This is the season they could. The AFC is pretty wide open....all the top teams have shown they can be vulnerable.
Agree on this post until this line. This isn't a fuck up, it's working as intended. Controversy, endless talk and attention, and Alabama on the TV in the playoff. $$ always wins. It's the NCAA.
Honestly 8 would be plenty but I'm hardly the target consumer.
save the miles as they wont and shouldn't get rid of Stefanski.
Absolutely....I'd even give us a chance if we could just get the guys back who have been hurt but not yet ruled out for season.....like Ward, Thornhill and all the OLman.
I'm sure they want to run more but will not keep running when they are getting less than 3 ypc like last week......also needed to throw a lot late since behind.
agree.....but so far the D has not traveled for us. They have been really bad in most road games.
Not so sure how much it's about money as the money is already agreed upon no matter who is in the CFP,.........for years to come. No matter the opponents.
Me, too....and I also wanted round 1 to be at home of the top 4 seeds, which it still is even with 12. well, njow it's seeds 5-8 with top 4 getting byes.
The ratings on the talk shows are all higher with controversy, and Alabama gets far better ratings than FSU which affects renewals and stuff. If it's not money, what other motivation is there?
I can agree controversy helps the discussions...but there would have been controversy no matter who they chose. The renewals are years down the line and a different format so cannot see that mattering. By this logic, will they not vote the best teams in the top 4 next year so they have to play as opposed to getting a bye? I don't think so.
Again, what's the motivation then for Alabama over FSU if not money?
At this point ESPN has gone so overboard they are losing money hand over fist. I saw a deal that claimed they would have lost an additional $150 million if FSU had been in instead of Alabama. Things will reset when the system consumes itself. As for college football we are nearing that point I believe.
What does this mean exactly?
Obviously college football is going through tremendous change. Feels like it's not long before it's simply a professional minor league for the NFL. They'll keep the colors and team names but players will all be paid and some can presumably opt to get degrees too. I'd like to see them detach from the rest of the college sports so they can go back to regional conferences that make so much sense for the other sports.
Because ESPN loves them some SEC and I do believe the voters have a bias toward previous seasons (even though not ESPN workers) and results, which they shouldn't.
When I say it will consume itself I mean the system will be forced to change. We have rich people thinking they can buy titles for their program. Eventually when they are approached for a million for a specific player they are going to say hey, why have the last 3 I gave you money for never done anything and aren’t even here anymore? Contracts are needed and they will come. Espn is losing hundreds of millions of dollars, so much that they have gotten rid of a lot of real talent. The entire college football system will reset at some point, economics will demand it.
Not even sure what you mean by consumes itself.....but agree wont be long before it's more like the NFL with 2 conferences (but not called AFC and NFC) that matter.
