The University of Georgia Bulldogs (10-1) are still the fourth-ranked team in the latest NCAA Selection Committee poll. In fact, very little has changed in the rankings from last week, other than No. 6 Ole Miss and No. 7 Oregon pulling a 6-7 switch, with the Ducks the new No. 6 and the Rebels now No. 7. BFD.
Georgia will still get a first-round bye should these rankings stand in the final week, and play with winner of Texas Tech-Tulane in the quarterfinals and then Ohio State, barring an upset of seismic proportions.
But the big news last week, the story everyone's been watching, is that the California Golden Bears (6-4), the holder of the lineal championship belt and Georgia's 2021 and 2022 championship rings, lost to the Stanford University Cardinals (3-7) on Saturday, 31-10. Ha, ha, you guys suck! Stanford has the championship belt and the two rings now, improves to 4-7, and will play Notre Dame (9-2) this week. The Fucking Irish are favored by 32½ points, and should they win they will bring the belt and rings to the playoffs, where Georgia could get a chance to win them back.
No. 9-ranked Notre Dame is expected to play eighth-ranked Oklahoma in the first round of the playoffs. Regardless of who wins (frankly, I don't care), the belt and rings will advance with one team or the other to the quarterfinal game against Ohio State. The Buckeyes will win, again barring that aforementioned upset of seismic proportions, and Georgia can play Ohio State in the semifinal for the belt and rings. It's just that easy!
In my mind, I can already picture Gunner Stockton slipping the rings onto his fine, football-flinging fingers and Kirby Smart holding the belt aloft over his head, while Buckeye players and fans alike are crying on the sidelines and sore-loser, cry-baby Ryan Day is complaining to the press about poor officiating.
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