Spygate 2.0? Or just a massive misunderstanding? Fortunately for coach Bill Belichick, owner Robert Kraft and the Patriots, it at least appears to be the latter after reports of a new NFL investigation surfaced on Monday. Dec. 9.

Ohio State has been the most dominant team in the nation based on margin of victory, but no team can match LSU's resume after the Tigers romped Georgia by 27 points in the SEC Championship Game.

Utah's loss to Oregon in the Pac 12 championship game on Friday night opens the door for Baylor — a team that's never been ranked No. 1 in an AP poll — to sneak into the College Football Playoff. It needs to upset Oklahoma for the Big 12 title and see Georgia fall to LSU to get in ... and that's exactly what every casual fan shoot be pulling for on Saturday.

It's easy to blame the head coach when a team as talented as the Dallas Cowboys is mired at 6-7 with three games remaining in the regular season. Jason Garrett's under siege by the entire fan base for a reason. 

But at some point, it's time to start holding the guys on the field accountable.

College Football will, at some point, expand its playoff system. The Athletic released a report last year claiming top administrators are already pushing to expand the playoff from four to eight teams. That's good news for teams in the Group of 5 conferences, like UCF, Boise State and Memphis, who have not and never will have a chance to win a national title under the current format. 

But while eventual expansion will be good for the bottom line, it will also dilute the brilliance that is college football's regular season.

Louisville is ranked No. 1 in the AP men's basketball poll for the first time since 2013, which is the same year the Cardinals won a national title that was vacated due to a sex scandal involving an assistant coach who hired escorts to perform in the players' dorm. 

It's taken new head coach Chris Mack less than two years to right the ship.

The sixth College Football Playoff will be the first one without Alabama after the Crimson Tide lost a wild, 48-45 game at Auburn. It's Alabama's first 2-loss regular season since 2010.

The College Football Playoff committee has apparently decided that the "eye test" trumps the resume in its latest rankings. Here's why that's bad news for LSU.

The Los Angeles Rams' fall from grace has been spectacular. 

Jared Goff has regressed into the league's 29th rated passer. Todd Gurley is a shell of his once dominant self. The franchise that has gone all-in financially to win a championship now, may have been banking on a championship window that was never really there.

Troy Aikman didn't hold back during the broadcast. Jerry Jones dropped some not-so-subtle bombs postgame. The biggest loser from Week 12 of the NFL season has to be Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett for the way he handled his team's 13-9 loss at New England.