College Football Idiot Savant Playoff Week 2
The presents have been unwrapped, the gift from uncle Kevin has been returned, and we’re ready for a holiday party of college football proportions. Alabama was the only one to bail me out last time, but I’m back in the fighting spirit.
Prediction 1: #2 Ohio State (-9.5) looks for a bounce back, and what better a way than #10 Miami in the Cotton Bowl? I was awake and alert for the call in 2002…it was pass interference. We are to that point in the season where the conditions are ideal, the lights are brightest, and the best teams win. Ohio State covers -9.5.
Prediction 2: While the Ducks couldn’t give me a cover last week, they did put up fifty points on a playoff opponent, so there’s that. I haven’t been falling in love with Texas Tech all year and Landman, while great, hasn’t changed my mind. Duck’s cover -2.5 with all of that offense.
Prediction 3: My hope is that wherever you are this New Year’s Day, by around four o’clock you hit the crock pot for seconds and get ready for a slugfest between Indiana and Alabama. This is a no win prediction for me, I can’t stand either moving on to the final four. However, the Big Ten runs in my veins, and I think #1 Indiana can cover -7 with the Heisman Trophy winner under center.
While I wasn’t enamored with the matchups last time, this week should be an excellent watch. Make the most of the holiday that means the least this New Year, and watch as much football as possible.
Summary:
#2 Ohio State covers -9.5
#5 Oregon covers -2.5
#1 Indiana covers -7
Record: 33-18-2
Merry Christmas 2025
I don’t wanna be an infinitely full cruet of vinegar all of the time, but I am, and I apologize
This day, we celebrate a birth in a manger, citizens attending Roman census with nowhere to stay. The grace that was shown to them was tremendous, but really, anywhere will do for the birth of the ‘Lord.’
It’s a grace I no longer see from Christians in the day to day, as they line up to vote for deportation and abuse of their neighbors and friends. It’s just a story anyway, with no historical basis, so couldn’t they at least play along with the mythology? No.
“Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,” the song used to go. “The little lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.” It’s a great tune to hear as you are anticipating gifts and wine and fellowship. Not so great however if you’re about to be ripped from your home without due process in Columbus, Ohio and dragged away from your family at Christmas time by ICE.
Again, I don’t wanna be an asshole at Christmas, because I’m not the asshole, you Republican Christians are. You have strayed so far from the Jesus of the New Testament that I can’t recognize your stance anymore. I can’t recognize it, and I don’t respect it, especially when you want to put it my face all the time how much you support the crucifix. JC put himself up there for ALL of our sins, even the Muslim’s sins, the transgender sins, the liberal sins, everyone.
I may be all vinegar all the time, and I have to live with that, but when you put in your 13 years at Catholic school I feel like you should have a voice in what your former faith has become, and I am horrified. The Jesus that turned over the tables of market in the temple would not recognize the holiday today.
That being said, allow me to rally, we can all be human to each other this Christmas, let love be the guide this holiday, do for your neighbor. As you give your gifts remember how lucky you are to be in a warm place with people who love you and food on the table. Please remember how lucky you are to not be at CECOT this Christmas.
College Football Idiot Savant Playoff Week 1
While championship week left a little to be desired from Buckeye fans everywhere, they only dropped one spot in the playoff. Liveforthepage went 2-1 despite the letdown, as we look forward to the first round of the playoff.
Prediction 1: Most Americans wouldn’t live in Alabama if given the choice, but those who do live for their college football. #9 Alabama (-1.5) takes another trip to Norman playoff style to see #8 Oklahoma in a rematch of the regular season contest won narrowly by Oklahoma. They say a wounded dog hunts, three loss Alabama is wounded and I wouldn’t wanna be animal control this weekend. This goes double when considering that Oklahoma gave them a loss last year as well. Three wins against Alabama by anybody would be an anomaly, and with the spread this close, Alabama covers sooner than later.
