08012025 College Football Poll

 Without further ado, here is my 1st College Football Poll of the 2025 Season.

1 Missouri          8-13 @ 2 Kansas

I'd Start With Missouri because I would feel that I would like to see Potentially 3 Border Wars in the Same Year as DMX Albums.

2 Kansas          8-13    1 Missouri

Missouri, Kansas and Iowa State are the Only Big 8 Teams without an Ensuing Postseason. And Kansas and Texas Tech are the Only 1996 Big XII Members Without a Conference Championship Game Appearance.

3 Northern Illinois 8-30 Holy Cross IDLE

I'd base my decision for Stop the World on Last Year's Notre Dame Victory

4 Kennesaw State 8-29 @ Wake Forest IDLE

The Owls would be a Solid Pick in Conference USA

5 SMU 8-15 17 Rice

I would feel that the Ponies are Due for A National Championship, Heisman Trophy and a Takeover of Valley Ranch.

6 Hawaii 8-12 Mt. Union (OH)

Hawaii would be the 1st Slate of the Season and I'd start with a Defending Champion or an Honorable Team at Hawaii.

7 Tulsa 8-13 18 Ohio State

I'd like Tulsa's Mayor who'd be a Tulsa Golden Hurricane Alumnus.

8 Iowa 8-30 Albany IDLE

I would want Iowa to Win the Big Ten so that Passing Woody Hayes was not in Vain.

9 Notre Dame 8-31 @ Miami (FL) IDLE

Catholics vs. Convicts.

10 Georgia Southern 8-30 @ Fresno State IDLE

I would take Georgia Southern because they are a Dangerous Playoff Team and Proven It.

11 Vanderbilt 8-30 Charleston Southern IDLE

My pick of Vanderbilt would be because most Everyone Else in SEC Country has been in the Headlines.

12 Texas Tech 8-30 Arkansas Pine Bluff IDLE

The Red Raiders are One of the Two Southwest Conference and Prior Conference Hexes Still Going.

13 Miami (OH) 8-28 @ Wisconsin IDLE

The RedHawks would be a Reliable Championship Team.

14 Western Kentucky 8-23 Sam Houston IDLE

The Hilltoppers Would be Tough to Beat

15 Louisville   8-30 E. Kentucky IDLE

The Cardinals would look the Part of an Earned Playoff Team

16 Colorado State 8-30 @ Washington IDLE

I would like to See Colorado State be Cool Again

17 Rice               8-15 @ 5 SMU

The Owls are the Only Southwest Conference Team not to Return to a Major Conference

18 Ohio State    8-13 @ 7 Tulsa

I'd feel the Buckeyes would back into their National Championship and it shows

19 Washington State 8-30 Idaho IDLE

The Palouse is a Pullman after Idaho returned to the FCS and

20 Louisiana 8-30 17 Rice IDLE

The Ragin' Cajuns are Sun Belt Favorites

Why Not Do Iowa State-Missouri In Conference Instead?

 One of the many grievances of Conference Realignment I would be happy to fix, is wanting to see Annual or Multi Annual Games be happening. It bothers me that we don't have Iowa State-Missouri, among others, in Conference.

I would think that I would Buzz through Conference Realignment the Next Time it comes up, especially if it is among others, having a Full BYU-Utah Holy War, No Arguments about Colorado and Thanksgiving, and having to encourage programs to Start and or Restart College Football.

I would think some of the other things would be that we'd have more of Majors going to HBCU's and we wouldn't need to tear out College Non Conference Games and generally, in Basketball, Conference Games would be Tuesday-Wednesday or Saturday-Sunday.

I would think that it would not hold that having to having Challenge Games in the Same Region, and that is messed up.

Could Missouri Pull A Men's Basketball Championship Out?

I feel like on my Christmas Family Table, I've kidded College Basketball was so soft Gonzaga would finish with a National Championship without letting go. But, in all seriousness, the Worst Olympic Sport being the Worst is nothing to laugh about.

