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2018 isn’t the most dramatic college football season at the top. Plenty of oddball teams are succeeding in the middle Authentic Julio Jones Jersey , and the New Year’s Six race has sufficient drama, but the Playoff race itself likely only has gentle twists still to go ... unless the Big One strikes.First, the Playoff committee’s updated top 25 rankings entering Week 12:Alabama, 10-0Clemson, 10-0Notre Dame, 10-0Michigan, 9-1Georgia, 9-1Oklahoma, 9-1LSU, 8-2Washington State, 9-1West Virginia, 8-1Ohio State, 9-1UCF, 9-0Syracuse, 8-2Florida, 7-3Penn State, 7-3Texas, 7-3Iowa State, 6-3Kentucky, 7-3Washington, 7-3Utah, 7-3Boston College, 7-3Mississippi State, 6-4Northwestern, 6-4Utah State, 9-1Cincinnati, 9-1Boise State, 8-2Here’s my best guess as to how the bowl picture will end up.So: what will 2018 add to the list of the Playoff’s biggest controversies? It’s almost certainly somewhere in the following list.Playoff-altering results that would not actually alter the Playoff11. UCF wins or loses any game against anybody in any timeline: Nothing matters.10. Washington State loses to anybody: The Pac-12 then misses the College Football Playoff. Few things are more normal than that.9. Oklahoma and West Virginia go 1-1 against each other, Iowa State raises new levels of hell, or some other result in which the Big 12 has no one-loss teams: The Big 12 is then out of the College Football Playoff again ... thanks in part to the reincarnated version of the Big 12 Championship that wrecked many a national title shot before. I’m counting all of Big 12 revelry as just one game, and it’s technically more than that Matt Ryan Jersey , but not a whole lot more.Playoff-altering results that would only very slightly alter the Playoff8. Alabama loses to Auburn: Say the top four win out, other than Bama losing to Auburn before beating Georgia. The Tide are still in the Playoff, and are we sure they’re down at No. 4? Could they enter at No. 3, ahead of a Big Ten champ Ohio State, for example?Playoff-altering results that would invigorate debate, at very leastFor both of the following groups, we can only guess based on likely r茅sum茅s. Let’s do that at the end of this post. 6. Clemson loses to Duke/South CarolinaClemson loses the ACC ChampionshipClemson continues to close in on Bama, at least according to S&P+. And the committee seemed to really like the ACC Atlantic a week ago, throwing three Clemson opponents into the top 20. But that part’s on thin ice. So how would the Tigers look if they became a dominant 12-1 team in a season with at least a couple others of those?4.Notre Dame loses to SyracuseNotre Dame loses to USCNotre Dame has that shiny win over Michigan and wins over two other Power 5 division leaders (such as they are), but the numbers aren’t impressed with how the Irish have done it. The consensus has long been that the Irish need to win 12 games in order to make it, but how sure are we about that? Could 11 get it done?Playoff-altering results that would definitely change a spot3. Ohio State wins out: We’re so deprived of chaos, Ohio State barreling into yet another Playoff picture would count as a dose of anarchy. (But take a look at the r茅sum茅s table below. I’m no longer 100 percent certain the Buckeyes are win-and-in.)2. The Big Ten East champ loses to Northwestern: The Big Ten’s spot opens up! I’d guess a one-loss Big 12 champ slides in, if we have one of those.A b s o l u t e h o w l i n g r a g e from coast to coast1. 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For example, I had the Big 12 champ beating the runner-up twice and thus knocking that team out of the top 10, but it’s roughly just as likely that Iowa State or Texas is in the Big 12 Championship, thus preserving a win over Oklahoma or West Virginia as a top-10 win. If that sentence didn’t make any sense, don’t worry about it.The point is: if an undefeated SEC team loses to the SEC champ in a year with an undefeated Notre Dame and undefeated ACC champ, prepare for (probably justified!) boiling outrage from every part of the country that isn’t South Bend, the Southeast, or the Mid-Atlantic. Did I miss something crucial? Let me know, and let’s add it. Manny Machado hasn’t had the same amounts of ink spilled on his free agency as Bryce Harper ... yet. Right now the environment seems to be that Harper’s decision will get all the attention first (since more teams also appear to be in on him) and the Machado decision will fall into place after that with all the rumors that go with it. But we’ve still got some rumors to look at! The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, citing his colleague