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UCLA is NOT a quality loss, stop pretending it is.

1) Nebraska has the more talent than UCLA.

2) UCLA interviewed Tony White and they didn't want White. Instead they promoted their RB coach, Deshaun Foster to head coach with ZERO coaching experience. Let me say that again, Deshaun Foster's highest position coach in his coaching career is being a position coach.

3) UCLA vs Nebraska was Foster's 8th game in his career. It was Matt Rhules's 21st game at Nebraska and 149th game as a head coach. Matt Rhule was outcoached by a first year coach and it wasn't close.

4) UCLA's schedule - UCLA had difficult matchups against Indiana, LSU, Oregon and Penn State. Their other matchups: Hawaii, Minneosta, Rutgers, Nebraska and Iowa. UCLA scored the second most points on their season against Nebraska.
  • Beat Hawaii by 3
  • Lost to Minnesota by 4
  • Beat Rutgers by 3
  • Beat Nebraska by 7
  • Beat Iowa by 3 - Iowa was playing with multiple injured QBs and even played a LB at QB.
5) Tony White - I have no idea what his defensive gameplan was against UCLA's offense. Players were constantly out of position, players were taking bad angles, couldn't tackle in the open field. Tony White will be lucky to get the Head Coach job at Kennesaw State next year.

6) This needs to be repeated - Deshaun Foster is a first year head coach, Matt Rhule is a 12th year head coach. Deshaun Foster signed a 5 year contract earning $3,000,000 per year with a $100,000 annual increase. Matt Rhule signed an 8 year $74,000,000 contract and is in year 2 earning $6,500,000 with a $1,000,000 annual increase.

7) UCLA is improving every week, Nebraska is regressing every week.

I have 0 faith in Matt Rhule's ability to turn this program around.
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Basketball Big Ten Men's Scores and Standings (11/10)

November 10
#17 Indiana 90, Eastern Illinois 55
Wisconsin 87, Appalachian State 56
Wake Forest 72, Michigan 70

Standings
Wisconsin (3-0)
Nebraska (2-0)
Illinois (2-0)
Indiana (2-0)
Iowa (2-0)
Maryland (2-0)
Michigan State (2-0)
Minnesota (2-0)
Oregon (2-0)
Penn State (2-0)
Purdue (2-0)
USC (2-0)
Ohio State (1-0)
Rutgers (1-0)
Michigan (1-1)
Northwestern (1-1)
UCLA (1-1)
Washington (1-1)

Games for Monday, November 11
Youngstown State at Ohio State (5:00 PM - BTN)
St. Peter's at #25 Rutgers (6:00 PM - BTN+)
Florida A&M at Maryland (6:00 PM - BTN+)
Yale at #14 Purdue (7:00 PM - BTN)
Boston University at #22 UCLA (9:00 PM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Wednesday, November 13
Fairleigh Dickinson at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)
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Basketball Big Ten WBB Scores and Standings (11/10)

November 10
#5 UCLA 81, Colgate 63
#6 Notre Dame 102, Purdue 58
#18 Maryland 85, #11 Duke 80
Oregon 76, #12 Baylor 74
Penn State 92, Duquesne 83
Rutgers 94, NJIT 84
Lehigh 85, Northwestern 68
Washington 94, Siena 51
Wisconsin 79, Georgetown 61
Iowa 71, Virginia Tech 52
Illinois 65, Marquette 53

Standings
Maryland (3-0)
Oregon (3-0)
Penn State (3-0)
Rutgers (3-0)
Washington (3-0)
Nebraska (2-0)
Illinois (2-0)
Iowa (2-0)
Michigan State (2-0)
Minnesota (2-0)
UCLA (2-0)
USC (2-0)
Wisconsin (2-0)
Ohio State (1-0)
Indiana (1-1)
Michigan (1-1)
Purdue (1-1)
Northwestern (0-2)

Games for Monday, November 11
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State

Next Nebraska Game - Tuesday, November 12
Southern at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)
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Volleyball Big Ten Scores and Standings (11/10)

#20 USC def. Indiana (26-24, 17-25, 25-15, 26-24)
Northwestern def. Iowa (25-23, 15-25, 25-18, 25-18)
#9 Purdue def. Michigan (25-20, 25-21, 25-18)

Standings
1. Nebraska (24-1, 14-0)

2. Penn State (23-2, 13-1)
3. Wisconsin (18-5, 12-2)
4. Purdue (20-5, 11-3)
5. Oregon (18-5, 10-4)
6. Illinois (17-7, 9-5)
6. Minnesota (16-8, 9-5)
6. USC (17-7, 9-5)
9. Washington (18-6, 8-6)
10. Michigan (16-9m, 6-8)
11. Indiana (12-12, 5-9)
11. UCLA (11-12, 5-9)
13. Ohio State (11-13, 4-10)
14. Iowa (9-17, 3-11)
14. Maryland (12-13, 3-11)
14. Northwestern (5-17, 3-11)
17. Michigan State (9-16, 2-12)
18. Rutgers (5-20, 0-14)

