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gambetti
| Favorite team: | Georgia  |
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re: They should’ve kept the BCS. Just saying…
Posted by gambetti on 12/8/24 at 10:11 pm to RIPMachoMan
100% correct
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re: There are 12 teams, but only these 5 are legit contenders
Posted by gambetti on 12/8/24 at 6:34 pm to ManBearSharkReb
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They mauled oregons dline
8.4 yards per carry
This is much more a sign of how terrible Oregon's D line is than anything about Penn St
re: The problem is not OOC schedules
Posted by gambetti on 12/8/24 at 6:33 pm to Jeepin_Josh
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I agree....I think SEC got duped.
Lane to his credit has been the only one consistently and openly making this argument.
The system is built to give more leverage to weaker conferences. It's obvious just on a logical level, and this should have been recognized when discussions were starting.
The SEC will have 3-4 at least teams left out each year that are very obviously better than multiple CFP teams, but of course they are not going to put those teams in.
The problem is not OOC schedules
Posted by gambetti on 12/8/24 at 6:19 pm
The problem with this system is simple. There is an inherent contradiction between the CFP system and quality play in the SEC.
The SEC up and down the conference is simply incomparably more challenging than any other conference. This includes our unranked teams (one of our worst teams this year, MSU, lost to a team that now has BYE in the first round by one TD). As college ball changes, every year there will be upsets and close losses in away games that will add up in the conference. It also means that SEC teams will be worn down by the time the playoff comes around while other teams have played soft schedules. But this ultimately makes playing in the SEC more interesting and fun to watch during the season.
The problem is that this is in direct conflict with the interests of the CFP, which has shown that the only thing that matters is wins and losses. All other claims have been shown to be hollow.
Every other conference can create a schedule where the top teams do not play each other. Cupcake schedules are rewarded. You will continue to get teams in that have ZERO good wins, teams that have lost EVERY challenging game.
Indiana, Penn St, SMU, and even Texas have ZERO current top 25 wins. Boise State has one (UNLV!) Indiana, Boise State, PSU, and SMU have lost every single game against a team with a pulse. Many others might have one quality win (ASU). A single quality win should not get you in the playoff, period.
This means that the interests of having a good SEC and the CFP are in direct conflict. As this totally flawed system increases its influence, there will be more incentive to weaken conference play. You can see this even in the commentary in the last 4-5 weeks of the season, where you cannot watch a game for more than 10 mins without some stupid remark or graphic from commentators about what this "might mean" for CFP rankings. The games just become functions of that discourse.
It also means that all other bowl games become meaningless.
It's not sustainable and it's not good for football. I genuinely have no interest spending my free time watching teams with zero quality wins play each other in a bracket. The BCS was better (would be perfect this year - let UGA beat the shite out of Oregon for a title) and let the rest play meaningful bowls.
The SEC up and down the conference is simply incomparably more challenging than any other conference. This includes our unranked teams (one of our worst teams this year, MSU, lost to a team that now has BYE in the first round by one TD). As college ball changes, every year there will be upsets and close losses in away games that will add up in the conference. It also means that SEC teams will be worn down by the time the playoff comes around while other teams have played soft schedules. But this ultimately makes playing in the SEC more interesting and fun to watch during the season.
The problem is that this is in direct conflict with the interests of the CFP, which has shown that the only thing that matters is wins and losses. All other claims have been shown to be hollow.
Every other conference can create a schedule where the top teams do not play each other. Cupcake schedules are rewarded. You will continue to get teams in that have ZERO good wins, teams that have lost EVERY challenging game.
Indiana, Penn St, SMU, and even Texas have ZERO current top 25 wins. Boise State has one (UNLV!) Indiana, Boise State, PSU, and SMU have lost every single game against a team with a pulse. Many others might have one quality win (ASU). A single quality win should not get you in the playoff, period.
This means that the interests of having a good SEC and the CFP are in direct conflict. As this totally flawed system increases its influence, there will be more incentive to weaken conference play. You can see this even in the commentary in the last 4-5 weeks of the season, where you cannot watch a game for more than 10 mins without some stupid remark or graphic from commentators about what this "might mean" for CFP rankings. The games just become functions of that discourse.
It also means that all other bowl games become meaningless.
It's not sustainable and it's not good for football. I genuinely have no interest spending my free time watching teams with zero quality wins play each other in a bracket. The BCS was better (would be perfect this year - let UGA beat the shite out of Oregon for a title) and let the rest play meaningful bowls.
re: I'm still not convinced that the Bama 4th down was a bad play call.
