According to Reddit and the Notre Dame Bookstore Website ND could be wearing Green Jerseys vs FSU

Take some deep breaths ND Nation.  This is just a rumor.  I repeat it's only a rumor and has not been confirmed by anybody in the Notre Dame athletic department.  But according to a poster on Reddit who claims inside information Notre Dame will come out in green jerseys (pictured above) for the FSU game on November 10th.

"I was told before the season started by a friend of mine who is close to the team that ND has green jerseys in their possession and that they were very similar to the men's green basketball jersey's in color scheme. He said BK let the team decide whether to wear them for the Michigan or FSU game. He told me they were the normal home/away ND jersey template just with green on it and the picture above matches that description perfectly. I'm not sure if this picture was posted to the website by accident, but they may have leaked something they didn't mean to."

I will admit this worries me because I too am a ND fan.  I know the recent history of ND coming out in green jerseys and it's not pretty.  I'll never be able to burn away the images of Ryan Grant and Pat Dillingham fumbling away an undefeated season in 2002 vs Boston College in the green jerseys at home during the Ty Willingham era.

I'll never forget the green jerseys worn at home vs USC in the Bush Push game and then in the disastrous 2007 season with Evan Sharpley at QB that both resulted in losses, the later a 38-0 drubbing.  Also sprinkle in some Michigan "Under the Lights" games where the Irish came out on the losing end and it doesn't leave a happy, good luck irish green feeling among ND fans.

On the bright side Dan Devine loved the color green for ND when he was head coach in the late 70's and even won a Natty with Joe Montana sporting the famous green #3 jersey.  But since the Devine era when ND went back to their traditional blue and gold jerseys the Fighting Irish are 7-6 when sporting green jerseys.  The good news is they beat Maryland in the 2011 Shamrock Series and Boston College in the 2015 Shamrock Series games while wearing green jerseys but both were ugly wins.

Just reading the tea leaves I think ND will come out in green jerseys vs FSU to mark the silver anniversary of the "Game of the Century."  The #7 green jersey pictured above aka Brandon Wimbush green jersey is currently a hot seller at the ND bookstore and he's not even starting anymore with Ian Book leading the nation in completion percentage while going 4-0 this season as the starter.  

There were rumors ND was gonna wear green vs Michigan in the season opener of the #IrishWearGreen campaign to turn ND stadium into a "green out" but it didn't happen so now what do you do with all these green jerseys that Under Armour made?

You wear them vs FSU.  Just go ahead and book it.

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Heisman Trophy Watch Midseason

We have officially hit midseason in the 2018 Heisman Trophy race otherwise known as the Tua sweepstakes.  Let's take a look at who are the early contenders for the most famous individual trophy in American sports.

1) Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama - Despite the sprained right knee he re aggravated vs Mizzou and some of the open receivers he actually missed for the first time all season Tua still holds a comfortable midseason lead on the Heisman.  For the season he's completing over 71% of his passes while accounting for 23 TDs and zero INTs.  He's basically been damn near perfect.  Tua's right knee will be the only obstacle he has from hoisting the Heisman in NYC.

2) Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State - If there was no Tua in Tuscaloosa everybody would be talking about what an incredible job Haskins is doing as a first year starter in Columbus.  The Maryland native has led the Buckeyes to a perfect 7-0 record while completing over 72% of his passes with 29 TDs and only 4 INTs.  While a distant 2nd to Tua at the time Haskins might get the chance to play catch up this weekend if Tua elects to sit out vs Tennessee because of the knee injury and Haskins is his normal Superman self in primetime vs Purdue.

3) Darrell Henderson, Memphis - While Memphis has 3 losses on their resume it still shouldn't hurt Henderson's Heisman candidacy if he continues to put up the EA Sports video game numbers he's accomplished so far.  In the loss last week vs undefeated UCF Henderson rushed for 199 yards.  For the season he is averaging 10.3 yards per carry!  Basically every time he touches the ball in the backfield he gets a first down.  These are Barry Sanders at Oklahoma State type numbers Henderson is putting up.  And it's not a fluke either.  Last year he rushed for over 1000 yards while averaging 8.9 ypc.  Henderson will get the chance to make more Heisman noise this week vs Missouri.

