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Can we lock this please and switch to the new January thread?

He is absolutely a guy I can see succeeding at a bigger program. Idk if it was what we were asking him to do or what but his physical tools never overcame his ability to identify a play or execute

I was just saying that winning a conference championship is pointless. It does nothing to help you in the post season. So what's the point? It's basically an exhibition game.

The issues existed but they are so much worse now with 9 game conference schedules and FCS game counting every year. That has taken away 1-2 games for every team (1 game in the 11 game season era). VT will have one opening for an OOC p4 game each year in the future. And thats if they go that way. There is no way we keep Ole Miss and Wisconsin on our schedule, so good by Wisconsin game.

The ACC has played the most P4 OOC games over the last 5 years than any other conference, the SEC is 2nd. Those will be cut in half as both conferences go to 9 game schedules.

Because Harbaugh's successor was such a fine outstanding citizen....

I agree you can't go back, you have to move forward but to me the only way forward is to fix scheduling. UF never playing an OOC game outside the state for 30 years is an issue. Bama crossing the Mississippi for a game foe the first time in 100 years is an issue. You can't compare schedules. The conferences are too large and have just become an echo chamber.

All of those issues were in place when we still had conferences as small as 8-12 teams. The conferences don't regulate the OOC schedules enough to overcome those issues that you raise. Even in the current landscape where the only requirement is to schedule a P4/P5 team, Florida can just rest on their series with FSU or occasionally add Miami.

We're at a weird point where the conferences are both too large and too small. They're too big to do what they were doing in the 14 teams or fewer era, but not large enough to go all in to standardize anything.

Miami is the lowest at large team and they are in the top 4. They were the last in and there was great argument that ND should have been in their spot.

I recall an argument, but not a great one. Actually, most of the arguments I recall were how the committee screwed up by having ND ranked above Miami for so many weeks prior to the championship games.

ND best them so ND probably would have been top 4 too (maybe not if ranked 9th).

I'm wondering if you left out a word or you're getting the facts mixed up. Notre Dame played Miami during the regular season and lost. Had ND won that game, they would have been a 1 loss team ranked high enough to not worry about their placement in the CFP and Miami would have definitely been left out.

Yeah, it's easy to forget that SEC championship games count for the winner, but don't count against the loser.

And that the ACC championship game counts against the loser, but not for the winner. Miami was correct to avoid it.

The only thing that a conference championship did was allow a 3 loss Bama team in.

If there wasn't an SEC conference game, then a 2-loss Alabama would have made it into the CFP with much less debate about their placement.

In the B1G, both teams in the championship game were ranked high enough that they both knew they were safe going into the CFP. In fact, thanks to the changes to the seeding this year, there wasn't really much at stake. At least if they were using last year's rules, the stakes would have been a first round bye vs a home game.

He has great physical tools and I would have hoped with better coaching he'd be a key part of the defense.

Yeah, the idea they were being penalized for playing in the CCG was baloney.

They gave themselves an additional opportunity by getting to the CCG. Then they blew it.

UGA also had to play in the CCG- they also were not penalized for playing the extra game.

Any argument that you're not allowed to use the data provided should be met with furrowed brows and chesty harrumphs.

Isaiah Dawson, WR/KR 5'8 slot guy, Richmond planning an OV after an offer. This feels like a Kick Returner offer although he had 42 receptions for 575 and 5 TDs last season.

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