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Unless Avery Johnson makes some massive, future #1 draft pick leap, K State ain't winning the Big 12. Or really in contention unless they cannibalize to an 8-4 or 9-3 CCG participant.

Utah, Baylor or ASU would be the best bets IMO. Maybe Iowa State.

My understanding is there some definite "Anti-Jock" sentiment.

Kansas was kinda scary though. Kind of like Vandy. They sucked, but they were sort of nice too.

Beat 3 teams that were in the last top 25 rankings of the CFP committee, and lost 3 by a cumulative 13 points. That's more top 25 wins at the playoff decision time than anyone but Oregon and Georgia, the #1 and #2 seeds.

Conversely, Missouri faced two teams in that top 25 and lost both. @South Carolina was a close one I guess.

I get you gotta talk shite, but maybe let that dog lie? Those dudes played 8 teams out of 12 that won 9 or more games and by and large were pretty competitive.

Locked On podcasts have fully gone into sensationalism. They just deal in conspiracy theories and it's intentional. Imagine "Ancient Aliens" but for CFB when they don't have actual football to cover.

The only promotion candidates to the B1G or SEC that I can see are the former Pac 12 corner teams and maybe Kansas for the shooty hoops brand if that still matters. Maybe Tech I guess?

I think the Arizona State vs. LSU is the reboot of the reboot of the mid 2000's series that got fricked up by Katrina.

That was supposed to be @LSU but hurricane bad. The 05 game went to Tempe, but proceeds went to Katrina relief. It was a classic too. ASU more or less dominated, but LSU got back into it with special teams and then Russell hit a 4th and a prayer from the 40* or so with a buck and change left.

*Early Doucet dropped it but replay was in its infancy and call on the field was TD. ASU fans would have bitched about it, but you can't because, y'know. Hurricane. Who's gonna grump about a bad call?

Then because LSU didn't get their scheduled home game and ASU didn't get to profit from its abrupt home game, things got moved around. And moved around. And moved around. I've been looking forward to an ASU vs. LSU game for a very long time. Games just kept getting punted down the road.

Florida vs. ASU also seems like a really fun time. I didn't know we had that scheduled. I am to understand that you Gator fans enjoy cocktail parties. ASU fans are also known for partaking in such activities.

ACC and Big 12 will be up. Might still cannibalize, but they have a bunch of QBs that can play and the #1 and #2 teams in the country in terms of returning production are playoff teams from those conferences (Clemson and ASU).

Clemson might be a legitimate Natty contender if their DL is all its made out to be.

They actually kind of came on last year and were sort of scrappyish. Sort of. Like they sucked, but they won a few at the end.

They had a 5 game run of Indiana, @LSU, Oregon, @Penn State, Minnesota that was about as rough a stretch as you're gonna see, and then won 4 of the last 6. So maybe there's hope for not getting murdered. But they're probably gonna lose. I could see 8-4ish though if their defense is good.

Like college baseball would be a lot more fun if traditional powerhouses started like ASU started acting like it again. I was there when they were still pretty good, but even then it felt like they'd slid from the constant National Contender days.

This was the biggest upset in real wrestling probably since Gardner beat Karelin. It's enormous.

Also, if Gable keeps at it, and it sounds like he will, he is going to fricking incinerate everyone he faces going forward for at least a year or two.

I thought it was funny that he was in college wrestling again, but hey. He'd been out. Not exactly his peak. Now he's gotta take that black eye on what was basically supposed to be a ceremony for crowning him the US's best HW ever. Hoping it gets him going and he takes down the Olympics again next time.

Instead they got 4 years of Chris "Reggie Ball before Reggie Ball" Rix.