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He had to be absolutely spent, but the video of him in the headphones was him giving a post game interview with Scott Van Pelt. How many players would have done with the class this man did? I had watched the guy play before, but was very impressed with his game. Especially considering he was inbounding the ball that was stolen and changed the game in KU's favor.

Both OU and KU look like complete teams that will be tough to beat.

We lead all of them late in the 4th.

If only the games were 45 minutes long! You trailed all of them when the game was over though, which is what really matters. So basically, you had a hard time closing. Good, but not good enough.

To be fair Florida won 10 games, but yea, they are awful. The coaches had a hand in that too. Arkansas just beat us, not much to say about that. We lost 4 games to 3 top 10 teams, and 2 playoff teams by a total of 17 points. We lead all of them late in the 4th.

He's on IR, out for the year.

My wife and I went to the Orange Bowl game VT against Kansas. It was on the coldest day of the winter in FL that year - it was 20 degrees in Miami while tailgating before the game!
The Kansas fans there were some of the nicest opponent fan bases we have gone against, ever. It was a chilly, but really great experience with VT fans and them before and after the game that weekend.

I think in Fuente's system we give this guy a shot at QB first. May not be a likely QB at this level but if they kid can run the offense better than the next guy, I'm all in.

Whether RB or receiver would love to have him and use him in the Wild Turkey since he can throw. Any of those receivers also available?

I think your overestimating the simplicity of the situation for the Sugar Bowl...

They don't need to take a financial loss. The Sugar Bowl will make money whether it's held on Jan 1 or any other reasonable day.

But how much money? Remember that Sugar bowl decided to play on 1/1, every year in 2012 - contract was written then. Consider the following potential situations:

• Scenario 1: Sugar bowl determines they can make $100 million if played on 1/1, but has also determines they can make $90 million if played on 1/2 - why should they take a loss if they think it could happen?
• Scenario 2: Sugar bowl determines they can make $100 million if played on 1/1, and would likely have the same viewership (and same add revenue) on 1/2 - However, if they change the date, they are breaching existing contracts , and have to take a loss to cover legal fees.

  Example: For whatever reason - Allstate (Sugar bowl's main sponsor) has agreed to sponsor a new years day game, their CEO is a little nuts, and dammit, he says "We're going to sponsor a New Year's Day Sugar Bowl no matter what!" Allstate has given a lot of money, all based on this New Year's Day contract - if you cancel that, you're getting sued

They've done it in the past. If the NCAA wanted to, they could tell the SuperDome (or whoever the current contract is with) that they need to accommodate the NCAA's scheduling needs or be left out of the playoff. I'm sure they'd be surprisingly accommodating with such an ultimatum.

It's not that simple. As I explained above, there's a spider web of contracts in place (many of which were already in place before the CFP made their decision). You can't just break a contract in America - there's costs: in legal fees, PR fees, settlements, loss of future business due to product devaluation, and loss of future business due to loss of trust from potential business partners.

This isn't a 5 person family, where one parent can skip a kid's soccer game for logistical reasons, and it's okay - because whatever that parent did benefits the family. This is 5 separate entities each trying to maximize their own utility. And (at a corporate level) that's the difference between the NFL business model, and the CFB business model.

The bottom line is - the CFP was the last of these 'entities' to sign a contract. CFP knew exactly what options were available, and had time to analyze their decision and determine how their decision would affect the viewer. They decided to make a 'new tradition', and right now it's looking like a bad decision. Hancock's right - they should take time to further analyze the numbers, and if this is the best situation for them, then they should do that. But from my understanding of when things were agreed to, and what ESPN was willing to do, the main cause for viewer displeasure lies with the CFP. If they have decided this is the best decision for them - that's fine, but I for one will not spend my New Year's Eve watching more than a quarter of any night game that does not feature VT.

Even when a UVA fan punches a tv as hard as they possibly can, it's still considered "gently used"

I think I'd deal with an old conference room too if I was head coach and got all expenses paid at Blacksburg Country Club and two vehicles.

Giving up 17 point leads are not the sign of a really good team, regardless of whether or not a coach "stops trying", which I am not sure is necessarily true.

Just stopped off at The Sabre for a moment. There are plenty of Hoo tears flowing.