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4) Kyler Murray, Oklahoma - Murray and the Sooners were off last week and gave them time to lick their wounds after a heart breaking loss to rival Texas.  Murray like his QB counterparts Tua and Haskins is putting up damn near identical stats.  71% completion percentage with 21 TDs and only 3 INTs.  What makes him different though is his running ability.  Murray has rushed for almost 400 yards and another 5 TDs.  If Oklahoma had a defense (thanks for nothing Mike Stoops!) Murray would be neck-and-neck with the undefeated Tua and Haskins at top.

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5) Travis Etienne, Clemson - Rushing wise Etienne got off to a slow start to the season with less than a hundred yards per game vs Furman and Texas A&M but has since exploded as he's getting more of the workload.  Rushing performances of 162, 122, 203 and 167 followed and he's averaging over 9 yards per carry.  Etienne also has 12 TDs on the season and if he can duplicate his first half you are looking at 1600 yard season with 24 TDs.  Those kind of numbers will at least get you an invite to NYC.

Just missed the cut - Justin Herbert, Oregon; Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin; McKenzie Milton, UCF  

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SportsCrack CFB Top 10 Week 7

1) Alabama - The Crimson Tide had what appeared to be another snoozer vs Mizzou till Tua Tagovailoa did this gingerly slide and OMG he knee just fell off...


All kidding aside Tua has a sprained right knee and might not play this week vs Tennessee.  Nick Saban might want to hold off Tua and start Jalen Hurts this week because they have a bye week before the huge tussle with LSU in early November.  Better to be safe than sorry with Tua who needs to be healthy going in to a rough environment in Baton Rouge.

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The other controversy from the Mizzou game was DL Raekwon Davis playing speed bag with an offensive lineman.

Luckily Saban has already come out and said Davis will be handed discipline internally.  In other words he might miss a series vs Citadel.

2) Ohio State -  It wasn't the prettiest performance at home vs the Golden Gophers but the Buckeyes did enough to survive the upset bid winning 30-14 on a college football day full of upsets.  QB Dwayne Haskins was his normal brilliant self and with Tua possible out this week he could move himself into the frontrunner position with a big performance vs Purdue on Saturday night in West Lafayette.  Purdue will not be a pushover as they come in hot riding a 3-game winning streak.  It would not be shocking at all to see this game come down to a final drive for the win.

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3) Notre Dame - The Fighting Irish with Ian Book got their first come-from-behind victory of the season vs the pesky Pitt Panthers 19-14.  Thanks to two special teams gaffes the Panthers were gifted 14 points but the Notre Dame defense led by DC Clark Lea had another brilliant performance holding Pitt scoreless with just over 200 total yards.  Book completed over 80% of his passes but did have his first turnover (2 INTs) of the season thanks to a Pitt defense that game planned really well with corner blitzes.  ND could never muster up much of a running game and will be looking to get their offensive line gelling going into the bye week.

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4) Clemson - The Tigers jump up a couple of spots in my poll by having a bye week and watching college football carnage from their couches.  This week they have to prepare for an underrated NC State team that comes into Death Valley undefeated.  Clemson and Trevor Lawrence will need to play better if they want to come out with the W as the Wolfpack will be stacking 7-8 guys in the box trying to stop Travis Etienne.

5) LSU - Wow now that was an ass kicking I did not see coming on Saturday.  LSU completely dismantled UGA 36-16 in Baton Rouge.  They ran all over the suspect UGA run defense for 275 yards and knocked Jake Fromm around enough to watch him have a career worst performance.  After losing a heartbreaker to Florida last week this was a huge bounce back for Ed Orgeron and his team.  LSU probably has the best resume of any one loss team and now sit just outside of the playoff but in the drivers seat if they can beat Bama in a couple of weeks.

