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General Dog posted:Why would this of all things be the last straw Because having Texas in the conference and not being able to play them every year would destroy the entire purpose of caring about college sports Like I do want to win championships obviously but what good is this sport at all without rivalries. Other sports have titles. None of them have rivalries like college sports.
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kayakyakr posted:9 game conference schedule became a thing when there were 10 team conferences. It was also really good for the 12 team conferences where you play everyone from the other division over 4 years. Obviously I want us to play OM every year. That one can't go anywhere. But man I'd still hate to lose our annual game against LSU (although they may feel differently lol), and our original "forced rivalry" with UK has actually gotten pretty fun in the last decade or so. The only thing that gives me the slightest pause about 9/3 is that we'll probably get stuck still getting annihilated by Bama every year. And that's not even touching on the other SEC rivalries I love to see every year. The Iron Bowl stays without question, but that would drop Bama/Tenn and AU/UGA. No thanks. I know it'll probably be worse for our record, but I'd much get beat in that 9th SEC game each year than watch us get pantsed by South Alabama or Maine instead.
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Speaking of rivals, reminder LSU is still too scared to play Tulane despite owing them a game in NOLA. Imagine rooting for a school too scared to play Tulane.
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Maxwells Demon posted:I hope this forum has answered why non-SEC conferences think the SEC staying at 8 conference games is stupid. You've certainly answered why the other conferences should think the SEC is being pissy about it. I don't mind at all if the SEC adopts a nine-game schedule, and in fact think it will. I assume the conference is currently playing hardball because the Big Ten just inked the biggest media rights deal college sports has seen by far, and the SEC wants to leverage itself for a payday like that, too.
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dirty shrimp money posted:I guess we can't make fun of Arizona State being a dummy school anymore. I will never, ever, stop.
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There's nothing that says SEC teams have to schedule those cupcakes later on. Mizzou still schedules them real early in the season, for example
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Delaware @ Penn State is Peacock only, what the gently caress Even worse, Washington-Michigan State week 3 is also on Peacock https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1664346509612294144?t=_eexyjtMAiq4r91J8HkO9g&s=19 Komet fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Jun 2, 2023 |
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Komet posted:Delaware @ Penn State is Peacock only, what the gently caress It's happening with the NFL too. It's real loving dumb
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Streaming era is going to ruin cfb. It isn’t nearly as easy or quick to switch between streamers as channels.
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IMO, Peacock is the worst service (well maybe it's actually Netflix ironically) and there's no way I'm paying to watch a single game. NBC has other channels they can put the game on if they don't want to put it on NBC network. Maybe I can find a sports bar, but I haven't really gone out to watch a game since 2012 probably
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Komet posted:IMO, Peacock is the worst service (well maybe it's actually Netflix ironically) and there's no way I'm paying to watch a single game. NBC has other channels they can put the game on if they don't want to put it on NBC network. Maybe I can find a sports bar, but I haven't really gone out to watch a game since 2012 probably 
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I have peacock for soccer so the specific peacock situation works out fine for me but it’s definitely a bad precedent.
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Komet posted:Delaware @ Penn State is Peacock only, what the gently caress Yeah, that sounds like one that should only be on public access, shot on an 80s camcorder and right in between Gracie's Knitting Korner and a poorly laid out powerpoint of municipal announcements and events.
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Cthulu Carl posted:Yeah, that sounds like one that should only be on public access, shot on an 80s camcorder and right in between Gracie's Knitting Korner and a poorly laid out powerpoint of municipal announcements and events. Fair enough, but I'd be livid if it was a game with any actual stakes
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Jun 2, 2023 03:31
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thankfully there are many sites that will stream all that poo poo for free. streaming services poo poo is loving terrible for sports
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Yeah I just steal all my TV these days. Though peacock exclusive means we might have to go back to the days of Oklahoma PPV foot streams
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Komet posted:Delaware @ Penn State is Peacock only, what the gently caress Y'all I hate it here.
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Komet posted:Delaware @ Penn State is Peacock only, what the gently caress I believe that this is the first game that isn't on Normal Cable since the 2003 Temple game.
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I wouldn't mind Peacock so much if I didn't have to uninstall and reinstall the app every time I want to use it.
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Someone needs to invent cable again, the excessive fragmentation of streaming services is the most user unfriendly poo poo ever.
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RumbleFish posted:Someone needs to invent cable again, the excessive fragmentation of streaming services is the most user unfriendly poo poo ever. We definitely got Monkey Pawed complaining about cable.
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RumbleFish posted:Someone needs to invent cable again, the excessive fragmentation of streaming services is the most user unfriendly poo poo ever. There are plenty of streaming services available where you can get all the regular channels. They could at least put these games on USA if they want to reserve NBC proper for daytime golf or tennis or whatever on a Saturday afternoon.
