Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Who we pulling for in the early games today?

I gotta pull for Texas, only because I do NOT want Clemson and Dabo (and all the folks at work) to get rewarded for being a 3 loss mediocre team that got lucky to fall backward into their title game and win a trash league (below the MWC and Little12 champs )

I'll go with SMU over PSU. Get a more talented team out of here, that helps.

SMU is talented, they look much faster and athletic all over the field..but they are a freaking disaster waiting to happen on offense thanks to their QB.

 

[csprig9]

I think the case for a 16-team playoff looks pretty weak right now

With big conferences it definitely does

Not gonna happen but shrink the total teams in conferences and you would have a stronger playoff

 

[Enki_Amenra]

i hope vols blank osu, plant the flag, and smokey chews up that ugly buckeye character.

I hope the UT players hear how the Tennessee fans who came to support them are being treated and take it out on OSU.

 

[tnvols72]

The funny part is, Penn State is not very good either.

 

[rikberry31]

I take everything I have said back, Indiana isn't the worst team in the playoffs. Really it's the first time I have watched SMU, saw a little vs. Clemsuck. Jumped up jigidy Judas Priest SMU sucks. I am so sorry yall that I said that there were going to be horrible first round games and two horrible semis. I had no freaking idea how bad it was going to be.
If you are going to defend these garbage teams being the best and deserving to be in the playoffs, save me the trouble of coming over there. Take your belt off, drop your britches, and beat your own azz.

 

[csprig9]

Evidently, they targeted TN cars at hotels last night and broke their door glass out. Hit several hotels.

What happened
I might have someone on ignore your replying to

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Ryan Day thinks Clausen never beat Flarda.

 

[crawdaddyjc]

i dislike kirk so much.
not making a pick is a cop-out because he is too scared to say what he thinks.

he is afraid of volnation lol!

 

[Jimmy Football]

“Uh, why couldn’t we have gotten the six-seed?”

- Oregon

 

[BJHSVol]

The biggest issue with CFB is each commissioner having their own personal fiefdoms and not being able to come together for the good of the sport. The ideal situation would be to go back to 5 regional conferences but force more major OOC games so each season we would actually have a better idea of how teams from different conferences compare. But instead we let people like Greg Sankey and Tony Pettiti be the private equity version of CFB and chase short term dollars and personal power versus long term sustainability and keeping what makes CFB special.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

Evidently, they targeted TN cars at hotels last night and broke their door glass out. Hit several hotels.

 

[csprig9]

i dislike kirk so much.
not making a pick is a cop-out because he is too scared to say what he thinks.

he is afraid of volnation lol!
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Lol
He is afraid but he’s calling the game tonight so he didn’t pick

 

[marcusluvsvols]

12 is fine. Just stop the auto byes. It would be great if they just ranked the top12 and seeded them by their ranking. Screw the conference title games auto bids & byes

This is the way. Will be better next year. With next years rules, as a #6 team we would be at home in Neyland vs what the #11 team? Who is that SMU? Blowout playing backups in the 2nd half

 

[UTvol1fn]

i dislike kirk so much.
not making a pick is a cop-out because he is too scared to say what he thinks.

he is afraid of volnation lol!
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He's calling the game. He never makes a pick when calling a game from the booth.

 

[rikberry31]

Simple question for you...if Indiana played UFs schedule, what do you honestly think their record would be?

They might win a non-con or two, I say 2-10.

 

[vols4lfe]

i dislike kirk so much.
not making a pick is a cop-out because he is too scared to say what he thinks.

he is afraid of volnation lol!
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Pretty sure he can't because he is calling the game this evening. That said, not hard to guess who he would have picked.

 

[crawdaddyjc]

exactly. i still hate him.

i know he is announcer tonight, but you can still make a pick and call the game without bias.

 

[hjeagle1vol]

Dabo needed a miracle FG to beat the stanges…
Sark bout to take his lunch money

 

[JCP201]

They are going to have to fix the seeding in these playoffs. This is bad.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Ryan Day thinks Clausen never beat Flarda.

Ryan Days name in his Spanish class was "Butthole Bandito".

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Exactly. Their success does NOT help us. Eff perception if they suck, their great success literally hurts us in very direct ways.

Seeing all the SEC love out of nowhere last night was sad. Hopefully just the dark liquor talking.

Don't be obtuse...it's not "SEC love"...it's the fact that we are in the SEC, so it's self preservation that is the ubderlying feeling. At some point we are going to go 9-3 because the SEC is a minefield...and this stupid is going to hurt US.

Sure it's a ton of fun to think of SC, Bama and Ole Piss fans sitting there crying and pissed off...it's not so fun when you KNOW that will be us at some point thanks to the pure brutality of playing in the SEC getting disrespected.


There are no truly easy games...with even Vandy playing better...literally anybody in the SEC can beat you on a given day. NFL talent is on every freaking team.

 

[dmwvol12]

Simple question for you...if Indiana played UFs schedule, what do you honestly think their record would be?

I don’t think Indiana is a good team and never ever thought they were a legitimate contender. I just think under the current system they deserved a chance to prove it on the field. I am not a fan of the eye test and bias of assuming the same teams with the best recruiting rankings should be in the playoffs. Everyone has bitched all year about favoring the same teams and now everyone is arguing that’s what we should do. I just don’t see any team that didn’t get in the playoffs that had a better Resume or legitimately deserved a chance. I see a bunch of teams that could have gotten drilled by Notre Dame on the road because they actually did get drilled in actual games by teams that are worse. Too answer the question I believe Indiana is 6-6 or 7-5 with Floridas schedule. For the record I think they could beat SMU.

 

[Hammer85]

SMU's coach looks like Al Bundy

 

[MEDVOL]

Sorry, cleaned it up.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

This game is another sleeper.It’s nap time..See you all later.