The Degenerate Digest v.94

Championship Saturday. I don’t know about you - but it feels different this year. Empty. USC took a hu-mungo L last night and now I feel like the only thing I have to root for is TCU. Big Ten Championship? Blake Corum, Heisman contender, suffered a season ending knee injury. SEC Championship? A 3 loss LSU team faces the big bad bullies of college football. ACC? More like LOL. This is clearly a look ahead week for the Digest. My mind is focused on the playoff. And yet, the possibilities of who’s in and who’s out remain in question. That’s why today, on the emptiest Championship Saturday I can recall in recent years, we’re rooting for chaos.

This week, the College Football Playoff Board of Managers agreed on a 12 team expansion for the 2024-2025 season. I’m not going to break down the pros and cons of this right now - but generally I’m fine with it because I just love college football and I’ll always find a positive spin. How this news relates to today’s presentation on Chaos Theory is that, while underneath what will seemingly be unpredictable outcomes for playoff spots uhhhh 4-12, it has always been this way! Look at today’s slate. Sure - Georgia and Michigan are in no matter what. But the 3rd and 4th spot are still very much up for grabs. If K State eats frog legs today, one could argue TCU missing the playoff. Controlled chaos. And what have we seen time and time again in this current format of controlled chaos? Alabama and Ohio State.

Think about it. 2 years from now, programs like TCU will be a shoe-in. They’ll have their time. For now, the College Football Playoff needs to bank in as much profit as possible on viewership. So why not ensure the ‘blue bloods’ of college football remain in the spotlight? In a week where the committee had Georgia, Michigan, TCU, and USC primed and ready to go - we’re already starting to see the cracks unfold. Controlled chaos.

TLDR; I’m a looney - don’t listen to any of my picks this week

(10) Kansas State @ (3) TCU: Kansas State ML

I know I’m on a content based schtick this week - but Kansas State does have a legitimate chance in this game. They have been playing dominant football of late, and their only losses this season come from Tulane, TCU, and Texas all by less than 10 points. ‘Joe you’re so stupid there’s no way TCU loses this game’. Do you like art? I know I do. And that’s why if this bet doesn’t hit, I’ll consider it a charitable donation to the producers and video editors of TCU’s social media team. Horned Frogs take the title? I’ll take my ticket to the Tarantino of Twitter.

Until then, Chaos Theory.

Final Score: Kansas State 24, TCU21

(14) LSU @ (1) Georgia: LSU +17.5

The more I write this blog the more I hate what I have done. But those words alone scream chaos.

Final Score: Georgia 42, LSU 31

Purdue @ (2) Michigan: Purdue +16.5

To be fair, the Big Ten isn’t too far off from the Pac 12 in the sense that it can lend itself to self destruction. Also to be fair, Michigan is locked in for the playoff regardless of what happens in this game - I wouldn’t play a single starter.

Final Score: Purdue 27, Michigan 24

(9) Clemson @ (23) North Carolina: Clemson -7.5

*holding back vomit* Yep that’s right gang, Chaos Theory says Clemson is a blue blood they have to shine today. *more gagging*

Final Score: Clemson 45, North Carolina 3

SIDEBAR (respect the sidebar):

I’m exhausted. I’m never doing this again for the sake of content. All of these picks are dog water. I don’t even think I can go back and proofread this. For my own mental health, I have to make one pick that I actually love… Chaos Theory be damned!

Fresno State @ Boise State: Fresno State +3

Jake Haener, best quarterback in college football.

Final Score: Fresno State 34, Boise State 27

Now how's THAT for a Championship Saturday! If you made it this far, congrats. You're just as sick as I am.

Running Record: (182-151-7)