6) Florida - The Gators rallied from 21-3 down in Vanderbilt in what looked like a classic trap game coming off the emotional win vs LSU the week before to win 37-27.  The one loss Gators are off this week before going to Jacksonville for the World's Largest Cocktail Party in a game vs UGA that will help determine who wins the SEC East and stays in contention for the playoffs.

7) Georgia - For the first time since the Auburn game last season Kirby Smart and his UGA team had no chance to win in their first game vs a winning team this season in LSU 36-16.  Jake Fromm had an awful game and there are some whispers in Athens that freshman Justin Fields needs to be given more of an opportunity to play some series in two weeks vs Florida.  We will see but it won't matter who's playing QB unless UGA tightens up both lines of the scrimmage during their bye week.

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8) Michigan - The Wolverines make their first appearance in the top 10 after a resounding win vs Wisconsin 38-13.  Besides the close game vs Northwestern a couple of weeks ago Michigan has been steamrolling their opponents not named Notre Dame.  QB Shea Patterson appears to be getting more comfortable in the offense and will need to play at the top of his game this week as they travel to East Lansing to take on Sparty.

9) UCF - McKenzie Milton threw for nearly 300 yards as UCF came storming back from a double digit deficit to beat Memphis 31-30 and extend the nation's longest winning streak to 19 games.  This week they get a down East Carolina team before playing a tough November schedule which could include 3 ranked teams.

10) Oregon - Oregon is one kneel down from being undefeated and probably in the top 5.  While they completely choked away the Stanford game a few weeks ago they have rebounded by posting back-to-back top 25 wins vs Cal and Washington.  This week they travel to Pullman to face another top 25 team in the first ever ESPN College Game Day visit there.  If Justin Herbert can lead the Ducks to a win Oregon could win out the PAC 12 and make the playoffs.  

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Notre Dame Icon: Stanford

This is good old-fashioned Notre Dame Football.

ICON: Stanford #GoIrish ☘️ pic.twitter.com/n9dBN75S1f

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) October 2, 2018

I rewatched the Notre Dame - Stanford game last night and can agree with head coach Brian Kelly.  This was good old-fashioned Notre Dame football.

Notre Dame dominated both lines of scrimmage.  That's good old-fashioned ND football.  The offensive line opened up holes for Dexter Williams and the running game to run through for over 270 yards.  The defensive line led by Jerry Tillery's 4 sacks held Stanford and the great Bryce Love to only 55 yards rushing while battering and bruising QB K.J. Costello and holding Stanford to only 32 total yards in the 2nd half.

While controlling both lines of scrimmage was the most important aspect of the game one can not ignore how great of a game QB Ian Book had in his first home start under the lights in primetime vs a top 10 team.  Book has a quiet confidence in his game.  You can just tell the way he breaks the huddle and talks with his teammates that he knows he can lead this offense to the promise land while showing the moxie of a dare I say "Baker Mayfield."  I know some people will gasp when they hear the comparison of a redshirt sophomore in Book only making his 3rd start (3-0 by the way) to a Heisman Trophy legend in Mayfield who led the Sooners to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons but the similarities in their games are clearly there.

First off Book doesn't get enough credit for his elusiveness and his pocket awareness when facing the defensive rush.  Like Mayfield Book has shown he can spin, jump, slide step and even shovel pass his way to avoiding a loss behind the line of scrimmage and make huge plays.  Mayfield was an incredibly accurate passer who led his receivers by hitting them in stride at Oklahoma.  Book is doing the same exact thing by completing nearly 75% of his passes vs quality power 5 opponents.  Huge targets like WR Miles Boykin, WR Chase Claypool and TE's Alize Mack, Cole Kmet and Nick Weishar are now being taken advantage of because Book is giving them a chance to make big plays.  Book is going through his progressions and delivering seeds to his teammates.

