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  1. 17 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
    23 minutes ago, Texasrocks said:

    Can we not pretend that Georgia lost because Carson Beck was out? They lost because their o-line got destroyed, their receivers can't catch, and they don't know how to stop a running QB. Also, Marcus Freeman punked Kirby Smart multiple times. Carson Beck wouldn't have changed any of that. And he sucked against Texas so I'm not sure why people assume he would have looked better against an excellent ND defense.

    Not having your starting QB in a playoff game and relying on a RS freshmen making his first career start greatly affected Georgia offensively. As bad as Beck has been this year he's still great at setting protections, going through progressions, etc.

    Let's not forget that Kirby with all of his great recruiting somehow got himself stuck having to go to the portal to get a transfer RB who refuses to pass protect.

    ETN is a great runner but it's an incomplete player. They needed more than that this year with their issues at QB.

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  2. 1 minute ago, Helobious said:

    Without Beck I think we could handle them pretty well and would’ve won. Oh well. They have 3 losses and will have a tough time claiming the title if we do win it.

    No. I get it.

    The 1997 Sugar Bowl was very cathartic.

    Bowden was such a piece of shit. It was great to give him the worst championship game loss ever at the time.

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  3. 2 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

    What are your thoughts on how NIL will change who the "it" schools are over the next few years?
    That's really what this thread is about.  Guessing the new pecking order in the years to come.

    The same schools with resources that have what it takes to win today will have what it takes to win in the years to come. It will still come down to getting the right coach, and getting the talent and keeping them happy.

    I think the whole situation is way too volatile to try to come up with long term shifts. Millionaires like staying millionares and while the big schools have always had a handful of boosters willing to toss money around for recruiting and for access to the program, NIL has suddenly turned it from fat cats throwing around hundreds or thousands on gameday to now being asked for 6 or 7 figure donations. Not many will be willing to do that on a consistent bases.

    The "little guys" in the SEC and B1G will have a shot but they will be more about catching lightning in a bottle with a great hire that inspires some boosters two buy one or two classes or one off situations like Oregon where you have an aging billionaire who is willing to throw millions away so he can try to finally see a win before he dies. 

    11 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

    I'm not sure.  It might have something to do with "system" money? 
    Like, UCLA is listed as having $49.9B but that belongs to the system that UCLA belongs to.
    It's not UCLA's.

    Aren't you the one who asked the AI the question? If you don't know how it figured it out, that doesn't leave much hope for the rest of us.

  4. 2 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

    Did they also manipulate the system and in bed with ESPN to make this happen? Absolutely. When every ESPN talking head keeps pushing the "SEC best ever!!" mantra, people start to believe it and parrot it. SEC got the benefit of the doubt no other conference did.

    The first decade or so of SEC dominance, the SEC didn't have the big contract with ESPN.

    In fact, Gators fans definitely remember how much ESPN was pushing "B1G Dominance!!!!111!!" back in 2006.

    College Gameday was at Michigan-Ohio State and before the game was played, they were already arguing that the loser should get to rematch the winner in the BCS title game. 

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  5. 3 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

    I find it interesting that the SEC did everything it could to keep Texas from winning the league as a newcomer, and now we're about to be the last SEC team standing in the semifinals.

    Think they'll root for us?

    Think they even understand that we ain't carrying their flag?

     

    Sure why not? Not because I like you assholes or anything.

    But look at the rest of the field.

     

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  6. 1 hour ago, Tex Pete said:

    With all due respect, fuck the SEC. All we’ve gotten is shit on by other SEC fans. 

    Well, you're finally seeing that SEC like to shit on each other. That doesn't take away from how the B1G fans try to create their own narrative.

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  7. 20 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    The amount of dipshits claiming that Texas got a win gifted due to the officials not only shows how dumb the general public is but how nationally permeating the Texas hate is. 

    We are cfb's #1 fucking villain and I love it. 

    I think it's doubling up now. Texas + SEC.

    In-game hot takes  have been off the charts this bowl season trying to create a narrative of the SEC not earning their place.

    It honestly reminds me of the concerted effort to push The Alliance™ as B1G saving college football from the evil SEC.

  8. 54 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Why wasn’t the hit on Bond targeting?  Why wasn’t the hit by taaffe?

    Is it a foul to grab and pull the ball carrier forward like the ol did to toss skateboo into the end zone?  If so, why no call on that?

    why dpi not opi on the skateboo long pass when he slowed down to initiate contact and then pushed off?

    was asu doing things to draw all the false starts?  Our OL looked to be frustrated at what was happening, but could he reading the frustration poorly. 

    fRxCYE.gif

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  9. Definitely felt like when the momentum was shifting that aside from some stupid penalties by Texas, the refs were going out of their way to ignore some for ASU.

