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  1. 8 hours ago, LTbear said:

    Even while separating myself from my fan allegiance (Colorado, Baylor, Cal) for the sake of the discussion, I really hope the B1G and SEC don't add more teams. I know it's old-fashioned now, but damn college football was more fun when it was more regional. 

    A 16 team conference? Give me a break. As is, SEC teams in separate divisions will complete a home and home with each other once a fucking decade. That's ridiculous.

    10 or 12, max, is just right for a conference. 

     

    I'd like to see the Big and SEC convince the ACC members they would be better off split.  Then the east could be 4 ten to twelve team conferences instead of 14, 14 and 15.  There would be a BTN group with 2 conferences, a Southeast group with 2 conferences and a western group with 2 ten to twelve team conferences, the Pac 12 and Big 12.

  2. 9 hours ago, 'stache said:

    Big 12 CCG drew good ratings, right where you would expect, below SEC and BIG, and above PAC and ACC. I'm still not seeing why you think we're in any more danger than the PAC and ACC. It's clear SEC and BIG will continue to be the strongest conferences financially, but Big 12 is clearly 3rd. Prestige is still there too, OU keeps making the playoff, and UT is still considered a blueblood despite struggling on the field. Baylor, TCU, OKST, KSU, WVU all get plenty of respect when they are playing well. ISU has gotten respect in their recent surge. People still remember that even KU won an Orange Bowl in 2009 and Les will draw attention. The conference is fine as is. I still think in concept a CCG rematch is stupid, but it draws ratings and money, so it is what it is.

     

    https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/

    Agreed.

  3. 3 hours ago, taybo20 said:

    I think Ohio state would have caused more problems for LSU than Clemson will. Clemson will have to bring pressure, and time and again Burrow has shown he can beat blitzes. Unless Venables gets Burrow completely confused, I see him throwing for big yards again.  The only team that actually affected Burrow was Auburn and they had probably the best DL in the country. Clemson doesn’t have that this year. I got LSU winning in a high scoring game.

    Burrow beats passive defenses.  Blitzes can slow him down.

    Lawrence is a lot better QB than Fields.  I think Clemson wins in an interesting game.

  4. 2 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:


    You’re partially right. Burrow has better play calling and wrs. He not making a lot of difficult throws in traffic. Sam has made some this year, but they were probably shitty decisions.

    Burrow throws a much better ball than Sam though. He hits guys in stride and on target. He’s not making them dive, go to the ground or stop to catch the ball.

    Burrow is far and away the most accurate QB I've seen this year.  You give him time and he eats your lunch.  Georgia and OU gave him lots of time.

  5. 1 hour ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

    Pretty sure Burton is from Georgia and moved recently, either way, I don't understand why a kid with his potential would choose to play in Smart's offense... 

    Smart is a great recruiter.

    And UGA really needs some receivers who can get free and catch the ball.  They've got a lot of John Burt types.

  6. 1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

    You stumbled on this site and haven’t noticed the name, have you?

    Its like the surly, stupid shaggy idiots came here and the mere skeptics didn't.

  7. 2 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    I'll go on record saying I like the hire. I really don't understand the hate. Fundamentals and playing to your players strengths. That's what he preaches and what brings.

    He did a good job at Ohio St.  I'm willing to give him the benefit of a doubt.  But I can't say I'm thrilled with a comfort hire.

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  8. 4 hours ago, Chooky said:

    Any chance we just absolutely whiffed on a couple guys because they didn't want to get mired in a situation with a walking dead asshole of a head coach?  Did Scalley lift his leg and hold the phone next to his ass when they called?

    No.  DCs mostly are not stupid like Surly posters.  Do well here and you write your ticket.  People who don't want to come here, we don't want.

  9. 5 hours ago, gmr548 said:

    The defense will be better in 2020 under Ash. New approach that opponents have limited tape on, emphasis on fundamentals, experienced roster. Texas will go 9-3, maybe play in Arlington depending on how things play out for Baylor/Ok State/TCU, and Herman and Co. will get another year. 2021 is when the wheels will come off as c/o 2018 begins to depart.

    Another delusional Strong lover.  Unreal.

  10. 24 minutes ago, Auto Driller said:

    The idea that an expanded playoff will reduce the importance of regular season games is asinine. The NFL, with its 12-team playoff, has tons of matchups that matter every week throughout the season. Basically the current power brokers of CFB don't want to lose their ability to determine who is "best" based on opinion. Is there really something so unique about college football that the system used by every other sport across the world will ruin it?

    People are comparing it to basketball.  Over half the power conference teams make the tourney AND they have a conference tourney.  1/5th of all teams make the tourney.

    Football would have to be over 30 teams to have as many of the P5 and 26 to match the 1/5th of all teams.  Nobody is talking about that size playoff.

    Few people are even talking about 16 which would be 1/4th to 1/6th of the P5 (depending on how many G5 you included) and 1/8th of all teams.