But, I feel like my armstice would be why not Missouri going off about a Lifetime Defining National Championship in Men's Basketball? Their Final Four Screenprints would be a Week Old and they'd wear them proud because they couldn't make it to the Rose Bowl, Omaha or Oklahoma. And, they'd go off the wall for one of the most unlikeliest National Championships in College Sports History.

I'd want to lend them 55,000 Reasons to do the Right Thing. Mid Missouri will never be Chicago, never be St. Louis, and never be Kansas City, but, I want to see the reason why Home of Hometown Missouri Tiger National Champions be part and parcel of everyone's school.

Those National Championship Game Screenprints and those National Championship Screenprints would raise new Scholarships and Sports like you can't believe. I'd want to see Happy Achievements thump Labor Day better than Cardi B not holding down a whole album like ODB, and I do know Old Dominion shouldn't be riding Rocky Top like nobody's business.

I'd want to see Role Models for Kids badly, and I'd sense Nebraska needs a New Conference before they need the Belk Bowl, Iowa needs to not be off the wall like Jacko's Albums, Illinois needs 5 Year Logos and National Giants, Kentucky is becoming Top 25, Arkansas is taking their Rutgers Lessons, Oklahoma can't pull it together, and Kansas needs 6 Wins.

I don't know if it would be more wild than Virginia, but, I'd need to see Missouri Win a Big Title when it counts.

Missouri would regret not hiring Commander In Chief Head Coach as their Coach

For as much as I've played the 3 Card Monte Angle in Head Coaching Searches (Mount Union, Northwest Missouri State, Tony Elliott) the 2nd Monte that I feel Mizzou should have looked at is the Commander in Chief. I don't know if Troy Calhoun and Ken Niumatalo would be NFL Hires, but, I feel Jeff Monken would have left a nerve to Illinois Territory Peoria and Lovie Smith's Job Security, even after the Homecoming Date they'll remember forever and was one of 3 Wisconsin Losses.

To me, the Chicago to Columbia loop would not have been as conventional as Chicago to St. Louis, but, it would have looped the rare air of Kansas City to Chicago Recruiting. I hate just playing with the sands of time, but, Illinois would need to win like Illinois again, Les Miles would need a Winning Season, Iowa would need a Conference, and Nebraska having a 6 Figure Arrest or Arrests away from a Good Bowl and Kansas State, out of all that wilderness, would need a National Championship that they never got at School.

To think, Kansas State's 2003 Big XII Championship Upset would have sent Oklahoma and LSU to Tempe and we would have a more compentent Florida State led by Bobby Bowden in Pasadena and K-State would have gone from the Graveyard to the Orange Bowl and Miami (OH) and USC would have played for a National Championship, and that would have cemented the Rose Bowl's Non-Traditional Years, especially if BYU was a hair from the Rose Bowl in 2001.

I'd hate to keep dumping more revisionist history, but if Norm Stewart and Gary Pinkel where apart of the Program at the Same Time, it would fortify Missouri. Even though they hired Eli Drinkwitz already, and Appalachian State sure ain't happy to dance with a New Head Coach Hire, I feel Rutgers has everything to do with everything with having to consider what options exist, because I wouldn't offload an Ottumwa High Alum and proceed to make the New York City Sports Scene madder by hiring a Second Term.

The fact Arkansas hired Pittman is not going unnoticed. Tulsa can't light the Scoreboard, there is no promise on Rattler, Gary Paranoid will get Promoted from Fort Worth to Arlington, they wouldn't go anywhere with Kiffin or Jimbo, and I don't know if the King would hold true and Georgia let Bobo wash out and Tucker couldn't keep melting before Ski Season, or he wouldn't hold the Program.

I feel that Missouri Should Be Closer to Home

I am getting on my wagon a lot later than I'd hoped due to various tech issues, but, here I am with why Missouri should be closer to home. AD Jim Steck is madder than a wet hen over something that should have been done Last Summer at the latest. Barry Odom's key role was to keep Kansas City and St. Louis's Recruiting Markets from being up for grabs.

