NCAA Week 7 Aftermath: I came around the corner and I could not believe my eyes!

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General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Georgia is still 100% in the playoff if they win out

That�s a significant if

# ¿ Oct 12, 2019 22:43

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 09:08

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Proud Christian Mom posted:

The Texas offense, despite having some pretty big receivers, nearly refuses to throw passes between 0 and 20 yards past the line of scrimmage. Also, our secondary has no idea how to tackle.

Oklahoma is going to be destroyed in the playoffs.

Is there any possibility that this is an Ehlinger issue rather than a scheme issue?

# ¿ Oct 12, 2019 22:53

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Tech�s defense looks gassed

# ¿ Oct 12, 2019 23:56

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Qwijib0 posted:

bold strategy, posting your hot take at halftime, down only 4

I�m usually against snap judgements, but he seems to have a pretty strong body of evidence in this case

# ¿ Oct 13, 2019 05:57

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Bird in a Blender posted:

I'd rather ISU not be ranked. We have a history of falling on our face when ranked. Although if they beat Texas Tech this week, they should move into the rankings.

Not that these carry a lot of weight, but ESPN has ISU favored in every game except for OU. Even OU they're giving ISU a roughly 20% chance to win it. I absolutely know for certain that ISU will somehow tie Baylor for 2nd place in the Big 12 and miss out on the championship game.

Baylor/Texas/ISU three-way tie for second is a fun scenario. Is the convoluted point margin thing still the tiebreaker?

# ¿ Oct 14, 2019 21:06

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Komet posted:

Questions:

How long can the Big Ten continue with its current conference alignment? Maybe Minnesota will surprise Wisconsin and win the west (doubt it), but there's no real competition in the west.

The east has the best team in the league in Ohio State, then Penn State and Michigan (we'll see who #2 is after Saturday), and a Michigan State team that has real problems this year, but has been great in the recent past. Then they also have two dogshit teams in Maryland and Rutgers. Something has to give soon in order for the divisions to remain competitive and engaging. I think the Big Ten expected Nebraska to turn the corner by now, but they haven't. Will they ever?

I still think Maryland has upside in football (don't know about Locksley long term) and is competitive in other sports, and there's still significant revenue in the DMV for the Maryland fanbase. However, it's hard to see Rutgers as anything other than a routine 0-9 doormat. Indiana was bad for a long time and other teams like Illinois and Purdue have had some bad stints in recent years, but Rutgers has no history in the conference and they don't have much of a fanbase. How long can the Big Ten continue with this Rutgers charade? I'd trade Rutgers for WVU in a heart beat. Or VT. But I think WVU would gladly leave the Big XII to play more regional games.

I guess you could swap the two Michigan schools for Illinois and Northwestern and even things out a bit, but imbalance is just kind of inherent to the divisional structure.

Honestly, I don't think they're even that bad this year. The West certainly isn't has comparatively weak as the worst years for the Big 12 North or SEC East. Iowa is the second or third best team in the West and took the second and third best teams in the East to the wire in back to back weeks.

Edit: If you do want to tinker, I think this one could have reasonable year-to-year balance, as well as maintaining some geographic coherence

General Dog fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Oct 15, 2019

# ¿ Oct 15, 2019 18:47

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Is this the first week of Wednesday Fun Belt?

edit: no

# ¿ Oct 16, 2019 21:32

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

R.D. Mangles posted:

Ohio State/Northwestern has been moved to BTN due to Northwestern

Too explicit for standard cable

# ¿ Oct 16, 2019 21:40

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Who is ~they~ again? Those dastardly... coaches?*

_{*coaches' personal assistants}

# ¿ Oct 18, 2019 19:20

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Good luck getting your nut

# ¿ Oct 18, 2019 20:56

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 09:08

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Cnidario posted:

I have a strong suspicion that A&M is going to lose to Ole Miss tomorrow

Dadgummit

Offense showed some signs of life against Bama. It�s not outside the realm of possibility, but I think we�ll be okay.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2019 22:26

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