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Post by toysoldier00 » 14 Feb 2026, 14:10



Arvell Reese Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week After Stuffing UCLA
By Zachary Anderson on November 16, 2025


Arvell Reese has played himself into Top 5 overall consideration with his play.



Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese was named the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week on Saturday night after a do-everything performance in the Buckeyes’ 40-17 win over UCLA at Ohio Stadium. Reese played 83 snaps and finished with eight tackles, two tackles for loss, three pass breakups and a forced fumble in a game that demanded Ohio State’s defense stay on the field and stay disciplined against a Bruins offense that moved the ball far better than its record suggested.

The award is an odd fit for a player who spent the afternoon flying downhill and erasing space in coverage, but the conference honor still captures what Reese was for Ohio State in Week 12: a steady engine in the middle of the field, constantly showing up in the moments where UCLA threatened to make the game uncomfortable.

The Bruins found early rhythm behind quarterback Nico Iamaleava and a quick-tempo approach, and while Ohio State’s defense created turnovers at the start and again in the second quarter, UCLA still generated first downs and sustained possessions. Reese’s impact showed up in the responses, driving backs backward on contact, closing windows on shallow routes and making sure completions didn’t become explosives.

Reese’s forced fumble was emblematic of the way Ohio State ultimately separated. As UCLA tried to salvage momentum in the second half, Reese met running back Jaivian Thomas in the heart of the defense, helping create the kind of collision that makes the ball feel loose even before it hits the turf.

His pass breakups also mattered in a game where Iamaleava attempted 56 passes and kept trying to test the Buckeyes between the numbers. Reese answered repeatedly, getting hands on the football and forcing UCLA to earn everything.

After the game, Reese spoke like a player still focused on the standard rather than the recognition, unaware an award would be attached to his stat line.

“We left some stuff out there, for sure,” Reese said. “But the biggest thing was finishing. When they started moving it, we had to settle in, communicate, and just keep playing our style. If we do that, eventually it breaks our way.” Reese added, “That’s what we talk about, effort to the ball, strain on every snap. The plays come when you’re doing the little things right.”

For a Buckeye defense that continues to define Ohio State’s unbeaten season, Reese’s night against UCLA looked like the blueprint: heavy workload, high leverage, and production that tilted the game when it mattered most.
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Known offensive standout Arvell Reese

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Post by toysoldier00 » 15 Feb 2026, 20:27

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14 Feb 2026, 15:23
Known offensive standout Arvell Reese
that's what you get for using the same template as the last time lol

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Post by toysoldier00 » 15 Feb 2026, 20:29



The Flip That Fit – Why Tremayne Shepley’s Summer Switch to Ohio State Still Feels Like the Easy Choice
By Colten Brooks on November 17, 2025


Ohio State were desperate to find cornerbacks they liked, and they found one in Shepley.



Tremaine Shepley didn’t need a long sales pitch to understand what Ohio State was offering him.

He’d watched the Buckeyes long enough to know what a cornerback looks like in Columbus when everything goes right, the confidence, the isolation, the expectation that the ball is coming and you’re still supposed to win. But understanding the pitch and living inside it are different things. The moment Shepley flipped from South Carolina to Ohio State in late July, he stepped out of the comfortable rhythm of “in-state kid stays close” and into the louder, sharper world where every Saturday is a referendum and every rep is filmed like evidence.

He hasn’t sounded like someone who regrets it for even a second.

“I knew what I wanted,” Shepley said, looking back at the decision. “I wanted to be developed. I wanted to be coached hard. I wanted to be somewhere that expects you to play in big games. Ohio State checked every box, and once I got around it, it felt like home faster than I thought it would.”

Shepley, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound four-star cornerback from Greenville High School in Greenville, South Carolina, is exactly the kind of prospect Ohio State has built its best defensive back rooms around: long, competitive, athletic enough to run with anyone, and young enough to still be shaped. Ohio State liked his speed, the kind that shows up when a receiver thinks he’s even and realizes he’s not, but the thing that hooked the Buckeyes was the first step, that lightning flash off the line where a route can get erased before it becomes a route at all.

There’s upside in his frame and upside in his movement, the kind that makes a coaching staff believe it can turn traits into Sunday tape.

The timing of his commitment mattered almost as much as the commitment itself.