    8 would be 1/8th of P5 and 1/16th of all teams.  Totally different than basketball.

  11. On 12/9/2019 at 3:53 PM, C-Man said:

    They don't play remotely close to the same schedules so I'd be reluctant to say one conference's 3-loss team isn't on par with another's 1-loss team. If the 1-loss SEC team blew team's doors off in the regular season (like LSU) they're still likely to snag a spot in the top eight but simply have a lower seeding probably. If that 3-loss ACC team beat another 3-loss team in the conference champ game it's like Thunderdome -- two teams enter, one team leaves.

    LSU would boat-race Baylor. Bama narrowly lost to Auburn with their backup QB. Bama will have a dozen or more kids drafted in April. They've been in the playoffs every year and recruited Top 5 classes for a decade. Baylor has a great coach but was 1-11 three years ago. I'm not taking Baylor to beat Bama this year but, fuck, let's play it off. I'd take Bama in the playoffs over Georgia so they're in my top eight probably.

    Did you watch the LSU-Texas and Baylor-Texas games?

    I agree LSU is better, but Baylor can definitely win.

  12. On 12/9/2019 at 1:19 PM, Huckleberry said:

    Also, people always talk about the best 4 teams or the best 8 or whatever. And the other side of the argument has conceded that for some reason. I say fuck that. 

    This is about a championship. What you've actually accomplished on the field in terms of wins and losses should be way more important than power rankings. Life isn't fair. The Washington Nationals would be huge underdogs again if they replayed the World Series. Who gives a shit? If there were a next level in baseball, would that mean the Astros deserve to go more than the Nationals? 

    Winning your conference championship means you're the champs. You belong in the next level of the national championship decision. 

    And who really knows who the best 4 or 8 are until they play the games?

  13. On 12/8/2019 at 8:59 AM, Bevo&Pevo said:

    Doesn't matter how far you expand it.  If let 8 teams in, then the 9th ranked team will bitch and moan.  If it goes 16, then the 17th team cries.  Leave it at 4, build some years with it then reevaluate.  But what the furk do I know. 

    Nobody cares if the 9th team complains.

     

    TCU was the best team in 2014 and they dropped them from 3rd to 6th after beating KU by 50 points.

  14. 3 hours ago, Houtexjhawk said:

    The four schools are finding that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, but none are coming back.  The move has probably worked out best for A&M.  Maybe there is a better cultural fit with Colorado, but they moved to a conference that is worse off financially and that is pretty much ignored by most of the rest of the country.  Colorado football got more national exposure in the Big 12.   NU and MU are now making a lot more money, but are pretty irrelevant within their conference.   Nebraska has become a mid tier program in the Big 10.  MU is a disaster, but has money now to pay for its bad coaching decisions.   Missouri is in a division with schools it has nothing in common with.  Do you thing South Carolina or Florida cares about MU?   At least in the Big 10, NU can and probably has developed rivalries with Iowa and Wisconsin. 
     

    I do like a ten team conference better than a 14 team conference.   I bet there some teams in the SEC West that hasn’t played a football game in Columbia yet. 

    This year was the first time A&M had played at Georgia.

  15. 25 minutes ago, ButtFumble said:

    no not at all because the other 8 teams you mentioned have not done shit comparable to TCU in their conferences P5 (for some) or G5

    and you try and bring up an 8 win average in the Big 12 while ignoring this

    2014 TCU 12–1 8–1 T–1st W Peach 3 3
    2015 TCU 11–2 7–2 T–2nd W Alamo 7 7
    2016 TCU 6–7 4–5 5th L Liberty    
    2017 TCU 11–3 7–2 2nd W Alamo 9 9

     

    let us all know when Vandy finishes 3 times in the top 10 out of 4 seasons and one of them in the top 5

    PS I think what your real issue is and what you are really ignoring is let us all know when Texas has put together the above record in the Big 12 since TCU joined the Big 12

    we get it you are pissed off that TCU has been able to have a record like that in the Big 12, but again trying to say they do not belong in the Big 12 and comparing them to shit teams that have done nothing remotely similar is texags and coogfans type homer bullshit and belongs over there with those fools

    In the BCS and playoff era there are only 23 schools that have finished in the top 3 in the final poll.  There are only 14 that have done it twice.  TCU is one of those 14.

    If you go all the way back to 85, there are still only 21 schools to have done it twice and only 6 others who have done it once.

  16. 6 hours ago, Hozz said:

    The committee is incompetent.  Georgia at 5 is fucking absurd.  They have gotten worse as the season played out.  They looked bad against aggy and they just got pantsed in a situation where a win gets them in the playoff.  Alabama at 13 and the 5th ranked SEC team is equally absurd.  Alabama would be a betting favorite at a neutral site against teams 4-12.

    Alabama lost to the two teams they played that were better than aggy.

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