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Disco Missile

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  1. 3 hours ago, mdleast said:

    This thread reminds me (and forgive if already covered above as I haven’t gone back through all prior posts) how the ESPN talking heads on air and in podcasts in particular said at the beginning of the season that they were going to make an effort on not focusing on the playoffs and which teams were contenders for it so as to make all teams’ fans feel more engaged and relevant throughout the season. I felt like that thinking lasted for maybe 3-4 weeks before being abandoned (with no mention of its abandonment).

    There's been a change, and it's for the worse.

    HS ball was/is fun because you wanted to beat your rivals and win your district. If you made a deep run in the playoffs it was exciting, but not the focus. (Understandably, this was different for some schools that expected to win all the time).
    College ball used to be like that. It was an amateur sport for young men and the focus was on beating your rivals and winning your conference. And it was fun. The bowls were fun. 
    Now it seems like there's a hyperfocus on national rankings and getting into the CFP - and the BCS selections before that. And if that didn't suck enough, you can hardly call college football an amateur sport, or simple good fun. 

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  2. 35 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

     

    If this was BCS, Georgia would have been #2 and everyone knows it. But #3 Michigan would have done a hardcore media campaign and shouted their butthurt from the rooftops and we'd all enjoy the scandal.

    The CFP shuts up those #3 and occasional #4 teams that would have had a claim on that BCS 2-seed, and everyone after that is a 1-loss with a weak SoS or a 2-loss also-ran without a serious claim. 

    I kind of miss those BCS scandals and arguments. 

  3. 4 minutes ago, westexhorn said:

    Not if you decide to buy athletes like aggy.  Then maybe 3 years.

    I don't know where you've been, but this has been a way of life for the SEC for a long time. Money and PEDs. The only thing aggy did was bring that nonsense to Texas, which had been pretty well under control and self-regulating since the SMU days. 

    Now with NIL we can get back in the game and do it legally.

    SEC's memory lane

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  4. 11 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

    nonsense. people tune in to watch #1 seed duke blast the #66 seed sisters of the poor at 11am to start march madness.

    if you build it, they will come.

    Works in NCAA BB because the entire tourney is an event and there's nothing else like it this side of the FIFA World Cup.

    If NCAA FB goes to that model, maybe. Otherwise, no. No one is watching those games.

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  5. 12 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

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    since the Cincy girl has dominated the thread, do we agree with this map? Blue is best looking females, red is bad.  Bama #48?? NJ #1? 

    I got a good chuckle.

    Depends on who made the list. I don't like sleeve tats, so Cali is rough territory for me. NY/NJ is happy hunting if you're a fan of big glasses and big noses.

    Give me Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, Florida, Colorado, and Louisiana at the top and the rest don't matter.

  6. 17 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    for the good of the game, kill the bowls, expand to 16, and break the cartel at the top

    it's our only hope

    What's this mean? If the top 4 teams yield mismatches in a playoff, it would be even more egregious in a 16 team playoff.

    If people aren't tuning in to watch lower tier bowls, they're also not tuning in to see a Georgia demolish a BYU or a 3 loss Utah-type team just because they managed to win the Pac 12. 

    Enjoy the game. 

  7. 31 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    Does BoB know Cincy can't stop them if they just run the ball? 

    Some people say Bama's QB is the best in college football, so you would think they could rely on the pass. Maybe it's just their one receiver is really good, and Cincy has mostly shut him down?

    Doesn't seem like this can work both ways 

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