>Friday, 8:00 EST ESPN: Pac-12 Championship: #12 Stanford (9-3) vs. #10 USC (10-2) (USC -4.0) [USC won regular season matchup 48-24]
>Saturday, noon EST ABC: AAC Championship: #20 Memphis (11-1) at #14 UCF (11-0) (UCF -7.0) [UCF won regular season matchup 40-13] ESPN: MAC Championship: Akron (7-5) vs. Toledo (10-2) (Tol -21.5) [Tol won regular season matchup 48-21] ESPN2: C-USA Championship: North Texas (9-3) at FAU (9-3) (FAU -11.5) [FAU won regular season matchup 69-31] ACCN: UL-Monroe (4-7) at Florida State (5-6) (FSU -26.5) (if you meme hard enough, FSU might lose and not go to a bowl)
>12:30 EST FOX: Big 12 Championship: #11 TCU (10-2) vs. #3 Oklahoma (11-1) (OU -7.0) [OU won regular season matchup 38-20]
>2:00 EST ESPN3: Idaho (3-8) at Georgia State (6-4) (GAST -6.0) (Idaho’s final game as an FBS school; they’re moving back down to FCS next year)
>4:00 EST CBS: SEC Championship: #6 Georgia (11-1) vs. #2 Auburn (10-2) (Aub -2.0) [Aub won regular season matchup 40-17]
>4:30 EST ESPN3: South Alabama (4-7) at New Mexico State (5-6) (NMSU -9.5) (NMSU is getting kicked out of the Sun Belt after this year)
>7:30 EST ESPN2: Troy (9-2) at Arkansas State (7-3) (pick ‘em)
>7:45 EST ESPN: MWC Championship: #25 Fresno State (9-3) at Boise State (9-3) (BSU -8.5) [FRST won regular season matchup 28-17]
>8:00 EST ABC: ACC Championship: #7 Da U (11-1) vs. #1 Clemson (11-1) (Clem -9.0) [Clem won 2015’s matchup 58-0] FOX: B1G Championship: #8 Ohio State (10-2) vs. #4 Wisconsin (12-0) (tOSU -5.5) [tOSU won last year’s matchup 30-23/OT]
If you think expanding the playoff is a good idea than kys. It's a shit idea. If you want a chance to win a championship than don't lose more than 1 game and win your conference. If you do both of those things you are in (only team to not get in was Baylor). If there were 8 than Clemson, Wisconsin and Oklahoma could both lose this weekend and still get in so it's like they are playing for nothing. And that would commonly happen every year when it should be very rare.
Zachary Foster
This. It's just increasing the number of teams that bitch about being left out.
Right now we have a setup where almost every major major conference championship game has a playoff spot at stake for the winner. And if you increase spots, it's taking away what college football always have as an advantage over the NFL: regular season games and upsets have stakes.
Haslem is not only losing control at Tennessee but potentially with the NFL as well...
Allan Bell, Jr.Verified account @AllanBell247 22m22 minutes ago Report: NFL concerned with Pilot Flying J fraud case involving Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam:
Isaac Hill
7th for Auburn SEC champs
Oliver Brooks
1. Georgia 2. Oklahoma 3. Wisconsin 4. Auburn
Ryan Howard
>Jumbo Flasher goin to Taxes A&M
WEW LAWDY
Robert Gomez
How long will it be before Paul finebaum’s victims come forward?
Ethan Clark
1. Clemson 2. Oklahoma 3. Georgia 4. Ohio State
Carter Anderson
That’s fine, I mean let’s just take a look at FSU’s recruiti-
Sebastian Morales
>Tennessee Browns
Dylan Lopez
>teams most likely to lose
James Gomez
This is retarded. Theres no way Auburn can lose and still be in
Ryder Clark
How did Finebaum react as a Tennessee alum?
Caleb Reed
Wow. Rocky Top indeed! Looks like Anderson and Thornton have ousted Haslem is the power struggle for control of the Tennessee Empire...
>UT Chancellor Beverly Davenport, despite her awareness of Currie’s attempt to hire Greg Schiano last Sunday, fired Currie Friday morning, just hours after Currie returned home from what sources said was an unsanctioned West Coast trip. In fact, sources on the UT campus believe Currie did not inform anyone – including athletics department administrative assistants – of his whereabouts on Thursday.
>Davenport is holding a 4:00 PM ET press conference today on the UT campus to insert Phillip Fulmer atop the athletics program.
>The other choice considered to replace Currie per people on campus was Reid Sigmon, Currie’s No. 2 and chief lieutenant. Multiple sources said that Sigmon was backed by Jimmy Haslam while Fulmer possessed resounding support among other constituencies, including boosters John ‘Thunder’ Thornton and Charlie Anderson.
>As for Fulmer? “He was pretty removed from the day-to-day of this search,” a source intimately briefed on the proceedings, but unable to speak on the record said. “Fulmer has been engaged by key boosters who love Tennessee to get involved. Bottom line, those boosters believe Tennessee needs Phillip Fulmer now more than ever.”
>Tennessee has scheduled meetings with athletes, as well as staff and senior staff throughout the day today in addition to its scheduled press conference.
Michael Martin
Jews won't use the same storyline twice
Chase Williams
Friendly reminder FSU has to hire a minority coach now
Carter Morales
Kinda feels like FSU and A&M lost Jimbo probably only wanted the leverage But he lost the power play Now he's at a school he didn't want to be at playing a much, much, much tougher schedule A&M got their guy but he didn't really want to be there And FSU gets into the carousel late
Everyone loses
Adam Foster
>he didn't really want to be there Yes because the three things Jimbo wanted (more money, better facilities, and a less retarded administration) aren't really what he wanted
Isaac Davis
Why?
Jace Thompson
>caring about the color of a person's skin
Don't act like anyone actually wants to get rid of racism. They just want to change the form of it.
Isaiah Lee
Is FSU on Tennessee levels of JUST or do we need to wait until they hire Sumlin or some other black coach?
Dylan Reyes
Athletic Director mandate they won't hire a white guy, that's not racist in today's world
Isaac Campbell
He would have just left if he wasn't trying to leverage anything We're also leaving out how hard his schedule is now He goes from Boston College and Syracuse to playing Bama, Auburn, and LSU every year and Clemson the next two years
He'd been better off leaving last year
Brayden Long
You shit up the last thread and everyone blew you the fuck out, samefag. If you think there are only 4 teams with a legitimate argument for the playoff you're beyond fucking delusional. 8 out of 128 teams is not too many.
Charles Cook
A) there’s 130 teams B) the playoff should not expand because it risks messing with the regular season C) fuck you
Bentley Morales
No. While getting off to a late start to recruiting is bad, Tennessee is on a whole level of fucked.
Chase Russell
Post >yfw Memephis pulls the upset and G5fags fuck off for another 9 months
David Martin
Brady Hoke named Tennessee head coach.
CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP
Christian Powell
Big Heavy has returned
Jaxson Rogers
UT students just now notified of the change. It’s official. Fulmer is the new AD
Mason Diaz
>Fisher didn't even tell Francois he was leaving >FSU players extremely bootyblasted by it O I AM LAFFIN
Name a football program that is more JUST than Tennessee
I'll wait
Ryan Morales
>giving a shit what some 18 yr old thinks about anything
Division 1 athletes are big booster fucktoys
Joseph Walker
>>FSU players extremely bootyblasted by it They knew this was coming. Hell, everyone in the world knew this was coming. If they didn't know, then they should not be on a football field due to their lack of awareness.
It's OK though, because now we are getting a true Floridian as HC.
Thomas Hughes
we had it man.. we had recovered from everything with the leach hire
and then haslamniggers had to ruin it. anyone who willingly subjects themselves to UT football after today almost certainly has undiagnosed fetal alcohol syndrome
Oliver Young
>FSU
It's gonna be Taggart
Ian Cruz
>Jimbo still plays Clemson the next two years
Ayden Phillips
>going all in on the Taggart hire >not diversifying your coach portfolio have you learned nothing from Tennessee?
Kevin Kelly
Tell me about Taggart. Why does he drive the bus?
Adam Lewis
Ha I never even thought of that. He'll be the first FBS team we play next year
Grayson Campbell
Now we'll never get to see Leach vs Saban. Wtf are Tennessee boosters doing? Who are they after?
Bentley Peterson
was crashing the university part of his plan?
Jordan Smith
so if Jimbo can go to a&m from FSU - what prevents other historically mediocre programs with unlimited $$ grab a dream coach?
Andrew Butler
Hell Jimbo has to coach against Clemson and Alabama within the first 4 games next year at a new program.
FUCK YOU BITCH GIVE US LEACH REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Eli Wright
Perhaps he's wondering why you would fire a coach before rehiring him as the athletic director
Liam Anderson
Phil, we don't give a fuck about your family unless your daughter is the next HC at Tennessee
Easton Diaz
poverty schools BTFO
Luke Jackson
"We're here to begin a new erea of Vols Football!" >introduces Fat Fuck Phil Fulmer
Owen Stewart
>the university of Tennessee is a fantastic institution
Stopped watching right there
Levi Perry
HASLAM BTFO
Christian Stewart
now this nigga from the blind side gonna read from a sheet lmao
David Robinson
oh this is juicy, now that Anderson got his guy in Fulmer, will Anderson also get his guy in Jeremy Pruitt? Here are the names Tenn has been considering:
>Jeremy Pruitt (DC Bama): per sources, Pruitt has the support of Vols mega-booster Charlie Anderson, who’s quietly worked very effectively to try and help rescue Currie, Chancellor Beverly Davenport, and the University of Tennessee from this disastrous process.
>SMU coach Chad Morris: has not formally spoken with UT about the job, but has been vetted by the Currie-led UT search group.
>Memphis coach Mike Norvell: A source on Thursday also said Mike Norvell, believed a leading candidate at Arkansas, also would “definitely be open” to speaking with Tennessee.
>Additionally, former Volunteers’ quarterback Tee Martin and Lane Kiffin are confirmed to have interest in the job. On Wednesday, two sources indicated Kiffin and Martin would be willing to work together; it was tweeted by former Vols and NFL wideout Dontè Stallworth later Wednesday night.
>Kevin Sumlin: Per a source still involved in the college game who played for both Tennessee and in the NFL, the Currie-led UT search group had or intended to reach out to recently fired Texas A&M head coach
so when Fulmer flops on this coaching search ,how long will he actually last before he's forced to resign again?
Thomas Brown
FUCK YOU ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION BITCH
Caleb Gomez
Leach question already, kek
Easton Bennett
THIS HO IS NOT HAPPY
Brody Rogers
>pruitt trash
>morris literal who trash
>norvell absolute nobody trash
>tee martin no
>sumlin i'd be okay with it, but leach or petrino would be much better
Evan Ward
lmao this dumb cunt deflecting questions. I hope every AD this bitch hires publically fails. so glad based Leach wasnt sucked into this dumpster fire
Logan Bell
if fulmer gets some garbage coach equivalent to schiano or doeren then hopefully there will be a chimpout the likes of which has never been seen in college sports
William Lee
just fucking bring in Les Miles, Mike Leach, Bobby Petrino, or Lane Kiffin and call it a fucking day
Brandon Hernandez
>tfw less of a dumpster fire than Tennessee
Jayden Powell
this. any of those are fine by me.
no schiano-tier trash coaches
Jose Carter
UT can still make this a win. Here's how:
Charles Bennett
1. drew lock leaves for the nfl 2. mizzou's plane crashes
Gabriel Jackson
they are gonna hire Tee to try and save face with the fanbase and it will be an unmitigated disaster.
Jose Harris
LSU can't afford that salary lol. Their state government underwent a fiscal crisis and it would look fucking terrible to pay a coach 7.5 million a year. On top of that, A&M's AD was the one at LSU while Fisher was there too. LSU's current AD is confirmed ass and no one wants to work for him.
Hudson Thompson
>former-star coach Fulmer fails as an AD >former-star QB Tee Martin fails as a rookie HC good, everything about that garbage school and state needs to burn
they've brought shame to the SEC and deserve nothing but misery
Grayson Perez
>can't be a college football dumpster fire if you don't really play college football
Xavier Watson
Does anyone actually think teams like UT or TAM can ever really make a run in the playoffs (or even win the SEC)? Are they really one or two recruiting classes away? Like why the fuck does anyone even care about these shitty redneck dumpster fires.
Brandon Robinson
>ITT: "waaaaah waaaaaaah why won't these programs just go full meme so we can meme on them waaaaaah!" lmao y'all are shitters
Luke Miller
>Like why the fuck does anyone even care about these shitty redneck dumpster fires. like it or not, UT is a big market CFB program.
They're kind of turning into the Knicks under the Isiaha years
Juan Davis
A&M will be in the playoffs within three years with Jimbo.
Ryan Collins
>why does anyone care
its entertaining as hell
David Johnson
As long as he takes those asinine pimp canes away.
Austin Hill
Jimbo is a choker. Almost always loses a game he has no business losing
Nolan Adams
Kek, jokes on you. You just bought a $75M bust. JF can't develop players. Look at FSU since JW5 left.
Josiah Brown
The nice thing about college football is that even though you get football dynasties, they eventually regress and allow for other teams to come through. Bama is seeing the last years of its 21st century dominance and will likely regress once saban retires. Teams like Clemson and TCU which were for the most part quiet programs have broken through and will usher a new era, but they too will regress after a few more seasons when other hot shot teams come up. Then we get back to the USC/Bama/Texas dominance again. CFB is a meme cycle
Liam Mitchell
>Pruitt Got Jimbo and Winston their natty >Morris Kicked Clemson into gear >Norvell He's currently at the helm of the most successful football program in Tennessee in the last decade
Why the fuck would you want Petrino? That shows how fucking clueless you are
Aaron Rogers
lel. Even with a transcendent QB, texas a&m still lost 2 games. It's not a matter of coaching, it's that they can't recruit 5 stars on both sides of the ball. They are institutionally mediocre - like a Missouri / Tennessee / Ole Miss / Mississippi State.
Logan Martin
so wrong.
Jacob Ward
Is that why Jimbo is fleeing to A&M to reset the clock on his coaching career?
Austin Powell
>so wrong.
Since JW5 was around, what has JF won? Nothing. He is 10/10 in the ACC since JW5 left.
Connor Thompson
Tbqh only losing one game you have no business losing is better than losing 3 like tamu has been doing thus far
Mason Price
Will the ride ever end???
Nathaniel Smith
Kek. The absolute state of tennessee football right now is the best way to close out 2017
Jeremiah Perez
that was an enjoyable watch
Luis Adams
No, because the ceiling is higher at A&M than it is at FSU. SEC > ACC
Angel Murphy
Tee is a god awful OC. USC fans are hoping he goes because his playbook consists of approximately 8 plays