Ohio State went into the summer with a glaring need at defensive back, the kind that shows up on depth charts and recruiting boards the same way it shows up on Saturdays, you can’t hide it if you don’t have enough corners who can hold up on islands. The Buckeyes needed a class that looked like an answer, not a placeholder.

In a span of 48 hours in July, that class finally started to resemble what they’d been chasing. First came Teion Cherry II, Ohio’s top prospect in the 2026 cycle, on July 21. Two days later, Shepley made it official that he was flipping, giving Ohio State a second cornerstone in the secondary and, maybe more importantly, giving the class momentum that felt real.

Shepley didn’t describe it like a dramatic breakup or a door slam. He described it like a decision he arrived at with clarity and then refused to overcomplicate.

“People think flipping has to be messy,” he said. “For me it wasn’t. It was about where I felt I could grow the most. It was about where I felt wanted the most, and where I felt like the plan for me was real. Coach Walton was real with me from the start.”

That last part, the relationship, is where this story lives. Tim Walton has recruited Florida for years. He’s lived in places where talent is stacked so thick it becomes normal. South Carolina is not the usual hunting ground for Ohio State’s defensive back room, not because there isn’t talent there but because the Buckeyes rarely have to cross that border for what they want. Walton crossed it anyway. He saw a corner he liked, trusted his evaluation, and then did the thing that great recruiters do when they find a player they believe in: he made sure he didn’t miss.

Shepley remembered the early conversations not as a barrage of slogans but as a steady insistence that Walton had actually watched him, not just highlights, not just the best clips where a corner looks like a future first-rounder because a quarterback dared him to be, but the snaps where the route isn’t thrown his way and the corner still has to be disciplined, still has to tackle, still has to communicate. Walton sold Shepley on development, and then he backed it up with specifics, the details that make a teenager feel like a coach isn’t recruiting a ranking but recruiting him.

“He didn’t just tell me, ‘You’re good,’” Shepley said. “He told me what I can be. He told me what I need to work on. He talked about footwork, about eyes, about how they teach it. I could tell he was actually paying attention.”

Walton’s pitch also landed because Ohio State’s product at cornerback is visible. You don’t need to imagine what the pathway looks like; you can see it. You can watch how Ohio State corners play press, how they’re asked to tackle, how they’re asked to handle tempo, how the staff trusts them with real responsibility. The Buckeyes don’t recruit corners to hide them. They recruit them to hold the line.

Shepley said he was drawn to the directness of that expectation, to the idea that, at Ohio State, the margin is small on purpose.

“They’re going to coach you hard,” Shepley said. “That’s what I want. I don’t want to go somewhere and just be told I’m a four-star. That don’t mean nothing when you get to college. I want to earn it. I want to be pushed.”

There’s a certain kind of confidence required for a corner to say that out loud, because cornerback is the one position in football where failure is public and repeated. You can play 58 perfect snaps and then give up one ball on third-and-8 and suddenly that’s the whole day. Shepley speaks like someone who understands that and is still volunteering for the responsibility.

Ohio State, for its part, isn’t just taking a swing on athleticism. The Buckeyes believe Shepley’s game already carries the outline of what they coach. He can run, yes, but he can also change direction without losing speed, which is what separates track fast from corner fast. He can trigger downhill. He competes at the catch point. And that first step, that tiny explosion at the beginning of everything, is the kind of trait that helps a young corner survive while he learns the rest.

It’s also why Walton’s pursuit felt so targeted. Ohio State doesn’t wander into South Carolina in the summer just to see what happens. Walton went in because he believed Shepley could be the kind of player who makes a defensive back class feel complete.

Shepley has thought about what it will mean to arrive in Columbus alongside Cherry, a fellow summer headliner and the type of in-state commitment that always energizes Ohio State fans. He’s not framing it as pressure so much as opportunity, a chance to join a class that can change the shape of the room they’re walking into.

“We talk,” Shepley said. “We both know what it is. We know they needed us. But I like that. I like being part of something where you can feel the impact you can make.”

It’s easy to say the right things when signing day is still months away and the real work hasn’t begun. The harder part is maintaining the conviction when the noise returns, when other schools call, when the season ends, when the calendar turns and recruiting becomes a second sport. Shepley has sounded steady through all of it, repeating the same idea in different forms: he made the choice that matched his goals, and now he’s living with it on purpose.

“I’m locked in,” he said. “I’m happy with it. I’m excited. I feel like I’m going to a place that’s going to bring the best out of me.”

