Let’s clean up this language

But there are many overrated teams on that schedule

Jayden Ott coming back to Cal is huge

We could return our starting QB, basically 100% of our rushing, 95% of our passing and 3 of our linemen

Probably gonna lose 4 starters on defense, but could patch that up with a few transfers

I read that story and while it's just a rumor about money from an NIL pool it would make sense. The other two QBs are in the portal and he's done with football/school, moving to Arizona and supposed to get married in a couple weeks.

There's literally no reason for him to stay around there unless they pay him for it.

may i suggest the baseline for any discussion about NIL begin with 'why shouldn't they be paid' and go from there.

That wedding better not have a cash bar.

miami app st main camera is just covered in water

can barely make anything out, it's funny

all the other cameras seem totally fine

Miami OH 6 fumbles in the first half lol

They have now hit 12 fumbles. They've run 51 plays

nvm sorry that was combined

ended with 13 fumbles total

Pretty cool for Cal to give GoldenBears some false hope before they collapse

How is Cal still nominally in this?

This is amazing hope we see more of this along with bowls getting canceled due to not being able to field a team of free labor suckers. If this guy is truly the only QB option he has way more leverage here though and should go full The Joker and demand half (of the bowl money cash pile).

This is the Cal way

I don’t know who he is or if he ever started a game or got action but here he has a chance to start a bowl game after presumably riding the pine for years. Probably last game of his life.

Presumably he has friends on team too and wants to have their backs.

I’m fine with him getting money and he should. But there’s definitely reasons to stay around

Surely that's a dynasty ender. That's got to be a lot of L's. Kind of bogus they don't get to try to defend for super rare 3-peat this year.

So if it is kind of bogus they do not get to play in the CFP who do you have them replace? Either of the two undefeated CCs? The SEC champ with the same record that just beat them? Or a power 5 champ with the same record that beat the team that beat them?

Look how much of his numbers were achieved by playing into the 4th quarter vs patsies. Now look at his numbers vs the teams that beat them. I knew the fix was in when he got called a top player of the week for beating a total patsy and playing into 4th quarter while Bo Nix wasn't named in the top 8 while getting 6 TDs in the first half vs a better team.

Who do you think the best 4 teams are? So that means drop all the bullshyt and write down the name of the best 4 and most qualified teams. Qualified means, generally and nearly strictly, teams who are undefeated or have 1 loss. From there, all the candidates are on an even footing, whether with one loss or none ... and the body of work and current status of the team rules.

12-1 in some spots is much better than 13-0 in others, obviously. There is a reason why all the CFP teams are about 2/1 to win it except Washington, who is 7/1. What's up with that? If Georgia played Washington, what would the line be? And if Georgia was in they would also be about 2/1, not 7/1.

A team can generally eliminate themselves by losing twice, but not by losing once, and certainly not by losing once to a playoff team. Georgia and Bama are in the same boat there as the two most deserving teams. Michigan had ten byes to go 10-0 and here they are again. Washington beat everybody and their sister by one score or slightly more. They're Cinderella. If they line up against Georgia, it's about half of the TCU fiasco last year. Every position is a mismatch. 12-1 > 13-0 many, many times.

The qualified candidates based on all factors are Michigan, Bama, FSU, Washington, Texas, Georgia. The most distinguished of those are Michigan, Texas, Bama, and Georgia. You have to drop the "But they're undefeated" argument in the hierarchy several notches.

Georgia out here is about like UCLA out in the '74 NCAA Tournament because USC or somebody beat them in the conference championship game. So I say it's bogus, a bummer for the spectacle of it, where an obviously qualified team is eliminated by some lesser qualifier.

I hear ya, if hook the college football universe up to a lie detector test the vast majority probably feels Georgia is on top 4 teams

That said, it was basically a six team field this year

Winner of Georgia-Alabama and Oregon-Washington went into the semifinals

To be pragmatic about it, wouldn’t have worked any other way

Total shitshow for the bowl game today

Western Kentucky has 8 or 9 meaningful players sitting out or in the portal, though it's not clear whether the portal players are going to play. Starting QB and I think backup are sitting out for sure, and possibly 3 OLs

ODU's best defender is out with injury as well as 2-3 others sitting out and their starting punter.

Might be a stupid question but how is it not clear if the portal players are going to play, a couple hours before the game starts?

Are you saying they traveled to the game with the team and haven't told anyone if they're going to play or not?

Is there any reason to think UGA isn't going to crush? Beck playing is obv huge, and 4 draft picks sitting out for FSU

WK line is getting absolutely shredded, 3 guys in the backfield every play

unloaded on ODU -9.5

Veltkamp, the backup QB, announced he was entering the portal, but apparently is there and dressed. Helton is in way over his head two turnovers in like 10 plays, and Veltkamp is in there now lol