Week 12’s Reason it's Perfectly Acceptable to Hate Notre Dame . . . not that you need a reason.

5. Annointing every new coach their savior... until they lose.

When Notre Dame is winning football games, their coach is one small step below God. When they're losing, he's pretty much the Antichrist.

Just ask Brian “Burger King” Kelly or Tyrone Willingham [current CFPC member].

from Matt Kiebus, BuzzFeed Staff & Logan Rhoades, BFMP Video Producer Originally posted on 10/1/13 – and still just as true today!

Editor’s note: Picture and info in brackets & quotes added by staff of the LINE.

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How the LINE Fared in Week 11

Pickin’ Winners Week 11’s Record, 15-5 (75% correct) For the Season, 156-44 (78% correct)

Give or Take? where the goal is to be 50/50

In Week 11, you were (by a nose) better off to give the points & pick the Favorite (10 games, 53%) versus take the points & choose the Underdog (9 games, 47%). That’s as close as you can get to 50/50, given the LINE said a team (NC State) would win by 3 points—and did exactly that! For the Season: You remain even less of a smidge better off by taking the points & choosing the Underdog (100 games, 50.5%) instead of giving the points & picking the Favorite (98 games, 49.5%). One game off 50/50 across almost 200 games.

the LINE’s Closest Calls from Week 11

Game the LINE sed Actual Outcome

#23 North Carolina State at Boston College Wolfpack by 3 Wolfpack by 3

Florida at South Carolina Gamecocks, 27-20 Gamecocks, 28-20

#11 USC at Colorado Trojans, 37-24 Trojans, 38-24

#15 Oklahoma State at #21 Iowa State Cowboys by 6 Cowboys by 7

Florida State at #4 Clemson Klimpsum, 33-16 Klimpsum, 31-14

Rutgers at #14 Penn State Nittany Lions by 31 ½ Nittany Lions by 29

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Who’s in This Week, and Who Should Win

How this week’s CFPC Final Four would play out if the playoffs began this weekend . . . but the Fat Lady hasn’t begun warming up yet. Note that the Committee is rewarding who’s hot and getting hotter now.

Playoff Games Championship National Champion

1 Alabama

Alabama by 9

4 Oklahoma

Alabama by 6 ½

2 Clemson

Clemson by 5 ½

3 Miami

Most under-ranked = NR Virginia Tech, #18 Washington, #9 Ohio State, #10 Penn State

Most over-ranked = #3 Miami, #14 Washington State, #17 Michigan State

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Call it "Slacker Saturday." Next [This] week is probably the least appealing slate of games all season. Without much excitement on the surface with marquee matchups, the most interesting storyline may be major upsets the week before all the big rivalries end the season.

- retrieved from Bleacherreport.com, 11/12/17

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^ College Football Playoff Committee (CFPC) Rankings ^ ^ HOME team in CAPS ^ Central Times ^ SATURDAY unless noted ^

split decision means that Vegas and the computers do not all agree on the winner

o Strong . . . as a Bull? SOUTH FLORIDA over the Tulsa Wildcatters by 20 ½,

42-21 ~ THURSDAY 6:30 PM ESPN

vs.

o No point spread from Vegas—only in the LINE! #1 “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”

ALABAMA over the Mercer Meerkats by 48, 48-0 ~ 11:00 AM SEC Network

vs.

o The #3 MIAMI Children of a Lesser God over the Appomattox Court House of

Virginia by 20, 36-16 ~ 11:00 AM ABC

o The ONLY Top 25 Match-Up This Week—Inter-Divisional Shenanigans in the small

ten: The #5 WISCONSIN Vulnerable over #24 Still Swinging Michigan by 8,

24-16 ~ 11:00 AM FOX

vs.

o The #6 “Where do bad folks go when they die?” AUBURN Lake of Fire over the

Louisiana Monroe Pheasant Under Glass by 38, 51-13 ~ 11:00 AM ESPN2

o #12 Toadies Crawling Underground tcu over the TEXAS TECH Pistoleros

Feos by 7 ½, 31-24 ~ 11:00 AM FOX Sports 1

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o The #15 central florida Jack Frosts over the TEMPLE of Doom by 15, 34-20

~ 11:00 AM ESPNU

o #16 “The Bells!” Mississippi State over “Basketball team looks a little better this year,

huh?” ARKANSAS by 13 ½, 35-21 ~ 11:00 AM CBS

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o No point spread from Vegas—only in the LINE! The #2 CLEMSON Frosted

Flakes over the Military-Industrial Simplex that is The Citadel by 52 ½, 53-0 ~ 11:20

AM ACC Network/Local/PPV

o “We were only Freshmen” VIRGINIA TECH over “You got the cherry, I got the”

Pittsburgh by 16 ½, 33-17 ~ 11:20 AM ACC Network/Local/PPV

o The #4 Oklahoma Third Stringers over the KANSAS Awkward Mascot by 37,

51-14 ~ 2:30 PM ESPN

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o The #7 GEORGIA Bounce Back (featuring Big Sean) over the Blue Hawaii of

Kentucky by 22 ½, 37-14 ~ 2:30 PM CBS

o The #8 NOTRE DAME Demolished over “Toot Toot!” Navy by 19 ½, 38-19 ~

2:30 PM NBC

o The #9 OHIO STATE Eight Balls over the Illinois Scratches by 40 ½, 47-6 ~

2:30 PM ABC

o #13 “I’m Still Standing” OKLAHOMA STATE over “Our Coach knew Moses

personally” Kansas State by 18 ½, 40-21 ~ 2:30 PM ESPN2

o #10 “Fire on the Mountain” PENN STATE over Shopping at the Coach Store

Nebraska by 26 ½, 41-14 ~ 3:00 PM FOX Sports 1

o The #17 MICHIGAN STATE Humbled over the Maryland Sacrificial by 15, 31-

16 ~ 3:00 PM FOX

o Brother from Another Mother??? The #20 lsu Orgeron Cajun Lullaby over the

Separated at Birth? TENNESSEE Brady Hokes by 15, 31-16 ~ 6:00 PM ESPN

o split decision—Vegas had this one as a “PICKEM”: The Arizona Sabino Canyon

Party Squad over the OREGON McKenzie River Bivouacers by ONE-TENTH OF A

POINT, 34-33 ~ 6:00 PM Pac 12

o #11 Pac South Winner by Default USC over “No injuries before the NFL draft.

Clear?” ucla by 14 ½, 41-27 ~ 7:00 PM ABC

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Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

~ Luke 6:25

+ ciao 4 now, randy