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  1. 27 minutes ago, Iceman said:

    Because we all nailed the Final Four in our March Madness brackets  last season, right?

    Play it out on the field.  Fuck the eye test. You can't tell shit by looking.

    Alabama hasn't played UMass this season. Do you know which team is better?

  2. Just now, Beau Vine said:

    You should also be prepared for their entire argument being, "Yeah, but if you miss that 2-pointer, the game is over.  Kicking the extra point keeps you in the game."  They'll repeat that over and over and then eventually resort to "I know what I'm talking about because I ACTUALLY PLAYED FOOTBALL."

    Ha yep. EXTEND THE GAME!  Better to have a 20% chance to win later than a 40% chance to win but find out immediately you lost! Also prepare for lots of talk of "keep it a one-possession game" except that until you attempt the 2pc, you don't actually know if it's a 1 or 2 possession game. It is obvious that more knowledge is better than less, except EXTEND THE GAME.

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  3. Appreciate the fair and reasoned responses. I do still object to that many teams outside of the top 10 freerolling a spot, even though they haven't won as many, historically speaking. Hopefully if it comes to pass, proposals of modified scheduling and 1 vs 2 CCGs will prevail, which eliminates a huge chunk of the problem, and makes the CCGs as play-in games much more exciting.

  4. People just can't grasp the concept of actually being able to WIN THE GAME IN REGULATION having value.  BUT WHAT IF YOU LOSE. Also for some reason BUT WHAT IF YOU MISS only applies to the 2pc, but not the XP, which is now missed on a reasonable basis. So infuriating that people who make a living talking sports can't grasp it. 

    You can pick one of two games:
    1) we flip a coin and if it is heads I pay you $100 and if it's tails you pay me $90

    2) we roll a die. If it is 1 or 2 I pay you $80, if it is 3 or 4 no one pays anything, if it is 5 or 6 you pay me $100

    Coaches literally choose game 1 because they get paid half the time instead of 1/3 of the time.

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  5. 1/3 of the non-SEC conference title game winners weren't top 10, so you can't say it is a once a decade thing. The last few years haven't been as bad. Do 2000-2014 next and let me know.

    Also, having the locked G5 spot really exacerbates the difference between 1 and 2, when often the margin is razor-thin. Look at the difference in playing #20 Boise or #7 Miss State in 2014 or #18 Houston or #7 tOSU (who was quite possibly the best team in the country, losing only 1 game, which they never trailed until 0:00 on the clock in a monsoon) in 2015, or Western Michigan or an OU team that was red hot and playing as well as anyone at the end of the year in 2016. Just too giant a difference in the 7 and 8 seeds in those seasons.

    I would be fine saying if the G5 champ is top 12 they get a spot, so UCF would have been in the last two seasons.

  6. 36 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

    He only took into consideration winning and losing and not being fired or ridiculed for being perceived to be a moron. Remember perception is reality regardless of what the truth really is in any scenario. That is why coaches don't do it. We have are own dumb ass going for it 4th because the numbers say so. Yet we don't buy his numbers.

    Most of Herman's go/no go decisions are good, though he does punt on 4th and shortish from opp territory too much, it's just that many of the playcalls have been beyond silly. 

  7. 1 hour ago, utee94 said:

    Sure there is-- they won their conference.  If conferences don't like the idea of sending a 7-6 team to the CFP as their representative, then they should change the way they determine their champions.  But I'm completely in favor of letting the conferences determine their champions however they see fit.

    With an 8-team playoff, a hypothetical 7-6 Miami is going to have to play its way though undefeated LSU, 1-loss Oklahoma, and undefeated Ohio State, in order to win the national championship.  At that point, they will have earned it on the field. I understand the people that are worried about seeing a 10-6 national champ, I just don't share their concerns.  First, I think it's unlikely to happen.  Beyond that, even if it did, that team would have earned it and I'd be ok with that.  If the "real" good teams wanted to stop it from happening, they should have defeated the 7-6 interloper in any of their 3 attempts to do so.