I feel there has to be $55,000 Reasons to Win National Championships Every Single Year or Nearly Every Single Season. What hurts is the Baseball Tigers won't make it to Omaha and the Softball Tigers, who's Soft Coaching and being "too nice" as a Sexist and Racist Trope, if both did exist, won't hit the road to Oklahoma to take a National Championship home.

There is no good pulse in the market or the program. An incompentent Arkansas Program in Little Rock is not reason for me to buy my Ticket and Reservations. If that was cute, I'd want my Border War all the way back and try to pair Iowa State and Nebraska for Cardinal and White rather than the Red and Black that ties up academics and the phone lines.

I'd be roaring for different reasons about Club Program Promotions. Cash is tying up that line and the race for 61st in the NCAA is still a Long Marathon for that reason. I'd even get as far out as NCAA Districts in Ice Hockey for the reason if Alaska Consolidated, we'd keep all the better rivalries as 4 (Thursday-Sunday) and we'd fling Alabama-Huntsville in with Dixon Line Rival Arizona State and we'd need 4 New Programs to get going.

I would like to see the Winter Classic/NHL All Star Game at Faurot Field if that was feasible. We'd always flub out the Winter Classic and worse, the NHL All Star Game doesn't feel like it should have as much shine as it deserves.

Why Not the Twice a Season with Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State and Missouri Again?

Having the dis in discontent be well rutted, I'd feel like wanting to raise the stakes in Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita State and Missouri be Home and Home Every Season.

It would raise ire and discontent if Kansas had to root West Virginia and TCU to early Conference and Kansas State had to give West Virginia and TCU an arrid, uncalled for Early Conference Slate, and For Wichita State, having to motion Tulane into a Long December when they felt "The Valley" Promotional Detail being painted over in Sedgwick County and it still doesn't feel right to them. And for Missouri, having to pull a Home and Home with Florida like the Bowl.

I'd feel like the oft thrown bone of ending Conference Realignment would be thrown for real and it would be the Cow Bone for real at this point.

11122018 College Football Renditions

Here is my renditions for 11122018, and they involve a return of a rivalry and a Completion Course and without further ado, here are both...

"The Return of the Telephone Trophy"
Missouri 8-4 0 8 8 0-16 25 41 8-5
Iowa State 12-3 7 0 0 9-16 31-47 13-3
I feel with Iowa State's Virtual Hold of the Telephone Trophy while Missouri has the actual hold, and I feel like wanting to see the Actual Telephone Trophy back in the future.

"The Commanding of Memorial Stadium"
Baylor 5-5 21 17 14 10-62  6-5
Nebraska 2-9 0 0 0 0-0 2-10

In this wild and crazy year where Brian VanGorder was hooked as quick as Bobby Petrino as Coaches, and being steamed as an Iraq Lobster over full-on neglience of Crisis Management, Nebraska still is in mild Big Ten West Contention. Mild is putting it bluntly for not having an off week since last Summer.

And 11192018 Renditions...
Nebraska @ Iowa State II

And 11262018 Renditions...
Akron @ Nebraska

TBD Iowa St.-S. Dakota State- Incarnate Word Round Robin

Even though I am threading the needle in Story Time, but, what is not okay is having to be throwing ethnic or other true protected group hatred. I feel like I have been burning all year, because, it's been that way. And, without healthy leadership, we have Problem Students and Problem Pros and do we really have to go down the road to promote them from anywhere?

College Football Renditions 11122018

I am bringing you my rendition slate before I'd bring up my Conference Championship Week Slate of November 17th, and I'd have a couple dandies to start the Week Slate..

"The Return of the Telephone Trophy" Rendition
Missouri 8-4 @ Iowa State 12-3

An actual return of the Telephone Trophy would get people in 2 States jacked up. And, I thought of this rendition because I wanted to see the return of the Telephone Trophy Game, not just the rivalry

Baylor 5-5 @ Nebraska 2-9

I'd really want to see Baylor finish their Conference Victory Circuit, and even though Glory and Punishment, but, not in the same place, and I feel for my Playoff Bonuses, I'd try to assemble Band Day (9-25 at Michigan) and a November 6th Princeton-Rutgers Rendition for the Playoff Board, even though none of them are online on this rock and I feel like seeing what options are on the table, including starting the new conference, and there'd be no way you'd split the Cali Schools by denying them a complete rivalry again.

