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On 9/13/2022 at 9:05 AM, ArdmoreRyno said:
And in 2011, Oklahoma State would have beat both LSU and Alabama. Neither of those teams would have stopped the OSU offense. No team could. There is *nothing* anyone can say to make be feel otherwise.
In 2011, LSU averaged approx 40 points a game during the regular season.
In 2011, LSU failed to score even 10 points in only 2 games.
Guess which 2.
16 players on the Bama-LSU defenses got drafted.
There was some serious talent on those 2 teams, especially on the defensive side of the ball.
Would either team "stopped" OSU?
Maybe not.
Shut outs can be difficult to achieve.
But I can confidently say, either team would have done a much better job than Iowa St did at slowing down the OSU offense.
And I seriously doubt OSU would have been prepared for any offense LSU or Bama would have brought to the game.
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On 9/13/2022 at 11:54 AM, ArdmoreRyno said:
TEAM A
- Beat #10, #11, #17, #22 and #25 during the regular season
- Beat 7 total bowl bound teams with winning records
- Jeff Sagarin's Conference Power Rank: #1
- SOS: 6th
- Won Conference Championship
- LONE LOSS: On the road in doubt OT
TEAM B
- Beat #8 and #21 teams during the regular season
- Beat 3 total bowl bound teams with winning records
- Sagarin's Conference Power Rank: #2
- SOS: 29th
- Did not play in conference championship
- LONE LOSS: At home in OT
Here, let me help you with this;
TEAM A
LONE LOSS: On the road in doubt OT - to an unranked opponent.
TEAM B
LONE LOSS: At home in OT - To the #1 ranked team in the country.
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I want to welcome all the trolls who suddenly found this thread after Bama stumbles.
How convenient.
But if I do say, this smells a little like 2015.
Starting QB Jake Coker was benched early in the year because of poor play.
Bama lost to Ole Miss because they insisted on giving the ball back to OM 5 times.
Pundits were claiming the Bama dynasty was over, fans of other teams were gloating at the Bama fortunes.
How did that work out?
Still 10 games to go.
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On 9/13/2022 at 1:35 PM, Bandito said:
Unless K State is legit, Mizzou looks like another trash team from the SEC this year.
Mizzou went to the bottom of the barrel ever since Pinkel had to retire.
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Jesus Christ, what a sloppy ass game.
Was a not a fan of Bill O last year, and it looks like that is not going to change this year.
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SEC Football is back, that means SEC Shorts is also back.
Remember, CC needs to be on!
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To be fair, the article does point out the conversation lasted about 5 minutes.
So nothing is happening in the near future.
But I do agree with this:
"The conversation is significant, however, in that it's the first known discussion among a group that would seemingly have the power to put such a plan in action. And the CFP looms as the most likely destination for running major college football outside the NCAA."
The NCAA has been a joke for years.
And they seem clueless on how to deal with the transfer portal and the NIL.
College football has "become" a pro sport, might as well go full in for the money, and try to regulate the portal and NIL.
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16 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
Leach is a legend
In his own mind.
I'd take Kiffin over Leach all day every day.
And I would not want either one has HC of my team.
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On 3/30/2022 at 9:34 PM, Augie said:
After my banking years I bought into a regional appraisal company on the west coast of Florida, then moved to ATL and worked for an appraisal management company. I then worked leasing high end properties for Sotheby's in Atlanta. (Who rents a house for $10-25k/month????)
Having said all that…..I want to confirm that Zillow is hot garbage! It’s easy, and it’s handy, but they have never been inside one of those houses. They are also FAR from current. I had listings that had been off the market for months, and I’d still get calls based on Zillow info. I also have seen multiple parcel sales shown in Zillow as though a single lot sold for that price. It is not to be trusted.
It’s OK to look at Zillow (it’s easy, after all), but it’s a mistake to trust anything you see there.
There is also this to consider.
Rant over, for now.
Zillow's wasn't trying to manipulate the market, Zillow's valuations models were f***ing terrible.
Zillow started Offers with the intent of proving their valuation algorithms were highly accurate.
