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not good bob, not good
Im Finally fully on this bandwagon. Let the SEC and the big 10-13-15-18 be there own God damn League. Fuck them let them claim a club championship and then let the rest of us actual have an actual championship. All we have to do is make a bigger trophy than they do! Then ours means more!
Oh yeah- we all also refuse to play them all year, including FCS. Let them just play each other in one big circle jerk.
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# | Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (5-6) at St Joes (7-4) 12pm CBSSN The loss to St Joes gave the Hokies their first non-con losing record in over 30 years.
Who needs an excuse? /s ...sorta
This SEC problem didn't exist until ~2007 when the SEC went on their run of championships which didn't end until FSU stopped the trend, against Auburn. It was also the first time an SEC team lost the game when they weren't playing another SEC opponent.
I would absolutely love it if the remainder of college football abandoned the NCAA and formed its own league, leaving ESPN alone w just the SEC. I have no idea if it would work out, but you would have a national champion every year, and then you would have ESPN's SEC "champion".
Nothing new... in the BCS days, any SEC team that lost "didn't want to be there", "It was a let down", etc. nothing new.
A bit extreme, but also true
Even for Paul Finebaum's standards, his take today was grotesque.He's not just an SEC Network host. ESPN has given him the title of national CFB analyst, supposedly tasking him with covering the whole sport.Yet he calls SMU and Indiana "frauds" while giving Tennessee a pass. pic.twitter.com/28yju7ZgCl— Josh Graham (@JoshGrahamShow) December 23, 2024
This right here. This is the ESPN spin in full force. Tennessee is excused because they deserved to be there for reasons that you're just expected to know and SMU and Indiana are "frauds" because they didn't for reasons you're just expected to know.
ESPN isn't even trying to hide the manipulation anymore. They're not even trying to pretend they're not in bed with the SEC. Its blatant, its out in the open, and they're flaunting it for us all to watch in real time.
"having DC experience" immediately qualified everyone on TKP........................................................................
Unless him and Pry are *that* close, UT to VT would be a downgrade in just about every discernable category.
Yeah, I guess disregard my question - I didn't look into his history enough and didn't realize he has DC experience..
My bad - didn't look far enough into his past roles, didn't catch that he has some lower level DC history.
Changes my perspective
He's not a first time Defensive Coordinator. Tons more experience than Marve
Has lot of Co-DC @ B1G programs on his resume and a couple years as DC @ UConn
UVA (2003 - 2013): RBs , DB's, ST, Safeties
Connecticut (2014–2016): Defensive coordinator & safeties coach
Purdue (2017–2020): Co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach
Penn State (2021–present): Co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach
Yep- if you follow ESPN's logic, Bama gets in because the have 3 great wins.. even if they went 3-9. losses don't matter.
"Hiring Poindexter as DC will be hiring another experimental first-time coordinator"- the definition of insanity
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# | actual football peeps: ...should Pry try to find a Pry.sys gap-spill-fill systemic fit? On offensive line, go get Jake Grove and Sergio Render to coach the line. Can you imagine the nasty streak any guys learning from them would have?
ESPN has somehow gaslit a major portion of their audience into thinking that wins and losses don't matter, the only thing that matters is how good we think a team is. That is what this is all built upon. There is controversy because they've spent time and money propping up certain teams and certain conferences and they need to make sure that investment pays.
That's it. That's what this is all about. They will throw any agenda in your face that they can to argue their case on why their chosen teams should get preferential treatment and enough people have sucked down the kool-aid for so long that the mindless masses will fall in line and argue it for them. They don't care who their teams lose to, they don't care what your teams do, they will go out of your way to trash your teams as long as theirs get their way.
With the way ESPN is trying to stack the deck now, I honestly don't think that the 1999 VT team gets a chance to play for the national title if the current discourse existed back then. Assholes like Herbie would be front and center saying how some 2 loss SEC team was more deserving than an undefeated because of their "brutal" SEC conference schedule.
And the worst part is that ESPN has significant pull on the playoff committee. So whatever they push now is going to be the norm in a couple years time.
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# | actual football peeps: ...should Pry try to find a Pry.sys gap-spill-fill systemic fit? Somewhat random, but is Penn State still using the same scheme that Pry used? If so, that would mean they're on their second post-Pry DC and they both either already ran the scheme or adopted to it.
He's kind of been on a similar track as Pry. DC at a lower level (UConn for 3 years), then co-DC for a while at lower P5 program (Purdue), then big P5 program. He's seen how things can and can't be successful at various levels and has familiarity with Pry's system and has connections in VA. To me this is a much lower risk compared to hiring Marve who had never been a DC before besides "defensive run game coordinator" for one season.
Exactly. I mean why play the game? I could care less who is "better". Have some criteria and let teams play it out. If they're right, the winner should be who they think it is. We've watched Bama lose to two 6-6 teams. Give some other teams that have merit or meet certain criteria a chance. If we don't, what's the point in playing the game.
Total agreement
Just saying that the BCS rankings are historically pretty aligned with the committees decisions
I feel a lot better about him than Collins. I don't really have an opinion on Quinn. I wished we would've gotten Dex instead of Marve from the get-go and worked any kinks out these last few years.
I would love this- seriously