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It's so funny to me that TAMU is getting these kids from the northeast to go to college station, Texas.
Then again I hung out with a TAMU grad back in the day, and I still think about it some times. So I get it.
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It's so funny to me that TAMU is getting these kids from the northeast to go to college station, Texas.
Then again I hung out with a TAMU grad back in the day, and I still think about it some times. So I get it.
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Kids from all over the country go to small Southern cities all throughout the SEC (and Clemson) to play football. Don't get why that's weird.
They're obviously paying through their nose. So is everyone else that's recruiting at an elite level. Oklahoma's done it for years so it's funny their board/mods are playing the 'we're above that!' game.
Recruiting is about what it's always been about. Relationships and Cash. A&M is finally throwing their weight behind both and hiring/keeping elite, bad *** recruiters.
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Man, the assaults that occurred on the field between the U and FSU was something else. I don't think I will ever see that type of violence on the field. Felt it through the tv.Re-creating the 2001 Miami Hurricanes locker room
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So mixed feelings about this right?
On one hand, the kid was definitely suggesting Urban/the football program did some racist ****, so I don't know why so many writers are going out of their way to be like "He didn't say Urban is racist!" We all know what he was getting at.
That said, the fact that the guy didn't say "Urban Meyer is racist" but just described things no one is disputing Urban did and everyone's immediate reaction to hearing about those acts is "He's calling Urban a racist" ... well that tells you all you need to know about Urban's actions
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Also, the "no real facts" part of Cardale's defense is hilarious when the Trayvon Martin story has been corroborated
People love to call a bevy of facts "no real facts."
So you're also confirming the hoodie thing happened Cardale? It just wasn't MEANT to be racist. Just racially insensitive?
Clown ****.
People love to call a bevy of facts "no real facts."
So you're also confirming the hoodie thing happened Cardale? It just wasn't MEANT to be racist. Just racially insensitive?
Clown ****.
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There's scum bags all over college football. Urban Meyer has seemingly always been the biggest.
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This guy is 100% right. By expanding the playoffs and letting more SEC teams in, you run the risk of having even more all SEC championship games or 3 out of four semifinalists being from the SEC.
In the mythical national title era, we would probably see a split national champion between Michigan and Alabama because Michigan would play Utah on the Rose Bowl and Alabama would have played Pitt in the sugar Bowl.
In the BCS, Georgia would have been left out and the title game would be Michigan vs Alabama.
I agree with the premise that allowing more teams in the playoffs creates the illusion of parody, but we're still going to get the same results in the end and we're likely to have even more Southern/ SEC teams if we expand.
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In the short team, that's obvious.
In the longer term, I'm not totally sure I agree that would be an actual problem for the sport, but this topic has gotten kind of exhausting.
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Half the playoff is guaranteed to be SEC now anyway so what’s really the difference or problem in expanding? …Gets more folks engaged up until that point from the earlier rounds…That’s the whole point of expansion, it’s not a hard concept
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Right.Half the playoff is guaranteed to be SEC now anyway so what’s really the difference or problem in expanding? …Gets more folks engaged up until that point from the earlier rounds…That’s the whole point of expansion, it’s not a hard concept
Bowl season today is completely, utterly irrlevant.
I just don't connect the dots between "bigger playoffs = less engagement" if the 3 or 4 best teams in America ultimately end up being from the SEC.
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Ppl just have a hard time with change dawg, that’s all it is n especially when you benefit the most from the current system…We know it’s ultimately money driven so it’s def gon happen, all the arguments and debates pointless in the end
But like you said I don’t see how turning the Gator Bowl into a playoff round makes it worse or waters it down than it already is
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I'm all for playoff expansion and let the chips fall where they fall. More opportunities for my teams to show what they can do. I prefer for the SEC conference title to be the National Championship every year but that's just me.
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Excuse my ignorance. How is half the playoff guaranteed to be sec? If bama lost the sec title game, they would’ve been out. If GA had lost a game coming into the sec title then lost as they did they would’ve been out.
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Should’ve been the second of a three peat.
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Just looking at the rankings over the years. I don't think folks should be too concerned with an SEC takeover from the middle of the pack in that conference
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The funny thing is ... it's not like any SEC team but Bama has benefited GREATLY from the playoffsPpl just have a hard time with change dawg, that’s all it is n especially when you benefit the most from the current system…We know it’s ultimately money driven so it’s def gon happen, all the arguments and debates pointless in the end
But like you said I don’t see how turning the Gator Bowl into a playoff round makes it worse or waters it down than it already is
There have been just as many different Big 10 participants as SEC. And as much as they get killed, as many Pac 12 as ACC too. The ACC has quietly been even more DREADFUL because Clemson's been the only team even on the bubble since 2014.
SEC acts like getting 4 teams in, instead of just 2, will make it any easier for the teams that go 0-12 against Bama every year to suddenly upset them in the end.
They're facing the same stonewall everyone else is. At least give us the same false hope
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The rest of the SEC isn't that good unless we're expecting Oklahoma to be on UGA's level once the move happens
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IMO shifting formats from the mythical national champion era, to the BCS to the CFP have all been in an effort to find the best system to crown a champion. In an effort to get more teens "engaged", I believe we're going to delude the regular season ( and I say this as a Georgia fan whose team was the first team left out two consecutive years). Top five matchups won't mean anything if both teams are going to make the playoffs anyway, it'll essentially become like college basketball.
I guess it will make the Pitts and Utahs of the world feel better because they can say they made the playoffs and maybe even win a first round game so I guess if that's the goal, mission accomplished.
Personally, I like The for team playoff and I think it accomplishes the goal of crowning a national champion. Other programs in other conferences need to get better (my team included often times). If you want your team to be "engaged" maybe your program should be good enough to compete for a playoff spot
I guess it will make the Pitts and Utahs of the world feel better because they can say they made the playoffs and maybe even win a first round game so I guess if that's the goal, mission accomplished.
Personally, I like The for team playoff and I think it accomplishes the goal of crowning a national champion. Other programs in other conferences need to get better (my team included often times). If you want your team to be "engaged" maybe your program should be good enough to compete for a playoff spot
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I don't like the "minimizes the regular season!" argument.
So what?
Great games are still great games. A&M's season shouldn't be effectively over if they lose to Bama. Georgia's shouldn't be over if they get a flukey upside by Auburn in a rivalry game. Texas and Oklahoma shouldn't be dead in the water effectively in October.
Great games and great rivalries will still be great.
So what?
Great games are still great games. A&M's season shouldn't be effectively over if they lose to Bama. Georgia's shouldn't be over if they get a flukey upside by Auburn in a rivalry game. Texas and Oklahoma shouldn't be dead in the water effectively in October.
Great games and great rivalries will still be great.
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We can agree to disagree. What makes these games stand out in our minds is that the stakes are so high. Think about the kick six Auburn versus Alabama. It was a great game and the stakes were incredibly high because it eliminated Alabama from competing for a championship. Think about the 2012 SEC title game, UGA versus Alabama. The stakes were incredibly high and that's why it's a memorable game.
What is the last memorable regular season college basketball game. You can remember? There aren't any because every team is going to make the the tournament anyway so most top five matchups have zero consequence.
It's not like the game of college. Football is dying. Ratings are still as high as ever!
If half of the country isn't watching because their teams aren't good enough to be contenders, maybe they should work to improve themselves as opposed to just making the field larger lol
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I mean that Duke Zaga matchup this season was awesome fam
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