Posted by gambetti on 1/3/24 at 10:29 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
It was bad execution, but I still think you have to try to get the ball to one of your playmakers in space and make them run down field to stop you. If they do that, hat’s off to them for making the play to win. They didn’t get a new look on this play and didn’t have to do much to stop it.
re: Georgia 63 @ Florida State 3 Final - ESPN - Orange Bowl
Posted by gambetti on 12/30/23 at 6:34 pm to Frac the world
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Well this has been the most expected thing ever Hope this ends up 70-3
Almost
re: Georgia 63 @ Florida State 3 Final - ESPN - Orange Bowl
Posted by gambetti on 12/30/23 at 3:50 pm to wertheimer
FSU made another ‘business decision’ on that TD by getting absolutely blown off the ball…
Lane will want to win w style I think they go for the dagger here
re: Ole Miss 38 @ Penn State 25 Final - ESPN
Posted by gambetti on 12/30/23 at 2:10 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
They’ve been so in the tank for Penn St it’s embarrassing.
Penn State’s entire offensive production has been through goofy screen passes eventually you have to make adjustments to stop that
Is the Vandy Fem Kicker Reverse Poop Swastika 2.0?
Posted by gambetti on 12/2/20 at 12:49 pm
It doesn't give me any joy to see an SEC football program that is this bad. But it seems like there are some things coming out about the recent female kicker human interest publicity stunt that might seriously turn away recruits and put Vandy in an even more difficult position in terms of long-term rebuilding. If you're a Vandy-level player, why would you go to that clown show instead of, say, Memphis, Ga Southern, even Tech.
At the end of the day, I believe society should strive to be as equal as reasonably possible, even if that means giving people a leg up with opportunities when they are actually oppressed. But this was just a joke, some white chick soccer player probably from some middle class suburb. I think a lot of SEC football players who actually come from disadvantaged backgrounds probably found this absurd display seriously off-putting.
At the end of the day, I believe society should strive to be as equal as reasonably possible, even if that means giving people a leg up with opportunities when they are actually oppressed. But this was just a joke, some white chick soccer player probably from some middle class suburb. I think a lot of SEC football players who actually come from disadvantaged backgrounds probably found this absurd display seriously off-putting.
re: Arkansas is dangerous
Posted by gambetti on 10/17/20 at 6:15 pm to rebelrouser
I don’t think it would have mattered much but it is insane that Plumlee never played
That was the catch of the year so far
Arkansas is dangerous
Posted by gambetti on 10/17/20 at 6:11 pm
Good defense, good coaching, good players in the trenches and an experienced QB. Could be a great year. Congrats for the home win.
This board is insufferable now
Posted by gambetti on 8/29/20 at 12:59 pm
used to be a decent place to waste time and talk ball. now it's just a bunch of politics and snowflakes whining and vapid complaining.
It will only get worse as the season begins.
It will only get worse as the season begins.
re: Whats really stopping South Carolina from Being Good in Football?
Posted by gambetti on 8/28/20 at 4:40 pm to HalfCocked
I mean, it's recruiting mostly. South Carolina has had some good teams and you've won some big games hitting above your weight level. But it's going to be hard to get to that next level until Clemson comes back down to earth. It will happen eventually.
you're a snowflake.
what's all the riot gear for that your hard earned money has paid for?
what's all the riot gear for that your hard earned money has paid for?
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Where did your threads go ?
Lol this entire board is a safe space for right wing groupthink. It's a fish bowl built on complaining to the manager like a triggered snowflake and censoring out anything that doesn't conform to the cult. You think that's surprising to me lol
re: When does the nation start talking about solutions?
Posted by gambetti on 8/28/20 at 4:26 pm to LSUFanHouston
You're trying to have an actual political conversation on this board, which is populated almost strictly by psychotics whose entire mental energies are put toward evading basic facts about reality?
Don't waste your time. The only thing to do on here is shitpost.
Don't waste your time. The only thing to do on here is shitpost.
You live in an alternate reality lol
re: Is it better for America to have Biden or Trump win?
Posted by gambetti on 8/28/20 at 3:44 pm to HughsWorkPhone
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Incredible before a bio weapon was released in an election year to be honest
lollllll. OK. so even if it was a 'bioweapon' and you're not just completely insane. That doesn't change that every other country solved the problem while we didn't.
you guys are completely psychotic lol
this is why everyone in the world laughs at Americans.
re: Is it better for America to have Biden or Trump win?