In all honesty it's fun offensive football to watch.  Finally.  The first 3 games offensively were boring.  Too many 3-and-outs and guys running open not being seen were becoming the norm.  The entrance of Book to the offense has really opened up offensive coordinator Chip Long's playbook.  With Book at QB the sky appears to be the limit in terms of offensive production.  It was a lot more cloudy before Book was behind center.

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SportsCrack CFB Top 10 Week 5

1) Alabama - You knew it was gonna be a blood bath this week with the Ragin Cajuns coming to Tuscaloosa and at the half it was already 49-0 before Nick Saban called off the dogs.  QB Tua Tagovailoa continued his remarkable season with a perfect 8-for-8 performance with 2 TD's before letting Jalen Hurts come in the 2nd quarter.  A road trip to Arkansas this week should again be a snoozefest for the clear cut #1 team in the country.

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2) Georgia -  The Bulldogs move up a spot in my rankings because they dismantled Tennessee at home like they were suppose to.  So far UGA is the only team in the country yet to trail in a game.  Even when Jake Fromm was off a little bit on Saturday head coach Kirby Smart knew he could bring in freshman Justin Fields and the Dawgs would move the ball without skipping a beat.  What was more important for UGA was the defensive performance.  They stopped the Vols run game (66 yards rushing) and just barely gave up 200 total yards.  This week they get a warmup game with Vandy coming to town for homecoming before embarking on a daunting 3-game road trip in LSU, Florida and Kentucky.

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3) Ohio State - It wasn't a pretty first half performance from the Buckeyes in Happy Valley (out gained 293 yards to 93 yards) but they went into the locker room only down by 6.  The Buckeyes stormed back in the 2nd half down 12 with 8 minutes to go to squeeze out a 27-26 win thanks to some questionable at best coaching decisions from Penn State's James Franklin.  Gotta give credit to the Buckeyes though as they now have road wins vs two top 15 opponents (TCU and Penn State) on their resume.  The Buckeyes travel to Indiana this week for their homecoming in what could be a classic trap game coming off the emotional win in Happy Valley.

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4) Notre Dame - I'll be the first to admit I didn't see the complete dismantling of the Stanford Cardinal coming from Notre Dame this Saturday.  I thought it would be another classic nail biter but Notre Dame came out and out muscled and out executed Stanford 38-17 in a score that could have been much worse.  Ian Book played near perfection again this week and has proved head coach Brian Kelly made the correct decision to bench starter Brandon Wimbush and roll with Book.  Dexter Williams fresh off suspension rushed for 161 yards and the LEA GION OF DOOM defense held Stanford to only 32 total yards in the 2nd half.  Notre Dame travels to Blacksburg this week for a primetime matchup with the Virginia Tech Hokies.  This will be only the 2nd time these two programs have faced off with the first being 2016 in a Va Tech win at Notre Dame.

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5) LSU - Every week I've underestimated Ed Orgeron and his LSU Tigers.  I thought their division rival Ole Miss could give them a game and boy was I wrong.  LSU dominated throughout led by Ohio State transfer QB Joe Burrow in a convincing 45-16 win.  The Tigers travel to Gainesville this week and if they can win it sets up a top 5 matchup with UGA the following week.

6) Clemson - Yes I dropped Clemson 4 spots this week despite coming from behind to beat Syracuse in a thriller 27-23.  The Tigers suddenly have a major QB problem.  Trevor Lawrence suffered what appeared to be a concussion in the 2nd quarter and thanks to Kelly Bryant ditching his team and university to transfer midseason Clemson had to rely on redshirt freshman Chase Brice to come back from a double digit half time deficit.  Brice played decent but he's no Lawrence so Tigers fans better hope and pray his concussion isn't lingering going into Wake Forest this Saturday.

