It’s Week 13 of the college football season … and AJ is deep into spreadsheets, if/then formulas, and opponent cumulative winning percentages. And that can mean only one thing: Either he’s got way too much time on his hands … or we’re getting close to the end of the season and conference title games. (Hint: It’s the latter. Mostly.)

Hi friends. Yes, believe it or not, there are just two weeks left in the regular season … and approximately 13,000 options and tiebreakers to determine conference championship participants.

Some of last week’s games helped ease confusion. Ohio State and Penn State picked up expected wins. Oregon escaped Wisconsin, while Indiana rested. So the Big Ten’s pretty straightforward. Same thing with the ACC. (Yes, really.) It’s a three-team race between Miami … and Clemson and SMU, which both found themselves in spicy games last weekend. (Sorry, Pitt fans.)

But the Big 12 is undoubtedly eating itself. (See: Kansas over BYU.) AJ walks us through this week’s buffet options, which, pre-Thanksgiving week, are plentiful, including No. 16 Colorado at Kansas (3:30 ET, FOX) and No. 14 BYU at No. 21 Arizona State (3:30 ET, ESPN).

The SEC? Well, that’s just a hot mess. Maybe even as much so as the Big 12. Georgia remembered how to play football last weekend, South Carolina is indeed peaking at the end of the season again, and Florida knocked off LSU in the Swamp (much to Ellie’s delight).

The one thing that is clear? There’s a Pac-12 title game this weekend, which AJ is all over: Washington State at Oregon State (7 ET, The CW).

Crappy also poses an interesting question: Which team would you absolutely not want to play right now?

On the #GroupOfFiveAfterDark slate this week, we have some dandies, which AJ is very excited to discuss: No. 24 UNLV at San José State (10 ET Friday, FS1), James Madison at Appalachian State (2:30 ET, ESPN+), Air Force at Nevada (10:30 ET, FS1), Colorado State at Fresno State (10:30 ET, CBSSN), East Carolina at North Texas (3:30 ET, ESPN+) a with good and proper Fun Index of 72.5, Sam Houston at Jacksonville State (Noon ET, CBSSN), and Western Kentucky at Liberty (Noon ET, ESPN+). (Carla’s not super excited about that last one.)

And then, the big boy slate:

No. 5 Indiana at No. 2 Ohio State (Big Nude, FOX): Crappy has all kinds of feels about this game. Can the Hoosiers prove themselves against a top-tier opponent?

No. 9 Ole Miss at Florida (Noon ET, ABC): Yes, the Gators are seemingly on a roll to end the season. But we’re fairly certain that roll stops this weekend. Ole Miss just has too much offense … and a good defense, too.

No. 4 Penn State at Minnesota (3:30 ET, CBS): More Tyler Warren, please. He may be the difference-maker for the Nits in this one.

No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 Army at Yankee Stadium (7 ET, NBC): Goodness, how much fun would it be for Army to knock the Irish out of the playoff? Do they have the physicality to keep up with Notre Dame?

While AJ continues to do math, Carla offers her honorable mention nods to Vanderbilt at LSU (7:45 ET, SECN) and the home finale for her Blue Raiders, New Mexico State at MTSU (2:30 ET, ESPN+). (Hi, Jake!) Crappy again sends his magical vibes to you regarding Ohio at Toledo on Wednesday evening (Spoiler alert: OU won, 24-7.), and offers a soliloquy to the upcoming playoffs.

Enjoy the football this weekend, kids. It’s been a super fun season (never mind the math thing), and it’s rapidly coming to an end. Cheers.

Have you ever tried to record a podcast while a MAC game is in full-on MACtion mode, resulting in an overtime contest with a combined 99 points?

Neither had we. Until this week.

Hi, friends. Welcome to Week 12 of the college football season. And if Tuesday night is any indication, we’re in for a wild ride. But that’s what usually happens when the slate appears to be a little lackluster. And guess what we have this week? Yeppers. Buckle up.

We begin, as always, with a look back. Carla recaps her super fun experience as the celebrity guest picker on Blue Raider Extra Point, then questions what the heck happened to Georgia. Crappy was pleased with his Buckeyes and the Army defense. Carnegie Mellon and Ohio picked up big wins as well. Robert Morris and MTSU? Sadly, not so much.

And, of course, of all weeks for AJ not to be joining us live … not only did we get a bunch of points on Tuesday night, but Miami finally FOed in spectacular fashion. He was, however, able to join us through the marvel of audio recording technology from somewhere on the road in the Midwest to offer us this week’s #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report.

Then, we’re on to this week’s big-boy games, including a healthy heaping from the Big 12 buffet.

No. 3 Texas at Arkansas (Noon ET, ABC): We keep calling the Hogs, and they keep letting us down. Is this the week they finally do it again? Or do the Horns keep rolling?

No. 20 Clemson at Pitt (Noon ET, ESPN): Which team do we believe? Based on our analysis of this game … it’s neither team.

Utah at No. 17 Colorado (Big Nude, FOX): The Utes are still miffed after last week’s Holding War loss to BYU. They’re solid defensively, but the lack of any semblance of offense causes us to give the edge to the Buffs.

No. 23 Missouri at No. 21 South Carolina (4:15 ET, SECN): Uh oh. South Carolina is peaking at the end of the season again. We’ve seen this film before. And we don’t think it’s going to end well for the Tigers.

