Let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the red and black with two words, two simple words which express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation: Auburn Sucks.
Technically, it was at Oklahoma State, but Oregon played a close one against Boise State and just lost a game to a team that scored only ten points in its opening loss…to Tulsa.
Drew Mestermaker accounted for three TDs and 400 yards offense, with over a hundred yards of that coming on the ground.
When I watched Oregon get absolutely killed in the CFP, I walked away with the impression that Dante Moore returning wasn’t great news for Oregon. Got the same impression again yesterday. Maybe it’s time for them to turn to a new hero at QB:
Oregon’s starting QB Dante Moore’s helmet came off during a play. Friendly reminder that means he has to come off for a play
Former Husker starting QB Dylan Raiola was in the huddle about to make his Ducks debut
Meanwhile, Matt Ryan was in attendance at the game looking for QB options, apparently. I’m sure he’ll choose wisely, as the Falcons always do, right?
Drew Mestemaker is him. No idea how he didn’t start at QB in high school. Putting it all on the line for Oklahoma State against Oregon pic.twitter.com/mVKanXTK8Y
Someone’s not letting go of the Ann Arbor Atrocity without a fight.
The MAC now says that “replay protocol was not properly followed” in the Western Michigan-Michigan game and the league has filed a formal appeal with the NCAA FBS Oversight Committee to be recognized as the winner. pic.twitter.com/gVA18kozym
Eh. Most of the parties have moved on, so the fact that this is coming up on a Tuesday after the fact is odd. Some others have pointed out that the game and broadcast clocks were not in sync, so there’s this:
Kind of makes sense, honestly.
In other news, you mean to tell me a broadcast screwed up a game?
Good morning! Football is back and game replays are, also. If you couldn’t figure out how to stream from ESPN or some jerk in your family planned a wedding on Labor Day weekend… here’s your replay completely uninterrupted by today’s annoying commercials.
The move will bring all of ESPN’s college football broadcasts in line with its major events, like the College Football Playoff or NBA postseason games, which already do not feature the on-screen ticker. This season, all college football games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network, ACC Network, ESPNU, and ESPNEWS will go without the BottomLine.
Awful Announcing has been calling for this change for quite some time, as the ticker has become an unneeded distraction in the world of smartphones, when every score for every game can be seen in an instant, whenever the viewer wants.
“We’re always looking for ways to better serve sports fans. By removing the BottomLine during live action, we’re creating a cleaner presentation that keeps the focus where it belongs—on the field,” an ESPN spokesperson told Front Office Sports.
I’m sure that it’s not really for the aesthetics. Certainly, ESPN has some other plan for the space that was in the future months.
Some other ideas for replacements for the ESPN Bottom Line:
Details on new and ongoing legal filings surrounding college football and the NIL.
Non-stop, in-game advertising for medication and their growing lists of side effects, including dry mouth, constipation, dizziness, chronic fatigue, sudden muscular inversion and skin layer reversal, psychosis, paranoid schizophrenic delusions, and death. But, hey, at least you don’t have psoriasis anymore. Ask a doctor for more information. TODAY.
Live Tweeting from Paul Finebaum’s regular guests.
Unending side bet options from BetMGM, along with movement on lines leading up to the game.
Updates to live transfer portal news that occurs in game, including players who switch sidelines mid-game.
I mentioned this yesterday and feel like continuing it today. For a moment, I was thinking that this has been the hardest offseason of blogging to date, but for a few reasons I’ve noticed, and I hope those of you who scour the internet have noticed it, too:
There is way less intel coming out of camps and scrimmages than in years past. Even the Georgia social media team isn’t releasing highlights of scrimmages. It’s very quiet.
I think that #1 is by design. Since you can essentially reload and retool your team via NIL and the Transfer Portal yearly, coaches are less inclined to let out “leaks”.