They got into the house flipping business.
It ended in a disaster.
Zillow lost hundreds of millions of dollars (400+ IIRC).
They shut it down, and cut 25% of their employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zillow-layoffs-closing-zillow-offers-selling-homes/
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On 3/6/2022 at 9:22 PM, Southern_Bills said:
Jeremy Johnson has had a great deal of
misfortuneMalzahn with football.FIFY
On 3/6/2022 at 9:22 PM, Southern_Bills said:He was touted as a Heisman favorite and opened the season against an unknown true freshman named Lamar Jackson 😳, he was not the best QB on the field that day.
In all honesty though Johnson was never that good at Auburn, just a highly touted recruit that didn't pan out. He always seemed like a good citizen though.
Under Malzahn, Auburn was the place QBs went to wreck their career.
Stidham was another highly touted "Heisman" possibility Malzahn ruined.
Regarding Johnson, I don't get the piling on by the OP either.
Its' not like Johnson is Manziel or "Manziel-esque". A train wreck you can't help but to watch.
Talking about how bad someone has to be, Manziel is now playing in the Fan Controlled Football League.
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1 hour ago, JohnNord said:
The other day, I couldn’t remember who the Bills offense coordinator during the SB era was after Ted Marchiabroda left to coach Indy.
I looked it up only to find that there really wasn’t a direct replacement. Marv did two things - promoted running backs coach Elijah Pitts to Assistant HC and named Tom Bresnahan OC on top of duties as OL coach. So it wasn’t a situation like we just had in Buffalo where Dorsey was promoted to OC and then Joe Brady was hired to take his job as QB coach.
Does anyone remember what went into this decision to not replace Marchiabroda with someone from the outside?
Also what was the role of Elijah Pitts as Assistant HC?
He still served as the RB coach.
I believe the "promotion" to Asst HC was more about giving Pitts a title more than anything else.
1 hour ago, JohnNord said:Finally I noticed that Bresnahan along with DC Walt Corey had position responsibilities on top of their jobs as coordinators. Was this something the Bills did to save money on coaches? Oddly enough Marchiabroda was only OC.
Even though there was no official position while he was on staff, Marchibroda also served as the QB coach.
After Ted left in '91, the Bills created the QB coach position, and hired Jim Shofner.
Football back then is not like it is today in regards to the coaching staff.
It was not uncommon for an assistant coach to pull double duty back then.
Walt Corey was both the DC and the LB coach.
35 minutes ago, Special K said:Jim Kelly was OC.👍
This.
Did not matter who helped set up the game plan, Kelly was calling the plays when he took the field.
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14 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:
Was Marrone fired?
Nothing official.
Marrone is rumored/expected to follow Hackett to Denver.
Good bye, and good riddance as far as I am concerned.
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Weekend at Bernies: Ireland
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2 minutes ago, wppete said:
Where is Jackson St. located?
Jackson, MS
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6 hours ago, SirAndrew said:
This is why I really want to see the playoff field expanded. It would provide opportunity for better matchups.
Only in the early rounds, maybe.
How competitive will 1 v 8 and 2 v 7 be?
Those games will probably be consistent blow outs.
What do you expect will happen when the winners of the others 2 games face 1 and 2?
How many of those games will be blowouts?
6 hours ago, SirAndrew said:Giving OSU or Baylor a chance is far more appealing than a Bama/Georgia rematch. I’ll be rooting big for Michigan. I’m fine with Georgia being in the field, but I’d love to see more teams to mix things up a bit.
In the end, if the NC game ended up is still Bama vs UGA, did it matter?
8 hours ago, TailgateChef said:Noticed that as well. Does it have anything to do with Doug Marrone (who is now the Alabama line coach - Oh Doug....)?
No.
Bama has been using the cards with the NFL teams since Kiffin was the OC.
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RTR!
Happy New Year!
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11 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
He'll follow Deion to his next gig.
That is a real possibility.
But that assumes Deion will be moving up in the next 2 years, and could depend on where Deion ends up going.
We will find out within the next couple of years though.
