PassingThrough

Hopefully they go with full on truth telling like they did for 2020 playoffs. That was their best.

While I know I certainly won’t be missed here, I am just going to say my goodbyes. The best thing I ever did was cutting off CFB cold turkey about 10 years ago. I admit I got sucked back in around 2020, but lord, this relationship is toxic as shite.


Even while experiencing the joys of UGA winning the Natties and getting to cheer on some of my favorite players ever in UGA uniforms, I knew the program was a big part of the obscenity CFB has become.

The schools suck their fans dry and then make the gameday experience even more difficult to enjoy and more expensive by partnering up with ticket brokers.

The TV guys just care about ratings and AD buys. Betting has taken over everything, and it is just a matter of time before the depth of how much fixing is going on at the player (and likely coaching) level comes to light.

The conferences just care about more money for ever more ridiculous dick-measuring contests and in the meantime, throw the rivalries that made their fans passionate into the oncoming traffic.

The coaches just care about getting ever more extravagant contracts and even more ridiculous coach buyouts.

It is embarrassing to me that I only finally reached my decision to turn my back on CFB today when everyone just so brazenly declared what a farce it is without even the decency to be ashamed. It has certainly been an obvious deus ex machina for awhile.

All I can do is quit being a consumer that helps fund this BS, so I did today.

Goodbye.

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BE HONEST!!
The playoffs are about the BEST four teams in the country.

We're getting ready to separate the idiots and liars from the rest of the board!

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But they aren't playing this Saturday. The next games are a month away- a month of getting players healthy or solidifying game plans with back up options. And a month could mean other players from any of the teams could be hurt as well.

Thus. Also, who’s to say that given 4 weeks to prepare an offense that caters to the backup QB and more practice reps, they wouldn’t be enough along with a stout defense? Not to mention they beat a team on the road with a backup QB who had already beat one ranked team as well as almost beating another. This is all corporate BS, including the Rose Bowl likely pushing hard for it. May everyone involved feel equal pain they just caused the FSU team. Hell I don’t even like FSU.

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How many did Ladd score ?

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I guess none, but who do you think came out of that game with more respect? I am not sure whether Ladd will make it in the league with mounting injuries, but I am guessing plenty of good organizations will be willing to give him a chance.

Burton will get his chance as well, but I am not sure he has enough athletic talent to negate being a headcase for long. He obviously hasn’t learned from previous mistakes.

Yep, it means there are already 2 SEC teams in NY6 bowls….

Any poll that had 5 SEC teams as a top 20 or so is proof of the bias. The conference was really down this year, leading to a few decent teams getting more wins than they would have in a better year. The proof is in the OOC games.

The last part is the true bias in all this. The SEC doesn’t have any great teams this year, and really only a couple of good teams. The rest are average at best.

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would you be willing to bet your paycheck georgia romps by 25 or more? The Rant wants to know.

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25+ would be a pretty out-there bet, mainly because UGA does not have a shutdown defense this year. I do think UGA will score quite a bit, even though Bama has a decent defense. I just think the UGA defense will like;y give up between 20-30 points.

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Do think this. We've had 5-6 different guys make impactful plays in various games. Hale (OM), Bond (Aub, A&M, TN), Burton (Auburn, A&M, TN), Prentice (UK, ARK, TX), Law (LSU) have all had games where they made multiple huge plays. We don't like the depth because they have a huge volume of stats, we like it because they've all proven they can make plays when their number is called.

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Hmm, sounds like somebody out West took a page from Monken’s book.

There is a safe way to do it. Dartmouth has been doing it for just as long and continues to do it. And once you reach the “big arse” stage of a bonfire, then it is impressive no matter what. That heat hits you hundred feet away from it, and the blaze is enough to make any pyro smile.