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  1. I'd also be cool with 16 and agree that the only reason to expand there is to include all FBS conference champions. Your at large teams in that scenario this year would be ND, UGA, Michigan, Florida, LSU, Penn State (just going by CFP rankings).I think that's overkill but I wouldn't be mad about it when it also gives the G5s a seat at the table. It would be silly to expand to a 16 team playoff to include Wazzu, Kentucky, Texas, WVU, etc. over G5 champions.

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  2. On 12/14/2018 at 4:44 PM, S11 said:

     

    1- Nobody is arguing it’s a bad system- just that making one tweak to the rules would get a better slate of teams.

    2- The argument is also that in a season with a deep field of teams with zero or one loss it makes little sense to give a golden ticket to a team who lost four or five times simply because they lucked into a weak division and pulled one upset.

    Personally I would take all the 2008 one loss P5 champs (4 teams), all three 2008 one loss runner ups, and both 2008 undefeated Utah and Boise from that year before I’d even consider a 4 loss squad champ or not.  

     

    That’s nine teams.  You’re already leaving out someone (probably tech due to 40 point loss) so why screw over a second team that has at least a decent argument like one loss UT/Bama who narrowly lost to good teams once or an unbeaten G5 team like Boise that beat Oregon that year?

    The poster I was quoting said that winning your conference shouldn't entitle you to anything, implying that a system in which P5 champions get an autobid is a bad system.

    To your point, I don't necessarily disagree, someone is always getting left out. It used to be number three, now it's five, in an eight or 16 team scenario, it's nine or 17... Eight is never going to be overwhelmingly more deserving than nine, nor 16 over 17, etc. Two at-large spots allows for two of the most "deserving" teams to get in with clear qualifying criteria for six of the spots (P5 champs plus highest ranked G5 champ).

    On 12/14/2018 at 5:10 PM, Phoenix said:

    So your argument is that an 11-1 P5 team, with its only loss to a top 5 team, does not deserve to get in versus a different P5 team that has 4 losses against much worse competition. But, because of where the 4 loss team is located on the map, in a region with a bunch of shitty football teams, they deserve to get in.

    Just want to make sure we are on the same page here.

    Do you think the NFL playoffs are not legit because the Dallas Cowboys, who objectively suck ass, will get a home game while the LA Chargers, a top five team in football, will have to go on the road, and two of three teams that are pretty clearly better than the Cowboys - the Colts, Titans, and Ravens - will miss the playoffs essentially due to geography/arbitrary conference alignment? Of course not, because the Chargers/Ravens/Titans/Colts all had opportunities to improve their lot and couldn't make it happen. Same reasoning applies.

    When you intentionally leave out the context of the situation we're debating, then of course it sounds silly. In a vacuum, no I don't think 8-4 Team A should necessarily get a spot over 11-1 Team B. However, when you consider that:

    1.) Team A won a P5 conference championship on the field.

    2.) Team B got absolutely humiliated by infinity plus one points in its loss.

    3.) Team B finished third in its division.

    4.) Team B is ranked well below two other one-loss P5 at large teams as well as an undefeated G5 champion.

    Then, yeah, I'm okay with 8-4 VT going over 11-1 Tech there. Maybe if Tech doesn't get absolutely smoked by OU they end up ranked ahead of Texas, whom they beat. Also keep in mind that 2008 is basically a unicorn and is a situation that repeats itself very rarely. Three one-loss P5 non-champs happens maybe once a decade. As I mentioned above, no system is perfect. But an eight team playoff with P5 champs, top ranked G5 champ, and two at larges is going to include every single team with a legit argument in most years. It's a lot better than what exists now, gives everyone a legitimate chance at the start of the year, and still gives the "deserving" teams that slip up a chance.

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  3. 11-1 Texas Tech definitely deserves to go over a 4 loss Virginia Tech. Winning your shitty conference doesn't entitle you to shit.
    11-1 Texas Tech should have considered not getting completely fucking destroyed in their loss. Maybe they'd be ranked high enough to get one of the two available at large slots then.