Matches for Wednesday, November 13
Washington at UCLA

Matches for Thursday, November 14
Rutgers at Purdue
Indiana at Iowa
Minnesota at Nebraska
Wisconsin at USC
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Week 12 AP Poll and using it to seed playoffs

1OregonOregon(62)10-01550-
2Ohio StateOhio State8-114841
3TexasTexas8-114092
4Penn StatePenn State8-112742
5IndianaIndiana10-012733
6TennesseeTennessee8-112701
7BYUBYU9-011612
8Notre DameNotre Dame8-110952
9AlabamaAlabama7-210362
10Ole MissOle Miss8-29666
11GeorgiaGeorgia7-29649
12MiamiMiami9-19078
13Boise StateBoise State8-18391
14SMUSMU8-17881
15Texas A&MTexas A&M7-2674-
16ArmyArmy9-05332
17ClemsonClemson7-25242
18ColoradoColorado7-24633
19Washington StateWashington State8-14561
20Kansas StateKansas State7-23332
21LSULSU6-32657
22LouisvilleLouisville6-32403
23South CarolinaSouth Carolina6-3203NR
24MissouriMissouri7-2176NR
25TulaneTulane8-298NR

Complete Rankings
Others receiving votes: Iowa State 92, Arizona State 35, Pittsburgh 18, Louisiana 14, UNLV 10


So the playoffs right now according to conference standings (took the top 5 conference leaders) and the AP Poll would be:

9 - Notre Dame
at - - - - - - - - - - 1 - Oregon (B1G)
8 - Indiana


12 - SMU (ACC)
at - - - - - - - - - - 4 - Boise St (MWC)
5 - Ohio State


11 - Ole Miss
at - - - - - - - - - - 3 - BYU (Big 12)
6 - Texas


10 - Alabama
at - - - - - - - - - - 2 - Tennessee (SEC)
7 - Penn State

Other Conference Leaders in contention: #16 Army

Other Teams in contention for at large: Georgia, Miami, Texas A&M, Army

Good chance of the Big 12 or the ACC not getting a bye. Boise State could easily out rank the Big 12 or ACC champion if they win out. Smaller chance but still very feasible if Army and Boise State both win out, Big 12 or the ACC might not get their conference champion into the playoffs, much greater chance if BYU doesn't win the Big 12, same with the ACC if SMU or Miami doesn't win the conference.

It would really look interesting if Utah wasn't called for that iffy defensive holding call and BYU lost.

Be interesting to see what the playoff committee does after a turbulent week.
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Football Top 25 Polls (11/10)

AP Top 25 (11/10)
1.Oregon (62)(10-0)1,550 pts
2. Ohio State(8-1)1,484
3.Texas(8-1)1,409
4. Penn State(8-1)1,274
5. Indiana(10-0)1,273
6.Tennessee(8-1)1,270
7.BYU(9-0)1,161
8.Notre Dame(8-1)1,095
9.Alabama(7-2)1,036
10.Mississippi(8-2)966
11.Georgia(7-2)964
12.Miami (FL)(9-1)907
13.Boise State(8-1)839
14.Southern Methodist(8-1)788
15.Texas A&M(7-2)674
16.Army(9-0)533
17.Clemson(7-2)524
18.Colorado(7-2)463
19.Washington State(8-1)456
20.Kansas State(7-2)333
21.LSU(6-3)265
22.Louisville(6-3)240
23.South Carolina(6-3)203
24.Missouri(7-2)176
25.Tulane(8-2)98

Dropped Out
Iowa State (#17), Pittsburgh (#23), Vanderbilt (#24)

Others Receiving Votes
Iowa State (92), Arizona State (35), Pittsburgh (18), Louisiana-Lafayette (14), UNLV (10)

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Coaches Top 25 (11/10)
1. Oregon (55)(10-0)1,375 pts
2.Ohio State(8-1)1,314
3.Texas(8-1)1,262
4.Tennessee(8-1)1,138
5.Penn State(8-1)1,113
6. Indiana(10-0)1,057
7.Notre Dame(8-1)1,038
8.BYU(9-0)994
9.Alabama(7-2)899
10.Georgia(7-2)887
11.Mississippi(8-2)877
12.Miami (FL)(9-1)820
13t.Boise State(8-1)691
13t.Southern Methodist(8-1)691
15.Texas A&M(7-2)597
16.Clemson(7-2)536
17.Army(9-0)466
18.Washington State(8-1)385
19.Kansas State(7-2)332
20.Colorado(7-2)329
21.Missouri(7-2)277
22.LSU(6-3)257
23.South Carolina(6-3)118
24.Louisville(6-3)109
25.Iowa State(7-2)92

Dropped Out
Pittsburgh (#23), Vanderbilt (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
Tulane (85), Louisiana-Lafayette (42), Arizona State (30), Pittsburgh (28), UNLV (17), Memphis (11), Navy (3), Illinois (2), James Madison (2), Duke (1)
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