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Magus Ossis

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  1. His ankle is not going to heal significantly between now and Saturday. If the only word out there that his sprain is mild comes from his camp, it could be that they are playing a little loose with the word "mild." For a one-off situation like this, I would think about shooting his ankle up with Naropin. It wouldn't fix anything, but it might block most of his pain enough to let him move and protect himself better. The problem is that then he might want to keep going on successive weeks, bolstered by reiterations of "the shot."

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  2. Soul-crushing victory for the Horns. I don't know the numbers, but we will wound their psyches as deeply as is possible when demolishing the dreams of backwoods, anencephalic, disingenuous, ovinophilic, coat-tail-riding coelenterates (hat-tip to you-know-who). In the spirit of the contest, I offer 37-17 with 250 passing yards.

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  3. 24 minutes ago, statsman said:

    As I understand it, there is a path for 7-4 Baylor to make the B12 CG. They need to beat Kansas, and for UCF, OSU, ASU, UH, TCU, KSU and WVU to win. 
     
    If that were to happen, and Baylor were to win the CG, Baylor would not get the 1st round bye. A G5 champ would. Question- could a second G5 champ (AAC champ?) displace the B12 champ?

    As the rules as written, yes

     

  4. At this point Sark has had two years to get Arch, by almost all accounts 5-star material, ready. If he isn't ready, that is quite an indictment of our supposed QB-guru HFBC. Much more of an indictment than the inability to keep a freshly re-injured starter as the guy. Is Arch such a huge recruiting and development miss that he can't outplay an injured pocket passer who lacked a credible long-ball threat before getting hurt? Don't let the CCG or CFP be Arch's first tough start.

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  5. The results that are reported will depend on whether Sark intends to start him. If it "just shows a sprain," that means Sark intends to play him. If he has (at least) "partially torn ligaments," this is Sark's cover to let Arch have a go. The two are the quite literally (no internet diction adjustment required) the same condition, and Quinn has what I have described.

     

    EDIT the MRI may some other things as well, but overall his doc probably pretty much knows what it will show.

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  6. 1 minute ago, Js1 said:

    I think the CCG runner-ups should make it, assuming they are ranked in the top 16 or so. 

    The CCG is playing for a bye, but the loser should not be punished unless it's 70-3 or 59-0. 

    I pretty much agree with these sentiments. I think having rankings plays a role, and then put teams in with degrees of bid certainty: top 4 (or whatever) champions are seeded 1-4 and given byes. 5th (or whatever) champ gets auto-bid. Next, all champs in top X get bids. Next, all runners-up in top Y get bids. Then fill remaining spots with highest ranked remaining teams. The harder question would be how fairly (and hopefully objectively) to distinguish between CCG losses and CCG beat-downs.

  7. 27 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    And you get to this dumb shit about a committee picking who goes. It's stupid.

    I agree that the subjective aspect is frustrating. I think the combination of automatic and at-large bids helps ensure both that (major conference) teams have a "safe" path to the playoffs (win the conference) without the need for committee support as well as an opportunity to "come back" if they are having a good year, but might have some early-season wart or other one-off problem that caused them to miss or lose the CCG. There seem to be years when the #2 or #3 team from one conference is objectively (Sagarin, PFF, or whatever) better than other conferences' champions. Not everyone will agree, but I like the way the 12-team field allows for both paths to the post-season.

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  8. Just now, David Dennison said:

    What sucks ass is at-large bids.

    They need to stop. 

    Devise a system of automatic bids only.

    Disagree. At-large bids allow for putting better teams in the playoff when the relative strengths of conferences vary. Guaranteeing the B12 runner-up a spot might make for more predictability, but there will be years when they belong and years when they do not. Much like with March madness, I think at-large bids are important.

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