Cynical
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1 minute ago, Gugny said:
Yeah, but all I'm saying is that they could have stayed open - for example - Friday, Saturdays and Sundays - for 6-8 hours/day until people actually need to work again. Just as a bridge. Just a shame that a place with that kind of history has to close altogether.
According to the story, it sounds like the owners were just done with it.
They closed because of the pandemic, and had no intention of reopening.
Somebody convinced them to reopen with the intent of taking over the business, but the owners decided not to sell the business to an outsider.
Closing was inevitable. The current situation just accelerated their decision.
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Saban's Coach Rehab clinic continues- Welcome new OC Bill O'Brien to Tuscaloosa.
Not sure about this hire. But then again, I was surprised Nick rehired Sarkisian given what happened the first time around.
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ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!
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Make sure you have Closed Caption turned on:
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9 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
There is no excuse for Texas not to be one of the best programs in the country. Maybe the best college “town,” monster enrollment, and arguably the best football state in the country. Seems like it should be such an easy job.
You know the saying "Everything is bigger in Texas"?
So is the booster meddling.
On 12/1/2020 at 9:47 AM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:'Scouting real estate'...they'll build a retirement home, and the Meyers will live in one wing of it. 😁
I remember when Saban's Wife Terry was "spotted" in Austin looking for Real Estate.
How's that Saban rebuild going at Texas?
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4 hours ago, Mark Vader said:
The SEC was looking like the Big 12.
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New one from AC/DCs Power Up
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On 9/25/2020 at 4:50 PM, YoloinOhio said:
Back to being irrelevant?
Whatever works for them.
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22 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:
Wrt Cochrane, he is a great asset to the Crimson Tide but I really do suspect that Saban has a replacement lined up because he is probably one of the most organized people on Earth.
Cochran is not going anywhere, especially to Ole Miss with Kiffin.
If Cochran leaves, UGA would be one of the first teams knocking on his door.
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2 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:
She has Auburn on her dress.
Yes. It was an Auburn girl that outed Lane for using Joey Fishwater.
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3 hours ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:
What aspects of the Pro game do you prefer over the College, and Vice Versa? For me:
College:
Overtime System. I like the fact that there's virtually no way it ends in a tie. And each team gets an equal chance. It's like baseball extra innings. I get the NFL argument of "The defense should have be able to stop them." But we don't do that in baseball. If the team scores a run in the top of the 11th, we don't call game over. The home team always gets a chance to counter.
One foot in bounds for a catch. I just like this rule better.
Atmosphere at a game. NFL crowds just don't have as much fun as college crowds. The tailgating, the bands playing in the game, the fans generally just tend to have more passion and fun at the game. The Buffalo Bills fanbase are certainly an exception to this rule. We have the college atmosphere because we still have ticket prices that the real fan can afford. But most NFL stadiums just don't touch the fun of even smaller, lower level college games.
Pro:
Playoff system. This one is probably the most obvious. Every team is given a fair chance at the playoffs, and there's an actual system in place to determine who makes the playoffs.
Parity. Even a game between the best and worst team in the league, is a game between the best, and 32nd best football team in the whole world. I understand why games are scheduled between Alabama and Central Northwestern Delaware Tech, the money, the practice for the better team, and the scout exposure for the few possible draftees on the smaller schoo's end. But it's not fun to watch as a fan of either team, or a random spectator.
Pass Interference Rule. It should be at the spot of the foul, not a maximum of 15 yards. If I'm a college coach, I'm telling my players to do whatever they can to stop a pass longer than 15 yards, because I'd prefer the penalty. It's just now how the games should be played.
I prefer the college rule for overtime.
I prefer the 2 feet in for pro, 1 foot for college. Just one of the those instances that differentiates between amateur and pro.
Same goes for pass interference: spot of foul for the pros, 15 yard cap for college.
I like the college concept when a player goes down, he's down, regardless if he was downed by contact.
Get rid of the playoffs at the college level, at least at the FBS level.
Go back to the BCS, or just just play the bowl games at the end of the year.
The disparity of talent and resources from the big schools to the small schools, and from the P5 conferences to the G5 conferences makes any attempt to "fix the problem" a waste of time.
2 hours ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:The relegation thing sort of happens, but it's not an official thing. I'm a Houston fan, and we've been so close to being a true contender. Problem is, every time we build a team good enough, it doesn't last because our coaches leave for other schools. Art Briles, Kevin Sumlin, Tom Herman. It's not that we as a university can't match their salary. But with the way college football works, if you're not in a P5 conference, you have zero chance at making the playoffs.
Being an upper mid tier school, it's hard to get big outer conference opponents. Where a team from the MAC (No offense to UB teams), is gonna lose every time. If we played Clemeson/LSU/etc, they'd win 19/20 times. But that doesn't do anything for their ranking. But, while it's a longshot, we have the ability to beat them, and that would just kill them so they refuse to play us.
I suppose you can prove this?
Or is this just the usual BS fan speculation/fantasy?
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On 11/30/2019 at 8:54 PM, cle23 said:
Alabama schedules its own non conference games, and they're almost always beyond awful teams.
