ErnieMcCracken
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No need for a rematch after the beating they got last year. 1st quarter was somewhat close. Gatas quit in the 4th.
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Cxllege Fxxtball 2016 Week Thirteen: Whx gets the best lxss?
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No need for a rematch after the beating they got last year. 1st quarter was somewhat close. Gatas quit in the 4th.
Lewis Grizzard was a god damned national treasure. I highly encourage you to read his books, which are, primarily, collections/adaptations of his columns. Everything about Lewis Grizzard is what I love about the South. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=azs_os...de=qs&index=aps&field-keywords=lewis+grizzard
If U Dub and/or Clemson lose, there was a lot of chatter about Michigan being in the Playoffs even over the B1G champion, as UM whipped both of the division winners. And this isn't me trolling. Jerry Palm from CBS didn't even hesitate when asked who would be in in that scenario, UM or Wiscy/Penn State.
Stay safe, tOSU folks.
Speaking of the title belt, I didn't realize [URL="http://collegefootballbelt.com/Seasons.htm"]Alabama took control earlier this season. It's not nearly as fun when a blue blood has it, especially one at the top of their game.
This is assuming U Dub and/or Clemson loses. In which case, the proposed 4 in would be:
Alabama
tOSU
UDub | Clemson (whichever team did not lose)
Michigan
If they BOTH lose, then we could have:
Alabama
tOSU
Michigan
Colorado/B1G champ
LegalEagleMike
Member
I was on my way to a conference at OSU Medical Center. Obviously that got cancelled.
bucknuticus
Member
Classy, UM fan.
LegalEagleMike
Member
always trash to be found online. I try to ignore it.
You can't paint a whole fanbase over that comment, man. It's a tragedy on Ohio State's campus, and that dude is a douche, but come on.
Classy, UM fan.
Classy, UM fan.
That dude is a piece of shit.
bucknuticus
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Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
How long are we locked into the current playoff paradigm of 4 teams?
Like can they change it whenever they feel like it or is this contractual for X amount of years at the 4 team level?
Who even gets to make this call?
Like can they change it whenever they feel like it or is this contractual for X amount of years at the 4 team level?
Who even gets to make this call?
You kind of are, by calling him out as "UM fan." No need to bring his team affiliation into it, otherwise. But, this is secondary to everything going on in Columbus, so that's all I'll say on it.
I think they, the conferences, signed a 10-15 year contract initially.
Just do what is the normal thing to do these days:
Find out who he is, and who he works for, get him fired and destroy his future.
Palm also basically said, no matter what happens in Atlanta, Alabama would still be the #1 team of the 4 playoff teams
bucknuticus
Member
Sadly looks like his some self employed rapper whos awful
bucknuticus
Member
Back to on topic and less depressing news: Go Blue forum writer did some Maths on this thing and concludes Barrett got it by and inch or two
http://mgoblog.com/diaries/resolving-parallax-error
http://mgoblog.com/diaries/resolving-parallax-error
Ha, I was thinking about doing something like this! saved me some work!
I was going to try to triangulate the position, which I'm not even sure is possible with the information we have. This is probably a better process.
perfectchaos007
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This year's SEC is such a de ja vu of last years. Alabama and Tennessee both being favored preseason to win their divisions, with Alabama holding true and Tennessee falling off hard. Florida limps in to the CCG coming off a big loss to FSU where the Florida offense struggled mightily. I think, as opposed to last year, Alabama will beat Florida more than just 2 TD's in the CCG
Gonna be hard for Tennessee and Florida to improve as well. They're ranked 12 and 18 respectively for 2017 recruiting class thus far.
Maryland is currently ranked ahead of Florida in those rankings. And they have a 5 star committed?
With all of our injuries and an offensive line that gets pushed around by a stiff breeze, it should be more.
perfectchaos007
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Ah the old "But the regular season would mean less if we expanded to 8" argument
That game (tOSU/Michigan) still would have meant a lot with an 8 team playoff where 5 conference champions and 3 at large teams make the tournament as both of those teams would have been fighting for 1 of those 3 at large spots.
Vanillalite
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I fundamentally disagree with that article particularly this.
Why? Why is it suppose to be hard? Just cause? Not like going to 8 teams makes it anyway like the NFL.
Are we just making it hard for "reasons"? Why make it harder when you could make it easier?
Let me be clear while I personally prefer more teams I've heard solid reasoned arguments for keeping it at 4. This just cause bullshit or it should be hard isn't one of those.
sf2fanatic
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perfectchaos007
Member
And the week before that against Chattanooga. Two weeks in a row Alabama didn't pass the eye test.
No fucking duh. I think it'll be a nice night for a long walk, basically.
EDIT: And I just saw that Sherit is out for the game. Great.
Who the fuck is our strength and conditioning coach? Totally unacceptable level of injuries this year. Out nine starters?
Vanillalite
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What's funny about this is if OSU gets in over PSU then your fundamentally saying but winning your conference championship during the regular season means less. Not to mention it already means less as with 4 spots you aren't even getting all 5 conferences in as it is.
I'm not even fully against OSU getting in as the current system is setup to ideally get the best 4 teams in. That doesn't align with the regular season per say under the current version of the rules though.
superdeluxe
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I still don't understand this revisionist history about us being favored to win the east last year. People were saying it before the year too talking about constantly being overhyped. Last year we were picked to finish second in the east and in the 20's in the preseason ranking.
Yeah we aren't going to go much higher. In fact I am sure we drop spots. We just don't have a lot of spots this year. Plus once a coach gets on that "hot seat" recruiting usually starts to fall off.
superdeluxe
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UW by 6.5 That is fair.
superdeluxe
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90s are back.
FloydtheFathead
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FloydtheFathead
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But Washington will have two losses if they lose to Colorado
And then Colorado would have 2 loses if they won? I don't remember..
perfectchaos007
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I'de take a 2 loss (11-2) conference champion Colorado over a 2 loss (10-2) Michigan that didn't even play in the conference champ game
If they win the pac12 championship, that is.
The committee is going to have to communicate that the conference championships aren't now completely useless beyond being money makers.
Haloid1177
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Aranda got that new three year deal from O before Herman could come knocking I like it.
Purple Cheeto
Member
I think this is the big thing, if teams start getting in without winning conference titles, what was the point of all that grand standing about the Big 12's lack of title game?
It's like that old improv show with Drew Carey, "the rules are made up and the points don't matter."
Miggytronz
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Put me on the 8 team playoff bandwagon. It hits the sweet spot for College Football. Especially with bringing in Conference Champions. I feel like it's a no brainer.
sf2fanatic
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But we talking about Saban.. I think he needs to win by 40 plus a 0 for the opponent to be happy
That may keep coach O employed longer than otherwise woulda happened.
Still will be interesting to find out what offensive genious he promised to land. I still think yall are getting Sark.
superdeluxe
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Is that up for discussion? I can see the argument of a 1 loss OSU over a 1 loss UW team, but a 2 loss team that is not in the champ game? Might as well burn down the CFP at the point.
Even though Michigan would have the head to head victory over that conference champ?