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Why would UGA need AAU status?

UGA is the flagship university of the state. It has a top 20 law school, a top 25 MBA program, top 10 public policy program, top 5 agricultural program, top 20 journalism program, and recently added a medical school.

It also happens to enjoy some of the most winsome coeds, one of the most beautiful campuses, greatest college towns, and formidable athletic programs in the country.

GT is an urban campus located off a highway and is, to your misfortune, almost 70% male. GT produces the engineer who will live a humdrum upper-middle class lifestyle in Marietta. UGA produces a gamut of professionals, from politicians to lawyers to CEOs who run the state.

Take a look at the schools' comparative SAT / GPA scores. They're virtually identical. UGA is just the dream college experience, whereas Tech is where fun goes to die. Enjoy that AAU status...

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Are we even sure he'd been admitted to school yet? Probably got a big head studying for the LSAT

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Well, the responses to my post explain why I haven't flirted with the Rant for some time.

This was formerly a board of erudite and well informed fans debating germane topics with some sophistication.

Now many of you are personally affronted when a lawyer from PB offers a coherent argument and then fields your counterarguments so that we may enjoy a proper debate.

I'm not sure why someone being a lawyer should be so shocking or seemingly inimical to your own self-esteem. It's simply a job, like any other. The more you obsess over it, the more your own insecurity in evinced.

There are greater life accomplishments than being a fricking lawyer, believe me. Don't be so offended.

If it's any consolation, I spend much of my day taking shite from people who are younger than me and making more money.

Ah, an LSU lawyer. Is this Mike Johnson?

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Historical statistics should not be taken into account for this year's rankings.

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Yes, precedent helps predict the most competitive playoff teams. If that wasn’t the case, then the Power Five should receive little deference.

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Incorrect. A team may move up simply because a team ahead of it has lost a game.

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That is false. You are only advanced in the rankings if (1) the losing team lost by either a wide margin or to a poorer team; or (2) the advancing team achieved a quality win. Case in point, if that was a regular season game, UGA would not have fallen five slots.

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Cherry-picking facts. Michigan has a win over Ohio State which is better than any win of UGA. Also, a win a against Penn State.

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But they were ranked behind Georgia heading into championship weekend. If that win over OSU was impressive enough to rank them #1, then they should’ve achieved that ranking prior to beating an Iowa team that would likely be 6-6 in the SEC.

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Past seasons don't matter.

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See above.

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Irrelevant.

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The fact that an inferior Washington team should not advance in ranks at the expense of a superior Georgia team is at least somewhat relevant. I don’t think you’re too conversant with the definition of the word, “irrelevant.”

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Strawman argument.

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Do they not teach logical reasoning in ol’ Louisiana? A strawman is used to erect a poor and irrelevant argument in order to distract from the pith of the matter. I drew a highly relevant and apropos analogy that proves my point. Liberty would not be admitted over FSU or Washington for the same reason that FSU or Washington should not be admitted over Georgia. People bemoan FSU’s exclusion because they play in the “Power 5.” I dispelled your semantical argument by showing that relative conference strength is more important than semantically driven group conference categories.

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Again, incorrect. A team may rise just because a team ahead of it lost.

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They "may" indeed, but only if the losing higher ranked team’s defeat and the lower ranked team’s victory merited a change in ranks. A 3-point loss from Alabama and a win over a South Alabama / UCF defeated OK State team does not logically result in a five ranking flip.

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Ignores the critical fact that Texas beat Bama head to head. It logically follows that Texas should be ahead of Bama, and Bama should be ahead of UGA.

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That is literally how I ranked the teams at the end of the post. Keep up.

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See above. Also fails to mention that FSU beat two SEC teams and that ACC has the head-to-head over SEC this year.

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FSU has a victory over a mediocre LSU and a losing Florida team, which they barely beat. Which ACC teams and which SEC teams? The juggernauts of each conference, or the bottom dwellers? Are you actually suggesting that Georgia or Alabama would have suffered a loss to any ACC team this year? Since Georgia’s only loss came to Alabama, answering that question is the only relevance of an SEC to ACC comparison. The fact that Syracuse may have beaten Vanderbilt is slightly irrelevant to determining the strength of the SEC vs. the ACC regarding playoff positioning.

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Finally, this analysis is rife with bias, false assumptions, and conclusory allegations without supporting data.

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Given that I just defeated every one of your counterarguments, I’d reevaluate your position.



You may be a lawyer as well, but I'm guessing we play on different fields.

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If the dawgs would have run as fast as you do when chasing ambulances, jawja might be in.

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Only real lawyers chase ambulances and go to court. I'm a phony corporate hack.

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FTFY

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I genuinely believe that you did in fact attend East Tennessee State.

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Is your office in Palm Beach?

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I'm in-house somewhere on Royal Palm Way. That's enough.

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That'd be my guess.

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Incorrect, but a valiant effort.

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You're either really old and a complete arse or a 1L trying way too hard to impress. I hope you don't speak to a jury in this way

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You typically don't write briefs in the same way that you orate in front of a jury.

As it relates it to that post - no, "verbosity" is not defined by a few paragraphs. And, yes, he could not characterize a statement as "vapid" if he did not even read it.

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The SEC East is garbage. The nonconference was garbage. UGA played one elite team and lost.

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They beat three other top 25 ranked teams. They lost to that Alabama team by a field goal that missed by inches.

Your conference produced a team that lost to South Alabama, UCF, and Iowa State as the only championship competition for Texas. In fact, if the B12 is a conference deserving of a playoff spot, why did you pay so much money to leave it for the SEC?

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You cowards could have kept Oklahoma on your schedule, but decided to schedule yet another cupcake instead. You needed a real win over a proven winner, and you were allowed that opportunity in the SECCG. As usual Bama skull dragged your team up and down the field and dominated in the trenches. The conference championship is usually the first round of the playoffs. Win or go home. That's why it's really weird you were somehow voted in after being demolished by Bama two years ago.

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1. Oklahoma cancelled the game to the dismay of UGA.

2. Georgia has as many top-25 ranked wins as any other team in the playoffs.

3. Georgia lost to Bama by a missed FG. You need to open a dictionary and find the colloquial definition of "dragged" as it relates to sports.

4. Wresting from my remembrance, Georgia then beat that same Alabama team to win a national championship. Checkmate.

5. Show me where it states that playoff games serve as first-round elimination games and I'll concede the point. Otherwise, you're simply prosing out of ignorance.