and 2 whichever way you want to have them. If you like quality wins, you go LSU at 1. If you like pure destruction of every opponent, you got Ohio State. No major beefs there. 

Clemson is starting to look like Clemson so them at 3 makes sense! Georgia has the worst loss of any team ranked in the top 6 with a loss to South Carolina. They have also beaten Florida and Notre Dame. However, they have a HUGE showdown with Auburn this weekend. 

Whichever way you look at it, every team in the top 6 still has tough games to play! I just hope we end up with the 4 best in January!


Chad Morris...gone and definitely forgotten

The Chad Morris era at Arkansas ended almost as quick as it started It consisted of bonehead plays, no competitiveness, ZERO conference wins and a fan base calling for his head after every game. Almost immediately after the Razorbacks latest loss to Western Kentucky at home, rumors started to circulate on social media that Chad Morris had been fired as the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. That news became official Sunday and now Hog fans across the state wait to see what athletic director Hunter Yurachek does. What they can't do, is get another Chad Morris type of coach. So that means no to any good mid major coach who has previous high major experience. So no running off to meet with coaches at Tulane, or UCF, They need a proven college or pro head coach with a big name. Someone who's rep isn't questionable, someone with the name recognition to truly recruit against LSU, Alabama, Texas. Chad Morris never even beat a Power 5 team in his life as a head coach! He comes to Arkansas and wins no conference games in 2 years, while losing to Western Kentucky, San Jose State, North Texas, and Colorado State to name a few. Not only that, but he never developed the talent he was given! Noone got better from last year to this year on the Razorbacks team. He got this job strictly due to his experience with Clemson. 

So who would I look at for the next head coach at Arkansas? Well here's a few names.

1) Mike Leach

2) Bob Stoops

3) Teryl Austin

4) David Shaw

5) Mike Norvell

Week 11 Picks

Georgia (5) VS Auburn (13)

In a major SEC showdown with playoff implications, Georgia travels to Auburn with both teams needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive. Georgia is trying to maintain their 4 position but Auburn has a real shot even with 2 losses. They have the chance to have wins against the PAC 12 champ in Oregon, the SEC East champ in Georgia, and Alabama. I see them having a great shot at winning. I think the Tigers are better on both sides of the line, and can grind this game out with the run and stopping the run. Deandre Swift has not had the kind of year I expected him to have but he is still very good, so Auburn just needs to keep him boxed in and make Jake Fromm beat them which I don't think he can. Bo Nix is a young QB for Auburn but he has shown he is not afraid of the moment and if he can keep his mistakes to a minimum, I can see Auburn taking this win and knocking Georgia's playoff hopes away.

Auburn 27 
Georgia 19

Minnesota (7) VS Iowa (23)

One week after getting one of the biggest wins they've had, Minnesota goes out on the road to play a tough Iowa team who's shown they are very capable of getting upsets late in the year. Minnesota proved they could ball last week with a pick that we got right with them overtaking Penn State, but Iowa is a tough place to play and this is just the kind of game they will be ready for. It should be a low scoring affair but I like the home team. 

Iowa 23
Minnesota 20

LSU (1) VS Ole Miss 

After knocking off Alabama for the 1st time in 8 years, getting the number 1 ranking in the country, theere's no way LSU looks past Ole Miss right? I'm not too sure. Ole Miss is a pesky team who's shown capable of making big plays and they have the home field advantage. They are 3-6 but only 2 of those losses were by more than a touchdown so they've been in most games. I'm not saying they will win this game, but I definitely think it will be a game into the 4th quarter. Freshman John Plumlee keeps growing each week but can he make enough plays against LSU? We know making plays won't be an issue on the other side with Heisman favorite Joe Burrow throwing the ball over the field.

LSU 44
Ole Miss 36

Oklahoma (10) VS Baylor (12)

Oklahoma goes on the road to take on Baylor who has been extremely impressive this season. The hype for Jalen Hurts has quieted recently but he still continues to ball out each week. The problem has been the defense for Oklahoma. Terrible isn't the word. Whatever word that's worse than terrible is the word needed to describe this mess. Baylor is the better team, especially on defense and that's what will win this game. 

Baylor 37
Oklahoma 24