Arizona St. at No. 16 Kansas St. (7 ET, ESPN): The main course on this week’s Big 12 menu is a doozy. Both of these teams still have a shot at the conference title game with a win here.

No. 7 Tennessee at No. 12 Georgia (7:30 ET, ABC): Insert shoulder shrug emoji here. We can’t get a read on either of these teams. Will Nico be ready to go? Which version of Georgia shows up for this one? If the Vols win, they’re sitting pretty for an SEC title game berth.

Kansas at No. 6 BYU (10:15 ET, ESPN): The Big 12 buffet has a late-night menu this week. The Jayhawks have looked good the last couple of weeks, but we still like the Cougs here.

Carla gives her honorable mentions to No. 4 Penn State at Purdue (3:30 ET, CBS) and No. 22 LSU at Florida (3:30 ET, ABC), with a shoutout to Robert Morris at Central Connecticut State (Noon ET, NEC Front Row) in a battle for second place in the NEC. Crappy, meanwhile, really, REALLY wishes he was going to be at Wrigley on Saturday afternoon for No. 2 Ohio State at Northwestern (Little Nude, BTN), and again sends telepathic signals for you to watch Wednesday night’s Eastern Michigan at Ohio game … which has already happened by the time you’re listening to this pod. And oh, just for AJ, North Texas at UTSA (8 ET Friday, ESPN2) and No. 18 Washington St. at New Mexico (9:30 ET, FS1) both have Fun Indexes of 72.5. So get your eyeballs on those games as well.

Enjoy this week’s college football action, and we’ll see you again next week. Cheers, yinz.

It’s Week 11 of the college football season … and nothing makes sense.

Sure, MACtion is back, and we’re as excited about it as ever. And yes, the Big 12 looks like it’s definitely going to enjoy a potential buffet this weekend.

So why, then, is Carla wearing a “Yay Feetball” sweatshirt during the week when she hates college football? What was Penn State’s fourth-quarter goal-line play calling all about? What happened to Clemson? And Texas A&M? And Pitt? And Wisconsin?

Well, friends, we don’t have answers for everything. But we can provide some hope.

And that is, in the midst of all the chaos, the Carla and Crappy Show has finally made the big time. Carla will be the “celebrity” guest picker on Blue Raider Extra Point this weekend, live from the Grove on MTSU’s campus in Murfreesboro prior to the Liberty game. (Right now, the stream is scheduled to begin at 9 ET Saturday morning and will be available on the True Blue TV app on your streaming device or the MTN Sports YouTube channel. We’ll update as we get more details.)

To celebrate, we break down the entirety of the CUSA slate (so that Carla has good notes to take with her), which includes Kennesaw State at UTEP (4 ET, ESPN+), Jacksonville State at Louisiana Tech (4:30 ET, CBSSN), Western Kentucky at New Mexico State (6 ET, ESPN+), and of course, Liberty at MTSU (1 ET, CBSSN).

But also? We now have Carla and Crappy Show merch. Carla needed something branded to wear on the show, which AJ was all about creating. This means that, yes, friends, very soon, you too will have the ability to have your very own Yay Feetball shirt (once we figure out how to get the shop set up). Stay tuned to carlacrappyshow.com (which is also a thing that works now!) for more details.

And then, oh yeah, right, we still have games to discuss. A lot of games.

After we break down the initial College Football Playoff rankings (because those, ahem, also happened on Tuesday), AJ gives us a slightly abbreviated #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report, which still includes some dandies: Arkansas State at Louisiana (5 ET, ESPN+), No. 25 Army at North Texas (3:30 ET, ESPN2), and UNLV at Hawaii (9 ET, CBSSN) to name a few.

The big boy slate is pretty stellar as well:

No. 3 Georgia at No. 16 Ole Miss (3:30 ET, ABC): No consensus here. This game is loaded with mystery and huge conference implications.

Michigan at No. 8 Indiana (3:30 ET, CBS): Ten Win-diana? Yeppers. And at least one of us thinks it will be a statement win, too.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt (4:15 ET, SECN): Uh oh. The Gamecocks letdown game is in Nashville. Diego, are you ready? (We think it’s possible.)

No. 11 Alabama at No. 15 LSU (7:30 ET, ABC): With Saban no longer on the sideline, can Bama keep its Bedlam-esque streak alive? In Death Valley? Or do we see a purple Brian Kelly?

Washington at No. 6 Penn State (8 ET, Peacock): The forecast calls for a whiteout in Happy Valley. Welcome to the Big Ten, Huskies? We’ll see.

We wrap things up with a quick edition of How Will the Big 12 Eat Itself This Week? (still not trademarked), which features some prime buffet options, including No. 20 Colorado at Texas Tech (4 ET, FOX) and No. 9 BYU at Utah (10:15 ET, ESPN). Also, Crappy has his eye on Purdue at No. 2 Ohio State (Big Nude, FOX), and AJ and Carla are extremely vested in Robert Morris at Duquesne (Noon ET, radio only).

So, there you have it. Nothing makes sense. But we’re hoping we can provide you a bit of levity and hope in the chaos, both in college football and … well, you know. Enjoy the games this weekend, watch Carla on Saturday morning, and we’ll see you back here next week. Cheers, yinz.