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On 12/24/2021 at 5:49 AM, Bill from NYC said:
Lets see where he plays next season, no?
Yeah, I would be willing to bet he hits the portal in a year or two.
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On 12/20/2021 at 3:49 PM, ArdmoreRyno said:
Again, we can play an expanded playoff like the other divisions. We already play up to 15 games now. Not sure what the argument is other than you want to beat up on Mercer and New Mexico State?
In order to expand the playoffs, there are 2 options:
1) Have the playoff teams play more games (above the 15 being played now)
2) Reduce the amount of regular season games played to keep the total number down to 15.
You appear to advocate for option 2.
The problem with option 2 is asking the power conferences/teams to drop games from their schedule.
They can't drop conference games (obviously).
The only thing left is OOC games.
Do they drop the OOC game against another power team?
Or do they drop the guaranteed home game (and the revenue it generates) that comes with playing the 'sub par' teams?
IMO, the schools/conferences are not going to be overwhelming willing to eliminate any regular season games, making option 1 the more likely "solution".
Hence, why Bill keeps talking about playing additional games.
On 12/20/2021 at 3:49 PM, ArdmoreRyno said:If we should make automatic qualifiers, then let's do it. That way even smaller conferences get a shot.
So you you think a 9-5 Northern Illinois team should get in while a 11-2 Okie State should be left out?
I mean, that N. Ill team played one hell of a grueling schedule against such juggernauts like Akron, UB, Kent. etc ...
On 12/20/2021 at 3:49 PM, ArdmoreRyno said:But Mike's argument is teams he dubbed "sub-par" aren't worthy of playing the mighty and the great Alabama Crimson Tide. Probably think that about Cincy too, right?
Who is "Mike"? Did you mean Bill?
On 12/20/2021 at 3:49 PM, ArdmoreRyno said:WTF are you talking about? I never said the NCAA has anything to do with a real championship or the playoffs. I argue with OU fans all the time, it's a mythical title anyway. That's why we need an expanded playoff system like FCS, DII and DIII (yes, I'm well aware of the divisions, not sure what the point of your comment is).
You seem to have a problem with what the FCS is:
On 12/17/2021 at 10:14 AM, ArdmoreRyno said:We would then FINALLY have a TRUE NCAA champion. Something we have never had in D1/FCS football.
On 12/20/2021 at 9:25 AM, ArdmoreRyno said:NCAA D2 (FCS) and NCAA D3 all play a solid post-season playoff. D3 has 32 teams make it, D2 has 24.
Between confusing the FCS with Div 1 and Div 2, and now referring to Bill as "Mike" ....
On 12/20/2021 at 3:49 PM, ArdmoreRyno said:I'm advocating for an expansion so the NCAA can take charge and give us a real championship trophy unlike the BCS or CFP. Or hell, back when the AP crowned the champion.
... pretty much confirmed.
You're just an attention seeking idiot looking to stir the pot.
The NCAA is not the solution.
They are part of the overall damn problem.
On 12/20/2021 at 3:49 PM, ArdmoreRyno said:The BCS was completely flawed. See the 2011 season for a prime example. Alabama didn't even win their own division, couldn't play for a conference title and yet they get into the BCS title game... because they are Alabama (rolling my eyes).
Yes, the BCS was flawed. The polling system was flawed. The CFB playoffs are flawed.
It will not matter how many teams get to make the playoffs.
It will always be flawed.
If the NC is mythical to begin with, and any process to determine that NC is flawed, what's the point?
You cannot fix that is not fixable.
The reality is you care about being entertained more than the game itself.
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21 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:
Sub-par being any team other than Alabama? LOL
Oklahoma State has been the 2nd winningest team in the Big XII and a top 10 in total wins in the NCAA the past 15 or so years. I guess when you finish 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, etc... that makes you a sub-par team huh? Hell, last time we played we beat you.
GTFO dude.You stuck your nose in a Bama thread and replied to a 4+ year post with such such an awe inspiring, thought provoking, and uber intelligent s**t post like "barf", and you're upset by the response you received?
And you included some fun facts!
So OSU is the second most winning team in the Big 12.