The intel that does come out is useless. Of note, I’ve read through some of last weekend’s scrimmage, and here’s the breakdown…and honestly, you could’ve filled in the blanks on this by just guessing:
The offense looked like crap, receivers couldn’t get separation and we were 0/30 on deep balls.
The defense is probably that good.
A tight end (Redell) is Him.
A running back looked great (Peanut) and one was more consistent (Bo Walker)
No news on special teams.
A freshman is going to be a game one starter.
So, you have to put together the pieces by yourself, meaning what comes out on the field is anyone’s guess. We know the potential starters, and maybe a few surprises. Yahoo. The days of Phil Steele’s guidance and preseason magazines are gone. Your guess is as good as theirs. For giggles, I decided to fantasize if I could be one of them (the social media football pundits), then I realized I’d have to ESPN myself, and here’s the image I got that plays with the modern day college football prognosticator:
It’s like I’m looking at my son if he was crossbred with Theo Von and Pat McAfee. Shudder. Also, if that’s me, someone is grooming me to not have ear hair and nose hair. I’m almost offended.
Anyway, if you think I’m joking, take a look at this take, from someone who gets paid really good money to make stupid takes like this:
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) August 11, 2026
CBS must not have a research department, but they also employ Danny Kanell, so there’s that. How many times and how often do we have to hear that Texas is back, Texas owns the SEC, Everything’s Bigger in Texas, yadda yadda just to watch them faceplant in the biggest game of the year?
Arch Manning is 'talking shit' at Texas football practice. Here's why that's a big deal for the Longhorns, who no longer have to coax their quarterback into being himself: https://t.co/YTnsCaugqL
Ohhhhh Aaaaachie! He used a foul word! What a badass and, man, Texas is gonna be hell on wheels! I put the category in the Mumme Poll of “For all the resources and money thrown at them, that’s the best they could do? (Falling short of high expectations)” in there precisely for Sarkisian, who, for all intents and purposes, should be canned for doing less with more.
Kudos to Kirby for reserving NIL for upperclassmen, it’s almost as if he should join Saban in retirement in driving NIL regulation to keep it out of the high schools and recruiting and reserve it for results on the field. If you asked me for my opinion on reform, I’m fine with the open market, but keep it for sophomores or redshirt freshmen and above. Do something to prove your worth beyond beating the hell out of Our Sister of Mercy’s JV squad and social media bravado. If you come in as a freshman and earn playing time and play at a high level, the open market is yours. Good on you, and a guy like Kirby is your friend and mentor, not your paycheck. He’ll make sure you make eight figures in the NFL, which will make the NIL days look like chump change.
As it should be.
Until we get to that level of sensibility, we have what we have. It’s a shitshow, and there’s no better way to describe it.
That being said, lay forth your opinions and know, no matter who retorts, that your opinion holds as much gold value as anyone else’s because it’s 2026, this is the state of College Football, and the comments section is really where the true knowledge is at.
Pads are clapping and helmets are cracking as we speak. Our long slow offseason of discontent is about to conclude, and ball will be on our TVs or itineraries in less than a month. Hell, I’m so eager I actually considered buying the $20 ticket packages they advertised for Tech versus Colorado. I’m that hard up for football, even as shitty as some of the noise had become. And I like hot dogs and Coke. Sounds like a fine idea.
Note: relax, I didn’t but any Tech tickets. Yet.
It’s almost here, Refugees. Rejoice. And have away in the comments.
Breaking news: the SEC ejected regular Paul Finebaum Show caller Legend from the main floor at SEC media days today.
"They got every podcaster and basement-dweller in the country at this meeting with credentials, and he wants to come after the Legend…"https://t.co/3GOGVtnGwb
The @SEC has 24 hrs to publicly apologize to me for public humiliation,discrimination & restricting me from a public area in a hotel where I am a guest. If I am not apologized to in 24 hrs two of best lawyers in Alabama will be in Federal Court with a lawsuit Thursday morning.
