When he asked you where you wanted to go, were you thrilled or maybe a little scared since it was unexpected?

Same. Best non-vacation week of the year for me.

SEC Shorts conspicuously missing its Herbstreit endorsement this week.

Bo Nix announced he will play in the Fiesta Bowl.

I don’t think the committee could reward a team with a playoff spot for losing a H2H and then not playing in a conference title game the following week if the team that beat them lost said title game and was left out. That would be a terrible precident to set. Any scenario where Ohio State qualifies should also require Michigan to qualify.

I think FSU, Texas, and Alabama would have to lose, and maybe even Oregon to be safe, depending on how you rate a one-loss Washington against OSU.

Yeah, the Pac have created their own mini circle of suck among the one-loss teams, so head-to-head “transitive wins/losses” no longer apply:

Oregon State > Utah > UCLA > WSU > Oregon State

Just using Oregon’s schedule, we’re playing every team in the conference within the first two years except Nebraska. Wisconsin and Washington twice, with Washington a protected rivalry, and then finally Nebraska the next two years. It’ll be weird not playing almost all the same teams every year.

In 2024:

• Michigan vs Texas, Oregon, USC, OSU, Washington.
• USC vs LSU, Notre Dame, Michigan, Washington, Penn State.

I like how they got lazy in the second half of their ballot and just filled in teams at the beginning of the alphabet. The attention span for that troll job was really short.

I guess it could also be an early season computer poll, but I don’t understand submitting one this early if it looks like that.

Eight Pac-12 teams. It’ll pare down once they start playing each other, but really making the most of their last season together.

Just keeping me productive is all. Actually, I appreciate that I don’t normally spend nearly as much time in the Fediverse as I did on Reddit. My daily life is improved by it. I guess I’d selfishly rather this remain a small thing, but maybe I ought to take better control of my habits instead.