For Ohio State, that’s what the summer flip ultimately represented. Not just a recruiting win, not just a headline, not just a late-July jolt for a defensive back class that needed one. It was a rare, deliberate strike into a state the Buckeyes don’t often have to raid, led by a coach who trusted his eye and a player who trusted his instincts. A cornerback with length, speed, and a first step that shows up like a warning, choosing the hardest version of the path because he believes it’s the one that will make him better.

And in the way Shepley tells it, the decision wasn’t a leap at all. It was simply walking toward the place that felt like the future.



Rank
Pos
NameHeightWeightHigh SchoolHome Town
QB
Tyree Figurs
6'3"
190 lbs
Mission HillsMission Hills, CA
WR
Ashton Ramsey
6'3"
190 lbs
Loyola AcademyChicago, IL
TE
Jordan Ivory
6'5"
235 lbs
Culver AcademiesCulver, IN
OT
Marcus Okam
6'7"
285 lbs
Pickerington CentralPickerington, OH
OT
Grady Austin
6'6"
305 lbs
PrincetonCincinnati, OH
OT
Derron Merriman
6'6"
300 lbs
Hilliard BradleyMarysville, OH
OT
Alex Jordan
6'7"
280 lbs
Paramus CatholicParamus, NJ
IOL
George Crecelius
6'4"
285 lbs
Cy-FairCypress, TX
IOL
Thaddeus Roe
6'4"
290 lbs
AvonAvon, IN
IOL
David Weeks
6'4"
300 lbs
Janesville ParkerJanesville, WI
DE
Deontae Savage
6'6"
240 lbs
AvonAvon, IN
DE
Ornell Mack
6'5"
240 lbs
Winton WoodsCincinnati, OH
DT
Vondree Eagles
6'3"
345 lbs
ReynoldsburgReynoldsburg, OH
DT
Dillon Bridges
6'3"
290 lbs
SniderFort Wayne, IN
LB
Pauly O'Dwyer
6'5"
215 lbs
WashingtonMassillon, OH
LB
Emmanuel Wooden
6'2"
210 lbs
Westerville SouthColumbus, OH
LB
Jaylen Smalls
6'2"
210 lbs
GlenvilleCleveland, OH
LB
Avondre Lincoln
6'1"
200 lbs
PrincetonCincinnati, OH
CB
Teion Cherry II
6'1"
175 lbs
WayneHuber Heights, OH
CB
Tremayne Shepley
6'1"
185 lbs
GreenvilleGreenville, SC
S
Bobby Jackson-Ruud
6'1"
190 lbs
St. Thomas AquinasFort Lauderdale, FL
S
Landon Bishop
6'0"
195 lbs
WhitmerToledo, OH
P
David Procter
6'5"
170 lbs
ElderCincinnati, OH

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Post by toysoldier00 » 15 Feb 2026, 20:30


Texas A&M Jumps to No. 2 as Oklahoma Surges and Mendoza Tightens His Grip on Heisman Race


Marissa Bleday
November 18, 2025


The College Football Playoff committee delivered another reminder Tuesday that style points still matter, sliding Texas A&M ahead of Indiana at No. 2 after the Aggies’ 49-38 shootout win over South Carolina. Indiana, which remained unbeaten with a 31-17 victory over Wisconsin, dropped to No. 3 in a swap that reflected more than just the final scores: A&M’s offense looked explosive and urgent, while the Hoosiers’ workmanlike afternoon didn’t move the national needle the same way.

At the top, the committee’s broader pecking order stayed mostly intact. Ole Miss held firm at No. 4, still a point of conversation given that its lone loss is head-to-head against Georgia, which remains behind the Rebels. Oregon climbed one spot to No. 6, helped by the ripple effect of the week’s biggest seismic result: Oklahoma’s upset of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

The Sooners were rewarded with one of the poll’s largest jumps, rising from No. 11 to No. 7 after their statement win, while Alabama tumbled from No. 6 all the way to No. 15 following the home defeat.

“Anytime you go on the road in this league, in an environment like that, you have to be able to withstand adversity and keep swinging,” Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said after the win. “I’m proud of the belief in that locker room, they played with toughness and discipline for 60 minutes.”