7) Oklahoma - QB Kyler Murray put up some Heisman worthy numbers (432 yards passing with 7 TDs total) in a Baylor beat down 66-33.  Offensively the Sooners have been clicking all season and haven't skipped a beat with Murray replacing Baker Mayfield.  The problem is the Sooners still don't play a whole lot of defense and their pass defense gives up a ton of big plays.  This week they get top 25 rival Texas in the Red River Shootout in what should be a tight game.

8) West Virginia - The Mountaineers came out guns blazing in Texas Tech and had a huge lead before hanging on to win 42-34.  This was your typical Big 12 shootout with Will Grier again putting up Heisman Trophy numbers with 370 yards and 3 TDs.  They should have little issues with Kansas this week.

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9) Auburn - In a game delayed over 3 hours Auburn beat Southern Miss 24-13.  The weather may have contributed but it still seems like Auburn is struggling to get the ball into the endzone despite Jarrett Stidham playing well.  The issue is the Auburn running game just isn't that good.  Only 96 yards rushing on 36 carries vs a non Power 5 team just isn't cutting it.  They will look to get the offense rolling vs a reeling Mississippi State team.

10) UCF - I'm gonna give UCF some respect and put them in my top 10.  They got the nation's longest winning streak at 17 games and absolutely destroyed Pitt 45-14.  QB McKenzie Milton accounted for 6 TDs and will now deservedly get some Heisman recognition.  

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Heisman Trophy Watch Week 4

We are now 4 weeks into the college football season so it's time to take a look at the early Heisman Trophy contenders aka September Heismans.  As we have seen in the past it's not always good to be a September Heisman.  Examples include Geno Smith or even Sam Darnold last season.  Usually the beginning of the season represents padding your stats against inferior opponents before embarking on conference games.  This all changes this week as most conference games are in effect.

1) Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama - 2018 has quickly turned into Tua's Heisman to lose.  When you are the quarterback of the #1 team you already have an advantage.  But when you have the talent, numbers, and storybook young career of Tua on full display all year in front of national eyes it makes it a lot more difficult for anyone else to catch up.  So far Tua has been damn near flawless and for the first time in a long time the Bama offense is really fun to watch.

2) Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State - After watching Haskins complete over 75% of his passes with a 16 TD-to-1 INT ratio so far this season it makes me wonder if Urban Meyer screwed up last season not starting him over JT Barrett.  This week he gets to prove to the nation he's a worthy contender with a primetime game at Penn State.

3) Will Grier, West Virginia - It seems like Grier has been playing college football as long as it took Tommy Boy to graduate.  The Florida transfer is completing 75% of his passes with a 14 TD-to-3 INT ratio in 3 games.  This week he faces top 25 Texas Tech who feature their own gunslinger in true freshman Alan Bowman.

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4) Benny Snell Jr, Kentucky - The only non QB in the top 5 list is one of the most underrated players in the game.  Snell has helped lead the surging Wildcats to a 4-0 start with excellent performances vs Florida (175 yards) and Mississippi State (165 yards) in upset specials.  If Snell can help lead Kentucky to a win this week vs South Carolina he's gonna be on everybody's ballot.

5) Kyler Murray, Oklahoma - While Oklahoma struggled to win vs Army in OT last week it wasn't a Murray issue.  Murray was great completing 11-of-15 passes for 3 TDs.  For the season he's accounted for 14 TDs and the Sooners haven't skipped a beat offensively despite losing Heisman winner Baker Mayfield to the NFL.

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Just missed the cut - Justin Herbert, Oregon; Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin; Darrell Henderson, Memphis

Kelly Bryant Officially Transferring from Clemson, 5 potential transfer destinations

By now you have heard Clemson QB Kelly Bryant has decided to take advantage of the new NCAA redshirt rule in which if you play in 4 or less games you can transfer and still have a year of eligibility left.

