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Morning Buzz: CFP Expansion Being Discussed And Naturally There’s A USC-Notre Dame Factor

The 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director have been in Asheville, N.C., this week to discuss College Football Playoff expansion.

There is a Dec. 1 deadline in order for expansion to take place in 2026. The Big Ten and SEC must agree on a plan. Yahoo reporter Ross Dellenger said the three options are keeping the 12-team format, expanding to 14 teams or going to 16. And if they go to 16, which format would be approved?

Lincoln Riley desperately wants the Big Ten proposal, which gives the conference four automatic qualifiers.

This is why USC has held off extending the Notre Dame series because it first wants the Big Ten to get those four spots. It’s not a given, however, that the plan will be approved as other conferences might want a 16-team format that has 11 at-large bids.

And here is an interesting fact from Wednesday’s presentation to the commissioners via Dellenger.

“With assistance from a Google mathematician and university math professor, the presentation included the creation of a strength-of-record metric to more heavily weight a team’s strength of schedule, conference strength and, in particular, non-conference games.”

Does Dummy Riley notice this? Strength of schedule would be more important, especially non-conference games.

That would obviously favor keeping the Notre Dame series because the storied game would be more important than preferred Riley opponents like Missouri State and Georgia Southern.

The experts also encouraged more crossover games between the four power conferences to provide more data to measure league strength. Riley is probably against that too.

He doesn’t want to play anyone and he wants an automatic bid to the playoff.

35 thoughts on “Morning Buzz: CFP Expansion Being Discussed And Naturally There’s A USC-Notre Dame Factor”

  1. Dear Scott:

    The bonus points we get for playing Notre Dame only come into play IF we beat them.

    I don’t believe I can do that.

    Signed,

    Head Coach Lincoln Riley

    [USC Trojan Football Team: “We KNOW we can beat Notre Dame. Unleash us, Coach”]…..

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      2. What’s the name of the dog So Cal? Is it male or female? Does it really bite? Does it lick it own balls? Sniff the backside of other dogs? (I’m setting you up like Ed McMahon on the Carson Show.)

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      5. So Cal

        BAAAAMMMM……CROTCH—–KICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. I hear Riley is sniffing around the Mountain West Conference as well as the PAC 12 for job openings, that’s if his dream job as the Muleshoe HS football coach falls through.

    I wonder if any of those schools can match his $3 million+ interest free and apparently no repayment home loan from USC ???? Smart business people running USC.

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    1. Yep. It starts at the top! I’ll always remember Carol’s smart words to the rioters, “We share your anger. We walk with you on the Path of Righteousness!”

      #YouCan’tBuyLeadershipLikeThatAtMacy’s…..

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      3. I expect to see her on those infomercials for wrinkle cream

        ” Look, in just 5 minutes her face is wrinkle free, sorta “

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      4. “I felt blah —loaded down — then I discovered Sennosides: The Natural Laxative!”

        #”NowI’mBackOnMyMountainTrail”….

        #[“Warning:MayCauseChestPain,StrokeOrEvenDeath]”…

        #CueThe”FeelGood”Music

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  3. HI MG AND EVERYONE. ANOTHER YEAR GONEBY. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THEY ARE NOT MAKING VIAGRA AS STRONG AS IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. LOL. BACK TO BED. NEED MORE VIAGRA.

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    1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE!!!! WE SENT YOUR PRESENT EXPRESS….BUT THE HAWAIIAN POST OFFICE BEING WHAT IT IS [COMPLETE CRAP], IT HASN’T LEFT HONOLULU YET [USPS HERE IS GREAT AT TAKING YOUR MONEY –THEY JUST AREN’T THAT GREAT AT DELIVERING PACKAGES]…..

      BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANYWAY!!!! NOTHING CAN INTERFERE WITH BION’S SPECIAL DAY—NOT WEAKENED VIAGRA, POLITICS OR AFTER BIRTHDAY DELIVERIES!!!

      TALK TO YA SOON!!!

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      2. Lots & Lots of Maui Chocolate —better than Viagra [even though George and I don’t need either one to become nuisances]…..

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  4. The BIG and SEC have the power in college football. They make the most revenue off TV deals. I think they will get a 16 team playoff with 4 automatic bids for their respective conferences. If that occurs, Riley has to sign an extension to the ND series. No more excuses.

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  5. KAM: America Celebrates Juneteenth, The Day Republicans Freed All The Democrats’ Slaves! During this year’s Juneteenth, the nation will gather to celebrate the American political party that was founded on protecting human rights of people of all skin colors. Democrats around the country will write letters of apology and organize celebrations for the vast network of Christians, Catholics, Quakers, and Republicans who fought and died to end the scourge of slavery in America. 

    DON: Senile Joe Biden has confirmed he will organize a celebration after he lays a wreath on the grave of his best friend Robert Byrd.

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    1. Ed. G, can we ride that $38.5 billion “faster-than-the-speed of-light train” to Barstow? Will it be done by 2050? Will USC football be in the top 10 before the train to Barstow?

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      1. Yes! A BIG Yes to USC being Top Ten before the Train To Barstow is completed….

        #AndForWayLessMoola[ABillionNILDollars,Tops]!

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      3. Gavin Newsom to 67:

        “It’s more like an illusory bar. Kinda like Hawaiian Electric’s promise to ‘pay Maui residents for damages caused by the fire in Lahaina IF Hawaiian Electric is solvent in 2027.'”

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  7. Headline News:

    Barstow Chamber of Commerce Threatens Lawsuit Against Party [Identified In Moving Papers Only As “60 Year Old Man In Dress”] For Soiling City Name…..

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    2. Right MG. The Complaint alleges that the city has become a laughing stock. When a person doesn’t take another seriously because the other person is a habitual liar they now sarcastically say “let’s meet up in Barstow.” Somebody even suggested that the city change their mascot to a leashed Chihuahua to symbolize false bravado.

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      1. The “You are Entering Barstow” sign now has a closeup photo of a tearful Don Knotts from the “Andy of Mayberry” episode wherein Barney gets trapped in Floyd’s cesspool .

        #”Andy!CanYouHearMe?!”

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  8. KAM: President Trump’s Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Democrat Governor Andy Beshear and Kentucky state educrats for providing in-state college tuition to illegal aliens—while making out-of-state U.S. citizens pay full price.

    DON: Democrats treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country by offering financial benefits to illegal aliens.

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  9. KAM:

    🚨

    JUST IN: President Trump has proposed a NEW deal to Iran via Steve Witkoff, Karoline Leavitt reveals It’s very simple and straight forward:

    ✅

    NO uranium enrichment

    ✅

    BAR Iran from working toward a nuclear weapon

    DON: TAKE THE DEAL, IRAN! Last chance!

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  10. KAM: JD Vance and RFK Jr. have launched a new investigation to examine the Biden admin’s East Palestine, Ohio disaster.

    DON: “This is the first large scale coordinated multi-year federal study focused on the long-term health impacts of the East Palestine disaster.”

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