    I don't object specifically to the 10-6 national champion, I just object as a fan who wants the best and most entertaining product on the field. I'm pretty cool with the "best" team from each P5 conference getting in, though imagining the ACC without Clemson is a scary thought as far as eating up a playoff spot. It's just that most conferences aren't designed to send their "best" team. There have been a few articles lately about the bigger conferences abandoning divisions, going to pods, and making their title games 1 vs. 2. That would ease my concerns.

    14 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

    The last P5 champion with fewer than 10/11 wins was...

    Pac: 1999 UCLA (8 wins)/2018 Washington (before that, 2009 Oregon - no CCG)

    Big 12: 1996 Texas (8 wins)/2016 OU (No CCG, before that, 2001 Colorado *vomit*)

    Big 10: 2012 Wisconsin (8 wins, hung 70 on corn aggy lol; 12-0 Ohio State ineligible, before that 2004 Michigan)

    ACC: 2008 VT (9 wins)/2011 Clemson

    SEC: 2001 LSU (9 wins)

    TL/DR: 2/3 of teams in conference title games aren't ranked in the top 10, so it isn't a fake scenario. 9 times in 30 ACC, B1G and PAC title games, almost 1/3, NEITHER team has even been in the top 10. OOOH PLAY IN GAME.

    The data:

    2003 KSU is a better example of a meh champ than 2001 CU. CU was 10-2, while KSU had 3 losses in the reg season, including to Marshall.

    One thing you're missing is that many of these conferences only recently started doing championship games, which opens the door to bullshit champions like 2012 Wisconsin, which was 4-4 in conference, 7-5 in regular season.

    Rankings in the ACC title game since 2005 with winner bolded:

    22 vs. 5
    16 vs. 23
    6 vs. 12
    25 vs. 18
    12 vs. 25
    12 vs. 20
    5 vs. 21
    13 vs. NR
    1 vs. 20
    2 vs. 12
    1 vs. 8
    3 vs. 19
    1 vs. 7
    2 vs. NR

    Obviously since 2014, there has been an elite team which has saved the bacon by going unbeaten, but I count 3 of the 14 games which aren't silly as a play-in game, and this year will be 3 of 15 as it will again be top 4 vs NR. Six times in an eight year span, the ACC would have sent a team into the playoffs that wasn't in the top 10, and 5 of 14 games have neither team in the top 10.

    The B12 has only had two winners of its title game not be in the top 10 - Texas in 97 and KSU in 2003. However, in 12 of the 17 years, one of the teams wasn't in the top 10.

    The PAC has had two straight title games with neither team in the top 10 and a non-top 10 team has been in the game 6 of the 8 years. 2 non top-10 winners.

    The B1G has had a title game with neither team in the top 10 in 2 of the 8 title games so far, and a non-top 10 team in 4 of the 8 years. 2 non-top 10 winners.

    The SEC has never had a title game with neither team in the top 10, and a non-top 10 team has been in it 17 of the 27 years, though the non-top 10 team only has won 2.

    So total there have been 13 teams win a P5 title game without being a top 10 team. Not counting SEC, that's 11 out of 47 years, so about a 1 in 4 chance of a non-SEC P5 champ being outside the top 10, so we could estimate that roughly every season we have a non-top 10 team in the playoffs, with some seasons obviously having none and some having 2. 

    A non-top 10 team would be playing for a playoff spot in 13/18 ACC title games, 12/17 B12, 6/8 PAC, 4/8 B1G and 17/27 SEC.  So 52 out of 78 teams (67%) in these "play in" games aren't top 10 teams. 

    Also, when the top 5 team loses to the trash team, that top 5 team now eats an at-large, so you end up with actual top 10 teams being left out of wild-card battles. It becomes worse if we lock in a G5 spot, rather than have it qualification based. 

  8. 12 hours ago, Dr. Beeper said:

    I’d employ analytics in most situations. Starting in the first quarter. I’d let situations dictate whether or not to employ such statistical plays. In that situation that late in the game, take the damn near sure thing, make it a 7 point game, and save, likely, one of your better 2-point conversion plays for later. 

    I also don’t like going for 2 if Carolina were to score again in the 4th (assuming the score were 24-23 at that point). Nor do I like ISU going for 2 against OU. Yes, I know - on the road, but in both situations the Panthers and Cyclones would’ve had all the momentum. I would’ve played for OT at that point. 