On 11/30/2019 at 9:33 PM, cle23 said:It's not any harder than the Big 10. And Bama always schedules then late in the year.
The SEC office schedules all in conference games a few years in advance.
"...they're almost always beyond awful teams."
If only scheduling OOC games were as simple as you think it is.
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4 hours ago, KD in CA said:
The problem there is people failing to understand the meaning of the word "playoffs". Somehow we survive all those blowouts in the first round of the basketball tournament just fine. And somehow we even survived a blowout in the championship game last year. Or does that mean we shouldn't have a championship game any more, since you know, Alabama was so embarrassingly outclassed?
I'm fine with blowouts.
I rather enjoyed watching Bama stomping ND back in 2013.
But it was those NC blowouts, along with the Boise States not getting a fair shot, that the cries for a CFB playoff became intensified.
Because we needed a playoff to "fix the problem".
4 hours ago, KD in CA said:Which would be fine with me. The best system was when bowl games had conference tie-ins and mattered. We got great match-ups and a clear champion virtually every year back then, rather than this absurdly flawed two/four team "playoff" where the opponents are hand picked based on TV ratings.
I am fine with going back to the BCS or to the bowl games and polls. Either one works for me.
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43 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:
still going to take forever
Probably longer than it would have under the NCAA.
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3 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
I can even take it a step further for an interesting twist. What if we added a relegation system like European soccer? The teams that play for the conference championships in group of 5 schools get elevated to the power 5 school that they are affiliated with and the bottom 2 teams in those power 5 conferences get relegated to the group of 5 school that they are affiliated with. It will have a similar impact to soccer. There’s never going to be a time that the big money clubs (or programs) in this case will be relegated. It gives teams like Memphis and UCF though an opportunity to play in a conference with an automatic bid instead of 1 bid from 5 conferences. It also takes the Rutgers types teams off the schedule and brings up stronger opponents.
Take it further.
Create a new NCAA football division with just the P5 conferences and teams.
Cap the number of teams allowed per conference (14 for instance).
All out of conference games must be played against another P5 team.
No dipping down to the G5 level, or worse, FCS level, for OOC games.
No independents. They can play with the G5 teams.
The only way for a program to move from the G5 to P5 level is via a conference invite.
This NCAA rule already exists for programs looking to move from division 2 to the FCS.
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1 hour ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:
It will probably take forever with the way the ncaa goes but it will happen eventually.
The NCAA has no control over the post season for FBS football.
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5 hours ago, KD in CA said:
OSU (and Alabama, etc) beat most of their vastly overmatched opponents 88-0 and people seem to like that just fine.
Depends on when you are talking about.
The original whining about expanding from 4 to 8 team playoffs was due to the semi final games being blowouts.
However, nobody could justify how adding even weaker teams to the mix would make the semi final games more competitive.
So the whining has now shifted for an 8 team playoff because it would be more "fair".
Face the reality.
There is no way to make the system "Fair".
Every attempt to "fix the problem" has failed, and only increased the whining and crying.
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6 hours ago, Virgil said:
Baylor and a Oklahoma play again? That’s weird to me. So if Baylor wins, do they deserve to be in the top 4? Oklahoma could say they split. Also, Baylor now beats a team with 2 losses, almost hurting their resume.
Not the first time 2 teams that met in the regular season faced each other in a championship game.
In 2017, UGA lost to Auburn in the regular season, and UGA curb stomped Auburn in the SEC championship game.
QuoteIt’s counter productive. If they really want the playoffs to determine a final winner, and I believe they are on the right track, they need re-evaluate conference championship games and ensure all conferences have one.
The Big 12 has a championship game. That's why Baylor is playing OU again.
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5 hours ago, row_33 said:
Auburn in the early 00’s was the only team I can remember in the BCS to run the table on a big conference and lose out on the title game, USC and Oklahoma were undefeated as well, a fluke
A well deserved fluke.
But don't shed a tear for Auburn.
An Auburn grad did create the People's National Championship after that season, and shockingly, awarded the very first People's National Championship to Auburn.
Tubby had the university order up National Championships rings.
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With the Arky opening, does this revive the "Malzahn to Arkansas" talk?
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18 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:
I mean, he was 0-14 in conference games
In hindsight, the more I think about it, Arky may have been just a bit knee jerk reactionary.
It was only 14 games in row.
That may have been just a down "blip".
I think they should have given him the rest of this year, and maybe another 2-3 years, juuuuuuuuuuuuust to be sure.
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And another one bites the dust before the season has ended.
"(The Hogs) have lost 17 straight SEC games dating back to the end of the 2017 season. "
Chad Morris was responsible for 14 of those. Ouch.
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7 minutes ago, row_33 said:
has a team beggared out of a schedule contract because the first game didn't go too well?
To my knowledge, no school has ever pulled out of contract because they got their azz kicked in the first game.
If a reason is given, it is usually something generic: i.e. scheduling conflicts, better offer, etc ...
RIP Louie's Foot Long Hot Dogs
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Sell the business or the building? Or both?
In the BN story, they said they were willing to lease out the building, but were not selling the business.
"He said he plans to lease out the building, but he's not interested in selling the business to someone else because he doesn't want to diminish the brand his family worked so hard to build over 70 years."