Everything posted by Brian Fantana
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The Big 12 is fucking awful
I don't necessarily disagree with you but I'm having trouble squaring what I think you're trying to say with how things actually seem to happen on the field. Teams like Indiana and Tech do not blitz a lot or take many defensive risks at all (in fact, I think Tech likely has the lowest blitz % of any P4 team in the CFP), while teams like Oklahoma (ostensibly with more talent on paper) blitz a ton and take a ton of risks to go for big defensive plays. The defensive success rates are similar for these 3 teams across the board so it's an interesting discussion.
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That's some top tier fishing
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The Big 12 is fucking awful
It would never happen in a million years for myriad reasons, people are just trying to clickbait
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The Big 12 is fucking awful
So have we. Our D-line transfers have been stars (truly, every single one was a home run, they did a fantastic job evaluating), but so have our linebackers, who are all home grown and developed. Technically, Rodriguez is a transfer but he was a walk-on a few years ago. They were very good last year as well, but they didn't have a good D-line to allow them to play so it didn't really matter. Our problems last year were QB health (which has still been an issue this season, just from pure bad luck) and the trenches. We had an elite RB, and very good positional talent across the board (aside from depth issues in the secondary, which we also shored up in the portal), we just had a crappy O-line and D-line. It really struck me how dramatic the difference was YOY when we played UH and I saw one of our starting offensive tackles from last season starting for them and just getting his ass absolutely handed to him play after play. Our O-line hasn't been perfect this year but they have made the plays they've needed to make. Beyond all that is said about Joey, and I've been on the fence with him myself since he got here, what he is really good at is hiring the right people and getting players to buy in to the culture and how they want things done. It is a remarkable thing to have such an influx of new talent, many of whom were seen as mercenary, and have them all come together so quickly, play for each other, and have zero locker room issues or anything even resembling such. That kind of thing doesn't happen by accident and he has to be given his flowers for that.
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CEO of UHG Shot and Killed in NYC - WTF is wrong with you New York
- University of Utah nearing landmark private equity deal expected to generate $500 million
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I can't imagine caring this much if some other team is good or not as an adult human being.- Tell Me About Notre Dame
Demanding that they advocate for you over one of their own, long standing members is just an insane amount of entitlement.- Tell Me About Notre Dame
Harboring pedophile priests...the list goes on.- Tell Me About Notre Dame
You're as big of a whiny annoying bitch as your AD- Tell Me About Notre Dame
Don't be a fucking idiot. The only woman on the board is a very successful P4 athletic director. I guarantee you she is far more qualified to be there than most men.- Tell me about Texas Tech
https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2025/12/08/texas-tech-football-jacob-rodriguez-bronko-nagurski-trophy-winner-2025/87606476007/ He'll just have to settle for more awards- Tell me about Texas Tech
- We're the Cheeziest party at Immamac's House Dec 31 2025 - Texas VS Michigan
I'll show up if I can bring Derka- Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
It's been our one weakness for sure. It's gotten better but needs to improve more.- 2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
It's fine as an overall ranking but not to pick 2 teams to play for it all. No metric is good enough for that if we're being honest.- Tell Me About Notre Dame
Just exclude them entirely until they behave like every other program. Fuck the whole way off, Notre Dame.- 2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
I changed it to just grant byes by ranking but you could do it any way that's agreed upon. It just shouldn't change week to week like it has this year. I understand that objective rankings are virtually impossible but it would be miles better than the way we decided it this year.- 2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
There will always be contention, no matter what system you put in place. I will say it again, it should just be a normal fucking playoff like every other goddamn sport on the planet. CFB is not that special and doesn't need a cutesie playoff system. If you had that, Texas is in, ND is in, BYU is in, everyone that's fucking crying right now would be in. Set it up for 24 teams with 8 automatic byes for the highest ranked teams. Seed the rest by composite ranking. I'm using the final CFP rankings just for the sake of argument here, but whatever composite ranking that is agreed upon prior to the season would work the same way: Would anyone at all be upset with this? Seriously, be honest with yourself. The SEC gets 4 byes (7 teams total), B1G gets 3 (6 teams total), Big 12 gets 1 (5 teams total), ACC gets 0 (3 teams total). What exactly would be wrong with a playoff bracket like this?- The CFP ruined college football.
I fucking told you earlier this season, verbatim, that Indiana was more physical and better in the trenches than the other "top" B1G teams, despite their talent level, and that they would have something to say about not only who plays Ohio State for the title but the title itself, while you just sat there and assumed it would be Ohio State vs Oregon, even after Indiana went into Eugene and manhandled them. I told you that it was impossible to tell if Ohio State was actually all that good because the only tough game they had played and would likely play the rest of the season was against a green Arch Manning in the season opener. You know why I was right and you were wrong? Because I guarantee you that you never watched a single second, outside of maybe highlights, of this Indiana team (you didn't even seem to know that they had beaten Oregon on the road when we had this conversation months ago) and just made a series of assumptions based on basically nothing but helmet logos. Their talent level on paper is lower than most other top 25 P4 teams, but they were at least on the same level as Ohio State from a physicality standpoint, and I'd argue that they were flat out better, this was not a fluke performance, and they'd be able to repeat that probably 6-7 times out of 10 against them. There was somebody in the game thread trying to argue with a straight face that Ohio State won the battle in the trenches last night and I just can't understand how people get so chalk brained sometimes even when shit is happening in front of their eyes. It wasn't just in the trenches, either, they were better at every single position other than arguably wide receiver and it was probably a wash in the secondary.- Tell Me About Notre Dame
Fuck ND- The Big 12 is fucking awful
I legit do not understand how it is beneficial to skip your bowl game. The extra practices alone make it worth it.- Tell me about Texas Tech
Sorry I love you- Tell Me About Notre Dame
They were going to end up playing BYU and they can't take the risk of losing Big time program by the way - University of Utah nearing landmark private equity deal expected to generate $500 million
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