    If you’re in a shootout with OU, or Rodgers, in Norman or Green Bay, you absolutely go for 2. 

    I mean, the OU-ISU game was 42-41 at that point in Norman. Also, you think the team with "momentum" wins more often in OT, but in fact it is the better team that wins. I will bet you a lot of money that if you compare the WP of "team that scored last to force OT" vs "team that was favored to win", "team that was favored to win" will be higher.

    9 hours ago, Dr. Beeper said:

    I’m a numbers guy and don’t claim to be an expert in football. I’ve coached a lot and can manage a game/clock, and clearly this is my personal opinion. 

    If I were Rivera, my thoughts would be: I’m 50/50 on any 2-point attempt, I’m 100% on any XP, and if I tie this game, I have a better shot than the Packers in OT because I have all momentum.  

    You aren't 100% on an XP. In the NFL, XPs are 93% now after the change. This was in wind and snow, so less than that. Also, if the Panthers are actually 50/50 to hit a 2pc, and more than 50/50 to win in OT then going for 2 is even better than Bob posted, especially since they are more like 90% to make an XP, meaning more like 81% to hit them both. 

    8 hours ago, blacklab said:

    YES!

    Another one I learned in Madden was when down 10 kick a FG as soon as you're in range and go for the onsides. A few NFL and college teams have done it and the announcers were like "WTF ARE THEY DOING"

    This was better before they ruined onside kicks, but yeah. Teams always burn the entire clock to get the TD. They need to allow you the option of kicking off or taking it 4th and 15 from your own 35. 

    8 hours ago, orangecat92 said:

    I agree with this.  The thing about the Iowa state game was I think sooners were totally surprised, but I think the refs stopped the game, after the TD, to give OU time to recover, and take a breath.  OUs defense had been on the field quite a bit.  I think the interception thrown by OU was done pretty early in the drive.  If the refs had not stopped the game, would OU coach have been smart enough to call timeout to give his team time to recover?  

    I especially like the part about telling the offense you have confidence they will get the two yards.  As the underdog, I think the object should be to end the game in regulation.  Why give the favorite another chance with the game tied?  Make them uncomfortable.

    It was actually great for ISU that they stopped to review. The play clock was running down and ISU was unprepared to run a play and were about to get a delay of game, so they would have had to run the play from the 7. If there was less time left, Riley def should have taken a timeout if ISU wasn't going to get a DOG, but with 30 seconds left, I'm OK saving the 3 timeouts to maximize the chance of answering with a GWFG.

    1 hour ago, NowThis said:

    have to consider game conditions. Suppose Hurts had a twisted ankle and the OU kicker can't make anything greater than 30?

    Sure, but neither of those was the case. The point is, you should default to going for 2 when you score a TD in the 4th when down 14, and only kick if there's a specific reason to, instead of the opposite. It's a closer decision when scoring a TD down 1, and you should rely more exclusively on the game. Momentum is a consideration, but drastically behind things like which team is better, which team is home, critical injuries, red zone offense/defense proficiencies, kicker strength/weakness, etc.

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  9. If we go to 8 with autobids, I would want the first round at campus sites, and would prefer strongly either divisions are done away with, or there is a minimum qualification. No reason why a team like Miami this year or other random 6-6 teams that have made conference title games should have a playoff spot. 

  10. So MP says he raise-folded KK with 11 big blinds??? Lol gtfo. Were y’all on the bubble and mincash is a million dollars?

    With both players so short I actually don’t like a 3bet small. Depending on villains and my image I would either just jam or flat and check-jam 95% of flops. We are so shallow we aren’t folding flops and we turn our hand faceup when we 3b small this shallow.

  11. You want calls so it can’t be too much. For that purpose, it was fine. I’m probably going 4k. They should call 2800 to win 12k


    But you can’t vary your raise size based on your hand, esp in a “regular group” tourney. We need to also be able to squeeze here sometimes IMO.
  12. Let’s say LSU, Ohio State, and Clemson all win out. They’re in. 

     

    OU, Oregon, and Bama also win out. 

