The "Thinning Of The Herd" 10/30 Edition

Oct 30, 2022, 7:03 AM

Year 5 of me doing my weekly public service to anybody out there who believes there will be more than 4 undefeated teams at the end of the year vying for a place in the College Football Playoffs. It won’t happen, despite each year worry and angst are abound with people wondering if we will have a decision to make among undefeated teams come playoff time.

The inevitable will happen….it’s called “the thinning of the herd” and I’ll post it each Sunday to help ease those of you that have this annual “fear”

Recap Of Last Week
The Herd was able to keep ahead of the chasers this past weekend, all keeping themselves in the thin air altitude of the unbeaten. The nooners provided some drama, but we turn the page to November still with 6 teams undefeated. But, the truth is simple. They remember November.

Next Week: Guaranteed Thinning Will Take Place
Tennessee travels to Athens in one of the biggest regular season games of the year. The team that wins all but punches their ticket to Atlanta for the SEC Championship. The team that loses joins those looking to be the prettiest one loss team in the land.

"Upset Alert”
Clemson travels to Notre Dame and the Irish seem to remember how to play football, thumping Syracuse in the Dome on Saturday. One could easily argue this will be Clemson’s biggest road game test of the regular season.

Michigan travels to a 4-4 Rutgers team looking to shock the Big 10 world. Michigan is better than Rutgers, but the Wolverines don’t blow people out and winning on the road at night is never easy.

Will Keep Winning....For Now
Ohio State travels to a very bad Northwestern team that has only 1 win on the season.

Texas Christian continues to impress, and will host Texas Tech this Saturday. TCU has too much offense to lose a game like this at home.

Final Thoughts:
When the sun comes up November 6th, there will only be 5 unbeaten teams, at the most. And there are 3 college football weekends in November AFTER next week before conference titles begin. So, if you thought the last weekend in October put a kink in my theory on Thinning The Herd taking care of any and all worries about more than 4 undefeated teams at the end of the year, do not worry yourself any more. The Herd will be caught. It is inevitable my friends.

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