Week 3 College Football Poll 08192018

This is the 1st Time in College Sports Polling History that Missouri and Iowa State in any order are 1-2 in any Poll.

1 IA SEC Missouri         0-0  2-0  9-1 UT-Martin    IDLE

2 IA Big XII Iowa State 0-0 2-0 9-1 S. Dakota St. IDLE

3 IA Big Ten Indiana 0-0 2-0  9-1 @ FIU              IDLE

4 D3 Midwest Cornell College 0-0 1-0 9-1 @8 Iowa Wesleyan IDLE -2

5 D2 GNAC Simon Fraser 0-0 1-0 9-1 Williamette U.  IDLE -2

6 IA Sun Belt Georgia State 0-0 1- 8-30 18 Kennesaw State  IDLE

7 CFB Independent New Mexico State 0-0 1-0 8-25 Wyoming

8 D3 UMAC Iowa Wesleyan 0-0 1-0 9-1 4 Cornell College IDLE

9 IA AAC Tulsa 0-0 1-0 9-1 C. Arkansas IDLE

10 IA MWC Hawaii 0-0 1-0 8-25 @Colorado State

11 NAIA MSFB St. Ambrose (IA) 0-0 1-0 9-1 @ Dakota State IDLE

12 IAA SWAC Grambling 0-0 1-0 9-1 @LA-Lafayette IDLE

13 IA ACC Wake Forest 0-0 1-0 8-30 @ Tulane  IDLE

14 IA Pac 12 Cal 0-0 1-0 9-1 North Carolina IDLE +1

15 IA CUSA Charlotte 0-0 1-0 9-1 Fordham IDLE +1

16 IAA MVFC N. Iowa 0-0 1-0 9-1 @Montana IDLE +1

17 IAA MEAC Savannah State 0-0 1-0 8-30 @UAB IDLE +3

18 IAA Big South Kennesaw State 0-0 0-0 8-30 @ 6 GA State IDLE +1

19 D2 GSC Valdosta State 0-0 1-0 9-1 Albany State IDLE NR

20 D2 NSIC Upper Iowa 0-0 1-0 9-1 Augustana (SD) IDLE NR

21 D3 CC Johns Hopkins 0-0 1-0 8-30 Randolph Macon IDLE NR

22 D2 LSC UT-Permian Basin 0-0 1-0 9-1 @ Texas Southern IDLE NR

23 D3 NACC Wisconsin Lutheran 0-0 1-0 9-1 @ Lake Forest IDLE NR

24 IA MAC Northern Illinois                      9-1 @ Iowa            IDLE  -10

25 IAA Ivy Harvard                                    9-15 San Diego       IDLE -7

Dropped Out:
21 Wagner
22 Drake
23 Tennessee State
24 Fordham
25 Citadel

National Game of the Week:
10 Hawaii @ Colorado State

10 Hawaii

Week 2 College Football Poll 08122018

1 IA SEC Missouri  0-0  1-0 8-13 @ Kansas

2  D3 Midwest Cornell College 0-0 1-0 9-1 @ 8 Iowa Wesleyan IDLE

3 D2 GNAC Simon Fraser 0-0 1-0 9-1 Williamette U. IDLE

4 IA Big Ten Indiana 0-0 1-0 8-13 @ Kentucky

5 IA Big XII Iowa State 0-0 1-0 8-17 @ Texas A and M

6 IA Sun Belt Georgia State 0-0 1-0 8-30 19 Kennesaw State +3 IDLE

7 CFB Independent New Mexico State 0-0 1-0 8-25 Wyoming +4 IDLE

8 D3 UMAC Iowa Wesleyan 0-0 1-0 9-1 2 Cornell College NR IDLE

9 IA AAC Tulsa   0-0 1-0 9-1 C. Arkansas NR IDLE

10 IA MWC Hawaii 0-0 1-0 8-25 @ Colorado State NR IDLE

11 NAIA MSFB St. Ambrose (IA) 0-0 1-0 9-1 @ Dakota State NR IDLE

12 IAA SWAC Grambling 0-0 1-0 9-1 @LA-Lafayette NR IDLE

13 IA ACC Wake Forest 0-0 1-0 8-30@Tulane NR IDLE

14 IA MAC N. Illinois                      9-1 @ Iowa    -8   IDLE

15 IA Pac 12 Cal                               8-17 Marshall  -3

16 IA CUSA Charlotte                      8-15 Linfield    -3

17 IAA MVFC Northern Iowa       8-18 @ Duke   -3

18 IAA Ivy Harvard                        9-15 San Diego -3 IDLE