Yesterday Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney made the obvious decision official when he named freshman QB phenom Trevor "Sunshine" Lawrence the starter this week vs Syracuse.  It signaled to Bryant he would no longer be the starter for Clemson and he went MIA from practice.  While I think Bryant is making a personal decision in his best interests as he sees it you can't help but think it could be a bad one because he's a senior who has gone 16-2 as a starter and Lawrence is an injury away from Bryant playing again.

Dabo Swinney on the ACC teleconference: “This is not middle school. Sometimes you have to make tough decisions that are best for the team.” Says its unfortunate but Kelly Bryant is entitled to his own opinion but says he “definitely” gave Kelly a fair shot. @wachfox

— Mike Uva (@Mike_Uva) September 26, 2018

In other words Bryant wants to go somewhere where he can start and make his case to the NFL to get drafted.  To be honest Bryant is not a pro prospect.  Lawrence clearly outplayed him so far this season and it was tough for Bryant to handle getting beat out by a true freshman.  I get that.

So where could Bryant end up next season and take advantage of the new NCAA redshirt rule?

AUBURN -  Fellow transfer Jarrett Stidham still has a year of eligibility left but he's expected to dip his toe in to NFL waters after this season.  The Tigers with Gus Malzahn run a spread offense that Bryant is familiar with and Bryant was heavily recruited by Auburn before picking Clemson.

EAST CAROLINA - My old flag football teammate Scottie Montgomery is currently the head coach at East Carolina and is looking for a QB upgrade next season.  Montgomery while an assistant coach at Duke recruited Bryant out of high school and has NFL connections as a former player.  All of this of course is contingent on Montgomery being retained next season which isn't a guarantee with his 7-20 record for the Pirates.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC - Yes the fighting Lane Kiffins with Charlie Weis Jr as the OC would be a tremendous fit for Bryant.  Weis Jr runs a pro style offense and Kiffin thinks he knows how to develop pro QBs so Boca Raton, FL would be seem like a logical destination for Bryant.

NORTH CAROLINA - Speaking of coaches on the hot seat Larry Fedora might be sitting on an even hotter one than Montgomery especially after losing to East Carolina two weeks ago.  But if Fedora does come back to Chapel Hill it makes a lot of sense for Bryant since Mitch Trubisky developed into a NFL QB there.

UCLA - I know this seems far fetched since it's on the complete opposite coast but Bryant could be a great fit for Chip Kelly's system which needs a mobile, accurate throwing QB.  Bryant could step in at UCLA and hope to develop into a NFL prospect like Marcus Mariota did at Oregon under Kelly.

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The Evolution of the NFL Roughing The Passer Rule

The evolution of roughing the passer 😂😂💀 pic.twitter.com/hFZroRmPX9

— Samuel Grubbs (@SamuelGrubbs1) September 25, 2018

Looks accurate to me.  Gotta hand it to the NFL they are keeping their QB jerseys clean and increasing scoring while all of us simpletons continue to watch a shitty product.

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SportsCrack CFB Top 10 Week 4

1) Alabama - The Tide continued to roll last week with a cucking of Jimbo Fisher and his Aggies in Tuscaloosa 45-23.  Tua put up more Heisman Trophy numbers and will probably play a half or less this week vs the Ragin Cajuns and should pad those Heisman numbers with a October schedule that consists of Arkansas, Mizzou and the wretched Tennessee Volunteers.  If you are a betting man put all your money on Tua and the Heisman at +115.

2) Clemson -  Finally Dabo quit with the dog and pony show and named freshman Trevor Lawrence his starting QB this week (and for the rest of his college career) after he dismantled Georgia Tech 49-21 in the Flats.  Kelly Bryant is a nice QB and all but he can't spin like Lawrence.  This week Clemson continues to roll with a revenge game with Syracuse coming to town.

