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re: Greg McElroy in full melt over the new playoff format because Bama didn't get in
Posted on 12/10/24 at 4:50 pm to Murph4HOF
Posted on 12/10/24 at 4:50 pm to Murph4HOF
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McElroy wasn't the starting QB of Alabama teams that drug their nuts all over Georgia's face the way Alabama did to LSU when McElroy was the signal caller.
LSU beat McElroy and Alabama with Jordan Jefferson at QB.
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Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:02 pm to labamafan
I do think that NIL is working in the other sports better than it is for football.
Men's basketball players are staying in college instead of leaving for the draft, and being assigned to the G League team or playing overseas.
SEC baseball facilities and player development in general are better than every minor league team at the AA level and below. At the AAA level you start to see the MLB investment in their farm teams be better than the SEC.
I just don't see myself going to a game to see the Athens Bulldogs play the Knoxville Volunteers when the players on the team have no affiliation with the school I grew up pulling for and graduated from other than playing on the campus, having the same colors as the school, and having the same mascot as the school's athletic teams.
I haven't attended a game on campus in a very long time. A lot of that is because of my schedule and not just the changes to CFB in the last 5 years. But full blown NFL Jr. will not just have me sitting at home to not pay out the arse to see UGA beat UT Chattanooga, but will also have me not going to the neutral site games - at NFL stadiums usually - or making time in my schedule on Saturdays to watch Georgia play Tennessee or whoever.
I don't do that for the NFL, and I damn sure won't do it for NFL Jr.
Men's basketball players are staying in college instead of leaving for the draft, and being assigned to the G League team or playing overseas.
SEC baseball facilities and player development in general are better than every minor league team at the AA level and below. At the AAA level you start to see the MLB investment in their farm teams be better than the SEC.
I just don't see myself going to a game to see the Athens Bulldogs play the Knoxville Volunteers when the players on the team have no affiliation with the school I grew up pulling for and graduated from other than playing on the campus, having the same colors as the school, and having the same mascot as the school's athletic teams.
I haven't attended a game on campus in a very long time. A lot of that is because of my schedule and not just the changes to CFB in the last 5 years. But full blown NFL Jr. will not just have me sitting at home to not pay out the arse to see UGA beat UT Chattanooga, but will also have me not going to the neutral site games - at NFL stadiums usually - or making time in my schedule on Saturdays to watch Georgia play Tennessee or whoever.
I don't do that for the NFL, and I damn sure won't do it for NFL Jr.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:08 pm to Harry Boutte
quote:And also lost to McElroy with JJ at QB.
LSU beat McElroy and Alabama with Jordan Jefferson at QB.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:08 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Seems like you are just stupid to process the simplest of arguments.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:09 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
I think everyone agrees with him...the seeding method is dumb. I will say that I am not sure I would want one conference getting more than two byes...thoughts?
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:10 pm to Al Opecia
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He appears to be sitting in on all these Saturday shows and commercials ok. I was hoping he would take his arse to the lake in Georgia like he promised. Now I cant turn my TV on without seeing the old guy. He must have enough money. Strange situation.
Sounds like a you problem
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:11 pm to Chicken
I could accept that being a rule, similar to the BCS two per conference rule (which fricked us over a couple of times)
However, if you're good enough to be ranked in the top 4 then you deserve it regardless of conference IMO
However, if you're good enough to be ranked in the top 4 then you deserve it regardless of conference IMO
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:12 pm to Al Opecia
Pretty sure Nick wanted out of the NIL and Transfer Portal era...without those, I think he is still coaching...
This post was edited on 12/10/24 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:14 pm to CNB
quote:if all the conferences had balanced schedules within themselves, then I don't think you would see more than two from a conference deserving byes...
However, if you're good enough to be ranked in the top 4 then you deserve it regardless of conference IMO
The current iteration of the playoffs did it this way because some didn't want the SEC and Big Ten hogging the four bye spots.
I certainly wouldn't want to see all four from the same conference...and three is a stretch too...
This post was edited on 12/10/24 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:16 pm to Chicken
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Pretty sure Nick wanted out of the NIL and Transfer Portal era...without those, I think he is still coaching...
He testified under oath in front of congress that this was the case.
He starts speaking at about the 20 second mark.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:22 pm to Chicken
I don't think there should be any byes.
But then I thought it should've been an 8-team playoff at most. I was okay with 4.
But then I thought it should've been an 8-team playoff at most. I was okay with 4.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:43 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
I mean he isn't wrong, I don't know why they can't just rate teams 1-12 with the same system they use for college basketball, then you don't get these situations where Boise State is the 9th best team in ap poll bc their schedule is easier and wins conference in a worse conference and gets 3 seed in playoffs, that's insane lol.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 5:47 pm to RollTide1987
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The top four seeds, regardless of whether or not they are conference champions, should get first round byes. Then you seed 5-12 accordingly and have them play their way into the quarterfinals.
Yea this the best way and just use the system they use in basketball where it accounts for strength of schedule. They need to stop conflating record with strength of a team in different conferences, it's so dumb. Penn State will be -8.5 against SMU and most likely -7 against Boise state which is insane. If Ohio State beats Tenn, that line will probably be -1 Oregon
Posted on 12/10/24 at 6:18 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
McElroy’s video had nothing to do with Alabama. Your thread has everything to do with Alabama.
LSU fan confirmed.
I really thought that Saban retiring would start the healing process. I was clearly wrong.
LSU fan confirmed.
I really thought that Saban retiring would start the healing process. I was clearly wrong.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 7:00 pm to AuburnTigers
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conference titles matter
Yeah, the SEC and B1G.
The Big 12 and ACC (snicker)
not so much.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 7:11 pm to AuburnTigers
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Regular season and conference titles matter.
Not when all the decent teams are in two conferences. Sure those two matter, but the others are going to become more and more a joke as the SEC and Big 10 absorb more teams. We all know realignment isn't done.
Wake me when there is a two conference bracket like the NFL, lol
Posted on 12/10/24 at 8:01 pm to Murph4HOF
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And also lost to McElroy with JJ at QB.
McElroy was at Alabama from 2007 to 2010. Alabama was 2-2 vs LSU in that span:
2007 LSU 41-34
2008 Alabama 27-21 OT
2009 Alabama 24-15
2010 LSU 24-21
Alabama 106 - LSU 101.
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Alabama teams that drug their nuts all over Georgia's face the way Alabama did to LSU when McElroy was the signal caller.
Alabama wasn't exactly dragging their nuts all over LSU's face when McElroy was the signal caller was my point.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 8:02 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Never seen a fanbase more obsessed over BAMA. It’s cringe af and beta
Posted on 12/10/24 at 8:02 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
If a team lost 3 games then they were already eliminated from the playoffs.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 8:35 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
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All of a sudden
Up vote for not saying "all of the sudden "
This post was edited on 12/10/24 at 8:38 pm
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