Jayson Stark, says teams like the Yankees are taking an extra hard look at Machado after his postseason antics made headlines. This includes asking about his personality and taking some extra time before committing to him as an option. Which other teams might be doing the same thing http://www.authenticsatlantafalcons.com/cheap-matt-bosher-jersey , and which of them are making the decision to move forward? I’d be very happy for him to continue his postseason fun with any team he lands on, because it was entertaining, and every team that remotely needs a shortstop (or maybe a third baseman) should be going after Manny with all the enthusiasm they can muster. But every fanbase, clubhouse, and front office is different so not every market would be a seamless fit for his particular brand of stardom. But just to be clear, it’s a wonderful brand of stardom.Yankees Just a few weeks after they attempted to convince everyone they didn’t want Harper or Machado, the Yankees are now doing their due diligence to see how much they actually want the latter. But would he be a fit in New York? Oh hell yeah. Put aside a minute the fact that the Yankees have a shortstop already in Didi Gregorius, who will be supposedly returning from Tommy John surgery around the All-Star Break. The Yankees are a powerful enough organization that they could presumably talk Machado into moving back to third after Didi is healthy again if it means a few hundred million dollars and playing in pinstripes. His actual competitive behavior, if that’s how we’ll put it, would be incredible in New York. I’m shaking in anticipation just thinking about the Post or Daily News back pages if he does something either amazing or terrible. The fans would eat his heel behavior up (see: Aaron Judge trolling the Red Sox in the playoffs) ... with one caveat. He has to be good. We saw this a little during his time with the Dodgers, but if he’s not producing at the plate like a 26-year old superstar should then his schtick could get a little tired. Which is something New York fans jump all over as soon as they see blood in the water. But otherwise this would be great. Ranking the 50 best MLB free agents for the 2018-2019 offseasonThe Yankees are pretending they won’t make big free agency moves and it’s hilarious3 possible motivations behind the Nationals’ 10-year, $300 million offer to Bryce HarperYes, bad teams should sign Bryce Harper and Manny MachadoCubs Right now, the Cubs have a problem. They have a bunch of young stars who are about to get paid, and they have some assholes. But they don’t have young stars who can be entertaining assholes. Before going further, let’s make sure Chicago has room for Machado. Yeah, they 100 percent have room for Machado. It would make sense for them from a talent perspective but his specific brand of trash talk punkery (that’s not a word but I’m pretending it’s a word) would also balance out the wholesome brotherly love act that Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant have going on. That’s not a ding, but the dichotomy between those two cheery guys and Machado’s I’m-smiling-but-I-will-also-turn-on-you-in-an-instant would at least be interesting. White SoxSurprise, the White Sox are also located in Chicago, so the same hunch that Chicago would love his absurdity applies here. With some exceptions (hello, Yoan Moncada) what they don’t have is a big personality that can not only draw crowds if they have a great 2019 but also make them entertaining on a national scale. They have the money, since they’re apparently going after Harper as well, and they have the need. So, yeah, this would also work for Machado. It might work even better than the Cubs, since the South Side team needs a boost far more than their crosstown rivals. Phillies This one might not be a perfect fit, I’ll admit that. But the Phillies are already in on him so let’s take a look and ... oh my god Gabe Kapler trying to manage Manny Machado would be the funniest thing anyone has ever seen and it might actually lead to a disbanding of the organization. There are so many paths for this to go wrong and I want to see them all play out at once and have my body overload like I just took the pill from Limitless. Could you imagine their personalities together? Attempting to agree on nutritional advice or workout strategies. Kapler having to answer for Machado’s lack of hustle in a September game against the Braves. It would be beautiful. Plus, the city of Philadelphia would latch onto Machado like Eagles fans to questionable alcoholic beverages, and the rest of the NL East would be so thoroughly up to the task of booing him, so we should all be rooting for this outcome.