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Huckleberry

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  1. So you want us to have a non-conferemce schedule of Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon, and Notre Dame next year?
  2. If you think inserting other players into the game is chess then you may want to stop by the Chutes and Ladders message board for something more your speed.
  3. I agree that the bowl game is beneficial for the roster but should also be treated like an exhibition on game day. It's Sarkisian's job to use the practices wisely and keep the team engaged. In the transfer portal and NIL era there should be a lot of benefit to evaluating the roster for 2026. Which is exactly why during the game the starters should get a quarter plus a drive before backups start getting snaps against a talented opponent. That is not something you can replicate in spring or fall practice. But, and this is the key because Sarkisian has sucked at this, once the younger players being evaluated are in the game the intensity has to stay elevated. They should be playing to win not just bleed clock. We have no idea what the heck our backups are capable of late in seasons because they are only allowed to run vanilla plays/schemes.
  4. James Madison is in because the ACC was awful. That's not the committee's fault and it's not the rules' fault. Top 5 conference champions is a decent rule. Also, James Madison will get killed but they're probably also better than UVA and Duke. None of the 3 are among the best 25 teams in the country, though.
  5. No we don't, because currently some teams are willing to play those game and some teams aren't. If every team goes that route then it's a much different position.
  6. Or maybe the entire reason he was hyping up how important those games are was to defend against us getting left out but it happened anyway so now it's been proven that playing them is detrimental.
  7. This is one of the dumbest non sequiturs I've ever seen only made dumber by the fact it's asking someone to prove a negative. Congrats on a remarkably terrible post. Georgia destroyed FSU because FSU was ass and Georgia was awesome. That game had essentially nothing to do with Georgia the last two seasons, and my only point is that FSU being a helmet school had even less to do with it. They would have destroyed anyone and continued on to their 2024 and 2025 seasons.
  8. Thinking that "beating a helmet team" matters to next season or to the players is even sillier than the posts you're responding to.
  9. After doing their best to make it dramatic, McLaren did everything right today. They covered off every strategic option that could have threatened them, really perfect work by the team strategists today.
  10. Not really, they played an FCS team. An FCS team that went 3-8 against FCS opponents.
  11. This is dumb. Yes I looked at the source. It's only going to get dumber every year as NIL increases parity across the P4 conferences.
  12. But that's the question. How much of that is the cars and how much is it Hamilton sucking at the end of this season? Leclerc is still handily beating Antonelli in quali each week (Qatar excepted) and beat Russell at COTA. I'd say the Mercedes is nominally better overall than the Ferrari right now but not nearly as much as it's being made to look due to Hamilton's results. Plus there's always the second Red Bull car to consider. I know Verstappen is ridiculous but there is still something going on over there. I can't believe anyone is that much better than the rest of the F1 field.
  13. Well I mean he's probably a top 10ish driver this season, so he's definitely cooked compared to what he used to be but it's not like he's bad. 3 straight weekends out in Q1 certainly doesn't make it seem like it's getting any better though. And the defense that it's all a crappy car and team rings sort of hollow. It's still the 3rd or 4th best car on the grid and he's getting knocked out in Q1 and his run of championships was with an absolutely dominant car and team. Anyone willing to bet money that two time driver runner-up Bottas will be in the top 4 of the driver standings next year in a Cadillac?
  14. Russell was faster than Hamilton last year. In fact, I just looked it up and this is the second straight year Hamilton has lost GP qualifying 19-5 to his teammates. Including sprint qualifying, Hamilton has lost to his teammates 47-13 the last two seasons. When anyone else on the grid is getting destroyed like that people are asking if the losing teammate belongs in F1, with the possible exception of RB/Verstappen.
  15. His pace is ridiculous. VER NOR PIA RUS first two rows. Start will be fun tomorrow.
  16. Bortoleto tied up qualifying 12-12 with Hulkenberg and easily into Q3 with a monster lap in Q2.
  17. I agree but when I pointed out he wasn't one of the best drivers last season a couple of people around here got mad like I was insulting their family. As I said then, age comes for all of us and it comes at different speeds for different people. Leclerc outqualified Hamilton 19-5 this season. He's currently up 17-3 in GP finishes.
  18. Good time for the season to end for him. Either he's completely washed or he's gassed from the longest two seasons ever. We will find out pretty early next season which it is.
  19. It's a good rule that isn't understood by fans, just like the dropped third strike rule in baseball. Both of those rules keep the rules consistent. For the touchback situation, the goal line/end zone is a special area of the field. The consequence for the ball going through/into that area and becoming a dead ball depend on which team was responsible for that action (i.e., which end zone it is). If it's the other team's end zone then it's a touchback. Doesn't matter where they last possessed it, the rule is consistent. If it's their own end zone then it's a safety. Also doesn't matter where they last possessed it.
  20. Well I think I've decided to piecemeal my sim racing rig by seeing if I really like racing and it's not just a short term interest. Getting a low end direct drive wheel to try it for a while. We will see if a year from now I have a full rig.
  21. The Texas sports information department should be going full villain and tweeting clips of this subpar game simply noting that this is more proof that the relative importance of W/L record versus schedule played is completely misunderstood by the committee. Flat out say that neither Tulane nor North Texas have any business in a Top 25 ranking because they don't. At best these teams are in the #40 range.
  22. 24-team playoff with all conferences sending a champ makes the most sense in an NCAA sport because that's what everyone else does. FCS has 24 teams in the playoff. Basketball has 68 or a little under 20%, baseball has 64 or a little over 20%, FBS has 136 teams or whatever right now oh hey 24 teams is a bit under 20%.
  23. Yep. Every conference champ gets in and you still have 14 at large slots (after Pac-12 starts again next year). First two rounds on campus. No I don't care if bowls die.
  24. This is dumb (and hilarious coming from the alum of a school that is hanging on to power conference status by the skin of its teeth). If the power conferences want to break away then do it. But if you're going to be in the same division for appearance's sake, then you have one championship and the smaller conferences get a piece of the pie. Either break away or don't, you shouldn't get to have it both ways.
  25. 24 teams, Top 8 seeds get a bye All conference champs plus at-large bids to fill it out. It's not a real playoff if there is any feasible path for a team to go undefeated and not win it all. Conference champs guaranteed a top 16 seed (home game in the first round) but not a top 8 seed and first round bye. Conference championships should mean something and yes I realize that #17 would absolutely drill #16 in this format most years. Deserve's got nothing to do with it if you don't win your conference. If you want the money from a conference championship game then you risk a team getting dropped. Tough shit. #1 Ohio St. vs. winner of #17 Texas @ #16 Kennesaw St. #8 Oklahoma vs. winner of #24 Houston @ #9 Notre Dame #4 Texas Tech vs. winner of #20 Southern Cal @ #13 Virginia #5 Oregon vs. winner of #21 Arizona @ #12 BYU #2 Georgia vs. winner of #18 Vanderbilt @ #15 Western Michigan #7 Texas A&M vs. winner of #23 Tulane @ #10 Alabama #3 Indiana vs. winner of #19 Utah @ #14 New Mexico #6 Ole Miss vs. winner of #22 Michigan @ #11 Miami (this is assuming higher ranked teams win CCGs and the loser drops one spot)
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