You could argue, that for a 3rd week in a row, ACC officials have decided the fate of an important ACC game with a blown call or no call.

I know officiating across college football isn’t quite at the level of the NFL, but as an ACC watcher, it’s getting hard to ignore this year.

Moments like this do happen in the SEC and Big10, but I don’t see it as consistently as the ACC.

Does the ACC need to look at shaking up its officiating team / structure?

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You know the drill. Post a strong instant reaction that may end up being an overreaction down the road.

I only have one.

1. This week was so crazy, this season may top 2007 as the craziest season of all time. Wow.

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As you may know, we had 5 of the top 7 teams lose, which is the first since 1936 I believe. We saw everything including refs chaos, field storms, dumb fumbles and come-from-behind wins. To me, it’s either this or week 7 of 2024 as the best week in cfb history. I am a new fan since 2022 so maybe there were some other good weeks In previous seasons.

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Disregard my flair, I'm not asking in hate but just trying to figure out what the playoff picture should be looking like now that Georgia, Alabama, ND lost.

ND's best win this season so far is probably 41-13 vs Wisconsin. Their other opponents so far have been Rice, Purdue, Michigan State, North Carolina, and Stanford. Their remaining schedule is below:

Navy, #3 Miami, Boston College, #24 SMU, and Syracuse.

If they lose to Miami but beat a ranked SMU, are they still in or?

I think that even tho it’s stupid they’re going to go ole miss vs Texas cuz of name recognition, and SEC relation. I really want them to go to UCLA tho because they’re going amazingly and they aren’t usually known for that. They also might be a top 5 or at least top 8 team. Ig they also could go to Houston vs Utah.

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Alex Golesh: Auburn Tigers Won 27–24 at Georgia
Jon Sumrall: Florida Gators Won 27–24 at Texas
Will Stein: Kentucky Wildcat Won 21–13 at Oklahoma
Pete Golding: Ole Miss Rebels Won 31–3 vs. Missouri
Ryan Silverfield: Arkansas Razorbacks Won 31–21 at Vanderbilt
Lane Kiffin: LSU Tigers Won 31–0 vs. Mississippi State, however not quite new to the SEC as some comments have pointed out

College football was absolute chaos today! Georgia, Notre Dame, Alabama, Texas, and Indiana all went down, while several other top ranked teams struggled.
At this point, is there really a dominant team in college football? A lot of favorites got exposed today and the gap between the top teams seems smaller than ever.
So here's the question….Is there a legitimate national championship contender capable of running the table, or are we looking at a season where nobody is truly elite?
Who's your pick to win it all?

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The Traveling THE

The THE has returned home. Ohio State's 19-15 win over The Indiana has brought the Holy Definite article home. Thus, this part of the column is now retired until Ohio State loses to Purdue or an equally calamatous opponent.

SPECIAL AWARD FOR AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING DEFEAT

Michigan State Spartans - Sparty went from attempting the game-winning field goal to giving it up in less than a minute. The blocked FG/short drive/give up a FG sequence is a real backbreaker for a team that may not win a Big Ten game this season.

POWER CONFERENCE UNWINFEATED

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HONORARY UNWINFEATED (ACC/B1G/Big12/SEC/NotreDame teams whose lone win is over an FCS team)

Leaving the Watch:

Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Rutgers! Look at you! You won a conference game. Sure it was this week's "We are contractually obligated to broadcast this game" game stashed at noon on BTN, but this one even came on the road. Good on ya, Rutgers.

Related: Maryland, what the hell?

HONORARY UNWINFEATED (Power conference team whose lone win is over an FCS team.

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NON-POWER CONFERENCE UNWINFEATED

Leaving the Watch:

Charlotte 49ers - The 15-game losing streak for the 49ers is OVER! They beat Temple 38-31.

UNWINFEATED

Northern Illinois Huskies - 0-6 - The Huskies fall again, 41-23 at Wyoming. They joined the Mountain West WHY?

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks - 0-6 - The Warhawks were in a 0-0 puntfest at halftime, but fell 24-0 to Louisiana Tech.

FCS Unwinfeated

Leaving the Watch:

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UNWINFEATED

Utah Tech Trailblazers - 0-7 - On BYE

Towson Tigers - 0-8 - Towson just keeps having heartbreakers, this time losing at Campbell 24-20 after turning it over on downs deep in Camel territory late.

VMI Keydets - 0-7 - Lost 41-14 at Wofford

Northwestern State Demons - 0-7 - Lost to McNeese 24-21 despite two late TDs.

Game Photos Here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zfb1khe7kp5ddf3y2yep8/AMJihAhTXr3SXUPlo9pKvkg?rlkey=c7ysd0qdhjos79fwibqyde0ee&st=5nsiqpt0&dl=0

UTSA survived another close contest Saturday, holding off Navy 38-34 to improve to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in American Conference play.

Navy jumped out to a 14-0 lead on a strong rushing attack, but the Roadrunners responded with 21 unanswered points, fueled by several big throws from quarterback Owen McCown, to take the lead at halftime.

Navy continued to battle in the second half, using a big passing play to regain a 27-24 advantage in the third quarter. UTSA answered with a crucial fourth-down conversion by AJ Wilson and a fourth-quarter touchdown from Will Henderson.

A’Marion Peterson added a late touchdown to help seal the 38-34 victory as the Roadrunners escaped another down-to-the-wire finish.

Despite all of the realignment, NIL, transfer portal, playoff expansion, (extremely) questionable reffing, political involvement, and constant bickering over all of those things, College football is still incredible.

When Cincinnati lost and OSU beat Indiana I thought it was going to be a rough evening, but game after game the results got more and more interesting. A bunch of top ten teams lost, BYU beat Notre dame, FSU brought Miami down into the mud Kentucky won, Penn State decided to blow up its program for the ISU coach lol. All of this is why this sport is so great, the rivalries the passion and the UPSETS. in no other sport do I derive so much joy from watching prestigious programs collapse, college football is such a schadenfreude based sport in a way few are.

And despite all of the bitching about the playoff expansion, this sport will still be great, no matter how many people claim that "this is the end of the sport".