Brian Fowler

Hollow Earth theory is one of the craziest of all the whack job conspiracy theories out there.

And LSU blinks. Added two players to their, locking their 105 for the season without the two former NFL players.

So, if the SEC is just saber rattling about booting LSU, they're rattling them awfully hard. Feeding media stories that it's a real possibility and such.

It's a real clusterfuck. In the NFL, there's a clear cut rule that if there is a sync difference between the TV clock and a clock in the replay booth, they are to side with the TV feed everyone saw. However, that's not in the official rule book for the NCAA. However however, it's is in the protocols they tell replay officials. So... Apparently this being a potential problem has been known for years, and the NCAA just kinda never got around to making it a clear cut rule, which means I have no idea if it's enforceable.

The SEC also has a meeting scheduled this week to potentially kick LSU out. I highly doubt they actually do it, but this is already a lot closer than seemed possible.

See what happens when you sync all the clocks? Everything else breaks.

Well, we might have only gotten one ranked vs ranked matchup this week, but holy hell are they living up to main event status.

That pick six really really changed the game

Ole Miss/Louisville has officially entered "bonkers" territory.

If Wisconsin had an offense, ND would be in trouble

So, having watched the replays a billion times, I think I see where it goes wrong. The exact instant the ball is snapped, the clock ticks down from 9 to 8. Well before the snap even gets to Bryce. I've seen a few synched clips with timers, and the play lasted 8.5-8.6 seconds. Which is to say, I think it actually was the right call but they need to get a hell of a lot better at transparency and syncing the clocks

(Also, Bryce Underwood is not getting $12 million this year. His deal coming in was reportedly for between $10 and $12 million over three or four years. So he's likely getting about $3 million for this year. Which is still an awful lot, especially compared to quality of play.)

The argument the Big Ten is making is that the clock on the broadcast was out of sync but there's was correct. The non-conspiracy best take is that one of the clocks was wrong, and it's probably impossible to figure out which one. If the NBC clock was wrong, it was the right call and Michigan deserved one last shot but it's terrible optics. If the NBC clock was right, Western got fucked.

Because there were hoping to lose even more money on the 90% of money line bets that were on Michigan? I'm not saying it wasn't a terrible call, but... Casinos and books would've much preferred it not happening.

TBF, the refs also missed a Western lineman tackling a Michigan defender on that same play. But I do think it's worth pointing out that the replay center in Chicago had the final decision, not the refs who are going to take the heat (including from me earlier in this thread)