19 IAA Big South Kennesaw State 8-30 @ 6 Georgia State -3 IDLE

20 IAA MEAC Savannah State        8-14 @ Notre Dame -2

21 IAA NEC Wagner                         8-30 Bowie State -2 IDLE

22 IAA Pioneer Drake                      9-1 Wm. Jewell  -2 IDLE

23 IAA OVC Tennessee State 9-1 H vs. Bethune Cookman @ Nissan Stadium -2 IDLE

24 IAA Patriot Fordham         9-1 @ 16 Charlotte -2 IDLE

25 IAA SoCon Citadel             9-1 @ Wofford      -2 IDLE

Dropped Out:
7 SMU
8 Virginia
10 UNLV
17 Richmond
24 Houston Baptist
25 Southern

Week 1 College Football Poll 08052018

Even though I'd go deep before the season, which is my custom, but, here is the first poll of the season 3 Weeks before ANY Actual Game Week of the Season and Without Further Ado, here is my College Football Poll..

1 IA SEC Missouri   0-0 1-0 8-13 @ Kansas IDLE

Even though I wrote in the first Lawrence Border War Since 2005, but, I feel any actual returns would start in Lawrence regarding that rivalry.

2 D3 Midwest Cornell College 0-0 1-0 9-1@ Iowa Wesleyan IDLE +22

And, the actual openers for Cornell and Iowa Wesleyan could actually pass for a ranked game

3 D2 GNAC Simon Fraser 0-0 1-0 9-1 Williamette U. IDLE NR

4 IA Big Ten Indiana                       8-7 Tennessee      IDLE        -2

Even though the Revival Barrel Series would start in earnest ( A Consolidation of 2 Past Kentucky Trophies), but, Tennessee's readiness is suspect.

5 IA Big XII Iowa State               8-7 @ Nebraska         IDLE          -2

Even though I am writing in the first Non Conference Nebraska for the Defending National Champions of the National Championship of College Football the sport, but, I feel Nebraska is not a good program.

6 IA MAC Northern Illinois     9-1 @ Iowa       IDLE     -2

Northern Illinois actually has the toughest schedule in the country.

7 IA AAC SMU                         8-16 @ Mount Union (OH)  IDLE -2

Mount Union has no leadership this Season.

8 IA ACC Virginia                 8-15 Buena Vista IDLE  -2

The only program Virginia is above close to them in proper talent is Tennessee and that is not good.

9 IA Sun Belt Georgia State 8-9  Utah IDLE -2

The Panthers are looking to bring a title to Turner Field.

10 IA Mtn. West UNLV 8-15 @ Hampton IDLE -2

UNLV is the ONLY member of the 1999 Mountain 8 NOT to win a Conference Title in the Mountain West.

11 CFB Independent New Mexico State 8-8 @ Michigan         -2

New Mexico State is the only other "sure" Playoff/Postseason Team in FBS. (Georgia is the other)

12 IA Pac 12 Cal         8-17 Marshall     IDLE   -2

I am picking Cal to win the Pac 12 because Cal would need to break an "After All these Years" Conference TItle Hex before they can be a Playoff Team.

13 IA CUSA Charlotte  8-15 Linfield   IDLE   -2

If this was real reality, upsetting the best of the Small Western College Football Programs would be a cherry on the top.