Elsewhere, Texas took one of the week’s hardest hits, sliding from No. 8 to No. 20 after its blowout loss to Georgia. That drop created room for movement above the Longhorns, with Texas Tech, Notre Dame, Michigan, BYU, USC, Georgia Tech and Miami all rising to fill the gap. Utah, Vanderbilt, Arizona State and Illinois each moved up a spot ahead of Texas, while Tennessee, Virginia and Missouri nudged to Nos. 21, 22 and 23, respectively. Tulane debuted at No. 24 as the committee’s first ranked Group of Five team of the season, with SMU checking in at No. 25. Louisville (previously No. 19) and Pitt (previously No. 25) fell out of the rankings entirely.

Heisman Watch

The reshuffling also sharpened a Heisman race that’s beginning to feel lopsided. Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza remains the clear front-runner, and his latest line, 325 passing yards, one touchdown and 42 rushing yards in the win over Wisconsin, came with history attached.

Mendoza broke Indiana’s single-season passing yardage record and now sits at 3,750 passing yards and 35 total touchdowns with zero turnovers, a combination of volume and efficiency that’s becoming harder for challengers to match.

Still, a couple names are pushing into the conversation. Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton strengthened his case as a potential finalist with 355 yards and three passing touchdowns in a 38-6 win over UCF.

And Oklahoma’s John Mateer re-entered the spotlight in a big way after throwing for 364 yards and four total touchdowns in the upset at Alabama, the kind of signature performance that can reshape late-season narratives if the Sooners keep winning.



Rank
Team
Record
Last WeekUp Next
1
Ohio State
10-0
40-17 Win vs UCLAvs Rutgers
2
Texas A&M
10-0
49-38 Win vs South Carolinavs Samford
3
Indiana
11-0
31-17 Win vs WisconsinBye
4
Ole Miss
10-1
41-23 Win vs FloridaBye
5
Georgia
9-1
40-22 Win vs #20 Texasvs Charlotte
6
Oregon
9-1
24-10 Win vs Minnesotavs #12 USC
7
Oklahoma
8-2
43-34 Win vs #15 Alabamavs #23 Missouri
8
Texas Tech
10-1
38-6 Win vs Central FloridaBye
9
Notre Dame
8-2
41-6 Win at Pittsburghvs Syracuse
10
Michigan
8-2
38-17 Win at Northwesternat Maryland
11
BYU
9-1
35-13 Win vs TCUat Cincinnati
12
USC
8-2
20-16 Win vs Iowaat #6 Oregon
13
Georgia Tech
9-1
42-20 Win at Boston Collegevs Pittsburgh
14
Miami (FL)
8-2
26-25 Win vs North Carolina Stateat Virginia Tech
15
Alabama
8-2
43-34 Loss vs #7 Oklahomavs Chattanooga
16
Utah
8-2
38-24 Win at Baylorvs Kansas State
17
Vanderbilt
8-2
Byevs Kentucky
18
Arizona State
7-3
45-7 Win vs West Virginiaat Colorado
19
Illinois
7-3
49-14 Win vs Marylandat Wisconsin
20
Texas
7-3
40-22 Loss at #5 Georgiavs Arkansas
21
Tennessee
7-3
31-10 Win vs New Mexico Stateat Florida
22
Virginia
9-2
35-29 Win at DukeBye
23
Missouri
7-3
29-24 Win vs Mississippi Stateat #7 Oklahoma
24
Tulane
8-2
30-29 Win vs Florida Atlanticat Temple
25
SMU
7-3
Byevs Louisville


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Post by toysoldier00 » 15 Feb 2026, 20:33



The Scouting Report: Rutgers Weekend Visitor List Brings Signing-Day Heat to Its Final Home Game
By Colten Brooks on November 19, 2025


Liberty (Bakersfield, CA) Running Back Jahkay McCallum has exploded in the eyes of evaluators in his senior year.



National signing day for the 2026 class is just around the corner (Wednesday, Dec. 3), which means Ohio State’s final home game of the regular season doubles as one last mega-audition weekend in Columbus. The Buckeyes will host Rutgers, but the bigger storyline for recruiting junkies is the visitor list, a blend of high-profile 2026 targets and a loaded group of 2027 blue-chippers getting their first real taste of the Shoe on a game Saturday.

The Headliner: Sterling Hodel Is the One Everyone’s Watching

If you’re looking for the name that matters most this weekend, it’s Sterling Hodel. The five-star safety out of New York City is the crown jewel of the 2026 visitors and a recruitment that’s felt… fluid. Ohio State has been in the mix, Oregon has been a constant factor, and LSU has been lurking as the kind of program that can change a recruitment late, though Brian Kelly’s firing adds a new wrinkle to the Tigers’ pitch.

