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Carla and Crappy Show: The 2021 Natty Edition

We’re down to the official end of the 2021 college football season – that would be Monday’s national championship game between Alabama and Georgia – which also means we’re wrapping up the 10th season of the Carla and Crappy Show. And in spite of a few late glitches because of omicron, we were able to enjoy an entertaining bowl season –- although Crappy probably wouldn’t use the word “entertaining” to describe the first half of the Rose Bowl. It has been our practice over the years to not dwell much on the outcomes of our weekly picks – and that’s probably a good thing. But our young friend Aidan was curious to see how we all did with our Bowlapalooza picks from a couple shows ago, so Crappy went back through that episode to tally the results. Two things to be aware of: First, that show was bit chaotic, and in the middle of the craziness Crappy actually forgot to pick three or four of the games, so he’s not included in the standings. Also, we’ve tossed out the Sun Bowl, which brought in a new team after COVID forced a cancellation. You'll need to listen or watch to find out the results. BUT – if you’re ever involved with something like this and one contestant keeps saying that they don’t really know college football all that well, it’s pretty much a given that that’s the person who’s going to come out on top. But there is one more guest picker to appear on the show this season, and she’s got her sights set on the title game. We are, of course, talking about the one person who has pretty much been in charge of the #CnCShow all year – Miss Ellie makes her first live appearance and has a definite idea about who winning on Monday night. Carla and Crappy both have a pretty solid notion about Monday’s winner as well, even though neither is especially excited about it. But they’ll both be watching ESPN at 8 p.m. Monday when the game kicks off from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy. And that’s the season, boys and girls. Huge thanks to everyone who filled in for Carla at some point during the year. Extra special thanks go to AJ, who more than earned his brand new title: Interim co-host emeritus. And extra super special thanks to you guys, who keep on listening year after year. Will there be an 11th season of the #CnCShow? Guys – Ohio State opens with Notre Dame, and Crappy’s ready for that game right. Freaking. Now. Enjoy your off season and we’ll see you back here in the fall.

Carla and Crappy Show: The 2021 Final Four Edition

We’re getting down to the end of the 2021 college football season, and Carla and Crappy are ready to discuss the New Year’s Six bowl games – including the two semifinal games featuring Cincy vs. Bama and Georgia vs. the, uh, Big Ten representative – but first, we’ve gotta throw it back.   How far back? All the way back to last season, when COVID decimated college football schedules from coast to coast. The 2021 season was largely free of similar COVID hassles, until omicron showed up and started ripping through teams, college campuses and, inevitably, the bowl schedule. As of Thursday, Dec. 30 – the day the NY6 games are scheduled to begin – none of the big boy bowls have been overtaken by omicron. But we wouldn’t be surprised if it happens.   Actual football. Let’s go. The undercard: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, ESPN Peach Bowl, Atlanta No. 12 Pitt vs. No. 10 Michigan State Two Kens are sitting this one out, but one Ken – a Kenny, specifically, is harder to replace than the other. And that’s not good news for Pitt.   1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, ESPN Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Arizona No. 9 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Notre Dame It could be that the biggest variable in this game isn’t a player – it’s a coach. ND’s players were clearly stoked about the selection of Marcus Freeman as the replacement for that dude who moved to Baton Rouge. And we suspect they’re going to play their butts off for him.   5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, ESPN Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California No. 11 Utah vs. No. 6 Ohio State Utah is playing in its first Rose Bowl, and it brings in a blueprint very similar to the one the Team Up North used to beat the Buckeyes. And that’s got Crappy feeling really uncomfortable.   8:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, ESPN Sugar Bowl, New Orleans No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 8 Ole Miss Defense wins championships. Baylor is hoping that it also wins Sugar Bowls.   And the Final Four:   3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec, 31, ESPN Cotton Bowl, Jerryworld No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Cincinnati This is the time of year when Nick Saban almost never loses. And that doesn’t bode well for the Bearcats.   7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, ESPN Orange Bowl, Miami No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 football team Carla thinks the Bulldogs can win if they force the other team to rely on its passing “attack.” Crappy just seems to be really bitter about something … we’re not sure what.   With a brief nod – it was more of a cringe, actually – to the Browns and Stillers on MNF, C and C wrap things up with just one show – the natty edition – still to come. Do your best of overdose on college football while you can, boys and girls, because it’s almost done until next fall. Enjoy the games, yinz.

