Why Ohio State or Texas can win CFP title; No. 8 Florida upsets No. 1 Tennessee; Raiders fire Antonio Pierce

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The no. 8 Florida Gators

There are no longer undefeated teams in men’s university basketball. 8 Florida affected No. 1 Tennessee, 73-43Gators’ first victory over a team 1 from the 2007 National Championship Ohio state and his first ever This victory at home.

This was obviously a strong juxtaposition of Florida 106-100 loss into 10 Kentucky during the weekend.

• The victory of 30 points is the third largest by any team on a team number 1 of the voting period AP (since 1939) and the largest since 1968.
• The volunteers took almost seven minutes to mark the first point of the game, firing a miserable 14% (4 by 29) in the first half, including 0 by 14 of 3. They ended at 21% from the ground.
• Alijah Martin (18 points), Denzel Aberdeen (16) and Alex Condon (12) He directed the road offensively for Florida.

Gators impressed me very much, which they can mark with the best, but also to block -in defense. Of course, Tennessee lost a lot of open features, but Florida made it difficult to live throughout the night. Gators have explosive guards, great physicists and skilled and a lot of depth, which is very a winning formula, now and reaches the madness of March.

Oh, by the way, Kentucky, now no. 6 to the chicken ap, fell, 82-69into Georgia. This is life in the Sec, which has been established as the best conference of sport in afar and outside.

😃 Honorable Mentions

🏈 And it’s not a good day for …

Antonio Pierce …

Add the Raiters In the list of teams looking for a new main coach. Las vegas shot Antonio Pierce Tuesday, two days after the 4-13 season. Pierce, who took over as a temporary coach last season, ends his 9-17 record.

This season, the Raiders traveled through three quarterbacks and, surprisingly, had one of the worst crimes in the league. The quarterback is obviously the biggest need, but there are holes in this list. Gm Tom Telesco It was preserved and will fill these holes.

Las Vegas has had four coaches in the last four years, a joy that began Jon Gruden resigning by 2021 after emails with homophobic and misogynical comments. Approved well Rich bisacy corrected the boat and got the team to the playoffs but was left by Josh McDaniels. McDaniels made a season and a half, the two head coaching stops ended with him being fired in his second season, and this led to Pierce.

So where is Vegas going now? Cody Benjamin has Five potential optionsBut here’s the thing: this is not a particularly attractive opening considering opponents (the Head, loaders and Bronchos Everyone made the playoffs), the rotary door to the coach and the lack of a quarterback. Will Brinson sorted it Fourth between six openings.

… and also ran Carthon and Tennessee Titans

It Titans did the inverse of what the Raiders did on Tuesday, shoot Gm Corrected the cardboard And keeping coach Brian Callahan.

You may think, “No big deal, titans and titans and Will levis It was the option of Carthon in the quarterback, not to Callahan. ”

But here is the thing …

• It makes three expenses, the titans treatment Aj brown to the dismay of Mike Vrabel.
• Gm Jon Robinson – Who accepted this agreement and then drafted Treylon Burks as Brown’s “replacement” – was shot Months later and was replaced by Catoron by 2023.
• But the first season of Carthon, a 6-11 campaign, ended up being the last of Vrabel in Nashville. Callahan replaced Vrabel and Carton spent a ton in a free agency, only to go 3-14.

Now we are here. Owner Amy Struunk Adams He set aside with the coach for GM for a year after putting with GM on the coach and two years after he got with the coach on GM. I stayed dizzy just by writing this.

Titans have the No. 1 Choose to the NFL projectAnd we have seen how people can change the Rookie signal calls can change the franchises. Unfortunately Will writes, it seems that Strunk does not have an appearance of a plan.

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🏈 Why Ohio State or Texas can win the University Football Playoff

After reviewing (6) Penn State‘s (here) and (7) Notre Dame‘s (here) Cases so that either of the two could win the university football championship, we move on to the Bowl Participants: (8) State of Ohio and (5) Texas.

We start with the Buckeyes, because at this time we stay for reasons why they not shooting Earn -everything. Chip Patterson has Three reasons Buckeyes are obliged to glory, including …

• Patterson: “”Will Howard It’s been comfortable with the quarterback. The last two games, against possibly two of the five best defenses that faced the Ohio State throughout the season, were two of their best performances of the year. Howard had the ball on a rope as he completed 82.8% of his passes by 311 yards against Tennessee and accumulated 319 yards and three touchdowns at 12.3 yards for an attempt against Oregon. When every attempt promoted a first bass, the offense will be close to unstoppable. “

Texas could only be the best candidate to disgust. Longhorns have superstar and depth in defense, and while Quinn ewers It can be frustrating, it can also be spectacular. Shehan Jeyarajah has Three reasons to believe in Texas.

• Ewers: “For much of the season, attention has focused on what EWERS cannot do in comparison with the backup of great profile Arch Manning. But at this moment, in the university football playoff, there is no quarterback that has more talented and experience than Ewers. … During the last two seasons, Ewers is 21-4 as an initial quarterback with the first Big 12 title of Longhorns since 2009. In the biggest moments, Ewers deserves our confidence above all the others that are leaving call the field. And, by the way, it still makes talent. Ewers was ranked number 1 in the class of class 2021 for a reason. “

⚾ MLB Low Season Degree: Mets, Yankees wins solid marks

Potts and collectors can be just over a month since spring training reports, but there is still much this season off the MLB. Of the 50 best free agents of RJ Anderson, 23 are still availableAnd this includes seven of the first 15.

This means that each team has the opportunity to significantly change their brand to RJ’s MLB low seasonal degrees … so far. The two Big Apple teams have done well.

• Anderson: “”Mets -I have a simple rule: If you sign a future 26 -year -old Hall of Famer, get one A for winter, no matter what you do (or not). David Stearns has kept busy this season even after disembarking Juan Soto. He has mounted an interesting cultivation of rotation candidates: Frankie Montas, Clay Holmesand GRIFFIN CANNING Among them. Also returned to the left Rome Petson and got the camper Jose Siri … Degree: A“”

The mets were one of three teams to get the highest degree and the YankeesDespite losing Soto, I did not fall behind thanks to various solid movements.

At the other end, five teams received a “F.” Yikes!

📺 What are we seeing on Wednesday

🏀 9 Uconn in Villanova (m)At 18 Ha FS1
🏀 Thunder in CavaliersAt 19 hours in Espn
🏒 Avalanche in Blackhawks19:30 to TNT
🏀 4 USC at Maryland number 8 (W)20:30 to FS1
🏀 10 Texas A&M at no. 17 Oklahoma (m)At 21 Ha the dry network
🏀 Spurs in Bucks21:30 in Espn
🏒 Panthers at Utah Hockey ClubAt 22:00 to TRUTV/TNT