Nah. It should just be the top 8 SEC teams.
Bama v. Tenn
Georgia v. Miss St.
Ole Miss v. Arkansas
Kentucky v. Texas A&M
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Bama v. Tenn
Georgia v. Miss St.
Ole Miss v. Arkansas
Kentucky v. Texas A&M
Can see why Lincoln Riley went running to California in the middle of the night instead of trying to compete in the SEC.
Georgia’s QB has two last names.
This would ordinarily trouble me but the Patriots’ QB kind of does too so I need to get over it.
This would ordinarily trouble me but the Patriots’ QB kind of does too so I need to get over it.
Besides Brady, Todd Collins and Elvis Grbac played for a lot of years in the NFL, and Chad Henne is still kicking around.
The Rich Rodriguez hire set the program back a full decade.
I think that was part of the joke, Brady was not a 'good prospect' coming. At least Drew Henson played 8 games in the show, Brady never made it to the show, loser.
PS - In finding Henson's total games on wikipedia I learned he was once traded for Wily Mo Pena!
lol I totally forgot that Henson and Brady *both* got drafted by MLB.
but still, RichRod deserves to be shat upon anytime the opportunity presents itself.
I just learned earlier this week that the Hard Rock company and associated casinos and properties are owned by the Seminole Tribe.
I found that to be quite interesting.
I pass it along because I actually think it is more interesting than this game. Unless you already knew it. In which case it is as boring as this game. Sorry.
I found that to be quite interesting.
I pass it along because I actually think it is more interesting than this game. Unless you already knew it. In which case it is as boring as this game. Sorry.
And at one point Lloyd wasn't sure whether to use TB12 or Henson. Likely to the benefit of the Pats
And I have no love for UM, but RichRod was definitely a disaster and I felt bad for all my UM friends
Pac 12 winless so far in bowl action. Probably the first time a Power 5 team lost to a MAC team in a bowl game.
Close. Looks like Bowling Green beat Northwestern in the 2003 GMAC Bowl and Central Michigan beat Kentucky in the 2012 Little Caesars Bowl.
One of the biggest issues with the current playoff structure is that the long gap between the end of the regular season (plus conference championship games) and the playoffs is that it would tend to heavily favor the favorites. Not only can the better coaches often scheme up better gameplans, the underdogs are often more likely to be more nervous, and less used to the the pressure cooker environment of the playoffs. And that's probably even more true in the current era where even the big bowl games are largely treated as afterthoughts by most players - the gap between bowl game intensity and playoff intensity is massive for players who have never been there before. So the rich (e.g., SEC teams) get richer, and newbies crashing the party are that much less likely to make an impact.
This is one of the reasons a 12-team or even 16-team playoff would be so much better (for me, at least) than the current 4-team format. For one thing, you'd wind up getting a bunch of interesting games with real stakes between teams outside the top 4 - games like this year's Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State or Ohio State vs. Utah would feel part of the playoff puzzle, ratther than an afterthought. For another, even a team like #1 Alabama would only have one week to prepare for most of their games, and they'd have to keep their intensity up week after week to win the title. And more generally, every team would remain much more in their normal rhythms; the big gap we currently have between games would cease to exist. All of this would surely lead to more competitive football than we're seeing in most playoff years, wouldn't it?
This is one of the reasons a 12-team or even 16-team playoff would be so much better (for me, at least) than the current 4-team format. For one thing, you'd wind up getting a bunch of interesting games with real stakes between teams outside the top 4 - games like this year's Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State or Ohio State vs. Utah would feel part of the playoff puzzle, ratther than an afterthought. For another, even a team like #1 Alabama would only have one week to prepare for most of their games, and they'd have to keep their intensity up week after week to win the title. And more generally, every team would remain much more in their normal rhythms; the big gap we currently have between games would cease to exist. All of this would surely lead to more competitive football than we're seeing in most playoff years, wouldn't it?
Possibly. I think the current format actually does a good job of identifying the best team in the country most years. If that is the goal it probably is not broken.
But if we want more upset potential or at least more entertainment along the way then I agree the more you make it look like the basketball tournament the more it mirror that tournament.
About to be 50-3 by halftime at this rate27-3 can't be the new 28-3, can it?
Hahah. Extreme self deprecation. Well played27-3 can't be the new 28-3, can it?
edit - maybe immolation is a better word (go ATL vs Buff!)