Carla and Crappy Show: The 2021 Bowlapalooza Edition

It’s college football bowl season, and around these parts, that means one thing: It’s Bowlapalooza time!   Not familiar with the drill? It’s pretty simple. A few years back, Carla and Crappy thought it would be fun to dedicate a show to the bowl games that don’t get the same kind of attention as the New Year’s Six games or BCS/CFP games. And that’s a shame, because that’s where most of season’s fun resides. So we grab some friends and pick the games that catch our attention for whatever reason, no NY6 or CFP games allowed (C&C will get to those in subsequent shows).   This was the season of the guest host, and we invited them all back to participate. Besides Carla, Crappy and A.J., this year’s lineup included the following college football luminaries: Nubyjas Wilborn, Gabby Biltz, Kelly and Aidan Krieg and Jake Rose.   The games? There are many, many games:   Noon Friday, Dec. 17, the Bahamas, ESPN Bahamas Bowl, Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo Are there really any losers in the Bahamas Bowl?   2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, Conway, SC, ESPN Myrtle Beach Bowl Presented by Tax Act, Old Dominion vs. Tulsa Don’t sleep on the Monarchs, people.   8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, Fort Worth, Texas, ESPN Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Army vs. Missouri Could Army beat an SEC team? In this case, yes.   3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, Frisco, Texas, ESPN Frisco Football Classic, North Texas vs. Miami (Ohio) Did you know there are two games in Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas? Crappy didn’t until we got to this one. The other one – and the one that A.J. actually wanted to talk about – is below.   7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, Frisco, Texas, ESPN Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl, UTSA vs. No. 24 San Diego State Meep meep, boys and girls.   5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, Orlando, ESPN Cheez-It Bowl, No. 19 Clemson vs. Iowa State Dabo’s found some coordinators, but the Clemson schadenfreude is STILL off the charts for this game.   11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, Charlotte, ESPN Duke’s Mayo Bowl, North Carolina vs. South Carolina Does Duke’s go with Tar Heels?   Noon Friday, Dec. 31, El Paso, CBS Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, Washington State vs Miami It’s grrrrrreat! Unless you’re talking about the 2008 Sun Bowl.   Noon Saturday, Jan. 1, ESPN 2 Outback Bowl, Penn State vs. 21 Arkansas Do we finally get to see a healthy Penn State?   9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, ESPN Tax Act Texas Bowl, LSU vs. Kansas State Mumble mumble go tigahs mumble mumble wildcats mumble open the pool mumble mumble lotta purple mumble mumble.   Your assignment for the next two and a half weeks: Watch ‘em all. Because it truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Enjoy your bowl season, boys and girls, and check back as we get closer to the end of the year, when Carla and Crappy dig into this year’s version of the College Football Playoff.

Carla and Crappy Show: The 2021 Champinchip Week Edition

It’s Week 14 of the college football season, and Carla, Crappy and AJ are ready to dissect all 10 conference championship games coming up this weekend -- well, actually, Carla and AJ are ready; Crappy seems to be in a bad mood, perhaps because he’s still stewing over Ohio State’s loss to TTUN last Saturday. But there’s no crying in college football, and all three dive into the insane coaching carousel of the week, from which school has made the best move so far and who is -- or should be -- in line for shiny new head coaching jobs at Oklahoma and Notre Dame. AJ takes us through one final After Dark report, and it’s a total throwback to the OG #Pac12AfterDark days: USC at Cal at 11 p.m. Saturday. Champinchip games? Oh yes, we have champinchip games: Conference USA: Western Kentucky at UTSA (7 p.m. Friday, CBSSN) We’re starting the slate with the season’s G5 Cinderella against Bailey Zappe, the season’s most prolific quarterback? Yes, please. Pac 12: No. 10 Oregon vs. No. 17 Utah in Las Vegas (8 p.m. Friday, ABC) Duck season. And not in the good way. Big 12: No. 9 Baylor vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State in Arlington, Texas (noon Saturday, ABC) Do Cowboys always win in Jerryworld? The Bears might have something to say about that. Mid-American: Kent State vs. Northern Illinois in Detroit (noon Saturday, ESPN) In terms of playoff consequences, the Big 12 game is probably where you should be at this hour. But if you’re looking for fun -- and an AJ Fun Index of 73.5 -- #MACtion is what you crave. Mountain West: Utah State vs. No. 19 San Diego State in Los Angeles (3 p.m. Saturday, Fox) For a Mountain West matchup, this game will have a distinctly Midwestern feel, thanks to Brady Hoke and his defense. Sun Belt: Appalachian State at No. 24 Louisiana (3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN) Billy Napier will coach this final game for the Ragin’ Cajuns before departing for his new gig in Gainesville. SEC: No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 3 Alabama in Atlanta (4 p.m. Saturday, CBS) This is easily the best test for the Bulldogs’ defense this year. But does Bama really have enough to make this interesting? AAC: No. 21 Houston at No. 4 Cincinnati (4 p.m. Saturday, ABC) Carla, Crappy and AJ agree(ish): If the Bearcats win, they’re in. And with Notre Dame apparently not hiring anyone named Luke Fickell, that should be the outcome here. Big Ten: No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 13 Iowa in Indianapolis (8 p.m. Saturday, Fox) Crappy doesn’t want to even talk about this game. And AJ certainly doesn’t want to watch it. ACC: No. 15 Pitt vs. No. 16 Wake Forest in Charlotte (8 p.m., ABC) Here’s a game we can be excited about. Instead of the annual Clemson coronation, we get two of the better offenses in the country trying to outscore the other. What’s not to like? And with our annual Champinchip Week show behind us, we can start getting ready for the funnest show of the year. Bowlapalooza is just around the corner, boys and girls; be sure to watch our socials for updates on when it’s coming. Enjoy all of the title games this weekend, yinz (except for the B1G game -- it will be, in a word, gross), and we’ll see you back here for Bowlapalooza in a couple weeks.

Carla and Crappy Show: The Carla’s Back For Wivalwy Week Edition

It’s Week 13 of the college football season, and that’s significant for a whole bunch of reasons. The most important one? We’re getting the band back together -- that’s right, Carla returns live for the first time since Miss Ellie showed up earlier in the fall, and we’re hoping we get to keep her for the rest of the season. Carla, we mean. Well, Ellie too. The other reasons? Wivalwies. A ton of them. Because it’s Wivalwy Week. We’ll get to those in a sec. But first, AJ, Crappy and Carla discuss the things we loved seeing last weekend -- spoiler alert: one of them has to do with soccer and another #CnCShow kid -- and, because they taped on Sunday evening, take their best cracks at predicting what the CFP committee will do this week. Get pumped, Bearcats fans. And then, the games. So, so many games. The gluttony of Thanksgiving weekend begins on Thursday, and this week’s college football is no different. (Note: No rankings because of the early taping this week.) Fresno State at San Jose State, (3:30 Thursday, FS1) Can Fresno find its form from the beginning of the season while playing in half of a football stadium? Egg Bowl Ole Miss at Miss State (7:30 Thursday, ESPN) There are differing opinions about who’s going to win this game, but all three of us agree -- if the number stays around 60, take the over. Boise State at San Diego State (Noon Friday, CBS) We’re here for the punts. The Game Ohio State at Michigan (Big Nude, Fox) Crappy is more excited for this game than Gus. He’ll probably yell more too. UTSA at North Texas (2 Saturday, ESPN+) Meep meep, %(*$$&)$)*@ers. Iron Bowl Alabama at Auburn (3:30 Saturday, CBS) Bama should win. Just like Bama should have won the Kick Six game years ago. The Civil War Oregon State at Oregon (3:30 Saturday, ESPN) Oregon State has something to play for. Do the Ducks? Western Kentucky at Marshall (3:30 Saturday, CBSSN) A true hate game with the best AJ Fun Index (74.5) of the weekend. Bedlam Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (7:30 Saturday, ABC) Can Mike Gundy break out of his John Cooper-esque streak of near total futility against the Sooners? And your bonus game: UMass at New Mexico State (3 Saturday, maybe you can find a stream on the internet somewhere?) Both teams come in at 1-10 -- and this is AJ’s ultimate chance to break down the reverse college football playoff. Folks, an already awesome season has been made awesomer by the 1) the return of Carla and 2) the incredible list of fans and pros who sat in for her while she figured out the whole motherhood thing. Indulge your college football fandom this weekend and be sure to come back next week, when we’ll break down each and every conference title game. Happy Thanksgiving weekend, yinz guys.

