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In what sport? The Tide have never played UB in football. UB has played Auburn and UGA, but those games took place in Auburn, AL and Athens, GA. Bama did a home-home series with Penn State back in 2010/2011. Is that what you were thinking about? Edit: I just did a quick check of the UB schedule back to 1999. No Bama vs UB.

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I have to agree. In the second half, Saban threw Jones out there instead of Hurts to finish the game out. