John Sanchez Jr.

[Texas Rangers @Rangers]

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[Danny Kanell @dannykanell]

The committee has to stop gifting the SEC almost half the playoff field.

Bowl season and the playoffs have really revealed how the conference just isn’t that much better than anyone else.

Period. End of story.

[Shehan Jeyarajah @ShehanJeyarajah]

Strangely, three double-digit losses in the quarterfinals has not led to the same level of consternation about the structure of the playoff. Interesting!

[Shehan Jeyarajah @ShehanJeyarajah]

The SEC got five teams in the College Football Playoff. After two rounds, their only win against another conference will be vs. Tulane.

Alabama and Texas A&M scored six combined points in their losses (so far).

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

The conversation around the Group of 5 this week has been crazy.

No, the format doesn’t need to change and of course the Group of 5 should be able to make the Playoff.

From 2013-2022, Group of 5 teams in NY6 bowls beat: #6 Baylor, #10 Arizona, #9 FSU, #7 Auburn, #10 USC, and played within one possession of #8 Wisconsin, #9 Georgia, and #11 LSU.

A Group of 5 team has made the CFP two times prior to this season. In both of those other instances, at least one Power 4 team lost by a larger margin than the G5 team.

There’s all this outrage about the Group of 5 when they’ve literally kept games more competitive than Power 4 teams in the bracket both times they’ve made it to the CFP.

If people don’t like the underdog and the “little guy” and only want matchups between the big brands and major logos, there’s this product called the NFL you can watch. That’s what you’re looking for. Close point spreads, few major upsets, rarely any underdog stories outside of individual players, all the teams are pretty even. Go watch that.

But don’t come in to CFB and attempt to render half the FBS as some pointless afterthought when they’ve repeatedly shown that they can compete.

The Group of 5 has great programs, great players, and great coaches, who the Power 4 teams go and take every single offseason.

“The G5 sucks and should be banned from the CFP, but also, the SEC’s going to take 4 head coaches from the American in one coaching cycle and scour their rosters to take a ton of high level transfers.” Can’t have it both ways.

One flukey year where every possible calamity happened down the stretch to make it so the ACC Champion wasn’t ranked higher than JMU doesn’t mean the entire system needs to be blown up.

Let’s see how the 12-team format works for at least 5+ years before considering any changes. Freaking out after every season doesn’t solve anything.

[Josh Pate @JoshPateCFB]

CFP inclusion should be based on what you’ve earned not what you’re capable of

[Brad Powers @BradPowers7]

In the last three years...

There's been 16 conference championship game losers that were ranked in the CFP Top 25 entering the game.

15 of the 16 losers dropped in the next poll.

The lone exception...the 2025 Alabama Crimson Tide.

[Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach]

So, BYU was penalized for getting blown out in its conference championship game (dropped one spot). Which allowed Miami to move up and get compared directly to Notre Dame.

But Alabama was not penalized for getting blown out in its conference championship game.

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

Almost every problem with the 12-team playoff is because of conference realignment. Don't forget that.

[Shawn @PalmerDesigns_]

Ok, first off, a Tiger…swimming in the ocean?

Tigers don’t even like water.
If you placed it near a river, or some sort of fresh water source, that’d make sense.
But you find yourself in the ocean, a 20 ft wave, I’m assuming its off the coast of South Africa, coming up against a full, grown, 800 lb tuna with his 20 or 30 friends.

You lose that battle. you lose that battle nine times out of ten.

[MLB @MLB]

FREDDIE FREEMAN WALK-OFF HOME RUN IN THE 18TH INNING! #WORLDSERIES

[Blake Harris @BlakeHHarris]

Different champions since 2000:

MLB: 16
NHL: 14
NFL: 13
NBA: 12

Major League Baseball has actually had the MOST PARITY across all four major leagues since 2000

They're also the only league with no repeat champion in the last 25 years as well

[UrinatingTree @UrinatingTree]

I wake up to a shitload of people ruing the Dodgers for "breaking" baseball when they have broken no rules. As weird as it sounds, I don't blame the Dodgers for the rot in baseball.

I blame the Twins. The team that did jack shit for two straight years after their best season in decades, nuked the team from orbit due to inexplicably being $425 million in debt, then had ownership pat itself on the back and say they weren't selling the team at all.

I blame the Athletics. Sandbagging for years to get out of Oakland, using that city as a springboard to become a soulless tourist trap in Las Vegas, play in a minor league stadium for several years, then immediately spend the most they've ever done on a free agent once they moved.

I blame the Marlins. Who, despite an admittedly impressive season, have blown up the franchise five times in thirty years.

I blame the Pirates. An ineptly run shitpile featuring completely unnecessary scandals involving a Clemente wall decal and Bucco Bricks found in a landfill.

I blame the Rockies. The nepo team built on incompetence and one gigantic bar disguised as a stadium. The ones who wisely spent their money on an oft-injured Kris Bryant (after paying $50 million to make their franchise face at the same position go away).

I blame the Angels. A franchise that exists to waste generational talents and is so deathly afraid of the luxury tax they'll do anything to avoid it.

And there's more too. No, the Dodgers aren't a primary cause of baseball's rot. They're merely a symptom.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Shohei Ohtani homered. Again. Dead center off Trevor Megill.

He has three home runs tonight.

He threw 6.1 shutout innings and struck out 10.

This is one of the greatest individual performances in posteason history.

[MLB @MLB]

HE DOES IT AGAIN 🦄

SHOHEI OHTANI HAS A THREE-HOMER GAME!

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Update:

It is the fourth inning. Shohei Ohtani has thrown four shutout innings, allowed one hit, struck out six and hit a pair of home runs. The first went 446 feet. The most recent, to give the Dodgers a 4-0 lead, went 469 feet and nearly left the stadium.

The best. Period.

[MLB @MLB]

SHOHEI OHTANI HAS TAKEN OVER

HE LEAVES THE YARD AGAIN 💥

[Mike Dro @MikeDro_]

If the Rays gave Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow what they wanted, they wouldn’t be Dodgers

If the Red Sox gave Mookie what he wanted, he wouldn’t be a Dodger

If the Angels gave Ohtani what he wanted, he wouldn’t be a Dodger

If the Braves gave Freddie Freeman what he wanted, he wouldn’t be a Dodger

Cheap owners created the environment for a super team like the Dodgers to exist. Salary cap doesn’t stop those owners from being cheap.

[Big 12 Conference @Big12Conference]

Coach Venables lost eight Conference games in his two seasons in the Big 12