Carla and Crappy Show: The Penultimate Edition

It’s Week 12 of the college football season, and most programs have just two weeks remaining in their regular season -- and, in many cases, one more game before Wivalwy Week (brought to you by Elmer Fudd). So that’s why we’re not winding down at #CnCShow Central -- we’re getting ready for the real fun to begin.   AJ returns to discuss the things that made him happy last weekend, the things that made him unhappy -- let’s get a better truck for the Pac-12, ESPN -- and, for the first time ever, delivers a live After Dark report.    For his part, Crappy continues to narrow his focus on the entire State Up North as his Buckeyes prepare to plunder Sparty this weekend. He was also impressed by Dartmouth; the Big Green handled Cornell’s Big Red last weekend on the way to a possible Ivy League championship. Cornell? Go beat rival Columbia -- it’ll make the offseason a lot better.   This Saturday’s games? It’s going to be fun, boys and girls.   No. 7 Michigan State at No. 4 Ohio State (noon Saturday, ABC) Did you know that Ohio State’s defense is statistically better than Michigan State’s? Crappy didn’t either, and that’s helping his annual CFB anxiety.   No. 10 Wake Forest at Clemson (noon Saturday, ESPN) Dabo’s actually feeling the disrespect this year, and for good reason: His Tigers can’t score. Know who can score? Wake.   Iowa State at No. 13 Oklahoma (Big Nude Saturday, Fox) Are the swooning Sooners in danger of losing their last two regular season games? Probably not, but the pesky Cyclones aren’t the team you want to see while you’re trying to get well.   Virginia at No. 18 Pitt (3:30 Saturday, ESPN 2) Let’s be up front here: Crappy and AJ would both watch the crap out of a Pitt-Wake ACC title game. Let’s make it happen, people.   SMU at No. 5 Cincinnati (3:30 Saturday, ESPN) This would have been THE pivotal AAC game this year, until SMU lost a couple it shouldn’t have. Still, the Ponies prolific offense will present a challenge -- or an opportunity -- for the Bearcat defense.   No. 3 Oregon at No. 23 Utah (7:30 Saturday, ABC) Crappy just wants someone to beat Oregon. And this Utah team will likely get two cracks at the Ducks.   The next time you see us, it’ll be Wivalwy Week. Crappy will already be pumped for the return of the greatest rivalry in all of sport, AJ will be pumped for a dozen different games … and it’s possible that we might have some extra help with the show. Enjoy the games this week, boys and girls, and we’ll see you back here next week.

Carla and Crappy Show: The Biggest Little Edition

It’s Week 11 of the college football season, and the games are getting bigger and bigger -- even the littlest of them. To help us navigate one of the best little rivalries, we welcome back Kim Daboo, a #CnCShow veteran who holds a degree from Oregon but was nice enough not to hold that over Crappy’s head. But Kim did manage to set off Crappy’s college football anxieties almost immediately by bringing up Ohio State’s Week 11 opponent: the Purdue Spoilermakers. Commence flashbacks to 2018 in West Lafayette.   AJ takes us through what is a defacto #BakedGoods weekend in the G5 and delivers a fun fact about Boise State and oddly covered football fields. Crappy is still basking the glow of a Cornell win at Penn and he’s hoping against hope for another when the Big Red travels to Dartmouth.   And then? The main events: No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 13 Baylor (Big Nude Saturday, Fox) As they considered this year’s schedule back in August, the Sooners probably considered this to be a tune-up game on the way to Bedlam. Funny thing, though -- Baylor turned out to be really good.   No. 6 Michigan at Penn State (Noon Saturday, ABC) James Franklin doesn’t have as many baffling coaching tendencies as Jimmy Harbaugh, but he does have his moments. If he keeps his headscratchers off the field on Saturday -- and if Penn State gets the home field support it generally does -- this could be a Penn State win.   No. 16 NC State at No. 12 Wake Forest (7:30 p.m. Saturday, ACCN) Looking for defense? Look elsewhere. With an AJ Fun Index of 66.5, this game will be all about entertainment -- oh, and for a seat at the top of the ACC Atlantic.   Williams at Amherst, (Noon Saturday, find a stream at the Williams Athletics site) Finally, we turn to the Biggest Little Game in America. Kim, a proud Williams alum, takes us through the rivalry, its origins and its traditions. And Crappy speaks from experience when he says there is little better than beating your rival to clinch a championship -- and that’s what we’re expecting from the 8-0 Ephs (please don’t pronounce that the way Crappy did, OK?)   We wrap the show by going back to the days before #CnCShow existed, when we -- Carla, Crappy and Kim -- were contributors to the late, great Draft Day Suit sports blog. This show began as an offshoot of the occasional grainy, buggy Google + Hangouts to predict NFL games, and Kim was there from the beginning, along with DDS founders/leaders Sarah Bockneck Braesch and Laurie White. We’ll forever be grateful that we had a platform at Draft Day Suit to get this endeavor started, with the full support of Sarah and Laurie. And Crappy will never, ever tire of reminding Sarah of the time he told her that a rookie named Russell Wilson would be a better NFL quarterback than RGIII. So thanks to Sarah, Laurie, Kim and all of the other DDS staffers -- and thanks to you guys once again. Enjoy the games this weekend.

Carla and Crappy Show: The Brush With Football Fame Edition

It’s Week 10 of the college football season, and we have the season’s initial College Football Playoff rankings. And even though we taped the day before they came out, guest host Braden Gall is ready to dive in, with a discussion about the state of Ohio State and the rest of the B1G East, why Cincinnati wouldn’t be in the initial Final Four and who will be a huge CFP wild card as the season progresses (Hint: They quack). And we’re happy to point out that Braden’s assessments were dead on the money when the rankings were released Tuesday night. AJ is stoked for a daylight Power Five matchup that comes with an off-the-charts AJ Fun Index. And this week’s Big Red Report yielded predictions of a win at Penn and the highlight of the week: Crappy and Braden regale #CnCShow listeners with stories of their personal football glory. With a note that we’ve officially switched from using AP rankings to the CFP rankings for the rest of the season, here are this week’s games: No. 10 Wake at North Carolina (Noon Saturday, ABC) Oddly, this is a non-conference game for these two ACC foes -- but that doesn’t make this game and its 76.5 AJ Fun Index any less interesting. Tulane at No. 6 Cincinnati (3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2) Tulane gave Ohio State all it could handle back in September. Can the Green Wave do the same to the Bearcats on Saturday? Tennessee at No. 18 Kentucky (7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2) Braden, himself a Volunteer, notes that Kentucky is one of the most physical teams in the SEC -- will that be enough to handle Tennessee in this border battle? Finally, we wrap with further news of the #CnCShow junior varsity you guys met last week: Braden got to meet Miss Ellie Fox in person, and Aidan Krieg dominated both his mother and Crappy last week, correctly picking all three games. Have a great college football weekend, boys and girls, and may your picks be as good as Aiden’s.