    The argument that leaving the third best at large team out makes it a bad system is a dumb one. We're talking about a team that isn't the best in its conference, and is below two others in the pecking order of non champions.

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  4. I worked at the existing Apple campus on Parmer until June 2017, they had either just finished that or were still putting the finishing touches on the expansion there. I doubt it was full. Austin was already the biggest Apple campus outside of Cupertino. Austin may end up as an "HQ2," just not for the company that got all the buzz.

  5. Meh...you never know what is going on in someone else's life. I'll give a 19 year old kid the benefit of the doubt when he's probably overwhelmed as fuck. 
    This. No doubt his decision makes it more difficult for himself, but for all we know he didn't really have a choice. Based on his actions you can infer he certainly didn't feel like he had one. At the very least I wish it could have been a cleaner exit - better for all parties - but it's hard to have ill will in this situation.

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  6. exactly, no fluke team is going to roll through 3 games. unless you are the NY Giants.  those super bowls may be the biggest mystery in life.
    And just like everyone is happy they did that to the Pats, everyone would love seeing some 10-2 seventh seed win a couple games and finish it off by ruining 14-0 Alabama's year. People will bitch about it in this thread but you know damn well they'd be glued to the TV.

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  7. Every year some fluke team wins a major conference championship. Seeing a team like that in a playoff with a chance to win the MNC makes the whole idea a joke.

     

    This year: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Washington.

     

    Last year: Georgia, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC.

     

    First question: Which of those is a fluke and doesn't deserve their championship?

     

    Second question: Assuming the Pac 12 champ is the 8 seed in both seasons (maybe 7 last year, don't remember where USC and UCF ended up in rankings), what is the real issue with 2018 Washington or 2017 USC as an 8 seed? Who is the clear cut better team that should absolutely be in - but couldn't get one of the two at large spots - over them, thus making it a joke?

     

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  8. Missouri’s Massey composite ranking is #15, OSU’s is #48.

    But for two pretty bizarre flukey losses to South Carolina and Kentucky, Missouri would be ranked #9 in the country while OSU lost to Tech (by a lot), Kansas State (by a lot), Baylor, and TCU.


    Mizzou has one win of note: Florida. Between the two games you mentioned and ass kickings at the hands of Bama and Georgia, I think it's more appropriate to call that win a fluke. Mizzou is not good.

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  9. Lotta scared olds on this thread.

    Lower Ninth Ward is in fact still a mess. More vacant lots than anything. Rest of the city is like any other - some parts are safer than others, but generally, don't start no shit won't be no shit. Mid City, Treme, Bywater, Marginy have all been through/are in the midst of gentrification, so you'd generally have to walk prerty far from CBD/FQ to get yourself into a really crime heavy neighborhood. Go northwest of the Superdome across I-10 and you're not in the best neighborhood, but it's not West Baltimore.

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  10. 2 hours ago, ztejas said:

    My take is that it's a fun tourist destination with great food and history. I'm hesitant to claim it as a "great city" considering it has massive socioeconomic issues. 

    It's fine if you disagree. That doesn't make me an idiot. I have been there multiple times.

    I don't want to threadjack but I am curious about your definition of a great city, then, if great food/culture/history can't get you there. No CR, but if huge socioeconomic issues are a disqualifying attribute, America has zero great cities. 

  11. On 12/10/2018 at 8:10 PM, bolverk said:

    44% of districts with 48% of the vote. Even with as gerrymandered as Texas is, that's mighty impressive. My own, TX-21, shows the outcome to be 49.6% (Cruz) to 49.5% (Beto) which stretches out from liberal Central and South Austin to the uber-conservative Hill Country and traditionally country club Republican Alamo Heights was within a hair's margin.