3) Georgia - As I said last week Georgia cruised to an easy win over Mizzou in Columbia 43-29.  Jake Fromm looked his normal stellar stuff but the run defense from the Dawgs was a bit concerning giving up over 170 yards.  They will get a chance to shore it up and make head coach Kirby Smart not fume by beating the ever living piss out of "rival" Tennessee who comes in to Athens as a 32.5 point underdog.

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4) Ohio State - Urban returned to the sideline after his 3 game suspension and the Buckeyes didn't skip a beat in dismantling Tulane 49-6.  QB Dwayne Haskins continued his Heisman push by throwing for over 300 yards and 5 TDs in the first half.  This week the Buckeyes travel to Happy Valley for a "White Out" game vs Penn State.  ESPN's GameDay crew will be there so I'm sure we get to hear about Urban and his lying and blah blah blah.  It won't matter because I think the Buckeyes roll in this game.

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5) Stanford - Ok I will say it because we all know it.  Stanford got extremely lucky.  They should have lost to Oregon in Eugene but the Ducks got cute instead of just taking a knee and the Trees made them pay for it by coming back and winning in overtime.  Don't look for that luck to extend into this weekend as Stanford travels to Notre Dame who should know how to take a fucking knee.

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6) LSU - The Tigers were in a little bit of a fight going into the 4th quarter with Louisiana Tech but pulled away with a convincing 38-21 win.  This week they better watch out for an upset special at home as they take on Ole Miss who rebounded last week after taking that redheaded stepchild beating vs Bama the week before.

7) Oklahoma - I had to drop the Sooners a couple of spots after that lackluster performance vs Army in Norman winning 28-21 in OVERTIME.  Kyler Murray was stellar as usual.  Oklahoma gave up over 330 yards rushing to Army and needed an INT in OT to seal the game.  Maybe it was an one off game but all of a sudden the Sooners look very beatable the next two weeks vs Baylor and Texas.

8) Notre Dame - After pedestrian offensive performances the first 3 weeks of the season head coach Brian Kelly made the difficult decision to bench starter Brandon Wimbush and roll with Ian Book and it paid off with an offensive explosion in Wake Forest with a 56-27 victory.  Book threw for over 300 yards and accounted for 5 TDs vs a rather shitty Wake Forest defense and will get a true test this week as Stanford rolls into town for the first ever top 10 matchup at ND Stadium since the Bush Push game in 2005.

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9) West Virginia  - The Mountaineers make their top 10 debut replacing Va Tech who inexcusably lost at home to Old Dominion.  QB Will Grier threw for 5 TDs in a convincing 35-6 win over Kansas State to move to 3-0.  This week they will get to prove their worthiness of top 10 material when they travel to Lubbock to face #25 Texas Tech.

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10) Auburn - Auburn rebounded after their close loss to LSU the week before by beating Arkansas 34-3.  The Razorbacks are terrible so don't put too much stock in that final score.  Auburn has to get their offense clicking if they want to be serious SEC West contenders.  They needed special teams plays and their defense to beat Arkansas and that won't work for the long haul.

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Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason challenges Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly after accusations of "bad football"

Yesterday at Brian Kelly's Notre Dame press conference he was asked what he thought of Vanderbilt's "blocking" technique on ND TE Alizé Mack in the 22-17 win on Saturday.  Kelly did not mince words...

Here's what Brian Kelly had to say about Vanderbilt's cut blocking of Alizé Mack this past weekend. Clearly not happy.

"It's bad football and I don't have a problem saying it." #NotreDame pic.twitter.com/pdk43LwNrs

— Matt Randall (@mattrandall_) September 18, 2018

Today Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason was asked what he thought of Kelly's accusation of "bad football" and you could say he wasn't pleased about it...

Derek Mason on Brian Kelly’s accusations about dirty play from #Vanderbilt: “He can take his comments and keep it moving. If he has something personal with me, he can come see me.”

— Clint Lamb (@ClintRLamb) September 19, 2018

Let's take a look at one of the plays Kelly described as "bad football."

