Cynical

Best moment of Kiffins time in Tuscaloosa: "There's no arguments. Those are called ass chewings." Those were the dark days indeed. Shula's first year. It will be a long, long time before that happens again.

Only after the playoffs increase to 8. Then when there are even more blowouts, the cry will be to expand it to 12, maybe 16 teams, because that will fix it. (wash, rinse, repeat)

Yeah, from .01% they don't make it to .02%. The only team in the top 8 this year that had a remote chance to stop either Clemson or Bama would have been OSU. Have you looked at the results of the teams from 5-8? Only OSU won. UGA, Michigan, and UCF all lost.

Yet, I do not remember people pissing and moaning when FSU was dominating CFB. Bobby Bowden had FSU in the top 5 every year for 14 straight years. They won 2 NC with out a playoff. It's hard to imagine how many NC they would have won if there was playoff at the time.

Did you read the Yahoo article? "Levi’s Stadium happens to sit on the other side of the country from the participating clubs." So all the fans of the teams that would be interested in attending suddenly find themselves with expenses in the thousands. "Travel costs just to get to San Jose are considerable – $1,000 flights are the minimum from the Southeast." Now throw in hotel, dining, and costs just to get around the Bay area, the option of staying home and watching the game on TV becomes the more viable choice.

This. IMO, the one thing the CFB playoffs has spot lighted is that 2-3 teams every year separate themselves from the rest of the programs. Note, this was the same way pre-CFB playoffs, but the playoffs have made it more visible. So instead of accepting reality, the current cry is to expand the playoffs. Yet, nobody can give a logical rationale why including even weaker teams will fix the problem.

Latest SEC Shorts: https://youtu.be/5q8l4YFS4Mk Love the digs at ND including the nonexistent GF Probably the best line: "It's a little iffy if he can ride roller coasters ..."

" Things are so rough, even normally staid power brokers are lobbying for an eight-team playoff to shake things up." Oh, yeah, that's the answer. 8 teams, because a 4 team playoff has been absolutely flawless, and is just screaming to add more teams. It's like watching someone bashing their head against a wall while complaining their head hurts. So they keep bashing their head against the wall hoping the pain will go away.

Clean legal hit. IMO, Targeting is probably the most inconsistently called and enforced penalty, and needs some serious tweaking. But even I saw there was nothing in that hit that could be classified as targeting.

Yes, haven't you heard? 8 teams will fix everything. There will be rainbows, and leprechauns, and unicorns.

Scotty, we need more teams!!

Feel free to post all the criteria you use before SOS to rank/separate teams from different conferences. Auburn lost because of the $7M+ anchor running the team. And after yesterday's big win over Perdue, I can only hope the Auburn AD feels pressured to give that anchor another big fat extension with even a bigger buyout clause.

I think I am developing a serious man crush for this guy. Jalen Hurts: 'The story is not over' "Q: How do you want to be remembered at Alabama? A: Everyone wants to go down with a … I think every competitor wants to leave some kind of legacy, and be remembered in a great fashion, and go down in a legendary style, but I can’t say that my story is over." "Q: Have you submitted any paperwork to potentially put your name out there in that transfer model, or are you going to wait until after the season? A: I’ve spoken about that already in the fall. I’ve never said anything about transferring. Those words have never came out of my mouth. Those have always been kind of assumptions, and if I haven’t spoken about it, then I don’t think it’s a conversation to be had." ???? Could it be ...

For somebody who thinks it's insanity for SOS to be a major standard, you just used SOS to make your case.

Here's a concept. Why don't the G5 teams band together, and petition the NCAA to create a new football division level just for them? Then, they could do whatever they wanted without interference from the mean ole P5 teams. They could call it the Cupcake Series. And they could play for their own national championship, the Golden Cupcake. And every team gets to make the playoffs, and receive participation trophies, because that's only fair. But back to a more serious side. Why don't the G5 teams petition the NCAA for own division? If the G5 teams had their own division, they would be free of the constraints of the P5 teams. Is that why Auburn lost? And here I thought Gus Malzahn was just a crappy coach. Silly me. Oh, jeez. This old tired argument. Yet, not a peep about UCF playing South Carolina State. Please explain why adding even more crappier teams fixes any problem? You think watching the #1 team slaughter the #16 team would add meaning? Might as well watch the Cheez It bowl. Sure, why not. Question: What are schools like UCF , and their fan base, doing to increase their teams exposure other than feeling entitled that P5 teams should give it to them? I agree. There are to many bowl games. Of course, the irony is, if it wasn't for the "Cheez It" bowls, the G5 teams would have even less exposure.

It's been about 10 years since I last saw a movie on the big screen. I figured I needed to stop spending gobs of money to listen to someone else's phone call and/or hear their film commentary.

It appears to be a battery powered Lego train set. No transformers needed.

1) Where a program will be in 2 years can be part of the debate. Since these agreements are for future games, that future being usually 2-3 years later. That's because the majority of the programs already have the next years schedule set, barring any last minute changes. 2) The argument of "A 2 for 1 when UCF has been the superior team for that past two years and UF will have the right to buy out the game if they choose" is a moot point. Multi-game agreements rarely, if ever, include the up coming season. See point 1 above for why. 3) Buyout clauses in these types of agreements are standard. They exist for both teams. Griping about how UF will have the ability to buy out the contract, is again moot. The agreement will have buy out clause for UCF. Buy outs are pretty common. Example: UCF had an agreement with UF to play games starting in 2006. UF blew out UCF 42-0 in 2006. UCF took the buy out for the 2007 game. 4) " I can give ypu plenty of other arguments but why bother you will confirm your bias each step." Feel free to provide other arguments. All you keep doing is proving your bias. Here's the real reason why UCF doesn't want to play 2-1: "[UCF AD Danny] White has made it clear he would prefer to schedule home-and-home series with Power 5 opponents because the school generates more revenue from a home game than it would from playing a payday game on the road." It's all about the $$$$$.

Pretty much. UCF is pulling the same stunt Boise St did. Look at us! Look at us! We are the shining new object! In the end, they just want the money the exposure gives them. They could care less about "respect" and "fairness".

Newton was a senior JUCO transfer, and played only 1 season when Gustav was the OC for Auburn. In terms of success, he is an outlier. Gus had success with Nick Marshall, but Marshall now plays as a DB in the CFL.

Better coaching. Auburn. ?? The only thing Gustav has shown he can develop is a cold.

UCF is a top 4 cupcake. Probably number 1. Not sure what you are arguing about. Well, the did play South Carolina .......... . . . . . . . . State ... Bulldogs.

Good. I hope Tim Hortons quits. I hear Krispy Kreme will be available in the off season.

I don't thinks Fields and Fromm as it's more Fields and Smart. Not sure if Fields heard more than Kirby actually said, or Kirby said more than he should when Fields was recruited.

4-5 years ago, the P5 teams had the NCAA by the nut sack, threatening to pull out unless it coughed up some exceptions. At the very least, the P5 should have demanded a new upper division for the P5 teams only, in order to stay in the NCAA.