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POTY

Oh. I'm actually sad I missed that. I figured shit got political again.

Bet you it should have been "my first year."

This needs to be a thing. To me, it's hard to beat Ford climbing the ladder against BC, but there were so many great plays this season. I'd love some official way to vote on this to create the official TKP list of top plays.

it is not like some crazy Australian is running around randomly punching kangaroos

I guarantee you it is like this, just not in this particular gif.

They're also a state that is like a third the size of Virginia.

Maybe in land mass. New Jersey has a higher population than Virginia by about a half million.

That's a lot of early enrollees.

If my knowledge of recruiting rules is correct, we can count them toward the recruiting class of 2016, yes?

GT might have tougher admissions standards than Vandy. You could throw all the money you want at them, they aren't recruiting at a level to complete with the rest of the SEC.

The bowl scene is oversaturated, but with the advent of the Bowl Alliance, and subsequently the BCS and the NY6, I feel like there is now a clear dileneation between the upper echelon bowls and the "conciliation bowls." The bowls that matter are still there, we just also get a glut of exhibition games purely for our entertainment. Also consider that situations such as VT's 2016 season in a stacked ACC can result in very good teams falling into lower tier bowls.

As for conferences, gone are the days of round robin scheduling. However, today's divisions are basically the conference's of yesteryear, with the championship games really acting like a traditional bowl game. I don't think this change has been good or bad, just a different setup.

The biggest flaw with the current system isn't a focus on the national title. The preeminent programs have always had their eyes on that prize, even on the AP poll days. The mistake the CFP made was to deemphasize conference championships in their four team setup. If you're going to determine a champion of the P5 (and let's be honest, G5 teams do not have have access to the playoffs), then every conference needs to be represented by its champion. Does that mean a 7-5 team that eeks out a win in its conference championship should get a spot at the table? Yes, because that's how it works in literally every other sport with a championship tournament.

Five conference champions, three at large berths. Include the highest ranked G5 team if you want. But what we have now is the worst of both worlds, the bias of the BCS after the human pollsters revolted against the computers, masquerading in a tournament form that doesn't value conference results.

Don't get me wrong, it's a step in the right direction, and the best system we've had thus far. However, it's also a still a bad system.

Until he commits elsewhere, I consider us in play. The rumour was we could flip him. Him being uncommitted during his OV to Blacksburg is huge.