Carla and Crappy Show: The Junior Varsity Edition

It’s Week Nine of the college football season, and one of our favorite weeks of the year for Carla and Crappy -- the week we get to preview Penn State-Ohio State. But wait -- no Carla, right? No worries -- this week’s guest host is more than qualified to sit in as the designated Penn State fan. Kelly Krieg is not only the biggest Penn State fan we know, but she is the reason that Crappy has seen two white-outs in the past few years. After an accounting of the best things we saw last weekend, Kelly and Crappy turn their attention to the Nittany Lions, their game against Illinois, the future of James Franklin in Happy Valley … and the dumb that is the new college football overtime rules. After AJ emphatically tells us to not watch this weekend’s Big B1G games and this week’s Big Red Report, Kelly and Crappy go through … wait for it … a slate of Big Ten games. And this is also when Crappy decides to totally blow off W.C. Fields’ warnings about working with children or animals -- because this week, we have both. Charlie makes one of his fairly routine appearances, and Kelly’s dogs Tasha and Phee jump in on the action; we also get bonus picks from Aidan Krieg, Kelly’s younger son and fan of the show, and the first-every video appearance from Ellie Fox, mostly because Carla couldn’t let this week go by without a brief appearance on her show. The games: No. 6 Michigan at No. 8 Michigan State (BIG NUDE, aka Noon Saturday, Fox) On paper, the schools up north are remarkably similar. But in Spartyland, Mel Tucker is years ahead of schedule, while in Ann Arbor, Jimmy Harbaugh is struggling to win rivalry games. The pressure is all on Jimmy, and since he returned to Michigan, that’s not a good thing for the Wolverines. No. 9 Iowa at Wisconsin (Noon Saturday, ESPN) A chilly day in Madison. Two teams populated by hulking farm boys playing solid team defense. An AJ Fun Index of 36.5. We pick the game differently, but we agree that AJ might be right about this one -- because it’s going to be brutal. No. 20 Penn State at No. 5 Ohio State (7:30 p.m. Saturday, ABC) We’re picking with our hearts as we do on this show, in spite of not knowing if Sean Clifford will be able to walk on Saturday, much less play as well as he needs to to keep up with an Ohio State offense that’s averaging 50 points a game. Is Crappy outnumbered? If you count Ellie, the answer is yes. We wrap up the show with a little hockey talk (Kelly’s dark secret is that she’s a bigger hockey fan than she is a football fan) and then start to get ready for the show’s annual Biggest Show of the Year. Massive thanks to Kelly for her help this week -- she was as good as Crappy thought she would be. And to the #CnCShow’s Junior Varsity: Aidan, Ellie, Charlie, Tasha and Phee, we hope to see you guys back on the show soon. Hey, AJ -- think we could get George or Reba lined up for guest picks?

Carla and Crappy Show: The Eddie O Is Out Edition

It’s Week Eight of the college football season, and we’ve had a remarkable stroke of timing, as far as this week’s guest host is concerned: Crappy’s former colleague Tyler Batiste, now the managing editor for The Athletic’s NBA team, is a proud graduate of THE Louisiana State University -- so naturally, we start with the news that Ed Orgeron will be done in Baton Rouge at the end of the current season. Both sportswriter Tyler and grad/fan Tyler said it was time for LSU to make that move, even though Eddie O is just two years removed from winning a national title with one of the better teams in CFB history. TRIGGER WARNING for our Penn State friends: When Crappy asks Tyler who he wants to lead LSU next season, you guys might want to cover your ears. The good part about last weekend? Tyler at least got to enjoy the shootout between the Tigers and Florida, while Crappy was totally happy with his alma mater’s performance at Buffalo -- for one half, at least. The smaller schools get their usual attention, via AJ’s After Dark report (Note from Crappy: I’m going to up anyway, because Ohio State-Indiana is a night game) and Crappy’s look at last weekend’s Cornell game, which resulted not only in a win for the Big Red but the first two carries for Crappy’s nephew. Bonus: A shoutout for Tyler's hometown team, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, who happened to massacre Crappy's Bobcats in the season opener. And while there are no ranked-on-ranked matchups this weekend, there are still a few -- four, specifically -- that warrant an extra look: LSU at No. 12 Ole Miss (3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS) This is the AJ Fun Index Game of the Week (75.5 o/u), and in spite of the drama at LSU this week, this is a game that the Tigers totally can win. Leave your golf balls at home, folks. Clemson at No. 23 Pitt (3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN) There is so much weird involved with this game, but the weirdest is this conclusion: Pitt. Should. Win. No. 5 Ohio State at Indiana (7:30 p.m. Saturday, ABC) Now that Crappy has Purdue to worry about, this is no longer the angstiest game on the schedule. And even if Michael Penix plays, the Hoosiers won’t outscore the Buckeyes. USC at No. 13 Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. Saturday, NBC) This game is a test of the new theory posed by AJ over the past few weeks. It’s the USC Postulate, which holds that the Trojans win on the road but struggle at home. If AJ is correct, this will be a win for SC; Tyler and Crappy are … skeptical. One final thing? Tyler wants to know one thing: When will Joe Burrow get a room in the Heisman House? And for Crappy? Look, we have the managing editor for The Athletic’s NBA coverage on the show -- of course we’re going to ask him a couple questions about the brand-new season. Huge thanks to Tyler for joining the show on a pretty busy week, and thanks to you guys for watching and listening as always. Enjoy the games, everyone, and we’ll see you back here next week.