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  1. I wonder if getting rid of Meh would help with CJ and LJH staying for their senior seasons?
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    UCF

    The skating comparison is apt. The P5 teams do an Olympic-quality routine with slight variations in the level of difficulty. UCF's routine is the equivalent of a skate-around at the public rink. There Olympic routine has a high likelihood of a fall, while UCF's routine requires effort to fuck up, especially if you are an Olympic-quality skater.
  3. rickyspub

    UCF

    Fondren tries to make the case that UCF deserves to be in based on some silly SRS stat, but to him your stats are bunk! LOL. He tells us that Bama sucks because The Citadel sucks and doesn't even compare to 2005's 4-7 OSU team, but then tell us that UCF deserves to get in even though they might have played one team this season that is of the same quality of that 2005 OSU team.
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    UCF

    No, UCF is playing in the FBS because of money, the 'good ole boys' are playing in FBS because that is where they have been since college football's infancy. The G5 have even agreed to the rules that give the P5 the power to set up the current playoff that doesn't have auto-bids because they don't want to lose access to the millions they get as hush money to fill out P5 schedules. These G5 schools don't care about winning a championship until they go open hand to the media to try to get someone to make the case that a team, which has literally played nor beaten any team of any account, should be in the playoffs. Even by your own account Michigan has a better win than UCF in Penn State. If they beat Ohio State then they will have 2. Plus they will have played another 7 games against opponents that would have a better chance at beating UCF than any team on UCF's schedule. Their one loss is to another team that is likely going to be undefeated and in the playoffs...by playing what is funnily enough being called a 'weak' schedule, but compared to UCF, ND's schedule is Herculean. Michigan's three game slate of Penn State, Ohio State, and Notre Dame is beyond what UCF has faced in 2 years, but it is Michigan that is undeserving in your world.
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    UCF

    On paper, they have named themselves 2014 National Champs. What more do you fucking want?!? On your toilet paper they don't lose to anyone in the ACC outside of Clemson. Whoop-tee-doo! On my paper they lose at least 2 and likely more if they played Clemson's schedule. I am not sure they even beat aggy. So they can beat shitty teams with shitty players and shitty coaching, that describes a lot of teams, except a lot of teams don't get to play 10 shitty teams like UCF. They have to actually play teams that have long-tenured multimillion dollar coaches and invest in multimillion dollar facilities. OU and Michigan get "passes" because they play schedules that are better than Clemson and Bama's and win all but one. UCF plays the 114th schedule out of 120 teams. This might be the year that Michigan makes a run and wins it all from the 4th slot just like Ohio State did in 2014. (We all know OU is going to lose one of their next two and not make the playoffs.) Maybe UCF competes, but other than some metric a computer nerd pulled out of his ass, why do they get to trump Michigan or even Ohio State should either win the Big 10?
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    UCF

    UCF wouldn't even be in the Top 10, much less the Top 20 if they played ND's schedule. Sure UCF could potentially beat anyone on any given day. You know who else could beat anyone on any given day? My Texas Longhorns. Why are we not in the conversation for a playoff spot? UCF has played maybe one team as good as Maryland, and I am not sure early season Pitt walks away with a win against them, certainly no one of OSU or WVU quality. They haven't beaten anyone as good as OU or ISU, hell they haven't beaten anyone as good as Tech. I don't understand why they should get the chance but we shouldn't, especially if the metric is that they could possibly compete against the Top 4.
  7. Didn't their supposedly 'best TE' in the nation not even make the finals for the best TE in the nation award?
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    UCF