From Ohio State’s perspective, the appeal is obvious: Hodel looks like a potential program-defining backend defender, the kind of athlete you build a secondary around. And if you’re projecting forward, it’s not hard to connect dots to a long-term Caleb Downs succession plan. This weekend is about making that future feel real.

The Needs: A Running Back and Another Defensive Back

The other uncommitted 2026 name to know is Jahkay McCallum, a four-star running back from Liberty High School in Bakersfield, California. A former San Diego State commit, McCallum has exploded as a senior and is trending in the right direction at the exact time Ohio State still needs to close on a back in this class. It’s his first trip to Columbus, and for a recruitment that feels like it could move quickly, that first impression matters.

On the defensive side, keep an eye on Mafu Rau, a three-star corner from Cathedral Catholic in San Diego. He’s a riser whose senior season has pushed him onto the radar, and Ohio State’s continued pursuit says plenty. With the Buckeyes still wanting another defensive back in the class, Rau profiles as the kind of option that becomes even more important depending on how the bigger chess pieces fall.

Don’t Sleep on 2027: This List Is Ridiculous

Yes, signing day is looming, but Ohio State is also stacking the deck early for 2027 with a loaded group that includes five-stars Dalton Davis (WR, IMG Academy), Klayton Bazuin (OL, Lake Forest, IL), Garrison Volk (OL, Dayton, OH) and Avion Falah (Edge, Naperville Central, IL).

That’s before you get to a deep four-star group: DT Kadaris Gwacham, LB Montell Mount, TE John Takeoff, TE Roddy Weaver, OT Terrence Slater, CB Angelo Ismail, CB Cassius Doyle, WR Lionel Corbin, WR Myron Cross, RB Keon Turpin, and RB Troy Atwell.

It’s the last home game, and Ohio State is treating it like a recruiting closing argument.
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Post by Caesar » 16 Feb 2026, 11:04

Georgia Tech potentially sneaking into the playoff is some crazy stuff

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Post by toysoldier00 » 16 Feb 2026, 18:50


Week 13 Preview: Oregon’s Moment, Oklahoma’s Push, and a Last-Chance Weekend for Contenders


Marissa Bleday
November 20, 2025


November has a way of stripping away the “good stories” and leaving only the teams that can survive a month of pressure. Week 13 feels like one of those weekends, not because it’s loaded with Top 5 matchups, but because the games that matter most are the ones that clarify who actually has a path and who’s been living on a résumé that’s more theory than proof.

#12 USC Trojans (8-2) at #6 Oregon Ducks (9-1)
The game of the week is in Eugene, where No. 12 USC (8-2) visits No. 6 Oregon (9-1) in a matchup that looks like it was designed by a playoff committee: high-level quarterback play, defensive efficiency, and two teams that desperately need a statement win for different reasons.

Oregon has looked like one of the most complete teams in the country since its only loss, a competitive defeat to undefeated Indiana, and yet the Ducks still feel oddly unfinished in the eyes of the broader national picture. The issue isn’t performance; it’s opportunity. Oregon hasn’t had a signature win that ages well, and if the Ducks wind up with two losses, the committee will ask the simplest question: who did you beat? This is the Saturday that can answer it.

“We’ve talked all week about earning respect, not asking for it,” Oregon head coach Dan Lanning said. “If you want to be in the conversation late, you don’t get to avoid these moments. You go win them.”

USC arrives with its own version of urgency. The Trojans have played like a playoff-caliber team for long stretches, and their two losses were narrow road defeats at No. 19 Illinois and No. 9 Notre Dame, both by less than a touchdown. But USC hasn’t grabbed a “headline” win yet, either, which is why this trip to Autzen has the feel of a season-defining swing. Win, and Lincoln Riley’s team goes from dangerous outsider to a legitimate playoff threat. Lose, and the Trojans may find themselves explaining a good offense without the résumé to match.



“This is why you come to a place like USC,” Riley said. “You want to play in games that have real weight, on the road, in environments like this. If you handle it the right way, it can elevate your whole season.”