I don't know how many times this happened, but this is the first instance I saw a Vanderbilt player go low on Alizé Mack. I believe this is what Brian Kelly was referencing. pic.twitter.com/RT7IcA0qzt

— Tyler James (@TJamesNDI) September 19, 2018

This looks pretty cut and dry.  The Vanderbilt defensive end goes straight at Mack's knees with his helmet basically tackling him.  Mack doesn't have the football and he is trying to block so clearly this is dirty football on Vanderbilt's side.  It might not be an ejectable play in the referees handbook but it should be one that draws an unsportsmanlike penalty.  You don't go spearing opponent's knees especially when the opponent lacks possession of the football.  Sorry but not sorry Mason but Kelly has a genuine gripe here.

Notre Dame has moved on with a hard fought 22-17 win and remain undefeated at 3-0.  I would recommend to Mason to keep his SEC mouth breathers comments to himself next time especially when he is clearly in the wrong.

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SportsCrack CFB Top 10 Week 3

1) Alabama - At this point in the season it's really Alabama and everybody else.  The Crimson Tide have the best offense and defense in the nation.  I might be getting ahead of myself but from what I've seen so far this might be the most complete college football team since the 2001 Miami Hurricanes.  They are loaded from top to bottom and finally have a QB in Tua Tagovailoa who can throw downfield and put up 50 points in a half.

2) Clemson - The Tigers for now are still doing a two QB rotation in Kelly Bryant and freshman Trevor Lawrence but that could change this week.  Lawrence is clearly the better QB and the future.  Against Georgia Tech this week it's probably time for him to get the majority of the snaps behind center.  Clemson didn't look so hot last week with Bryant vs Georgia Southern.  The defense is still outstanding with NFL talent everywhere but if the Tigers faced Bama right now the Tide would come out double digit victors.

3) Georgia - The Bulldogs are doing everything right.  The offense is clicking with Jake Fromm starting and Justin Fields getting some rotations behind center.  The offensive line could be in some trouble if left tackle Andrew Thomas can't return quickly.  The defense is young but damn they are fast and fly to the ball.  They should cruise this week in Missouri.

4) Ohio State - Dwayne Haskins has thrown his name into early Heisman Trophy consideration with a very impressive first 3 games including last week's road win vs TCU.  Head coach Urban Meyer returns from suspension as they get a warm up game this week vs Tulane before going on the road to Happy Valley next week.

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5) Oklahoma - Kyler Murray has filled in great for departed Heisman Trophy winning QB Baker Mayfield.  The Sooners have been averaging 50 points per game with Murray but their defense still has a ton of question marks and it's why I don't have them in my top 4.

6) Stanford - This might seem a little high for the Cardinal but so far they have been playing great, dominate football even without Bryce Love putting up All-American numbers so far.  Their schedule does them no favors the next two weeks as they travel to Oregon and Notre Dame for night games.

7) LSU - I admit I more than likely have LSU underrated at this point.  They got two wins vs top 10 teams in Miami and Auburn last week which nobody else in the country can say.  The offense still looks a little shaky at the QB position but with all the athletes they have they should be fine till big showdowns with UGA and Bama.

8) Notre Dame - Notre Dame is 3-0 but you wouldn't realize it by fan's reactions so far.  The Fighting Irish have yet to trail in a game and have used a dominate defense but the offense has been atrociously bad and vanilla in the 2nd half of every game this year.  They face their first road challenge this week in Wake Forest.  Win and they could be looking at an undefeated matchup with Stanford next week.

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9) Virginia Tech - The Hokies game vs East Carolina was cancelled last week because of Hurricane Florence.  This week they get a warm up game in Old Dominion before traveling to Duke and getting Notre Dame at home the next two weeks.

10) Auburn - I can't drop Auburn too much after losing a heartbreaker to LSU.  They still got a top 10 win under their belt vs Washington and they still look like a legit contender in the SEC West.