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Seeing Oliver tied up with his blocker and sticking one arm out and flat out stopping Henderson with his wrist was an all-time play out of him. He was balling

Nah. No more going to the airport for regular season wins. It's not 2017 anymore.

Gameplan tonight was to get the ball out quick to neutralize AD. Easier said than done, obviously. But that's why Knox was quiet, IMO. Lots of hitches and other quick stuff. Knox hasn't really been that guy used in that way.

Can Taiwan get some time? Just need someone who won’t fumble

Kromer effect

Does Tre White have a job when he comes back?

When was the last time we saw a Bills pass rusher just beat his man and get to the QB in 2 seconds? Mario? The Von signing is such a game changer.

Dorsey is gonna be a HC by week 6 if he keeps calling drives like that.

Correct take Less so.

We will table this discussion and when #11 UCLA beats #1 Georgia in the CFB semifinals to go to the final in 2024, I will be immortalized forever.

Leave your British slang out of this! Sure, you're right some of those teams may win the first week and get smoked the next. But if they beat another "playoff contender", don't they deserve that chance? Let's say Utah or Ole Miss shocks the world and beats Michigan or Cinci. Don't they "prove" they deserve to be in over those teams? I think they do. And that's really the rub of it, and why I'm all for it. I HATE when teams fall out of the top 4 and are, in my opinion, good enough to deserve a shot. The kids deserve a shot. Do you remember that ATROCIOUS year where TCU and Baylor were co Big12 champions and ended up 5 and 6 and never got a chance to even try? I think one of them was undefeated. It makes it fun. The prevailing thought is that the mediocre SEC teams would still beat the top Big12 or PAC10 teams. Rather than debate the snubs, let's just see if that's true. If it's a dud and Bama/Georgia/OSU and a rotating 4th team are consistently the final four and dominate everybody, contract the playoff to 10 or 8. To your earlier point, I think I would have just expanded to 6 or 8. 12 is ALOT. But, IMO, if you did the top 6 last year, there's a decent chance Baylor gets past Michigan. And then they get a shot.

IMO massive reform ain't coming. Here's how I see it. Below is the top 12 from last season. 12. Utah Utes 10-4 851 (10) 11. Ole Miss Rebels 10-3 926 (8) 10. Oklahoma Sooners 11-2 966 (14) 9. Michigan State Spartans 11-2 1026 (11) 8. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11-2 1039 (5) 7. Oklahoma State Cowboys 12-2 1177 (9) 6. Ohio State Buckeyes 11-2 1247 (7) 5. Baylor Bears 12-2 1259 (7) 4. Cincinnati Bearcats 13-1 1349 (4) 3. Michigan Wolverines 12-2 1361 (2) 2. Alabama Crimson Tide 13-2 1464 (1) 1. Georgia Bulldogs 14-1 1525 (3) Let's say the top 2 get bye weeks (have they announced how they are going to do that?) Utah vs Michigan Ole Miss vs Cinci Oklahoma vs Baylor MSU vs OSU ND vs Oklahoma State Which of these games would not have been competitive last year? Maybe Utah - Michigan? I think if you tried to pick winners on the rest of the field you'd struggle to go higher than 50%. How is this much different than bowl play as it currently stands?

Then cancel non-competitive games against Mercer and New Mexico State. No use blowing out an ACL up 56-0. You forget most of these kids don't make the NFL. A decent starter on TAMU may WANT to play as many games as possible. Having a big time playoff may change his career from Enterprise Rent A Car to NFL backup

I think that's fair! But imagine this Bill. Clemson/ND gets in as a 3 seed and they have to play 5 seed UGA or 7 seed TAMU. It's not for the Natty, but it's for the right to play in it. Is there any doubt that a good SEC team that loses in the SEC Championship or almost gets there would be a formidable matchup? The CFB playoff was created for one purpose. Money. And that's not going away. But the reason it draws money is because it FORCES these teams that think they should be in contention for a Natty to PLAY for it.

The regular season matters he says as Miami plays Bethune Cookman lol

Alabama is great and will probably top 4 for another decade. But it's a fact they are not unbeatable and making them face more quality opponents in postseason play will negatively impact their chances of winning (which of course will still be high). Teams that have beaten Bama in the last 10 years: TAMU LSU Auburn Clemson Auburn Clemson Ole Miss Ole Miss OSU Auburn Oklahoma TAMU Under the current system, Bama only played less than half of those games in the playoffs. Neutral fans don't want that. They would rather see good teams play good teams. If you don't want more games because of risk of injury, stop playing tomato cans like Mercer and New Mexico State. Even Bama vs Cincy was a game and fun to watch, until they obviously pulled away.

Any argument against CFP expansion boils down to: "I just want to play Georgia or Michigan and then punch my ticket to the final."

Injury mid game? Rudolph will go, he’s a vet. long term injury? Pickety will start.

100% disagree. The whole point of expanding the playoffs is to see quality teams play quality teams. The way college football is set up, these power 5 teams have 2-4 cupcakes on the schedule every year. As much as I respect our resident Bama and OSU fans, they complain about postseason blowouts and “wastes” but not playing Eastern Southwestern Presbyterian College and winning by 100 2-3 times a year. I would 1 million times rather see Bama play a 6 seed TCU over ESPC. So would any fan of the sport of college football. So that’s why they are expanding. If you say, “well that’s too many games” then eliminate those cupcakes and expand it. The fans of the big 4 perennial playoff teams don’t want expansion because the more quality teams they have to face to win, the harder it gets. An extra game against some Big 12 dark horse is an extra chance for them to have a couple CFB plays and shockingly lose. They would rather just take their chances with Georgia again in the final instead. No effing thanks.

Should FSU join the SEC to make the conferences more competitive?

Ya ya don’t let Harbaugh get on a streak.

Lots of season left. Not sure Oregon will be #11. I want more interconference play. I want teams like Cinci last year to play teams like TAM.

OSU limps past perennial frauds. I’d be concerned.

MVP caliber ST captains

How can you forget the Snow Game! Nate was a legend.