NFL Notebook, Week 13: Miami madness, Ron Rivera firing, Coach of the Year and more
By Zach Cohen
![MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 01: Jason Sanders #7 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates a touchdown pass from a fake field goal against the Philadelphia Eagles in the second quarter at Hard Rock Stadium on December 01, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 01: Jason Sanders #7 of the Miami Dolphins celebrates a touchdown pass from a fake field goal against the Philadelphia Eagles in the second quarter at Hard Rock Stadium on December 01, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/635be332fdf2f86e15bfcccae06ae0f9cd7db5d2340f62105e07f106134b7240.jpg)
College Football Corner
While I don’t watch as much Saturday football as I do on Sunday, I still have plenty to say about all the happenings in college football. Here are some quick thoughts.
- The Iron Bowl is an all-time great rivalry matchup. Shout out to Auburn for proving that Alabama is overrated.
- Aside from Ohio State and LSU, I think I can make a strong case for five or six teams to be in the top four.
- USC should fire Clay Helton.
- USF should hire Willie Taggart (again).
- FSU should want to hire James Franklin, but James Franklin should want to stay at Penn State.
- Outside of Florida and Georgia, the SEC East is not good. The team with the third-best record is Tennessee (7-5), who along with Kentucky (7-5), join UGA and UF as the only four teams to post winning records.
- I get why bowl games have assigned conferences, but does Virginia really deserve to be in the Orange Bowl? I admittedly haven’t followed them closely, though it seems their best opponent was No. 10 Notre Dame, whom beat UVA 35-20. Most of the games they’ve won haven’t been overly convincing, either.
- Iowa State’s Matt Campbell is a very underrated coach who deserved that five-year extension.
- That was a cool thing that Joe Burrow did by changing the name on his jersey to “Burreaux” for his senior walk-on.
- This tweet about the ending of the Ole Miss-Mississippi State game (where Ole Miss missed the extra point after their player was flagged for peeing like a dog after scoring touchdown) is golden.
For the first time in history, a team has literally pissed away a game.
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) November 29, 2019
- Just stare at that tweet and admire it for a bit longer.