Posted by gambetti on 8/28/20 at 3:32 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
Well, Trump is already president. He already has the most powerful position in the world.
How are things going right now?
200k dead because of a pandemic every other advanced country has successfully stopped. They have been partying and enjoying summer in every European country. In China they have giant pool parties. What do we get? A giant recession. Hurricanes and raging fires from climate change. Record unemployment. Massive healthcare crisis. Mass incarceration. Riots in the streets of every major American city.
Isn't that the irony of the entire psychotic right wing worldview? The world is going to hell. If only Trump were president, he'd solve these problems...oh wait lol
How are things going right now?
200k dead because of a pandemic every other advanced country has successfully stopped. They have been partying and enjoying summer in every European country. In China they have giant pool parties. What do we get? A giant recession. Hurricanes and raging fires from climate change. Record unemployment. Massive healthcare crisis. Mass incarceration. Riots in the streets of every major American city.
Isn't that the irony of the entire psychotic right wing worldview? The world is going to hell. If only Trump were president, he'd solve these problems...oh wait lol
re: Republicans have the opportunity to destroy democrats for a generation
Posted by gambetti on 8/28/20 at 1:39 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Tldr;
You don't look at a lot of political polls do you smart guy? Oh, that's right. Your entire worldview is built around completely ignoring reality at all costs.
Not Biden, but BERNIE SANDERS won super majorities of voters under 45 in basically every state, across ever demographic group. Whites, blacks, hispanics. Young people don't want to live the rest of their life in a failed state run by total crooks and reality TV stars and Evangelical freaks.
You don't look at a lot of political polls do you smart guy? Oh, that's right. Your entire worldview is built around completely ignoring reality at all costs.
Not Biden, but BERNIE SANDERS won super majorities of voters under 45 in basically every state, across ever demographic group. Whites, blacks, hispanics. Young people don't want to live the rest of their life in a failed state run by total crooks and reality TV stars and Evangelical freaks.
Good for you you fricking baby. Jump on board with all the other reactionary retard infants who pay a bunch of money for stuff to trash it just to own the libs...over what? Some empty gesture a corporate PR team put together that is literally meaningless? God you're a giant pussy
Honestly, what the f are you even talking about? Get off the weirdo comment boards or talk radio or wherever you are getting this trash.
Yeah bro I'm on board. Only 20% of the attendees with no "natural immunity" will get seriously ill. I like those odds, especially for the really important reason of owning the Big 10 with maskless crowds...
I know 20% of your pathetic stadium down in that hellhole state of yours isn't a lot, but maybe you should think about the math behind your idiocy before you post it. Also I don't think you understand how immunity works. I'm shocked at the medical degrees that are coming out lately on this board.
I know 20% of your pathetic stadium down in that hellhole state of yours isn't a lot, but maybe you should think about the math behind your idiocy before you post it. Also I don't think you understand how immunity works. I'm shocked at the medical degrees that are coming out lately on this board.
Look at this science b*tch with his little chart.
Over under downvotes I'm going for 100
I just gotta get this off my chest
Posted by gambetti on 8/10/20 at 4:19 pm
ENOUGH!
I hate Trevor Lawrence because he looks like a woman with a learning disorder, but HE IS RIGHT! THE REAL ATHLETES NEED TO PLAY! THEy WANT TO PLAY!
I know what a lot of the sissy libs are saying. Sure, if you wanted to have a football season, maybe you shoulda started getting the virus under control 6 months ago when every other major industrialized country managed to. Sure, maybe you shoulda mandated masks or considered vulnerable old people a bit more. Sure, if this was Europe or basically every country in Asia, we’d be going to the beach, playing sports, drinking beer and enjoying bars and large gatherings, and the virus would barely be spreading. Sure, even compared to a bunch of third world countries with barely functional government we’ve still managed to frick this up with incompetence and corruption.
FAKE NEWS!!! We are BRAVER than that! And SMARTER! We had our great man in the WH, and he protected us with HdryoCholoriquine and bleach and golf!!
We wanted to ignore the virus, pretend lockdown for a few weeks, and then create a year-long crisis instead so we can keep going to Applebees!!! And that’s our god given right in this free country and that’s what DADDY WANTED!
