Kirby Jackson

That doesn’t even account for the redshirts or young guys playing behind someone like Mitch Hyatt. That’s the perfect example. Jackson Carmen is a freshman backup LT. He is 6’6” 350 lbs. He was a 5 star, the #1 or #2 OT coming out last year and the number 17 ranked player nationally. He will be a star and get drafted early. He wasn’t on the field yesterday. That’s just a microcosm for what’s happening now. These teams have SO many NFL players. It isn’t evenly distributed like it was 5-10 years ago. That was one of the worst calls ever!! Chuck Pagano was smiling somewhere. The holder took off with the kicker as the lead blocker!!

I just think that people that don’t watch a lot of college football don’t realize how good the top few teams are now. They are closer to pro teams than at any time in history. The coaching is elite. They get the top players from all over the country (which wasn’t the case 5 or 10 years ago). Recruiting was regional with a couple of exceptions. Alabama would have never had a QB from Hawaii, a LT and RB from California, etc... Recruiting has changed. The top teams no longer have 4 or 5 pros as people like to argue. They have 10+ guys that will be first rounders and 30 pros. So while you can say, “an NFL team has 53” they certainly don’t have the top end talent. That gets redistributed at the next level. That doesn’t happen in college it gets hoarded. Robert Foster would have been the 4th or 5th passing option at Alabama if he had another year. 8 months later he was our first option. If anything, the lesson should be to focus your attention on big time recruits. Much like the way that technology and information have lowered the percentage of draft busts, the same has happened in recruiting. These recruiting services are much closer to right than ever. The top guys go to the top schools. Their production may be spread out because of all of the other top guys there. To stick with the Foster example, he was a 5 star recruit but a backup at Bama. He wasn’t a backup because he was bad, there was just other elite talent. You may find more productive guys that played at Arizona but that’s a function of opportunity and not talent. If you follow recruiting you’ll see the massive gap between the top programs and everyone else. Yeah, I pounded Georgia. I had them -13, -12, -6 and -6.5. I had them straight, in parlays and teasers. I had like 6 different open bets all tied to UGA (which is really dumb by the way) and lost them all. I should have hedges with a UT ML bet.

Alright everyone, I’m going to bed. Can’t wait for Trevor Lawrence vs. Justin Fields for the National Championship In New Orleans next year!!

So ironic coming from a guy that played at Ole Miss. He knows about the Challengers and STILL picked what Ole Miss had to offer.

I’m thinking the same thing. I wish that I had the balls to be the ML here. I thought it would be a close game so I went with the points. In hindsight i would have made small bets on adjusted spreads and tried to hit home runs.

I’ve got Clemson at +6.5. The money line was around +200.

I really wish I would have bet adjusted spreads. Clemson is paying 60/1 to 100/1 at this score.

They lost by 2 to this Clemson team and won 10 games while playing in the SEC West. They certainly aren’t scrubs.

No, we had the route at LSU, beatdown vs. A&M and the shutout of Mississippi State. Their resume was plenty strong. They just ran into another team with 5 stars from all over the country. The gap between the top of college football and everyone else is greater than ever. Teams ALWAYS recruited regionally. Now the top teams, Alabama, Clemson, OSU, LSU, etc... have players from all over the country. The top teams get all of the top players and everyone else gets what’s left. Parody is forever dead in college football. You either have an elite coach that can recruit nationally or you play for a shot at the Citrus Bowl.

It was a different conversation 2 and a half months ago though. The Bills got better and Bama worse. Either way, I’m cashing here. I needed it after UGA didn’t show up.

Whoah, whoah, whoah, I have a house to pay for!! I’m feeling pretty good about it now though. Clemson will help furnish the place.

I’d still take their talent. That’s hyperbole though the hypothetical spread was 28.5 I think. Only idiots were talking about the score straight up. That’s wasn’t the conversation. It was 28.5

What a horrendous fake

Really? There are 3 players (Williams, Williams, Ferrell) in the trenches that will be picked in the top 10 this year and another 1 or 2 (Wilkins, Davis) that will go in the 1st. These teams have 8 or 10 (don’t remember) of McShay’s top 35 this year. That’s only the guys eligible. The best players on both teams aren’t even eligible.

The next 3 #1 overall picks may be in this game. They aren’t all ready now but the talent in this game is as good as any college game maybe ever. It’s there with the early 2000 U teams. Off the top of my head: Lawrence, Tua, Jeudy, Jonah, Ferrell, Wilkins, Quinnen Williams, Deionte Thompson, Wilkins, Lawrence (not playing), all of the RBs, Davis, Surtain, and Higgins all could easily be 1sts. The talent level out there is ridiculous.

The talent level in this game is ABSURD!! o/u 20 players on these rosters that will be 1st round picks at some point? I’m taking over

So so, Ferrell abused him on one play.

I said early in the year that I’d trade the Bills receivers for Alabama straight up. I feel stronger about that now than I did then AND the Bills receivers are way better than they were then. The Alabama WRs are just absurd.

No, no it didn’t. This is going to be a close game though I think. These teams are by far the best 2 teams IMO. Buckle up!!

I have Clemson +6.5

Kenny Omega?

It is certainly weird (and not good).

Lawrence is going to be an elite prospect. He just looks like Peyton Manning back there but he can move.

Man, I go all over the map on this. They were my 2nd favorite team for a while. Now, their fans (ie my friends) annoy the **** out of me. The party was great for the last Super Bowl and I anticipate it will be again. At the same time I don’t want to have to listen to these ****heads for the next 13 months. I went mostly indifferent. Great topic!!!