Six college football teams can win national championship from Texas to Oregon to … Alabama?!

Are we having fun yet?

Well, it’s no barrel of laughs at Florida, where fired-coach-in-waiting Billy Napier still doesn’t grasp that you’re only allowed 11 players for special teams.

And they’re feeling glum at Ole Miss, where all that NIL spending bought a defense that collapsed at the close of losses to Kentucky and LSU.

And they’re pulling their hair out in victory at Alabama, where fans fume over a defense that’s as casual as Kalen DeBoer’s fashion.

At Southern California, they’re questioning why they’re paying Lincoln Riley a fortune to be worse than Arkansas’ Sam Pittman in his last 13 games.

And, at Tennessee, they’re wondering about their quarterback investment, because the state’s best quarterback plays ball at Vanderbilt.

They’re all smiles at Texas, though, which made the SEC its playpen. In this wild, messy conference, Steve Sarkisian’s squad stands above the fray.

And they’re having a grin at Penn State, where James Franklin assembled a complete team that can win big games. Maybe now he can even whip up that airport renovation in State College.

And they’re downright having a blast in Oregon, where the coach who resembles Chris Pratt steers an undefeated team that treated the eyes to a 32-31 defeat of Ohio State.

“You can sleep when you die, right?” Ducks coach Dan Lanning told reporters of a memorable 24 hours in Eugene, Oregon.

Oregon coach Dan Lanning celebrates amid a crowd of fans on the field after the Ducks defeated Ohio State, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.

That’s the mood at LSU, too, after the Tigers won a 4-hour, 16-minute game in which the only time they ever led was after the final play. LSU shot off approximately 9,749 fireworks to celebrate – OK, maybe a minor exaggeration – and fans stormed the field, while linebacker Whit Weeks…


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Publish date : 2024-10-13 18:17:41

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