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Al_4_ISU

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  1. Well no shit they aren't being altruistic. Your next point is exactly what I said up the thread. Not codifying second tier status is the primary goal. But this absolutely allows them to pay "walk the walk" type lip service to the idea they've been tossing around (that the most powerful leagues should care more about what's best for everyone), regardless of how bullshit it actually is. It's not their motivation, but it's something they can use. The Big 12 and ACC aren't in a power position, and they know it. I really doubt that they honestly believe that they're going to gain on the blue bloods. The SEC and Big 10 can just drive this into the ditch whenever they want. If the Big 12 and ACC agree to 4-4-2-2 they're in a shitty spot. If they agree to 5/11 they're in a shitty spot. If they agree to 4-4-2-2 what's to stop the SEC and Big 10 from changing it to 5-5-1-1 in another two years? Nothing. They can now do what they want. This is a play at perception. It's the best hand the Big 12 and ACC have. Work to effect public perception and hopes that the viewing masses push back against the SEC and Big 10 formally hoarding power on top of having all the de facto power. We all know that turning the playoff into an anti-competitive invitational sucks. Does anyone really want that product? I mean, outside of Sankey and Pettiti.
  2. I think Klatt's missing the mark here. I think the committee will frequently screw over the Big 12 with odes to "eye test" and "good losses", but at least they (the Big 12) aren't publicly saying "we're signing up for a guaranteed less". They're also planting a bit of a strategic flag in saying "we know we'll get less than we want some times, but it's the right thing for the good of the sport". I think at this point most Big 12 officials are more interested in staying in the game than maximizing revenue in the short term. Especially when the playoff gets reformed every single year. The Big 12 isn't super likely to get more bids this way, but I don't think that's what they're after in this negotiation.
  3. I could be wrong here, but didn't it basically end at the mountains? My understanding (from about 8 audiobook listens of Empire during planting and harvest) is that they were relatives of the Shoshones who left the mountains for the south plains, and never really returned to the mountains in any significant capacity. Plenty of scrub plains in CO and NM.
  4. I did see an ad for the Comancheria episode that had a lot of shots of people in mountainous places. Not exactly the Llano Estacado. That shit always irks me.
  5. Boise is a great road trip. Mountains, good beer scene, etc.
  6. They don’t deserve an auto bid. If they have some great wins and the committee puts them, whatever.
  7. I think you can guess my thoughts here.
  8. Those two blue bloods carry an immense amount of water to assume that a 9-3 Wisconsin team deserves an automatic bid.
  9. Iowa and Nebraska aren't really Rust Belt, but I don't blame you for not wanting to play those games. Iowa fans throw beer and urine at you. Nebraska fans condescend and hide it behind "aw shucks" Midwest Nice. And if there's a scheduling deal, all either conference will really care about is creating marquee matchups. Texas/Bama/UGA/etc will not be going to the Big 10 West. That will be Mizzou, Kentucky, Arkansas, Miss St. They'll make all the "lucky to be here" schools play each other. And they might not even care enough to do that because games like the Palmetto Bowl and CyHawk generate better ratings than Iowa vs South Carolina would.
  10. I really think it’s about not acquiescing to codified next level status. The reality is that the SEC has been the best conference for a long time, but the Big 10 is closer in actual on-field quality to the Big 12 and ACC. The Big 12 and ACC don’t went to formally concede anything even if everyone knows they’ll probably get fewer bids in this system. At least there will be a semblance of earning things. There are plenty of years when the 3rd and 4th Big 10 teams could easily lose to the 2nd and 3rd ACC or Big 12 teams. The Big 10 doesn’t deserve a formal advantage just because they have the biggest fanbases. Most people in the SEC know deep down that they’ll probably get more than 4 teams in a lot of years too. The 4-4-2-2 system is just anti-competitive at the end of the day. It was a vehicle to generate more content in the form of play in games. Like there isn’t enough $ already.
  11. Funny enough, my aunt (said uncle’s wife) only drinks Miller Lite too. It’s literally the only form of alcohol I’ve ever seen this woman consume.
  12. My uncle’s beer fridge. This man owns 1,000 acres of Iowa farmland worth roughly $13K/acre. He chose this life.
  13. I’d honestly rather go back to the BCS. Even if it did spit out two SEC teams half the time.
  14. The SEC being worried about the playoff committee leaving them out is like my wife being worried that I won’t dump loads in her.
  15. The Big 10 is 3 programs that could win a natty and 5-6 programs that would compete for ACC or Big 12 titles in good years. The remainder struggle with bowl eligibility in any non-G5 league. They have money because they’re the more popular universities in large population areas.
  16. That guy's played a fantastic heel his entire life.
  17. Fuck this stupid fucking shit. These fucking twats are just bashing everything I love about college sports to death. The opening weekend of the NCAA tournament is the best 4 days of sports in America. Period. Anyone who wants to change it should be drug in the street and shot.
  18. Sankey’s just lying to establish his justification to blow everything up and act like he had no choice. By the time the actual financial fallout of alienating a large chunk of college sports fans hits, he’ll be retired. Squeeze max profits for next quarter, who gives a fuck about 10 years from now, fuck you you poor loser who has less say than me. The American way.
  19. Fuckin tasty by the looks of it
  20. Al_4_ISU

    Kayaking

    The Driftless Area is basically a northern version of the Hill Country, geologically speaking. Both are dissected plateaus. Flora/climate is the main difference
  21. Do you guys get Big Grove in WI? Their Easy Eddy has lapped Psuedo Sue for Iowa’s best IPA, Imo. Cyber Sue is decent, but I’m not that jazzed about it
  22. Al_4_ISU

    Kayaking

    Got out on the classic Upper Iowa run for the first time in a couple years. Damn near perfect except for recent rains muddying things up
  23. Micro-penis energy notwithstanding, this is simply a weird response to a post about the logical extension of devaluing CCGs.
  24. If you kill conference championships, then you need to kill conferences altogether.
  25. I think if Boise was that valuable of a TV draw, the Big 12 would have jumped all over them. My guess is that the value they added to the TV contract was basically the same as the schools that added, and the geography was farther (more expensive travel) with less opportunity to recruit local talent. I realize that Boise's academics are a problem for a lot of people, but I don't think they're the reason the Big 12 post UT/OU passed them over.
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