Fair warning, I’m about to go completely off the rails with this week’s edition of WYWT.

But, first, I’m going to play it cool whilst making some small talk about one of the most underrated players in college football.

Oh, and if you see the ensuing rant through to the end, you’ll be rewarded with yet another connecting of the dots as it relates to Chip Kelly’s future in coaching.

Jonathan Taylor Dominated Again For The Most Overlooked Undefeated Big Ten Team Ever

Taylor rushed for 132 yards on 19 carries in Wisconsin’s win over Michigan on Saturday. I figure it’s worth bringing up if only because Taylor and Wisconsin are both criminally underrated.

Taylor has cleared the century mark eight times in this, his freshman year, and is now eighth on the NCAA all-time single season freshman rushing list with 1,657 yards — also known as 600 yards more than Saquon Barkley has totaled this season.

In exchange for his efforts, the league again named Taylor the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. He’s picked up the award seven times this season, which ties him with Ohio State’s JT Barrett for the most in conference history.

Refs, Broadcasters And The Hot Take Mainstream Media Completely Swing And Miss On The Whole Baker Mayfield Saga

So, where to begin?

Baker Mayfield tried to shake the hands of a trio of random Jayhawks before Saturday’s forgone conclusion.

In No. 29’s defense, he seems pretty preoccupied with that little toe tap dance he’s got going on there, so maybe he just had to pee really bad or something. Can’t say for sure. But, in any case, Mayfield did not appreciate the slight.

But fine, whatever. Kansas is Kansas, so — even with Baker being Baker — it stands to reason that the real drama ends here. But the Jayhawks weren’t done with Mayfield. Kansas made it clear throughout the game that they were gunning for the eventual Heisman Trophy winner — you know, despite being the root of this dude’s depression:

Mayfield, for his part, seemed pretty dumbfounded by it all — because, as we’ve established, Kansas is Kansas, and it’s way out of left field for them to manufacture a grudge against the best player in college football.

Kidding aside, the issue with what Kansas was doing had nothing to do with the sad state of their football program and everything to do with the heightened risk for needless injury for a guy who has way more to play for than a win in a mostly empty stadium in Lawrence, KS, on Nov. 18.

The target on Mayfield's back — or jaw — was never more evident than on this play:

That should’ve been targeting and an ejection. Hassan Defense (oxymoron alert) was seven yards from the quarterback when he loaded up. He was so late that he literally had time to pull up, gather, and then launch himself into the head and neck area of the passer.

Defense wasn’t ejected — which actually kind of worked out well for the Sooners, as he was called for holding on the following play, thus, hooking the offense up with 25 yards on what ended up being a touchdown-scoring drive just before halftime.

In any case, the officials failed Mayfield and the Sooners and, frankly, Oklahoma is actually lucky that the worst that came out of Saturday’s “game” was a one play or one possession PR move a week later.

When Mayfield finally blew up, he’d been subjected to the unprovoked, unmitigated bullshit of a bunch of dudes who have, quite literally, nothing better to do than poke the bear for the better part of three quarters. Anyone watching had to have had the overriding feeling that, eventually, Mayfield was going to get hurt for no good reason.

And I promise that feeling wasn’t just being shared by a bunch of people staring at their televisions. Mayfield felt it. And, unfortunately, it finally showed.

His reaction wasn’t an indictment of his character. Not in my opinion anyway. That was the fight or flight response in its purest form by a guy who doesn’t have an ounce of flight in him — well, unless he’s facing the Fayetteville Police, but let’s stay on track.

I really shouldn’t say this because Scott Van Pelt was so quick to tell half-ass lies about us unprovoked, so god forbid I actually provoke someone over there, but the in-game commentary on all of this was laughable at best. I’m not going to call either of them out by name, but both broadcasters spent the entire game making light of the growing on-field tension — only to spend 15 minutes obsessing over the fact that Mayfield said a swear word and grabbed his boys.

My favorite line was this one:

“That’s not what Lincoln Riley wants at Oklahoma. It’s not what we want in college football as fans. No place for that.”

You know what Lincoln Riley doesn’t want at Oklahoma? He doesn’t want his quarterback seriously injured by a cheap shot in a game that doesn’t matter because the officials are asleep at the wheel for three quarters.

You know what college football doesn’t want? I think I can speak for the masses pretty universally when I say that we don’t want to learn that Kansas still has a football team only because some guy we’ve never heard of took one of the best players in the sport out for the stretch run.

I understand the whole “not the starter” punishment, but Mayfield never had a chance. Had the guys in stripes been doing their job, we never would’ve arrived at that moment with 4:52 to play in the third quarter.

UCLA Dismissed Jim Mora Jr.

Realizing I just spent about six million words on Mayfield, I’ll be super brief here.

On Friday afternoon, I had one of my most reliable #sources tip me off that Chip Kelly to Florida was as good as done. I didn’t do anything with it only because it seemed odd that Florida would dump that news on a Friday afternoon.

Then, on Sunday evening, Twitter started blowing up with a bunch of Big J journalists who take themselves way more seriously than me talking about their own #sources confirming that Kelly to the Gators was a wrap.

And then… nothing.

Nothing happened Sunday night. Nothing happened Monday. Why?

UCLA opened. That’s why.

Tevailance Hunt Was Going Off For Texas — No, Not That Texas

Somehow Tevailance Hunt is just a three-star prospect. Good for you, TCU. Saturday afternoon was my first look at No. 9. He was the most impressive high school wide receiver I’ve seen all year — and I’ve seen a few.

Hunt went off for 209 yards and a score — and that’s only because this…

…was called back for holding. 

Looks like the Horned Frogs have a Terrace Marshall replacement for Justin Rogers.