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I think 8 teams happens on its own, but I guess getting the G5 behind the move along with some Congresscritters wouldn't hurt getting the ball rolling. I do worry that the move to 8 is hindered by the very likelihood that the G5 will demand at least one spot and I am not sure ESPN is really interested in trying to price that out. The P5 won't move to 8 unless there is big money involved and adding a G5 doesn't help that proposition over the long term.

What's ridiculous? Why do they get to make that demand? Let Congress get involved and watch the P5 just vote to start their own division. The G5 can cry all they want and Congress will follow the money and not do anything to the P5.

I am in complete agree about the G5 having their own division. I am not so concerned about some supposed unfairness that a team like UCF suffers. In fact, I am more worried about UCF or another G5 team that plays a weak schedule bumping out Texas. While the new super conferences make it unlikely there won't be ample 1-loss P5 teams, it is possible for a 2-loss Texas team to get jumped by an undefeated UCF for a 4th playoff spot. The likelihood that UCF would have navigated Texas's schedule with 2-loss is probably less than zero, but the 'eye test' also includes the 'magic' of the undefeated, schedule be damned.

It isn't a fraud if you didn't play a schedule that was of similar quality to that of the other teams trying to make the playoffs. If a G5 team wants to be part of a playoff they either need to drop down to FCS or vote to move with the other G5 to a new division. Simple as that. Trying to act like their undefeated record compares to the gauntlet teams like Texas face is a similar fraud.

No, he is more like a neutered Chihuahua.

Exactly. UCF has to play by the same rules everyone else plays by. Their schedule should never allow them to get near the Top 4. Shut up, cash your checks, and be happy with your conference titles and exhibition wins. If we ever went to 8, then I supposed the rules would guarantee them a spot, though I don't think they deserve one no matter their record.

I am sure Candi is also mostly a victim. She wasn't dealing with a husband who couldn't really provide for his family, but I doubt Jimbo was a quality husband and it is evident he has shortcomings (pun intended) in the sack. I guess you can call her a cheating whore for not being satisfied with her limp-dicked husband, but I am sure if he had a normal libido and she was cold as ice he would be humping Meemaw every time she stopped by to pick up the cash for recruits.

Only if you have pics.

First off we don't play an FCS team... Second UCF controls what division they play in. If they want to compete for national titles then they need to move down to a lower level.

UFC has had 2 P5 scheduled for OOC for the last several seasons. They have even had decent teams like Stanford and Michigan. So scheduling a Top 20-level team isn't out of the question. Their second P5 has generally been a middling team. They also always have a G5 and an FCS OOC. Without UCF publicly negotiating with Top 20 teams, it is hard to say what the reality is. I am guessing they aren't even trying to get 4 high quality P5 games. They get 2 and then schedule a complete patsy and a G5 and then expect everyone to act like they are playing a comparable schedule to a team like Texas.

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More like the BOMC and TexasAg and 247 have ruined his life because they are jealous of him being the best in the business. I am sure he thinks the ex is a bitch because she wanted him to only make 5Figs selling real estate. The kids probably get a pass and he thinks they will be stronger for their dad putting his family's livelihood over silliness like selfishly wanting to spend time with their dad when Ossai is so close to making such a critical life decision.

And yet aggy is #17 by whipping ULM? They also have close wins over shitty SC and Arky. Does their big win over NWSt even count in S&P+?

I would take it as a good sign if it means Mehringer is out and Herman is pushing is the buttons at WR for the time being.

The world ain't fair. I agree that in principle all the P5 don't deserve their spot, but unfortunately we are stuck with the independence of the conferences, which mean they aren't going to willing shed membership to allow potentially more deserving programs a place in the upper division. Half the ACC probably could be left out with no real change for the average college football fan, but the ACC won't go along unless all their dregs get a pass.

No. College football needs to split FBS into 2 divisions. Promotion/relegation is dumb when you can't actually pay for players. Rice can't just decide they want to get the talent of a P5 team. Move the P5 to a separate division, let them play one G5 team in OOC and all the rest of the games have to be within the new division. The schedules instantly get closer in quality and you can add 4 playoff teams without as much worry about TV complaining about the quality of games or fan bases. Maybe some G5 teams get called up if expansion occurs, but having teams dropping down and moving up is silly.

And honestly with how we looked today, I am not sure I disagree if that comes to pass. Ultimately all that matters is the committee picks, but it would be nice to finish the season in the Top 10.

I thought our whole season would be mostly games like this. I'll trade the close win here for the nice comfortable wins over USC and TCU. Hoping we can get back on the improvement train.

Most here have expressed sympathy for his kids. The guy publicly posted a video of his kid crying because Hamm would rather chase HS football players than spend time with his family. Then he did a recruiting chat from what was supposed to be a zoo visit with his children. He should be made fun of for his divorce because he has made it clear, in public, that he is a shitty father and I am sure that also means he was a shitty husband.

Tin soldiers and Gomer's coming, Arnold's finally on his own. A facemask will take a drummin' Arnold's dead by ol' Jimbo.

I don't see how the Big 12 was going to win the PR war. The most powerful media, especially ESPN, is in cahoots with the SEC and Big 10, both '13 game' conferences. The committee is basically a collection of members that represent the P5. The Big 12 has minority representation there and every other member represents a '13 game' conference champ. As others have said, they will vote to protect their own fiefdoms and then build an excuse around it for public consumption and the 13th game serves that purpose very well. The Big 12 also serves the smallest footprint of fans among all the conferences.The only power wielded is by Texas and OU, which can satisfy everyone's desire for big viewership numbers to please their ultimate master ESPN, so long as the SEC and Big 10 get theirs first, of course. No Big 12 team but Texas or OU would make the playoffs with out the CCG, unless they were undefeated and even then only if the other conferences didn't have undefeated champs. I am not sure a one-loss Big 12 wouldn't get trumped by a two loss Big 10 or SEC champ depending on the teams involved.

That would be a good solution, but just too unlikely. If we are going pie in the sky I would rather just see the P5 split off. No playing of teams in the lower divisions. All the conference winners make the playoffs with 3 at-large teams. Schedules would be much closer to equal and the overall level of play might improve with good players choosing the lower tier P5 teams rather than a middling, but more local, G5.

The 'best team' argument is the shittiest of all the tired excuses trotted out by fans afraid of a playoff. By your argument, we might as well just stop playing the games and just give Bama the title every year until Saban retires. No one plays an identical schedule. You can tout Bama all you want, but I feel certain Bama wouldn't have 5 national championships if they played a schedule similar to those of the other P5 conferences. Give them an extra conference game and take away their FCS bye week and I bet they would have less playoff appearances over the past decade.

I'm not going out and doing anything. But I do enjoy watching bad things happen to bad people, so best wishes, Sydney and CTJ. God speed.

The guy isn't fucking 'down on his luck'! He is a narcissistic piece of shit and all the bad things that happen to him are completely of his own doing. He deserves to be fucked with at every turn.