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Enki_Amenra said:
I wonder how they'll deal with the fallout of punishing a team for playing in a conference title game if they drop them all the way out? They'll probably just give a generic answer and mostly ignore people, liked normal.
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That’s exactly what they’ll do, but the ramifications of it will have consequences either way. If teams are shown it’s better to not play in a conference title game, they’ll lobby for them to end. Kiffin has already flirted with that idea.

There’s so much money made from them, however, that it’ll never happen. They’ll have to figure out a way to make them worth playing, but I’m not sure how you do that.

Every idea I’ve heard is similar to home field advantage to whichever league wins the all star game in the World Series. Really stupid, and ultimately ineffective
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
I wonder how they'll deal with the fallout of punishing a team for playing in a conference title game if they drop them all the way out? They'll probably just give a generic answer and mostly ignore people, liked normal.
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Exactly. Especially if 2 loss Penn state gets to stay in after losing theirs. Hard to say Penn state has accomplished that much more than SMU.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
I wonder how they'll deal with the fallout of punishing a team for playing in a conference title game if they drop them all the way out? They'll probably just give a generic answer and mostly ignore people, liked normal.
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Exactly. If there was a clear replacement for SMU, then okay. But there isn’t. It’s not like Bama has 3 close losses to top teams. Two of their losses are to 6-6 teams, one of which was a blowout loss. SMU should be safe regardless but they’re not a big enough brand. The process is corrupted. If SMU does get screwed I hope schools just refuse to play in conference championship games going forward.
 
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SoilVol said:
Obviously big things going on tonight, but something heartwarming:

My daughter gave up her paci today. What makes my heart so full is we told her there was a paci fairy that wanted to give her pacis to a baby that didn't have one and if she was okay with that she could give it to me. This little 2yr old girl, with sadness in her eyes, handed me the paci from her mouth AND her blanket. Of course I gave her blanket back much to her delight.

At naptime today she quietly sobbed until she fell asleep clutching and biting her blanket. When she woke up she was greeted to several presents outside her bedroom from the "paci fairy". Since waking up from her nap she hasnt asked for her paci a single time. She just went to bed without crying or asking for it. Now she's asleep.

Always thought I wouldn't lie to my kids about fairies and such but not only did that work beautifully it showed me more what a beautiful little human heart she has. Dusty man.
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Thanks for sharing...that was beautiful and kudos on what a great father you are. Made my eyes water a bit. I wish I had thought of something like that to get my kids to give up their pacis. It was tough. I too had the viewpoint that I didn't want to lie to my kids about fairies, etc. but you did the right thing and got the benefit of seeing your daughter's naturally beautiful, sweet heart. Truly amazing and brought a tear to my eye. I miss those days but love how cool my kids have become as little mini "grownups".

My son didn't believe in Santa from a very young age because his mother's answers made no sense to him (I didn't really get involved). I will never forget the Christmas when he was 3 and his mom was giving him the "naughty/nice" Santa spiel. He waited for her to leave the room and came crawling up into my lap and whispered "Daddy....Santa's not real is he?"

I asked him what made him think so and he rattled off a list of very well thought out reasons of how it was impossible and how Santa couldn't know whether to give his little 1 year old baby sister presents since "babies can't be naughty or nice, they're just babies". He also couldn't justify that kids in places that don't celebrate Christmas might not get gifts. He was so intelligent and rational and looking to me for truth that I couldn't bring myself to lie to his face with those big blue eyes looking at me with total trust so I just shook my head no and smiled.

Before I could explain his mother's story, he then said quietly, "I knew the presents were from you but don't tell Mommy because she believes in Santa and I don't want her to be sad." Absolutely melted my heart to see his capacity for love and to think of others feelings. Lol, his mom wasn't so happy when he told his sister that Santa wasn't real a couple years later but I doubt she would have believed long. Made me a little sad that they didn't experience the same magic of Christmas that I did but it's different now anyway and FL doesn't have the same feel as the holidays in TN.

Being a father is the best (other than seeing my wife be a mother). Boys are sweet up to a certain age when aggression takes over more but little girls.....man, they are such sweet little angels for much longer. My son is 14 now and is my pride, my buddy and a huge headache when he's being stubborn. But his 12 year old sister is my heart and I love that she is so close to me. She has really gotten into reading fantasy authors this year and she makes me guess every day how many pages she read at at school....usually 75-100. I just gave her Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and that's all she wants to talk about the minute I walk in the door from work. He is her new favorite author....at least until I buy her The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.

I hope your family, especially your daughter, has a magical Christmas and childhood. Protect that angel with your life, my man. I know you will. TL;DR.
 
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jakez4ut said:
They need to be in position to win imo. This whole game, Clemson has looked way better. Like they're playing a really good AAC team.
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I wouldn’t say Clemson has looked “way better”. They’ve controlled it, but SMU has had dudes running wide open a lot. But I tend to agree. Have the ball at the end with a chance to win but come up a little short and they should be safe.
 
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James Franklin might've coached at Vandy but the smarts didn't exactly rub off into his shiny bald head.
 
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