College football winners, losers in Week 13: Florida's Billy Napier continues rise, Big 12 leaders fall flat

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-24 13:34:14 | Updated at 2024-11-24 16:10:21 2 hours ago

College football winners, losers in Week 13: Florida's Billy Napier continues rise, Big 12 leaders fall flat
CBS Sports ^ | November 23, 2024 | Shehan Jeyarajah

Posted on 11/24/2024 5:25:44 AM PST by C19fan

Rivalry week gets most of the attention, but the penultimate Saturday of the regular season always seems to pack some surprises. Nowhere was that more clear than the SEC, which saw top contenders No. 7 Alabama, No. 11 Ole Miss and No. 15 Texas A&M all lose in shockers to shape up the league's championship race.

However, the Big 12 remains the most chaotic conference in the sport. Both Big 12 favorites Colorado and BYU dropped stunners to alter the conference standings. The Buffs lost against a Kansas team fighting for bowl eligibility, while Arizona State wrestled the Big 12-favorite mantle from the Cougars.

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"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall".

All week leading up to this past Saturday the SEC Just Means More crowd led by Finebaum has expressed its horror that the B1G and SEC had equal number of playoff entries. Also, they expressed their horror of three of their teams would have to travel north of the Mason-Dixon line to play. The football gods listening to the whining punished the SEC for their pride this Saturday.

But first, the football gods teased the SEC Kool Aid drinkers by proving their point about how much a fraud Indiana is. But then the gods unleashed the plague in SEC country. Three bottom feeders of the SEC beat three SEC playoff contenders. One top SEC team did enjoy the death and destruction, Tennessee.

Alabama, and Ole Miss now at 3 losses are done.

Is Notre Dame a lock for bid even if they lose to USC?

Is the ACC now a two bid league?

What an irony Napier beat the coach who was rumored to be coming to Gainesville to take his job.

1 posted on 11/24/2024 5:25:44 AM PST by C19fan

To: C19fan

Is Notre Dame a lock for bid even if they lose to USC?

Likely.

2 posted on 11/24/2024 5:32:07 AM PST by piytar (Remember Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, and Corey Comperatore!)

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