    I'm in TX-10 and a little surprised it went to Beto, but not that it was close. That district is a tiny sliver of Travis County, the aggy part of NW Harris County, and a lot of BFE. Our house election was actually close-ish, despite it not being high profile and McCaul being a well-entrenched Republican. The extension of the Austin area into Bastrop County is going to bust that gerrymander soon. The aggy part of NW Harris County kept it red this time around, but the little sliver of Travis County the GOP tried to disenfranchise with that district damn near dragged the district into blue terriroty on its own. As Bastrop Country, and I would think the even the aforementioned portion of Harris County in the district start to trend more purple, there won't be the votes to make up for even that small portion of Travis. A lot of those districts with little chunks of Austin and the surrounding area could see the same as the metro area expands.

  12. I think you have to rank GP #1 in the B12 and Gundy #2. Those guys have proven it over time and are two of the best coaches anywhere. #3 Is hard to say, I think I'd lean Campbell but I agree that it's hard to grade him, Riley, or Herman due to length of tenure.

    I've always felt the B12 is not the most talented league, but far and away the best coached. I think that's still true even without Snyder.

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  13. 48 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

     

    Fortunately, he's over on ShaggyTexas having conversations with himself.  It's crazy how there are literally two posters on that board and both of them are him.  As if we didn't already know how disturbed he is. I would imagine that he's probably the dude who got into the lawsuit with blacklab, the guy who inherited the Shag.

     

     

    The kind of person one might refer to as, like, very smart and a very stable genius.

  14. Yeah I don’t get this type of optimism from TCU fans. It’s all over their board. 
    1. Collins - not the answer 
    2. Justin Rogers - could be great. Never played a down. Hope he knee is normal. That HS injury looked horrific 
    3. Duggan - still in high school as of now.
    It reminds me of this board saying, oh don’t worry, Heard will crush it, we’re fine. 
     

    Not familiar with any injury history on Rogers - that would certainly change how I view the situation. Weird that they'd be okay with it. For all the faults he showed this year, Robinson is still a talented player. If their QB room for 2019 is a JAG, a RS FR with major injury questions, and a true freshman, you'd think they'd want all the talented bodies they can get. Sometimes youthful mistakes pave the way for growth. See Ehlinger, Sam.

    In that case maybe I take back what I said about Shane. He could be what they need to drive the bus for a year or two.

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  15. Shane Buechele to TCU would make some sense, but no way we would allow that.

     

    They signed a really highly ranked DT quarterback last year that took a RS last year and have another 4* coming in. Between those two and the Collins guy that played this year I don't think there'd be a lot of interest either way. In conference, I think Shane could do some damage with Gundy, but I don't know their roster situation and despite the good will I'd be surprised if he is allowed to transfer in conference.

     

    Robinson is really talented but clearly struggled with confidence and decision making this year. I'm thinking he saw that he was in for a real fight for the job given the talent TCU has brought in there and decided to transfer while he can take a shirt, acclimate, and have two years left on 2020-21. Hope he lands on his feet.

     

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  16. Will someone explain to me why this is a surprise?  Low cost grocers have alway fed more Americans than premium grocers.  If it's a dietary thing I get that, but I don't see what this graphic is supposed to make us upset about.  


    Personally I'm upset with the wording. The used the qualifier "is now" as if DG wasn't significantly ahead of WF at every point of that graph.

    There are plenty of legit ways the poor and the rural are at a disadvantage when it comes to food security/access, and therefore health. Our system is designed to promote terrible health and environmental outcomes for the sake of corporate bottom lines. That tweet is dumb though.

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  17. Strange take on Atlanta from an Austin guy? I travel between the two cities frequently. And the similarities between Austin and the rest of the demographic of Texas. Very much resembles Atlanta and the demographics of the rest of Georgia. Almost twin sons of different mothers. You must have had a much different experience?
    Not to derail the thread but the Austin vs. Rest of TX thing isn't really that true any more. Austin resembles Dallas and inner loop Houston a lot more than it used to (perhaps you'd phrase that The other way around - a bit of movement both ways). The urban/rural cultural divide is everywhere.

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  18. The only one that jumps out at me as way out of line is Ok State. I realize they're the ultimate Jekyll & Hyde team this year, but if they play well they beat Mizzou by 21. The rest seem reasonable. Didn't Texas open at 14? Didn't realize it's already come down that much.

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