While others without credentials were in the area at times both Monday and Tuesday, they were not conducting interviews. Legend said he had applied for credentials before the event, but the SEC denied his request.
“They got every podcaster and basement-dweller in the country at this meeting with credentials, and he wants to come after the Legend,” Legend said. “I’m on TV. I’m on radio. I think he’s got a problem with the Legend personally, and I think this is discriminatory.”
Pinkerton said he had no comment on the matter. AL.com observed a portion of the incident in progress, where Pinkerton told Legend to “just go,” and retrieved hired security, but was not raising his voice in any notable way, nor was he standing especially close to Legend.
Apparently, what passes for sports journalism nowadays doesn’t require much more than a lighter and some kerosene. And if you’ve been following sports media nowadays, that should come as a surprise to no one.
I opened up my “studio” this past weekend and captured video of all 3 of the Diamond Dawgs’ 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament games. If ya missed’em, turned it off after we were down 6-0 or just wanna relive this glorious weekend, all 3 games are now online at my Rumble channel (including post-game celebrations and trophy presentations). Or, you can just watch them from here… “Grab a brew. Don’t cost nothin’.”
2026 SEC Baseball Tournament Quarterfinal: UGA vs MSST
2026 SEC Baseball Tournament Semifinal: UGA vs Boogereaters
2026 SEC Baseball Tournament Final: UGA vs Arkansas
Bonus – SEC Inside: Georgia Bulldogs Track & Field
GTPR is primarily a football blawg. But, we all cheer and root for UGA to win at every sport. If you’ve been living under a rock since 2026 started, you may not be aware that the baseball team is pretty darned good. On Saturday, they beat LSU and, along with some other games going our way in the SEC, clinched their first Regular Season SEC Championship since 2008.
I managed to get a good capture of the entire game plus the postgame celebration and interviews. So, I decided that it was worthy of being archived alongside the football games I’ve been saving. And, because I’m such a nice guy, I’m sharing it with all of you. Enjoy!
The coaches have spoken: In a vote last week, the AFCA Board swung its support behind (1) a playoff with the max participants (likely 24); (2) discontinuing conference championships; and (3) ending CFP by second week of January, they tell @YahooSports.https://t.co/kZ2wlHmB3r
The most-discussed 24-team model is an all at-large field determined through the CFP rankings, with an automatic spot for the Group of Six leagues. The format adds one playoff round and 12 additional games. The top eight ranked teams would receive a first-round bye while seeds No. 9-24 play in the first round on campus.
Conference championship games would be eliminated and the playoff, presumably, would start immediately after the regular season — a long-discussed shift in the postseason calendar to open a path for the national title game, now played the third week of January, to return to the second Monday in the month.
To that end, coaches also recommended that the regular season should include one, not two, bye weeks and that the minimum number of days between games be six — moves that they believe will also help shift up the playoff calendar.
So who makes up this esteemed Board? Here you go:
Though the board has no authority within the NCAA or College Football Playoff governance structure, the group includes prominent coaching figures with influence over decision-makers, such as the conference commissioners and university presidents presiding over the CFP. The AFCA board includes names like Bret Bielema (Illinois), Brent Venables (Oklahoma), Clark Lea (Vanderbilt), Rhett Lashlee (SMU), Joey McGuire (Texas Tech) and Pat Fitzgerald (Michigan State).
Most likely, if it goes through, you’ll be back to determining a season conference champion rather than determining it in a championship game.
At least if it’s the last one, we finally took it to Alabama.
But I have to ask, doesn’t this feel oddly familiar? It seems like Georgia goes back to back to win a national championship, then get jobbed in the selection for the 2023 CFP, NIL and Portal goes wild, and the CFP is expanded. Now, we’ve gone back to back in the SECCG, so let’s move to get rid of it.
As a reminder, the SEC Conference Offices are in Birmingham, Alabama. I’ll go put my tin hat on and let y’all discuss.