     

    Who gets the fourth spot? Bama won’t be a conference champ but they will have beaten Auburn, who beat Oregon. OU will be a conference champ, but they easily have the worst loss. 

     

    Close between OU and Oregon. Keep in mind by then the loss comparison could easily be Oregon lost neutral to 8-4 Auburn and OU lost road to 9-3 Kansas State so not “easily” the worst loss unless you just mean as compared between OU and Bama. Also possible by then that OU has 4 wins over teams in final rankings (Texas, OSU, Baylor, title game) and Bama and Oregon have one each (Auburn and Utah).

  13. The 538 numbers seem about right IMO. The 3% for Wisky would be when they are B1G champs which they can still do.

    Zero or 1 loss SEC champ is a lock
    Zero or 1 loss B1G champ is a lock
    Unbeaten Clemson is a lock
    Unbeaten Baylor is a lock

    After that the stew gets murky. I think a 2 loss SEC champ is still a lock bc it will be coming off a win over 12-0 LSU. But how would a 11-2 SEC champ Florida compared with 12-1 SEC runner up LSU when they split the series and LSU win at Texas while Florida played two FCS games? 11-2 SEC champ UGA prob compares a bit better and is almost surely in.

    I think 12-1 OU and 12-1 Oregon are extremely close. I think 12-1 OU goes over 12-1 Utah. I think all these teams are probably behind a 12–1 tOSU or 12-1 LSU that lost its conf title game.

    12-1 Baylor is behind all of the above and also prob behind 12-1 ACC champ Clemson but ahead of 12-1 non champ Clemson. I think 11-1 Bama is right at the same line as 12-1 Baylor or Clemson. Same for an 11-2 B1G champ Wisky.

    Should be a fun month!

  14. Yes and I know exactly what you're saying after ou won the game, which was my point.


    Well I guarantee during the game I didn’t want them to go for 2. I thought OU’s chances were much better in OT than to stop one play. You seem to agree with that so I dunno why you think I wouldn’t feel that way at the time.
  15. They only use the conference champion rule when it’s a team not named Alabama. When it’s Bama they typically use the eye test. It’s the only way ESPN.... I mean the committee can be fair. 


    I offered a wager. They’ve never done it before and I don’t think they will do it now.
  16. Underdogs going for two overwhelmingly miss (unless they score too quick, in which case the other team goes down the field and wins with a FG).

    Source of this data? Where are the numbers? Or is this your “guess”?


    OU was on the ropes and ISU was scoring TDs pretty much at will. Extend the game first, then win it. I wonder what former 5 star recruit will transfer in to the Big 12 champs after they get stomped in the playoffs?


    When a boxer has someone on the ropes do they want to finish them now or let them get to the end of the round, recover, and come out refreshed for the next round?

    Also, guarantee if they kick and OU wins in OT the huge majority of naysayers would then say they should have just killed them when they had the chance.

    And good news! We have our own 5 star recruit now!
  17. I’ll bet anyone who wants it that Bama doesn’t go over a 0 or 1 loss champion from any P5 league other than a 1 loss ACC champ.

    Also Indiana over KSU and OSU is dreck. Indiana has 0 top 50 wins. ZERO. They have a 40+ point loss and also lost while giving up 40 to a bad 4-5 Sparty team.

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  18. On 11/7/2019 at 2:32 PM, Al_4_ISU said:

    Well, it's a fast food chicken sandwich.

    I don't think there's any food item on the face of the planet I'd be willing to sit in a traffic jam or risk getting killed over.  Let alone  a fast food chicken sandwich.  Even if it's the best of said category.  Said category only justifies a certain level of hype, and the hype around this fucking sandwich is above and beyond the level of hype any fucking fast food chicken sandwich should have attached to it.

     

    On 11/7/2019 at 2:33 PM, futureman said:

    have you had it?

    I have had it, and Al is 100% correct.  It's REALLY good. It's also a $5 fast food chicken sandwich.  Not worth waiting in giant lines or taking trips to Suplex City for. The lines are just so simpletons can say they have had the hot new thing. Let the mouthbreathers get their 15 minutes then swoop in and enjoy. 

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