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  1. BTW, all of this talk about schedule strength and who deserves to be in and blah blah blah, for those frustrated with Notre Dame basically playing a 2 game schedule, losing both, and still all but certain to be in barring Pitt or Navy saving the day, do not go look at ND's schedule for 2026. Only 10 games scheduled so far, but the other 2 additions will just MAC or Sun Belt teams. They basically play no one and will absolutely cakewalk to the playoffs next year. It's pathetic.
  2. The FSU fanbase and their journalists/board mods have all labeled 2023 "The Snub". They think their program still hasn't recovered from it. It was a massive deal for them and remains as such to this day.
  3. In a thread of bad takes, including many from you, this is probably the worst. No one in the last quarter century of CFB has been given more breaks than Florida State when it comes to getting dealt-in to the final game or playoff. 2000 - Despite losing to Miami, who had the same record and had suffered a loss to a good UW team in Seattle earlier in the season, FSU gets into the BCS. What did they do? Shit themselves and scored 2 points in a dud of a title game that gave OU it's 7th national title. 2014 - FSU skated by with like 9 one-score wins in a hapless ACC to go 13-0 ahead of the playoffs. Everyone was begging a team to beat these clowns and no one in the ACC could figure it out. Rather than sacking up and letting the 4 best teams make the playoffs (Ohio State, TCU, Oregon, and Alabama), they fucked TCU over and let FSU make the semis. They rewarded everyone by taking a heaving shit on live TV while Oregon ran on a train on them. So, yeah, they did not deserve the benefit of the doubt in 2023 after losing their QB and playing in the shitty ACC. They played 2 ranked teams all season and then faced another overranked mess in the ACC title game in Louisville, in one of the most unwatchable games of the last decade. That FSU team had a 0% of beating Texas, UW, Michigan, or Bama. 0%.
  4. "Trade him for a six-pack. It doesn’t even have to be cold." - Buddy Ryan after one of his players did something to royally piss him off. Yeah, once Mitchell had the two bone-headed plays in the same game, he never really saw much of the field again. I was surprised he got action this past weekend, but I assume that was just the Colts trying to show the league that he was healthy before the trade deadline.
  5. I got busy and haven't really been able to respond to this thread. I wrote this thread with the notion of "what do we think now that we've seen everyone play?" pretty much in the title. Wins at the beginning of the season matter, but they don't matter more than the scope of the season. Fired coaches play a role, injuries play a role, the book getting out on a player matters, etc. Baylor isn't even in the bottom 6, so I don't even understand mentioning them. Jackson Arnold played the best game of his career in that game and Baylor looked totally unprepared. Baylor has won a game they shouldn't have (SMU) and lost one they shouldn't have (Auburn). Tell me that Kentucky slapped around a decent MAC team in Toledo and the argument is more compelling. That said, I don't agree that the bottom of the SEC is any better. My view is that Arizona and Iowa State would be teams 1 and 2 if we ranked the bottom 12 between the two conferences. I'd likely go: 1) Arizona - These guys could legitimately finish 9-3. It's kind of dumb that we're talking about them as a bad team. 2) Iowa State - They have the best win of any of the 12 bottom feeders besides the inexplicable UF win over Texas. I don't know why they've collapsed into a 4 game losing streak, even though I watched some of these games. The CU loss is absurd. They could lose to TCU and still wind up 7-5. 3) MSU - If these idiots have figured out how to win, they could snipe any of the 3 remaining opponents and throw a wrench into the CFP, but I'd need to see another win besides Arkansas in order to believe that they've figured something out. 4) Florida - I think this is the dumbest team in the country. They could beat any team remaining on their schedule, but they'll likely do stupid shit to force a loss rather than take a win. 5) UCF - I only watched them play UNC, so maybe I'm biased here. I've seen almost every Auburn game and I simply hate that boringass team. 6) Auburn - we can talk about their defense but their offense looks bottom 20th of the 137 FBS teams. I haven't checked advanced stats to validate, but in watching 40+ games every weekend, at least multiple quarters worth of each, I can't think more than a few I would argue are worse than Auburn's offense. They should be playing Deuce Knight yesterday and I am assuming he must have told them to fuck off and that he's redshirting and transferring. 7) who the fuck cares, the bottom 6 are all dogshit with Okie State being the only team that any good team could take for granted. Arkansas could fully well beat Texas, but it would be an outlandish and historical upset. WVU just worked UH. SCar has been a competitive loser. UK has thrown in the towel. CU has enough talent to finish 6-6 if their freshman QB can help. I am answering this after the CFP rankings came out, but I was going to mention Iowa first and foremost. We're obviously about to learn more about them, but I like their team and have enjoyed watching them play a few times. Maybe they don't get it done at home against Oregon, I don't know since, as I first wrote, I am not sure of who Oregon really is yet, but I could also see Iowa beating Oregon comfortably and shooting up the CFP rankings. If TCU finishes by winning out, they will be a team that comes out of nowhere. They're 6-2 with a loss against a healthy ASU. They close out against 4 teams with a combined record of 27-8, so they would have earned the consideration. The only other one that literally no one in the media seems to mention is James Madison. They're 7-1 with a tough road loss to 7-1 Louisville. I think they'll finish 12-1 while the AAC teams cannibalize each other. I could easily see them being the G6 team in the CFP and not a team that anyone wants to play.
  6. Wetjen is also a good WR. You draw weird differentiations in order to manage where you think goalposts should lie. Dwight, Wetjen and Dejean were/all excellent college punt returners who happened to be white. Worrying about the pro performance is irrelevant. You made a good point by bringing up Dwight, and someone else mentioning Dejean was also a good point.