Prediction 2: In what may be the best watch of the weekend, #10 Miami travels to meet #7 Texas A&M (-3) in Saturday’s noon game. The last two matchups between these two sides split evenly, and it should stay close, but I don’t think that’s the college football story here. The story is that in your second big year of the 12 team playoff, with all the money and media attention, playoff week one will be in the books by 3:30 Saturday afternoon. I say that because the remaining two games will be snooze-fests relegated to TNT/HBO Max that few will watch or care about. If this is the premium product of the college football year, how do the remaining two games have spreads of -17.5 and -21 respectively where you also limit the viewership to cable? Texas A&M covers, then you’ll need to cover the rest of the Saturday in ranch dressing watching something else.
Prediction 3: In that vein, #12 James Madison takes its freshly minted FBS program up to Eugene to face #5 Oregon (-21). Not only is this one of the toughest places in the country to play, but I don’t think Oregon will need to lean into crowd noise after the first 4 possessions when this is a 14-0 chase for a cover. Respect to James Madison for getting here, I don’t have any material about them yet, but give it one more playoff run and I’ll have jokes. Mostly I just hate this matchup for the fans and my entertainment prospects on Saturday, Oregon covers and it might get ugly.
Shout out to the alma mater for finishing strong and landing a spot in the Boca Raton Bowl, Toledo students need as much sun as they can get this time of year. I’ll be monitoring the score from my cubicle on Tuesday, and Louisville should be a fun matchup. However, the only reason to ever find oneself in Kentucky is for the subsidized cigarettes, and Rocket senior Tucker Gleason is gonna be smokin’ defensive backs all day. Hope you enjoy the games and the holiday everyone, always remember to abide.
Summary:
#9 Alabama covers -1.5
#7 Texas A&M covers -3
#5 Oregon covers -21
Record: 32-16-2
College Football Idiot Savant Championship Week
Honorable vindication, humility in evisceration, if you want me to get really hyperbolic, compassionate anti-colonialism. They guarded the M, but who wants to plant a flag on a piece of land nobody wants in Ann Arbor? An audible O-H-I-O chant going around The Big House at the end of the broadcast should instill far more embarrassment than any flag ever could. Those were season ticket holders that sold their seats. Ryan Day deserves all praise for this undefeated regular season, as the Buckeyes move on to the next one. For all you northern counters, it’s been over 365 days since Michigan scored a touchdown against Ohio State.
Prediction 1: Our first championship matchup comes to us from Arlington, but #4 Texas Tech (-12.5) will not need to rely on any in-state advantage to come out on top in this one. The honor coders from #11 BYU should be proud of an 11-1 season, but I don’t see a future. They should try to catch a glimpse of any Cowboy cheerleaders that might be in the building. They can think about how much they would love to disappoint those beautiful women too. Tech covers.
Prediction 2: Let me start by saying what I hope this game isn’t: a nail biter that gives the committee sway to let a three loss #9 Alabama team into the playoff. A lot of players will be drafted from both of these teams, but I think #3 Georgia (-2.5) has put together a more impressive season. I also trust the coaching of Kirby Smart more to take his alma mater to a top four spot. Dawgs cover.
Prediction 3: As a proud graduate of an Ohio public institution, this one is a no brainer. Some without prior knowledge would say this is an Indiana home game with it being in Indianapolis, not so. Ask the folks in Ann Arbor who saw the chant in action last week if Buckeye nation will fill Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday night. Countless fans will brave the Fallout-adjacent wasteland that is the Indiana leg of I-70 to Indy to see #1 Ohio State (-4.5) cover #2 Indiana in style, by a touchdown.
It’s been a great regular season here at liveforthepage, and we appreciate everyone who takes the time to read this drivel every week. This week’s Big Ten Championship is a point-of-pride game, both teams will be in the playoff, but only one will have drivable roads when it’s over. Respect to Indiana for what they’ve built, but if you think I’m going to give anything more than that to a citizenry who thought Mike Pence was a good idea, dead wrong. It’s going to be a sea of red at Lucas Oil on Saturday, and 70% of them are going to be from out of state. Buckeye faithful, it may be a good idea to check if your AAA roadside assistance dues are current, O-H!
Summary:
#4 Texas Tech covers -12.5
#3 Georgia covers -2.5
#1 Ohio State covers -4.5
Record: 30-15-2
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