14 IAA MVFC Northern Iowa 8-18 @ Duke  IDLE -2

The key here for the Panthers is to treat Duke like its the Hawkeyes.

15 IAA Ivy Harvard 9-15 San Diego IDLE -2

The Crimson have the longest tenured Division I (Uninterrupted) College Football Coach (1994).

16 IAA Big South Kennesaw State 8-30 @ 9 Georgia State IDLE -2

This Battle for East Atlanta has to be a Division I Football Game of the Year

17 IAA CAA Richmond 8-8 @ Iowa Wesleyan             -2

Could the Spiders leave Mount Pleasant WITHOUT Being Upset?

18 IAA MEAC Savannah State    8-14 @ Notre Dame  IDLE   -2

I am writing in (or at least trying to) have Savannah State be the Smallest Notre Dame Opponent to leave Notre Dame Stadium with the Upset Win. And, both twin separate but unrelated New Mexico State and Savannah State Upsets would leave the unresolved FOWL from Brady Hoke for Brian Kelly exiting and getting back in the Series.

19 IAA NEC Wagner         8-30 Bowie State IDLE  -2

One of 2 In New York City Teams in the Top 25 (Fordham in the Bronx).

20 IAA Pioneer Drake     9-1 William Jewell IDLE -6

Playoff Football will stay at Drake Stadium

21 IAA OVC Tennessee State 9-1 H vs. Bethune-Cookman at Nissan Stadium IDLE -2

Tennessee State and Hampton are the first multi outring Non HBCU IAA Members Since 2004.

22 IAA Patriot Fordham    9-1 @13 Charlotte  IDLE  -2

The Rams would be a Moment of Truth for the Charlotte 49ers.

23 IAA SoCon Citadel       9-1 @ Wofford IDLE -2

The Citadel would be a formidable opponent for any program.

24 IAA Southland Houston Baptist 9-1 Southwest Baptist IDLE -2

A Big Opening Day for the Huskies this year.

25 IAA SWAC Southern 9-1 @ TCU IDLE -2

I'd hope Southern would at least be competitive, or try to pull the upset against TCU

Dropped Out:
25 Southern Oregon

Commissioner's Classic Week of August 4th Results

This is my first part of my 3 Pronged Detail for the week, even though I am a member of A Star Trek Family, but, it'd be 2 Part most weeks until the Conference Tournament Weeks this Fall

07292018
Ritsumeikan 24 24 21 22-91
Kentucky       20 27 22 21-90  0-1

07302018
    Ahmado Bello 0 0 0 0-0
24 Cornell Coll. 14 16 10 7-47 1-0

Oxford U 7 0 7 0-14
Simon Fraser 7 7 0 7-21 1-0
Simon Fraser wins the Battle of the Broadcast

07312018
MacKenzie College SP 7 0 7 7-21
Jacksonville State        0 0 0 0-0   0-1

U of Havana Caribes 7 0 7 7-21
Quincy (IL) 0 7 0 0-7
All of these games would be standing firsts in the USA or NCAA Circuit and they'd, had they been real, would be drawing people to the point you'd couldn't draw more people.

Trinity College (Dublin 7 8 0 8-23 13-36
Fresno State                   16 0 7 0-23 7-30   0-1
08012018
Kyoto Gangsters 7 0 7 7-21
Coe College         0 7 0 0-7   0-1

University of Bologna 0 0 0 0-0
Arkansas                       7 7 0 7-21  1-0

0802018
Athens College (Greece) 7 7 0 7-21
Simpson College              0 0 0 0-0     0-1

08032018
University of Paris 7 7 7 7-28
Morningside (IA)    0 0 0 0-0   0-1

08042018
       Sydney U. 7 7 0 16-30 17-47
   1 Missouri 14 0 16 0-30 23-53    1-0

Next up, my first in season College Football Poll.

Preseason College Football Poll 07182018

With my Preseason College Football Poll, a lot of these ranked teams are in the Commissioner's Classic Series and I'd state next Summer, my Preseason Poll will be back to August 1st. And, as usual, I am going on after All These Years Conference Title.

