Cynical

For somebody who thinks it's insanity for SOS to be a major standard, you just used SOS to make your case.

Here's a concept. Why don't the G5 teams band together, and petition the NCAA to create a new football division level just for them? Then, they could do whatever they wanted without interference from the mean ole P5 teams. They could call it the Cupcake Series. And they could play for their own national championship, the Golden Cupcake. And every team gets to make the playoffs, and receive participation trophies, because that's only fair. But back to a more serious side. Why don't the G5 teams petition the NCAA for own division? If the G5 teams had their own division, they would be free of the constraints of the P5 teams. Is that why Auburn lost? And here I thought Gus Malzahn was just a crappy coach. Silly me. Oh, jeez. This old tired argument. Yet, not a peep about UCF playing South Carolina State. Please explain why adding even more crappier teams fixes any problem? You think watching the #1 team slaughter the #16 team would add meaning? Might as well watch the Cheez It bowl. Sure, why not. Question: What are schools like UCF , and their fan base, doing to increase their teams exposure other than feeling entitled that P5 teams should give it to them? I agree. There are to many bowl games. Of course, the irony is, if it wasn't for the "Cheez It" bowls, the G5 teams would have even less exposure.

It's been about 10 years since I last saw a movie on the big screen. I figured I needed to stop spending gobs of money to listen to someone else's phone call and/or hear their film commentary.

It appears to be a battery powered Lego train set. No transformers needed.

1) Where a program will be in 2 years can be part of the debate. Since these agreements are for future games, that future being usually 2-3 years later. That's because the majority of the programs already have the next years schedule set, barring any last minute changes. 2) The argument of "A 2 for 1 when UCF has been the superior team for that past two years and UF will have the right to buy out the game if they choose" is a moot point. Multi-game agreements rarely, if ever, include the up coming season. See point 1 above for why. 3) Buyout clauses in these types of agreements are standard. They exist for both teams. Griping about how UF will have the ability to buy out the contract, is again moot. The agreement will have buy out clause for UCF. Buy outs are pretty common. Example: UCF had an agreement with UF to play games starting in 2006. UF blew out UCF 42-0 in 2006. UCF took the buy out for the 2007 game. 4) " I can give ypu plenty of other arguments but why bother you will confirm your bias each step." Feel free to provide other arguments. All you keep doing is proving your bias. Here's the real reason why UCF doesn't want to play 2-1: "[UCF AD Danny] White has made it clear he would prefer to schedule home-and-home series with Power 5 opponents because the school generates more revenue from a home game than it would from playing a payday game on the road." It's all about the $$$$$.

Pretty much. UCF is pulling the same stunt Boise St did. Look at us! Look at us! We are the shining new object! In the end, they just want the money the exposure gives them. They could care less about "respect" and "fairness".

Newton was a senior JUCO transfer, and played only 1 season when Gustav was the OC for Auburn. In terms of success, he is an outlier. Gus had success with Nick Marshall, but Marshall now plays as a DB in the CFL.

Better coaching. Auburn. ?? The only thing Gustav has shown he can develop is a cold.

UCF is a top 4 cupcake. Probably number 1. Not sure what you are arguing about. Well, the did play South Carolina .......... . . . . . . . . State ... Bulldogs.

Good. I hope Tim Hortons quits. I hear Krispy Kreme will be available in the off season.

I don't thinks Fields and Fromm as it's more Fields and Smart. Not sure if Fields heard more than Kirby actually said, or Kirby said more than he should when Fields was recruited.

4-5 years ago, the P5 teams had the NCAA by the nut sack, threatening to pull out unless it coughed up some exceptions. At the very least, the P5 should have demanded a new upper division for the P5 teams only, in order to stay in the NCAA.

For the uniqueness of it, or do you honestly think it would provide an advantage (game in December vs Southern team)?