    Not in FBS. If they want a shot, they should move down to FCS where the rules for the playoff are established. There are just too many good teams that have legit schedules that are difficult to navigate without dropping a game or two. UCF's schedule is a joke and they play in a conference of teams that are only in FBS to leech their millions from the playoffs and have a better chance at getting a million dollar pay day from a P5 team wanting a home win.
  9. They had several close games in 2004 as well, against teams nowhere near as good at the 2005 domers. It is also possible that the 2005 D just wasn't as tight in the later part of games where they were already up by huge margins.
  10. What was the difference in their SOS? In 2004 they started with what turned out to be a very game VT, but ND was down. In 2005, both ND and Fresno State were tough. The Pac wasn't great shakes either year, but I thought the 2005 group was a bit tougher than in 2004.
  11. If you are prepared and know the offense, the main issues when you get on the field are how quickly you process and how you deal with the pressure. I am not sure what any player is going to glean from the sideline that they aren't going to get in film study. I would hope Rising is paying attention when we are on offense and is thinking about what he would do during each play, but I am not sure getting advice from Shane, who might not want to clutter his own mind with someone else's questions, is necessarily going to make a difference if Rising is pressed into service.
  12. Huh? Then in that case the 2004 team had an offense that you really didn't fear. The 2005 team was more dominant on the scoreboard, so I guess all those teams that got beat worse in 2005 vs. 2004 just got cocky because they didn't fear the 2005 team's D?
  13. The 2004 team has 3 games where they won by less than a touchdown and 5 games that were within two touchdowns. The 2005 team only had one game that was within 7 and a total of 3 that were within two touchdowns. If the 2005 D took two steps back, their O took 4 steps forward. That team cracked 50 pts 7 times! The 2004 team didn't do that once. 34 points was their lowest output in 2005. The 2004 team didn't crack 30 in 3 games.
  14. Auburn played a pretty weak schedule that year and then barely beat 10-2 VT in their bowl game. Interestingly, VT lost to USC in the first game of season by 11. That USC team was actually quite a bit less dominant than the one we beat the next year.
  15. It's not like there isn't time spent each week in film review with the coaches, where they tell all QBs what was optimal on each play.
  16. I would take this straight up, but if I were allowed one tweak, I would return to some form of BCS formula for the seeding and fuck off with the ESPN-shill committee we currently have.
  17. But if any fanbase knows everything about being a beta, it is aggy.
  18. Preseason I expected us to be about where we are now. The losses outside of Maryland, wouldn't have been a surprise based on preseason expectations. I figured the 3 losses would likely have include USC for us to be in contention for the CCG. Now after the Maryland and Tulsa game, I just hoped we wouldn't do any worse than last year. Let's beat KU and let the rest sort itself out. But I'll now expect us to make the CCG next season.
  19. rickyspub

    UCF

    First, the G5 has no 'right' to be in FBS. They made the decision to be in this division. If they want to compete for titles, then they need to drop down to FCS. They are part of the decision-making process and if they don't like being in the minority they are well within their rights to drop down to FCS. So then, why is FBS continuing to grow, even though the teams moving up have no chance at a national title? Money. The G5 make more money than their FCS counterparts. They also get a cut of the playoffs that they have no legit claim on being a part of. Yes, the G5 get a cut of the playoff money. I think it is well over $75M each season. Each P5 conference gets over $50M. This is guaranteed money for each group, whether they get a team in to the playoffs or not. The G5 get more than 1/6 of the playoff revenue, even though I am sure their actual media values are much less than that. I would imagine the main reason the P5 just doesn't split off is because the G5 schools would sue to keep access to the money that they play so little a part of actually earning. It is also why the G5 schools will probably never sue to get playoff access.
  20. So who's getting fired?!?
  21. It is going to take more teams aggying up above $7M per year to get guys to actively move between P5s. There are a lot of schools that would be embarrassed to pay that amount now, but someone else without those scruples is going to follow in aggy's footsteps and then we will see the blue bloods creep their salaries up to that level. If the rest of the P5 don't follow suit then we will again see guys 'chasing the dragon'.
  22. Of course it does...
  23. Nope, just different sides of the glory hole.
  24. fify
  25. rickyspub

    UCF

    There are only like 2 or 3 posters here that actually think UCF deserves to be in the playoffs. A few want UCF involved just to make the stupid committee squirm. The UCF proponents think being undefeated must be rewarded, no matter the quality of the teams played. It is not unprecedented and is the reason BYU can claim a title. The desire to reward "perfection" is using a different paradigm than picking a second SEC team for a 4 team playoff. A team that didn't even win their division, especially when that team also played 3 cupcakes OOC, just because they pass the eyeball test. I don't think either scenario passes muster. If there are only 4 playoff teams, you don't get invited unless you play at least 9 P5 games and if you didn't play 13 games you also shouldn't get invited as every P5 conference has a CCG and making that should be the threshold for an invitation. Most here don't think UCF plays a schedule that warrants inclusion in the 4-team playoff, but most seem to think they belong at 8 teams. I think the P5 needs to split off as I don't think UCF should take a playoff spot from a team that has a few blemishes from actually playing a challenging slate of games. 8 teams would allow some degree of beauty contest to include teams that didn't win their conference without making a mockery of having CCGs in the first place. I also think OOC SOS should be a major factor in determining who gets into the playoff and their seed.
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