1 Missouri            8-4 Sydney U.

I am picking Mizzou as Preseason Favorite to leave them something good in Mid-Missouri.

2 Indiana              8-7 Tennessee       IDLE

I am looking forward to Indiana adding BYU or Iowa Big Upset in this future.

3 Iowa State      8-7 @ Nebraska     IDLE

This would be the first Iowa State-Nebraska Non Conference

4 Northern Illinois 9-1 @ Iowa    IDLE

Northern Illinois's Strength Of Schedule is Toughest in College Football in Non Conference.

5 SMU 8-16 @ Mt. Union (OH)  IDLE

The other big shock besides SMU is not a Conference Champion since 1982 is they are not a 500 Winner.

6 Virginia 8-15 Buena Vista IDLE

I am picking the Hoos because I'd want them to at least be outright ACC Football Champions

7 Georgia State 8-9 Utah IDLE

I believe Georgia State Will Bring a Championship to Turner Field

8 UNLV 8-15 @ Hampton IDLE

UNLV is the Only Member of the Mountain West 8 of 1999 NOT to win a Conference Title in the Mountain West Conference.

9 New Mexico State 8-8 @ Michigan IDLE

One of my biggest tools in the arsenal is demolishing a Potential Foul Build of a Michigan-Notre Dame Matchup with Seperate But Unrelated Upsets. And, I loved the fact New Mexico State Made it to the Bowl.

10 Cal 8-17 Marshall IDLE

I believe Cal will win the Pac 12 because Oregon State's Dangerous, Washington's had their chance, Arizona and Arizona State's a Mess, and the other California Pac 12's are anything but serendipitious.

11 Charlotte 8-15 Linfield IDLE

I am thinking with Charlotte, there'd be nothing better than going mock and upsetting the Best in the Small West, Linfield.

12 Northern Iowa 8-18 @ Duke IDLE

Even though this is a Mock, but, there'd be nothing sweeter to launch a Championship Season in front of Coach K.

13 Harvard   9-15 San Diego IDLE

The Longest Serving Division I Coach is in Cambridge.

14 Drake    9-1 William Jewell IDLE

Playoff Football at Drake Stadium!

15 Kennesaw State 8-30 @ 7 Georgia State IDLE

The Battle for Atlanta picks up at Turner Field

16 Richmond 8-8 @ Iowa Wesleyan IDLE

Richmond is always formidable.

17 Savannah State 8-14 @ Notre Dame IDLE

If this where Real Reality, being the Smallest Road Winner at Notre Dame Stadium would stick greatly vs. Notre Dame, and the sellout streak would have some higher mountains. (Winter Classic and Garth Brooks)/

18 Wagner 8-30 Bowie State IDLE

The Seahawks would be a IAA Playoff Regular

19 Tennessee State 9-1 H vs. Bethune Cookman @ Nissan Stadium IDLE

The Tigers, for the first time since 2004, are one of two outring HBCU's in Division I.

20 Fordham           9-1 @ 11 Charlotte IDLE

Fordham actually plays a Make or Break Actual Season Opener in the Queen City.

21 Citadel               9-1 @ Wofford IDLE

The Citadel always is a tough opponent

22 Houston Baptist 9-1 Southwest Baptist IDLE

Houston Baptist always has a Great Home Field

23 Southern             9-1 @ TCU    IDLE

Southern will play TCU Tough

24 Cornell College  7-30 Ahmado Bello (Nigeria)

In transparency, this is the Home End of the International Week Cornell lost last year in my notes, and Ash Park is the Tinker (Mount Vernon over Solon) and Tailor (Cornell over Coe) in my after all these years acheivement board in Eastern Iowa. Kingston Stadium (Jefferson over Washington) is the Soldier and Trojan Field (Week 9 Battle of the Boot) is the Spy in my achievement for a Proper Boot Final.

