LAMM AT LARGE: Deserving or not, Cincinnati is getting their shot

Cincinnati isn’t one of the four best college football teams in the nation — and we all know it.

But that doesn’t mean the Bearcats shouldn’t be in the four-team playoff. In such an imperfect system of choosing the four playoff teams, Cincinnati checked every box. They took on Power 5 opponents, they won their conference championship, and they’re the only undefeated team in major college football.

As long as the schools — the NCAA has nothing to do with the playoff — use an element of a beauty contest to pick the playoff teams, there’ll always be a debate of some kind.

Is Ohio State better than what heretofore was thought of as an in-state pest?

What about Baylor, the Big 12 champion?

Who’d you pick if your life depended on it: Texas A&M or Cincinnati?

None of it matters. The Bearcats are in. Go ‘Cats.

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HAYS BLOG: Only one way for Jaguars coach Urban Meyer to salvage something this season

By Hays Carlyon The Jaguars were destroyed on Sunday. Again. The Jaguars managed 197 yards in a 37-7 loss at the Los Angeles Rams. They are 2-11 with a four-game losing streak. However, I’m not going to rehash the gory details of Sunday’s demolition. I’m not going to focus on the fact that the Jaguars were 0-4 against the NFC West this season, getting outscored 129-43. I’m not going to focus on the fact the Jaguars remain the only […]

December 5, 2021