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Mike_V posted:There's nothing that says SEC teams have to schedule those cupcakes later on. Mizzou still schedules them real early in the season, for example I think it's less about a cupcake sure win than it is about a buying an extra home game. Nobody has to play a cupcake, but buying a directional school for a game instead of scheduling someone with a pulse that will require a home&home is the difference between 6 and 7 home games a year. That 7th game is a business incentive that makes keeping an OOC home&home cost prohibitive vs a cupcake one throws 400K at. All the other reasons pale in comparison to this. Fans want so see good games so a 9th conference game seems logical to cut a cupcake. Athletic departments don't give a poo poo about us and prioritize $. Until they can make more for a marquee OOC game than TWO cupcakes this is how it will be.
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Traitorous Leopard posted:Obviously I want us to play OM every year. That one can't go anywhere. But man I'd still hate to lose our annual game against LSU (although they may feel differently lol), and our original "forced rivalry" with UK has actually gotten pretty fun in the last decade or so. The only thing that gives me the slightest pause about 9/3 is that we'll probably get stuck still getting annihilated by Bama every year. That's the nice thing about it: if there's a rivalry that's formed between MSU and UK, then by all means have that be an affixed game. You can even go so far as making them a "favored" opponent and have matchups with them weighted to occur more frequently but not exactly yearly. The rivalry between Tech and OSU is only as old as the Big XII is and I'd list that as a keeper.
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kayakyakr posted:That's the nice thing about it: if there's a rivalry that's formed between MSU and UK, then by all means have that be an affixed game. You can even go so far as making them a "favored" opponent and have matchups with them weighted to occur more frequently but not exactly yearly. It's cool that Tech fans (at least, dunno about 'Pokes) view it as a legit rivalry. Obviously it would've really started with the annual games during the Big 12 era, but it looks like Tech and OSU played a good amount even before the Big 12. 50 meetings in total. There in the mid-aughts I really thought OU and Tech would become a thing, I know for several years the game that scared OU fans the most was an away game in Lubbock.
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Judgy Fucker posted:It's cool that Tech fans (at least, dunno about 'Pokes) view it as a legit rivalry. Obviously it would've really started with the annual games during the Big 12 era, but it looks like Tech and OSU played a good amount even before the Big 12. 50 meetings in total. Yeah, they played some during the big 8/SWC days and even before that when Tech was wondering around in the Border conference, but it really didn't start becoming a thing until the mid 'aughts, after I was out of school. There are a lot of "shared" traditions between the two and the origins of each are contested: - guns up (ttu) - orange/raider power (osu/big 8) - masked/spirit rider (ttu) I think it's mutual. Tech vs OU was definitely a thing for a few years there. All through Leach's time, he had a penchant for upsetting OU (or getting absolutely demolished in the most important game of TTU's history). Then there was Baker Mayfield and the Pat Mahomes vs Baker Mayfield game where the teams combined to over a mile of offense. But I don't know that it's really ever risen to true rivalry. Like, I'm not sad to not play OU yearly anymore. Only team that I will feel the loss of in-conference is UT, similar to A&M.
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My grandmother was a Tech grad back in the late '30s or '40s, and I have kin in the Panhandle so I've always been a quiet Tech booster (unless Tech winning stands in the way of OU). Also, seeing as OU and Tech have played annually for well over a quarter century now it's definitely a game I'm sad to see go. I was at the '08 game. Memories 
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I still can't believe the SEC is the conference with the lamest, most draconian field-rushing rules and not the Big 10
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This all goes back to some rear end in a top hat UGA student sucker punching Matt Walsh, right? (Not the creepy right-wing grifter, the mop-headed Florida small forward)
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https://twitter.com/SatDownSouth/status/1665019813729542144?s=20 let's GO
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I can finally watch some good Florida football
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I hope the Les Miles fourth downs are covered.
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Stanley Tucheetos posted:Oh boy that sure is a thumbnail If I've ever seen one. 
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I remember him pulling down a big reception against FSU, roided up and festooned in tattoos. Scary dude and no doubt his swiss cheese brain played a big role in his crimes. Hell of a team, that one. Nowadays we'd be lucky to go 8-4 with future Supermax guys.
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I've always assumed this guy was 10 minutes into a story about his bro and a boat.
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Sash! posted:I've always assumed this guy was 10 minutes into a story about his bro and a boat. My favorite version of this meme that I've seen is him explaining Warhammer 40k to her.
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LeeMajors posted:I can finally watch some good Florida football My cousin is a Florida grad and completely and totally became a Gator after enrolling. It was family Christmas reunion time when Urbz announced his resignation for the health reasons. The cousin almost gave himself a heart attack on the couch. A pretty amusing day, tbh.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:My cousin is a Florida grad and completely and totally became a Gator after enrolling. It was family Christmas reunion time when Urbz announced his resignation for the health reasons. The cousin almost gave himself a heart attack on the couch. Yeah it was pretty clear Meyer was looking for an off ramp at that point, even if he backed out. Then immediately left again. Didn’t take long to gently caress up all that good will. Those teams were incredible though.
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