And will not solve a damn thing. It will only escalate the whining by the G5 crowd. A P5 non-conference team making it over a G5 conference champion combined with even more blowouts will have the same idiots crying about expanding the playoffs even more. Because fixing the problem adding by even more weaker teams will somehow, by magic I presume, prevent blow outs.

It sure pays off for the school though *Cough* Longhorn Network *cough*

Going to Mizzu https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/former-clemson-qb-kelly-bryant-chooses-missouri-as-his-transfer-destination/ We can cross one possible destination off the Jalen Hurts possible destination list.

Another year, another new co-ordinator.

Congrats to the following for making the All-SEC Coaches Poll. Bama led all schools with 12 selections. 1st team: Jonah Williams, Alabama Jerry Jeudy, Alabama Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama Quinnen Williams, Alabama Deionte Thompson, Alabama 2nd Team: Irv Smith Jr., Alabama Alex Leatherwood, Alabama Ross Pierschbacher, Alabama Damien Harris, Alabama Isaiah Buggs, Alabama Dylan Moses, Alabama Mack Wilson, Alabama Roll Tide!

That's all Danielson. This is part of what said earlier where Gary will latch onto something and does not let go. It's not limited to just during the game, it will carry over. During the Tim Tebow years at Florida, he would constantly bring up Tebow during non-Florida games.

Expanding the playoffs will solve nothing. It will just add even more weaker teams, and create even more chaos. There are more 2-3 loss teams as opposed to 0-1 loss teams. You will still end up trying to answer the same questions: - Who deserves to get in. - And what criteria is used to determine that. The NFL has a very specific process for tie breakers, but even the NFL uses strength of schedule and strength of victory as criteria at some point. When there are 32 teams, in a very controlled environment, with the parity of talent from top to bottom, that criteria is piece of cake when compared to college football. In order to create a fair playoff system, we are going to have to go outside the box. At the very least, a simple solution would be the G5 teams band together and create their own playoff and national championship. And the trophy could be a giant golden cupcake.

The NFL is not college football, and the comparison is weak. The NFL has 32 teams split across 2 conferences in 8 total divisions. Everybody plays the exact same number of games. There is no way to expand the league unless a vote is taken by owners of the current NFL teams. The NFL controls everything: scheduling, creation of conferences/divisions, etc... College football at the FBS level has 130 teams across 10 conferences and some independents. About 3 years ago, there were 128. Not everybody plays the same number of games. (ND only played 12 games, but everybody else in the playoffs played 13). Any college program can be classified as an FBS level team, as long as the meet the NCAA requirements. The other schools have ZERO say in this. This year there are 130 FBS teams. Theoretically, there could be 135 next year, 140 the year after, etc.... At any point, independents could come together to create another conference. Current conferences can shift, as we saw this past decade. Other than player eligibility, all control is handled by the individual schools and/conferences until the post season. Independents have to generate their own schedule. Conferences dictate inter-conference play, and get to decide if the conference will even have a championship game. There is no requirement to have one. There is no way to make a "fair" playoff system in the FBS when the system itself is fluid and chaotic to begin with.

ROLL TIDE!!! One of UGA best games, and one of UA bad games. The good guys still won. 4 weeks to get healthy.

Danielson is not nearly as biased as people try to paint him to be. Whoever he perceives is doing well is who he will talk up. My biggest issue with him is, at times, he will latch onto something, and will not let go.

Awesome article. How Nick Saban Revived Bama Lots of nuggets of info. Everybody thinks Saban is this overbearing unhappy person. Does this sound like that person? "Saban, every Thursday, would receive reports from professors, via athletic department intermediaries, about his players’ performance in class. This particular report, former players recall, contained worrying feedback. Some had been letting their pants sag. Saban deemed it disrespectful. So he put the question to his team: You think it’s cool to have your butts all out of your shorts? … Well, do I look cool? And down his own pants went. The room burst into laughter."

A dark time for the ND faithful. A star LB with a fake GF, and being pummeled by Bama in the NC. I almost feel bad for them. Almost.