Oh?? We wanted to have record breaking spread every month because we played down the seriousness??! DYING IS FAKE NEWS! FORGET the MASS GRAVES! It’s MEDIA HOAX! It’s just like HAVING A COLD! MSNBC is spreading the virus form PLANES! The Lung Transplant stories are HYSTERIA!
I’ll be DAMNED if I’ll be inconvenienced even ONE IOTA for Mammy and Pappy or Linda down the street with Asthma!!! SCREW Linda! SCREW MAMMY and PAPPY!
Now, after we have ignored it for so long, pretended its not real, and generally refused to take the most basic measures, you expect us to quit!! Right before football season!! RIGHT WHEN OUR FIGHT AGAINST REALITY MATTERS MOST??? HECK NO!
SCREW THAT!!! Do they think our minds are full of ideas! WE NEED TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH 19 year olds getting brain damage!!! Do they think we have a strong enough identity and sense of self that we can survive without college sports???!!! What do they expect us to do to stave off the realization that our lives are meaningless!!! Watch TENNIS!?
We can’t even remember what happened last week! What do they expect us to do, entertain ourselves with fricken BOOKS and MEMORIES like some FRENCH DANDY BOY?? Oh, why don’t you learn a new language or start a new hobby or get into shape. SCREW THAT!
LETS PLAY! LETS WATCH THEM PLAY I MEAN!
Lets do this! Spread on social media if you’re a REAL PATRIOT! America hangs in the balance! No Football No AMERICA!
#WeWantToPlay #LetThemPlay
#IgnoreForAFewMoreMonths
#WeWantToDrinkBeerOnSaturdayAndWatchFootballOnTV
I hate Trevor Lawrence because he looks like a woman with a learning disorder, but HE IS RIGHT! THE REAL ATHLETES NEED TO PLAY! THEy WANT TO PLAY!
I know what a lot of the sissy libs are saying. Sure, if you wanted to have a football season, maybe you shoulda started getting the virus under control 6 months ago when every other major industrialized country managed to. Sure, maybe you shoulda mandated masks or considered vulnerable old people a bit more. Sure, if this was Europe or basically every country in Asia, we’d be going to the beach, playing sports, drinking beer and enjoying bars and large gatherings, and the virus would barely be spreading. Sure, even compared to a bunch of third world countries with barely functional government we’ve still managed to frick this up with incompetence and corruption.
FAKE NEWS!!! We are BRAVER than that! And SMARTER! We had our great man in the WH, and he protected us with HdryoCholoriquine and bleach and golf!!
We wanted to ignore the virus, pretend lockdown for a few weeks, and then create a year-long crisis instead so we can keep going to Applebees!!! And that’s our god given right in this free country and that’s what DADDY WANTED!
Oh?? We wanted to have record breaking spread every month because we played down the seriousness??! DYING IS FAKE NEWS! FORGET the MASS GRAVES! It’s MEDIA HOAX! It’s just like HAVING A COLD! MSNBC is spreading the virus form PLANES! The Lung Transplant stories are HYSTERIA!
I’ll be DAMNED if I’ll be inconvenienced even ONE IOTA for Mammy and Pappy or Linda down the street with Asthma!!! SCREW Linda! SCREW MAMMY and PAPPY!
Now, after we have ignored it for so long, pretended its not real, and generally refused to take the most basic measures, you expect us to quit!! Right before football season!! RIGHT WHEN OUR FIGHT AGAINST REALITY MATTERS MOST??? HECK NO!
SCREW THAT!!! Do they think our minds are full of ideas! WE NEED TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH 19 year olds getting brain damage!!! Do they think we have a strong enough identity and sense of self that we can survive without college sports???!!! What do they expect us to do to stave off the realization that our lives are meaningless!!! Watch TENNIS!?
We can’t even remember what happened last week! What do they expect us to do, entertain ourselves with fricken BOOKS and MEMORIES like some FRENCH DANDY BOY?? Oh, why don’t you learn a new language or start a new hobby or get into shape. SCREW THAT!
LETS PLAY! LETS WATCH THEM PLAY I MEAN!
Lets do this! Spread on social media if you’re a REAL PATRIOT! America hangs in the balance! No Football No AMERICA!
#WeWantToPlay #LetThemPlay
#IgnoreForAFewMoreMonths
#WeWantToDrinkBeerOnSaturdayAndWatchFootballOnTV
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I have been following these stupid mask guidelines for months but if college football is cancelled I am not wearing them anymore. #NoFootballNoMask
I mma die and kill muh family and frens to own the libs!
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