Justin Fields, the No. 1 QB recruit in the country, is off the board.
The SB Nation College Football Recruiting Podcast returns with another episode. You can subscribe to the show on on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Google Play Music.
The show rundown is as follows. A direct link to listen can be found here.
- Commits: QB Justin Fields (UGA), QB Tyler Shough (flip UNC to Oregon), DB Houston Griffith (FSU), and a pair of defensive ends to Mississippi State in James Williams and Jaden Crumedy.
- Hot seat: Bret Bielema at Arkansas (Arkansas at Alabamama this week), Butch Jones at Tennessee with a new QB controversy (hosts South Carolina this week). Are LSU’s Orgeron (hosts Auburn) and Texas A&M’s Sumlin (at Florida) in better spots now? Nebraska’s Mike Riley got blown out at home by Wisconsin.
- Uniforms: Florida alternate uniforms, UCF uniforms (actually good!)
- Miami-Florida State talk! Swag being exciting again — but in a very mark Richt Way. Jimbo Fisher issue: If you play at the 121st pace/tempo in the nation, you cannot throw away the precious possessions you have.
- Who would be your playoff right now? Who do you think will be in the final playoff? Big 12 two-loss champion is 70 percent according to ESPN stats and info. Can a two-loss Big 12 champ get in? Notre Dame issue? Washington and Wisconsin need to go undefeated? Can the SEC get two in given the weakness of the bottom 10 teams in the league?
- Vegas lines: Oklahoma -8 vs. Texas, Virginia -3.5 at UNC (UVA has a really good chance to make a bowl, UNC is collapsing), Texas Tech at WVU -3.5, Michigan -7 at Indiana, TCU -6 at Kansas State, FSU -7 at Duke, Utah at Southern Cal -13, Michigan State -4 at Minnesota, and Georgia Tech at Miami -5.