Second being the focus here.
I speculate the reason OSU is "second" (and not lower) is due to Texas being hot garbage for the past 10 years.
It appears Bama broke them back in 2009-2010.
You're welcome.
Here's an OSU fun fact you forgot to include: OSU appears have won 1, one, conference title in the same 15 year time span.
Just one. And that appears to be about 10 years ago?
In fact, it may be the only conference title OSU has won in the past 40+ years.
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5 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:
Barf
Someday, maybe your team will go up big strong, and become something more than a "sub-par" team.
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4 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:
NCAA D2 (FCS) and NCAA D3 all play a solid post-season playoff. D3 has 32 teams make it, D2 has 24.
You seem to be confused with how college football is broken down.
CFB is broken down into 4 divisions, not 3.
D3
D2
Football Championship Series (f/k/a D1-AA)
Football Bowl Series (f/k/a D1-A)
4 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:Both D2 and D3 play a total of 15 games (max). If Alabama beats Cincy and makes it to the title game, they'll also play 15. That kills your argument in it's tracks.
Actually, it does not. He did say 20, not 15.
4 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:It's not difficult to do brother... you get rid of non-conference games that don't matter. SEC no longer plays "sub-par teams" at the end of the season (like the mighty Aggies of NM State or South Alabama). Big XII no longer plays teams like Tulsa or Western Carolina. It starts with your conference game, week 1.
So, your solution is to make the entire FBS division play less regular season games?
Questions:
Who is in charge of determining which teams are "sub-par"?
Is that based on a season by season basis? Or is it a "one and done" situation?
Once a "sub-par" team, always a "sub-par" team.
I wonder how the "sub-par" teams will feel after they been labeled as such, and the huge loss income from not playing those games anymore.
Good luck with that.
4 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:I'll post what it would look like this year, again:
1. Alabama - BYE (v 8/9 winner)
2. Michigan - BYE (v 7/10 winner)
3. UGA - BYE (v 6/11 winner)
4. Cincy - BYE (v 5/12 winner)
5. ND vs 12. Pittsburgh
6. Ohio State vs 11. Utah
7. Baylor vs 10. Michigan State
8. Ole Miss vs 9. Oklahoma State
So the "sub-par" teams your Tide would have to face (me picking winners here)?
GAME 1: Alabama #9 Oklahoma State
GAME 2: Alabama vs #5 Notre Dame
GAME 3: Alabama vs #2 Michigan
Such sub-part opponents the 'Bama would face. LOL
And your last comment "The bolded is just so laughable that a comment would be a waste of time." Really?
Yes, laughable.
As you said: We'd have answers at that point. We'd see if a Baylor or Oklahoma State could compete with Bama, Georgia or Michigan. We would then FINALLY have a TRUE NCAA champion. Something we have never had in D1/FCS football. (I am going to assume you meant D1/FBS)'
A true NCAA championship? Nope.
Do not see any representative from the PAC-12, Sunbelt, Mountain West, C-USA, etc.. in your scenario.
Not to mention the NCAA has nothing to do with the FBS playoffs.
A "true" National Champion is a unicorn, an unachievable desire.
The only "answers" we would have are the ones you would be willing to accept.
As far I am concerned, we already had the answer.
It was called the BCS: 1 vs 2.
Everything else was moot.
4 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said:Didn't Alabama lose to A&M? A team BARELY ranked?
Didn't they squeak by a crappy unranked Auburn team? A very average barely ranked Arkansas team? A bad unranked LSU team? ALL in the past 4-5 weeks of the season? Dude, the arrogance of Alabama fans. My Gawd. (You just want the little Blue Blood club and leave everyone else out, be honest)
I have long advocated for the Power conferences to tell the NCAA to go pound sand, leave, and create their own Association.
ROLL TIDE!!
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Ooh, another awe inspiring, thought provoking, uber intelligent s**t post.
Tell us, if the Bills went on a 15 year streak of domination, winning multiple SB to the point where everybody else in the NFL fan base hates them, are you going to sit around and lament about how the Bills are the poster child for everything that is wrong about NFL football?