On paper, the matchup is as clean as it gets. USC is third in the Big Ten in total offense (422.3 yards per game), while Oregon is fourth (401.5). Both score at a near-identical clip, Oregon at 35.3 points per game, USC at 34.6, and both defenses live in the same neighborhood, too: Oregon is second in the league allowing 307.6 yards per game, USC is fifth at 330.9, and they’re separated by half a point on the scoreboard (Oregon allows 17.7 PPG, USC 18.2).

The differentiator might be the quarterbacks, and the fact that one of them has been playing mistake-free football all season. Oregon’s Dante Moore has been the rarest thing in the sport: explosive without being reckless. He’s 231-of-319 for 2,706 yards, 20 touchdowns, zero interceptions, plus 253 rushing yards and five rushing scores, piloting an offense that can win in rhythm or in chaos. With true freshman back Dierre Hill Jr. (12 rushing touchdowns) finishing drives and Evan Stewart (746 yards, nine TDs) stretching the field, Moore doesn’t have to force anything, and he hasn’t.

USC counters with volume and balance. Jayden Maiava has thrown it 366 times, producing 2,865 yards and 19 touchdowns with four picks, and he’s got two proven weapons in Ja’Kobi Lane (61 catches, 814 yards, six TDs) and Makai Lemon (48-641-5). USC can score in bursts, but Oregon’s ability to create negative plays, led by edge star Matayo Uiagalelei (10 sacks, 13 TFLs, two interceptions), threatens to turn third-and-manageable into third-and-forever.

“We know what we’re walking into,” USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn said. “You don’t beat Oregon by hoping it quiets down. You beat them by playing fast, playing physical, and keeping your composure when the game speeds up.”



#23 Missouri Tigers (7-3) at #7 Oklahoma Sooners (8-2)
If Oregon-USC is the flashpoint, the sneaky heavyweight game is in Norman, where No. 23 Missouri (7-3) visits No. 7 Oklahoma (8-2), a matchup that could decide whether the Sooners are simply peaking at the right time, or truly controlling their playoff destiny.

Oklahoma’s win at Alabama changed its season and, frankly, the way the country is talking about the Sooners. They’ve now got the momentum, the path, and the quarterback storyline. John Mateer has surged back into the national conversation with production that fits the moment: 202-of-300 for 2,535 yards, 25 touchdowns, three interceptions, plus 338 rushing yards and eight rushing TDs. If Oklahoma wins out, Missouri this week and LSU next, it’s going to be hard to keep the Sooners out of the bracket.

“We’re not interested in the style points conversation,” Brent Venables said. “We’re interested in the scoreboard, the standard, and finishing. If you take care of the work, the rest takes care of itself.”

Missouri is dangerous enough to make “take care of the work” feel like a warning, not a slogan. Beau Pribula has had a rollercoaster month, but his season totals still pop: 2,533 yards, 30 TDs, eight INTs. And the engine remains Ahmad Hardy, who has 1,217 rushing yards and gives Missouri the ability to shorten the game, exactly the kind of formula that can make a playoff hopeful sweat in the fourth quarter.

“This league doesn’t let you breathe,” Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “If you’re not physical and connected for 60 minutes, you get exposed. Oklahoma’s playing their best ball. So are we.”

Other Games to Watch

Beyond the headliners, there’s plenty of conference-shaping intrigue: Louisville (7-3) at No. 25 SMU (7-3) in a matchup that feels like a ranking survival game; Pitt (7-3) at No. 13 Georgia Tech (9-1) with Tech trying to stabilize after its recent stumble; and No. 11 BYU (9-1) at Cincinnati (7-3) in a game that could swing the Big 12’s late-season picture.

It’s Week 13,where the playoff debate starts to sound less like projection and more like judgment. For teams like Oregon, USC, and Oklahoma, the margin for “almost” is gone.



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Post by redsox907 » 16 Feb 2026, 19:39

no turnovers for Mendoza yet? got damn.

That B1G CCG clash between Ohio State and Indiana going to be legendary

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Post by toysoldier00 » 16 Feb 2026, 21:30

Caesar wrote:
16 Feb 2026, 11:04
Georgia Tech potentially sneaking into the playoff is some crazy stuff
that ACC spot is crazy. It was a wild year for the conference.
redsox907 wrote:
16 Feb 2026, 19:39
no turnovers for Mendoza yet? got damn.

That B1G CCG clash between Ohio State and Indiana going to be legendary
yep, that games definitely building into something special
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