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TD Lincoln on 2nd play of the quarter by Clayton Davis. PAT kick good. 23-0

Lincoln Ball. 1st, run 5 yard gain. 2nd, Somerset jumps. 1st down at the 20. Run around the right for 4yards. 2nd, up the middle breaks it to the Somerset 23. End of 1st quarter Lincoln County 16 Somerset 0

Sack after miscommunication with RB, 4 yard loss. 2nd, pass for 9. 3rd and 5, incomplete. 4th on Pat's 45, punt team out. Punt out at the 10 yard line.

Somerset recovers the kick at the 50.

Not sure what happened, Somerset was inside the 10. I drove home and now Lincoln is up 16-0.

TD Lincoln 2 pat good 8-0 after first drive of the game.

1st at 39, middle run...flags thrown. Run for 1st down.

1st big run up the middle to midfield. 1st pass to the slot for short game. 2nd gain of 3 inside 3rd and 4, Jumpers jump on hard count.

Somerset to kickoff. Lincoln County returns kick from 21 out to the 35.

Tonight's trophies!

About to kickoff. I'll post game updates throughout but may be late in the 1st before I can get started. Vet visit going longer than expected.

It would be fiscally irresponsible if the universities didn't look to better their financial positions. At the end of the day Texas and OU don't owe the other schools anything other than what's in their contracts. In nearly every sport they are going to be more challenged year in and year out in the SEC than they are currently. I don't remember people being this upset when teams left their conferences to join the ACC, B1G or PAC.

Just saw on Facebook that our sweet Goldie has passed away. Prayers for Larry and her family.

The biggest plus for the PAC would be added exposure nationally be expanding all the way to the central time zone. Yes WVU is in the eastern, but that's just one team. The PAC could package games as I stated earlier, for 12 to 14 straight hours every Saturday. Currently their games get national network coverage for about 6 hours most weeks.

I'm not sure what the rest of the Big 12 can offer to make themselves desirable to TV in the short term. Maybe a package deal with the PAC and some cross scheduling, but without Texas and OU there isn't a lot of national appeal to draw in huge TV money. The best move financially for them would be to merge with the PAC and then pray that Fox or whomever can build it into a brand people get excited about. Fox could run PAC/Big12 games from 1pm est to 2am est every Saturday. That huge block across all time zones might give them a small edge that they need.

Any school that doesn't do this, will be left behind. There is no downside for the school, they still make money off of their logos, so if a player sells 1,000 jerseys the school makes more money.

Looking forward to it.

I think in case of a 3-way tie it would be the two highest ranked that would make the conference championship. No way they have a four team playoff...at this point.

I agree, the playoff expansion will be a boon for the SEC. Looking to the immediate future assuming OU/Texas are already in the SEC. A 12-team playoff will look something like this in most years. B1G- Ohio State lock, with PSU probable most years, Wisconsin most years, random other school having a great season....so on an average year B1G will get two or three teams in, with four teams being possible. ACC/ND- Clemson lock, ND probable, Miami/FSU could make a run at any time, UNC/Duke/VaTech likely one of those three make a run each year. ACC/ND probably going to average three teams on any given season. PAC- no locks, USC, Oregon, Stanford, Washington one of that group will likely get in on a yearly basis. I think the ceiling for the PAC is 3, but for now no more that 2 will get in and most years only 1. Big 12- who knows??? Let's say for now they will average one spot per year. Non-power conference teams, 1 team for now. But if the best of those teams all roll into the big 12, they may lose their auto bid. SEC- Alabama (until Saban leaves), UGA, more years than not, Oklahoma more years than not. That leaves Florida, LSU, Texas, A&M, Auburn, and the rest of the SEC to battle it out for a fourth spot, if one is available. Talk of the SEC getting 5 or even 6 teams in the playoffs looks nearly impossible based on current team trends. It would take down years by both the ACC and B1G for that to even have a chance of happening.

How does realignment break college football further, in your opinion?

The discussion that I heard was that you'd only play one pod power per year. Example UK would play Bama but not Auburn, Texas but not OU and A&M but not LSU in a given year. That said, the Pods could be completely different.

The most discussed proposal so far has been 4 team scheduling pods. You play the other three in your pod yearly, then two from each of the other three pods...for a 9 game conference schedule. Under this plan every two years you would play every team in the conference and every four years you would play each team in the league both home and away. How the pods are divided up will be interesting. I expect UK to be in a pod with SC, UGA and Florida. Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama and Auburn together. Ole Miss, Mississippi State, LSU and Texas A&M in a pod. Then Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri in the final pod. That would put two "Traditional" powers in each pod.

Texas and Oklahoma officially asked for an invitation to join the league today. SEC President's to meet Thursday to discuss, it is not clear yet if there will be a vote on Thursday or not. The Texas/OU letter states they want to join the SEC on July 1, 2025.

Worst name in professional sports? Evidently named after traffic statues in Cleveland.