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New money per school, per year, from the expanded playoff (per Yahoo Sports):

SEC: $2.5M-$3M
Big Ten: $2.5M-$3M
ACC: $1M-$1.5M
Big 12: $1M-$1.5M

The gap between the Big Two and everyone else just got wider.

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Teams over the NBA's luxury tax line are a combined 118-89. Teams under it are 52-81. The Kings are paying $200.6M for one win. The Trail Blazers are 8-3 on $194.1M. Which front office is getting robbed?

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Most-bet sides in Top 25 games this week, with each team’s record against the spread:

Tennessee 89% (5-4)
Alabama 87% (5-4)
Kentucky 87% (7-2)
Georgia 80% (7-2)
Houston 79% (3-6)
BYU 77% (6-3)
Utah 76% (8-1)
UCLA 75% (9-0)
Boston College 72% (5-4)
Miami 71% (6-3)

Who burns?

[Random SEC @therandomsec]

Cam Coleman and Collin Simmons are GOOD TO GO this weekend against LSU 👀

The horns best players are getting healthy at the right time.

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New money per school, per year, from the expanded playoff (per Yahoo Sports):

SEC: $2.5M-$3M
Big Ten: $2.5M-$3M
ACC: $1M-$1.5M
Big 12: $1M-$1.5M

The gap between the Big Two and everyone else just got wider.

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The equivalence of Notre Dame's schedule outside of two games...

https://t.co/Qo6Rhixl67

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

UCLA just allowed its fewest points in a half in 50 YEARS 🤯

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@NFL_DovKleiman After the CTE comments earlier this year, somebody in that locker room needs to take his microphone AND his helmet privileges. 😭

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Puka Nacua to IR.

Matthew Stafford just went from having a Ferrari to delivering pizzas in a Honda Civic. 💀

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Rams placed WR Puka Nacua on injured reserve due to his MCL injury. HC Sean McVay has said he expects Nacua to miss “extended time.”

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Here is who the boys picked for tonight's game on last night's episode:

Giants -2.5
@OffTheNoggin_M, @OTNogginLuke, and myself

Commanders +2.5
@offthenogginLL

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@DaveKluge Vegas knows something. Last time you were on the road as 2.5 favs...

[Dave Kluge @DaveKluge]

Draft J.J. McCarthy 10th overall, sign Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones, let them both walk, bench McCarthy for Carson Wentz, sign Kyler Murray, go back to Wentz, trade McCarthy away, and bench Murray just to end up exactly where you were.

That's objectively hilarious.

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@SullenSerf Vegas knows something. Last time you were on the road as 2.5 favs...

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1, 5 and 7.

Let a formula pick the field. Make Notre Dame join a conference like everyone else. Play every playoff game on campus until the title game.

The byes and the Group of 6 stay. Fight me.

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You can only eliminate 3 things from the College Football Playoff:

1 - The selection committee

2 - The Group of 6 auto-bid

3 - First-round byes

4 - The 24-team expansion

5 - Notre Dame’s independence

6 - SEC bias

7 - Neutral-site bowl games

8 - Weekly rankings shows

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Six of the CFP's top 12 teams have rosters ranked outside the top 20 in talent. Utah is No. 2 with the 58th most talented roster. Oregon has the 3rd most talented roster and sits at No. 16. Who's the best coaching job in the country?

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2024 South Carolina: won 6 straight, finished 9-3, left out of the playoff.

2026 South Carolina: 4 straight wins, 6-3, Georgia comes to Columbia on Nov. 21.

Redemption arc or rerun?

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The Big 12 is the only Power conference that has never had two teams in the same playoff (per Front Office Sports).

Utah is 9-0. Texas Tech is 8-1. If both win out, they meet for the title.

Does the loser get in?

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OFFICIAL CFP TOP 8.

The committee has made its decision. If your logo has an A, congratulations. You’re in.

Don’t overcomplicate this. The committee knows ball. 😂

#CFB #CFP

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@OffTheNoggin_M The pod theory is awful

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An average top-5 team's expected win % against each schedule (ESPN SP+):

Ole Miss: 74.1% (hardest)
Oregon: 75.9%
Alabama: 76.6%
Georgia: 89.2%
Utah: 91.1%
UCLA: 93.1%

Lower = harder. The two unbeatens rank 76th and 92nd.