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One first down off an iffy PI call and -1 yard in the first quarter for GT. Forget the triple option...Clemson is giving GT ZERO options with the football.

I feel like Gronk will be the main target for Jacoby tonight, but Witten plays a bad bears defense. I'd go with Gronk.

If you want a good thermos, just get a stainless steel double wall growler.
They hold a half gallon, are relatively inexpensive at about $30-$40, unbreakable and keep the liquid temp excellently.

Are we talking Cockney, Liverpudlian, Geordy, upper crust, Dick Van Dyke's murdered Cockney, Wiltshire, Brummie, South Wales (be still my heart)...what kind of accent were you mocking in? It's going to drive how I judge you.

When Scottie Montgomery heard they were playing DBU, he started watching film of Florida.

Didn't Massey say his system doesn't really mean much until later in the season?

From his FAQ:

The BCS compliant ratings do not use preseason information, so everyone starts at zero. A team's rating may look funny or fluctuate wildly until there is enough evidence to get a more precise measurement of the team's strength. As games are played, the computer gradually 'learns' and the cream rises to the top.
For the main version, preseason ratings compensate for the lack of data early in a given season. They give the computer a realistic starting point from which to evaluate teams that have played zero or few games. This limits dramatic changes that could be caused by isolated results not buffered by the context of other games.

The effect of the preseason ratings gradually diminishes each week. When every team has played a sufficient number of games to be accurately evalulated based on this year alone, the preseason bias will be phased out.

Preseason ratings are based on an extrapolation recent years' results, tuned to fit historical trends and regression to the mean. A team's future performance is expected to be consistent with the strength of the program, but sometimes there may be temporary spikes.

Other potentially significant indicators (ex. returning starters, coaching changes, and recruiting) are ignored. Therefore, preseason ratings should not be taken too seriously,

I wouldn't mind seeing a team photo at the end of the season of all the guys who got to wear #25 in-season... have them all huddled around Frank, for good measure. I'd buy that.

This thread ripped the blinders off of me. I knew it but did not want to admit it about the offensive strategies of the past. Saying that:

You can never do too much good.
You can never take care of yourself enough.
You can never show enough empathy.
You can never score enough points.

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