    I was surprised that they opted to not call targeting for that wrap-up on ASU's last drive in regulation.

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  10. On 8/29/2024 at 6:53 PM, gatormarc said:

    Nothing happens in a bubble. The record alone doesn't really tell us anything.

    Napier is probably not going to get fired unless he loses the team and recruiting class, which is just OK at this point.

    Next year's schedule is not much easier, so you have the additional challenge of finding a coach who would be willing to walk into that.

    vs. UGA
    Texas
    Tennessee
    FSU
    @ LSU
    @ Miami
    @ A&M
    @ Kentucky
    @ Ole Miss
    Miss St
    USF
    FAMU

    There are plenty of Gators who think that Jedd Fisch would be interested but he just got to Washington and I can't imagine him wanting to walk into the current schedule at UF.

    I feel like even if Napier just treads water this year, he'll get another year.

    After that, we could be looking at a new coach and a new AD. UF also has a new prez search going on which I won't go into because it's quite political.

    Well, our season is over and the "nothing happens in a bubble" couldn't be more true.

    Napier did in fact lose the team and the recruiting class if news reports were to be believed in September. Remember that he allegedly got in a fight with Albert?

    But then he didn't lose the team and the recruiting class recovered.

    I don't think many people expected 7-5 regular season when looking at the schedule.

    Even though the schedule is just as tough next year, I think most people will have higher expectations.

     

  11. 1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    We open at the shoe?  That might get some media attention. 

    I didn't realize that you split up the Michigan game... or was that part of the network negotiation to get out of the Big 12?

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  12. Florida:

    8/30 - Long Island
    9/6 - USF
    9/13 - at LSU
    9/20 - at Miami
    9/27 - bye
    10/4 - Texas
    10/11 - at A&M
    10/18 - MSU
    10/25 - bye
    11/1 - UGA
    11/8 - at UK
    11/15 - at Ole Miss
    11/22 - Tennessee
    11/29 - FSU

  13. 3 hours ago, sidis said:

    that makes no sense in reality. in the sec years before texas and oklahoma joined in which the conference had 14 teams, the aggies played georgia 1 time total. putting aside the cross division rival matchups with south carolina (which they played 10 times), they played georgia and kentucky 1 time. they played tennessee and vanderbilt 3 times, florida and missouri 4 times. how in the world could that be called a rotational system?

    Probably you are counting the 2011 and 2012 bridge schedules with your numbers as well as additional games added in 2020 and that the rotation ended 2 years early because of expanding to 16.

    Florida, like Georgia, was scheduled to play A&M just twice during the 2014-2025 rotation.  They played in 2017 and 2022. A&M was also added as a bridge schedule game in 2012 before the rotation was put into place and as one of the two additional games added on top of the rotation in 2020 to go to a 10 game schedule

    Georgia was scheduled to play A&M in 2019 and 2024. They only played 1 time because the rotation was ended 2 years early.

    A 12 year rotation to play just 2 times sucks no matter how you slice it. UGA/A&M just stands out because the rotation ended 2 years early plus they never were added during the years pre- or post-rotation or COVID.

    One reason I really want us to go to a 9 game 3/6 rotation.

     

  14. 8 minutes ago, Zeus said:

     

    Fuck it playing a shit-ass team in Tampa is going to be fun

    GATORBAIT

     

    Yeah. I'm optimistic. I haven't seen any Gator starters sitting out the bowl yet.

    No idea what to expect on the other side. Tulane's QB entered the portal yesterday.

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  15. So apparently, the Gator Bowl wanted Florida and visa versa but Alabama missing the CFP started a chain reaction.

    Citrus took USC over Bama and Ole Miss. Bama goes to Reliaquist (Tampa/Outback).

    Liberty wanted Mizzou or Ole Miss because of proximity but neither wanted Liberty because of stadium construction.

    SEC overruled Gator and sent Ole Miss there. Gator is unhappy because they don't expect Ole Miss fans to travel.

    SEC bumped Arkansas up into the Tier 1 group because Liberty wanted a closer team.

    Florida was satisfied at taking the Gasparilla for easy travel even though it was a step down.

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  16. 7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    if bama beats a shitty ou team, they’re in the playoffs. take care of your business on the field 

    saban is a dumbass for making an idiotic statement. 

    It didn't even make sense as they have typically played just one P5 team OOC because they don't have a permanent OOC rival.

    Starting next year, they have two P5 teams OOC each year, but not this year.

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