  7. You should probably reread what I wrote.
  8. You idiots are talking about the next transfer cycle in the last transfer cycle thread.
  9. In addition, Dallas Wilson is made of glass. I’m tired of potential. Get a guy who has actually played productive and full seasons. Give me OL, RB, and CB.
  10. You guys liked it? I thought it was the worst one in years. The aggie part was the only thing that was remotely funny to me.
  11. We're 3/4s through the regular season of CFP. What have we learned? Here are a few thoughts/notes from my end (spoilered most of it for the dummies who click on a thread and only want to read a few sentences and then say something idiotic), but I know there's some good stuff out there otherwise: -The bottom 6 teams in the Big 10 are a combined 2-31 in conference. Maryland is 1-4. Their win? Conference winless Wisconsin. Rutgers is 1-5. Their conference win? Conference winless Purdue. -The SEC plays one less conference game, but the bottom 6 in the SEC are 6-28. Only Arkansas is winless. -Indiana finishes its season, @ PSU, vs Wisconsin, and @ Purdue. They're going 12-0. I think they're really good, but I also think the mask is about to be pulled off of Oregon (more on them in a second) and Illinois has also been proven a fraud. Not playing Michigan, Ohio State, USC, or Washington is certainly a big help. Separately but the same, a bitchmade non-con of Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and FCS Indiana State also hasn't hurt a thing for them. Did the Big 10 move to a requirement to schedule a non-con P4/ND team? They need to, as clearly Indiana is being rewarded for being gutless bullies.
  12. I keep seeing this thread with a star by it. “What in the hell did I say on that thread? Did I project this shitbag as being a successful hire at Auburn?” Whew.
  13. Is this a triple dog dare, sir?
  14. It wouldn’t surprise me. The media has been really down on Texas due to the weirdness of the schedule and the team’s behavioral profile. Texas is SEC Iowa this year is the analog many talking heads have used to either justify the premise that Texas is overranked or that Iowa should be ranked. I do think Iowa is a lot better than recent vintages, but that’s because I’ve actually gotten to watch them. They play their standard great defense and special teams, but the offense is developing into being fully competent. They didn’t look like that at the beginning of the season. The Wetjen dude is really fun to watch, also.
  15. JFC
  16. I think it was 16 games due to the UT win, no?
  17. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! Also, I've stood in the second level crowd of Bryant Denny Stadium when they sing Dixieland Delight after the 3rd quarter, which I don't think they do anymore. It was quite a thing to behold. Bucket list kind of thing for a sports fan to experience.
  18. I'm really hoping that Manning doesn't play tomorrow. It has nothing to do with how he's looked in prior games. It's just hard to believe that the guy will be fully healthy and able to run the offense in just 7 days from the injury. There's a bye week next week. Just take another 2 weeks to get fully healthy and ready for Georgia.
  19. Channel groups will often have disputes with a service provider, irrespective of whether they're carrying sports on those channels. I've seen it with whoever own the Food Network and also with CBS' parent, I guess Paramount?, at some point. The big ones we all see are always Disney and Fox, of course.
  20. How often do you have to clean your tinfoil hat in order to keep it from causing your scalp to itch?
  21. Excuse you, sir? I'll not sit idly by and watch Dixieland Delight's good name get besmirched by some Internet dandy. Apologize for this transgression or the consequences will be swift and decisive!
  22. I had Directv and YTTV subscriptions until this morning. I read about YTTV/Google thinking they could fuck with Disney on a CFB weekend. Went into the app to cancel, they'd removed the "Manage Membership" option. Gone. On both my phone and in the app on my Apple TV. I had to use go to tv.youtube.com in order knock it out. Took me less than 5 minutes and felt great. I hope millions more do the same. In this blame game, I blame the company that is already raising pricing again and thinking that they can just shut off about half, or more than half, of the reason I subscribed in the first place.
  23. With Bueckers gone, UConn is supposed to be even better? Wow.
  24. Dumdum didn't understand that the post he was responding to wasn't referring to OSU, but OU.
  25. Thinking about this as an upset weekend, I am with you. I have been thinking the same thing. It's just got one of those looks to it, whether it happens or not. Some that I think could make sense: -Memphis @ Rice - Rice isn't hot garbage this year and Memphis just played their game of the year. Memphis also has Tulane next week, so this is a sandwich game and it's one of those weird Friday night roadies, too. Memphis is a big favorite, so this is probably farfetched. -Duke @ Clemson - Clemson is giving 3.5 but they haven't looked like a good team all year. Duke isn't great, but they're good enough to make Clemson actually earn it, and that hasn't gone well with Clemson this season. -Navy @ UNT - Navy does not have a good defense. UNT has a great offense. I get why UNT is favored. That considered, Navy is well-coached and they have a strong offense that is tough to defend. -Miami @ SMU - SMU has plenty of talent and plenty to play for, and this is a home game. They're getting 12.5 points? Wow. I just feel like Cristobal has another headscratcher or two left to lose this season. -Texas Tech @ KSU - Another road team giving up a TD or more. Tech is another program that always seems to find ways to lose games like this when the expectations are on them to produce. KSU has put some wins together and gotten healthier. I don't, KSU getting 7.5 at home seems like a lot. -Virginia @ Cal - The road team is giving up 4.5. Cal doesn't suck. Wilcox is a damned good coach. The travel, the expectations, this just seems like destined for failure on the Virginia side. They've scraped by some tight games and now they have to make this trip? -USC @ Nebraska - Another home team getting roughly a touchdown. Riley versus Rhule? Give me Rhule. I feel like Nebraska should be the team giving 6.5. -Ga Tech @ NCSU - Again, a road team giving up a decent number at 5.5. NCSU has a history of winning games they shouldn't at home. This one screams upset too. None of these underdogs would surprise me with a win.
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