25 S. Oregon    9-1 @ E. Oregon IDLE

S. Oregon had a big UAB Upset Loss last Winter in my Playoffs, and will they bounce back?

Nowhere Does it Say "Texas Brawl": I feel like Texas Football was left with gamers

I feel like having to call an editoral callout on how Tom Herman is doing his gamer thing, which would fly, say with Houston where you need every Season Ticket or Ticket Holder, but, I feel a real sense of lament in the continued amateurization or worse, ammaturity of Texas Sports.

These are the worst 5 Calendar Years in Texas Longhorn Athletics since the Previous 5 Years BEFORE Darrell K. Royal. I didn't have to deal with the imposter with Texas or having to have Missouri deal with BOTH the Offensive and Defensive Coordinatiors off rolls.

And, since Colt McCoy's infamous Walkoff, Texas Longhorn Athletics has gotten rudderlessly rusty. I know people would fall apart like wildly slapped together plastic, and Austin wouldn't have to deal with the competitiors of the Infamous Tilkedome, and what is cold in this Selfie Self-Importance Superspiral, is the Sunsets are as Burnt Orange as the Texas Merchandise, but, I can't have the sky be painted blue or Texas Football be left with Gamers.

Shame to me is why Texas raided Fort Worth and Nowhere does it say "Texas Brawl", and I feel the upward rudder to Dallas and Waco is getting uncomfortable numbing for UIL Supporters and THAT'S a Texas League like Wisconsin-Madison has the State High School and Division III Conference. But, what's rude to me is there are a lot of salty looks in Austin like Mount Vernon didn't make a Single State Tournament or Lisbon Olinized the Stat Board.

Missouri will be in the Men's Basketball Final Four in 2 Years

I feel sick and mad the present state of Mizzou Tiger Men's Basketball has caused more whining than winning and I would want to see Mizzou Tiger Men's Basketball make the Men's Basketball in 2 Years. I feel this is a big statement, particularly from a Sports Fan who is a Sportsman, and not anyone affliated with the Tigers Basketball Department.

If they hire Cuonzo Martin from Out West like they said, it would hurt Tennessee's Mens Basketball Division Worse, with a Rick Barnes that left Texas Hoops a mess, having to fight Roy and Coach K for recruits, and having to fight the one guy they fired or the NCAA was going to, Bruce Pearl, for Atlanta.

And, the similarly potted tale of Wes Washpun going from East Tennessee, making them vinegar and vulgar, via the Ozarks at their leanest Basketball Time, and to Northeast Iowa. But, I feel there are certain things I'd see happening at Mizzou in the next 24 Months.

And, I really want to see a lid to the Post-Norm Stewart Mayhem in Columbia. And, I feel having Mizzou getting back to respectable in College Basketball would help tilt the scales of recruiting, and strengthen great rivalries rather than weaken or delete them to the memory bank.

Hopefully, it'd be the Last Spring we have Missouri and Illinois be Open in Men's Basketball in Head Coaching

Certainly, I feel like this is the Last Spring we have Missouri and Illinois be open in Men's Basketball in the Head Coaching Department. It is not a good look for either Missouri and Illinois, the States.

For Illinois, this is the 2nd Straight Head Coaching Firing after not having one end of season since the 1960s before 2012. Again, they will be disappointed in who they get because the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can't just give good money to attract a "Name" Coach. And, to pad the issues beyond glorification, there aren't enough good Eastern Illinois Basketball Products who'd equal the Chicago Public League. Even though completion would be necessary, but, it is not coming together.

And, for Missouri, it is terse having to rag the 4th Head Coach This Decade and the 5th Since Norm Stewart. It is just as awful as the Knicks having to reinvent themselves into a corner. I'd long for Hearnes and Mizzou Arena to be Full Houses again. With Kim Anderson, they'd backed themselves into a corner because Missouri was more pungent of a hire in 2014 than it is this Spring when Frank Haith ducked to Tulsa to avoid the Storm Clouds of Miami dismissing him from Columbia.

I want to see the rare year where we have the Braggin' Rights Rematch, in the NCAA Tournament. And, like a lot of other programs waiting to hire their next mast, the truth is there'd be too many of them who'd wait on the same timeline.