I Tell Ya' Herbie

   Here are a few scoops from the college football dessert that we call I Tell Ya' Herbie.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                             It's been another week since we warned about a coach in trouble and said the coach was fired.

This time, it's Arkansas, which dropped Sam Pittman after a home clobbering against Notre Dame.

The Hogs (2-3 0-1 SEC) have a brutal finish to the season as six of their final seven games are against Top 25 teams.

Pittman was unlikely to keep his job against that schedule, so I can understand the decision to cut ties early.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                              I'm not on board with the decision to make offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino the coach for the remainder of the season.

The well-traveled Petrino was fired at Arkansas in 2012 after a motorcycle accident exposed Petrino's affair with a former Arkansas athlete and his involvement in hiring her to a job in the athletic department.

Considering all of that, it's questionable that Arkansas hired Petrino as offensive coordinator, let alone the interim head coach.

I understand that time is precious and coaches aren't being hired at this stage of the season, but tabbing Petrino doesn't reflect well on the program.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                            It seems increasingly likely that the Group of Five bid will come from the American as the league has three unbeaten teams (Memphis, Navy, North Texas), and two with one non-conference loss (Tulane to Ole Miss and South Florida to Miami) to top ten teams.

Unless they all beat the crap out of each other, which could allow a Boise State or James Madison to slide in, that slot is going to the American.

The first step towards unlocking the group looks like next Saturday when South Florida meets North Texas.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                           Game that I'm looking forward to this weekend (Non-Buckeye/Red Raider division)?

Boise State at Notre Dame in a loser-leaves-town game for the postseason.

Boise State (as mentioned above) likely has to win out after their loss to South Florida, and a loss for the Irish would be their third and hammering them as a longshot.

I Tell Ya' Herbie:

                             Nice to see another loss for "Big Game James" Franklin in a big game as Oregon dropped the Nittany Lions in State College.

To be fair, the Lions did rally to force overtime before succumbing in the second session, and one loss doesn't destroy their season, but it's hard to see Franklin's bunch doing damage in the postseason, considering his track record.

Remember that despite Penn State's trip to the National Semi-Finals last season, those wins were over SMU at home and Boise State.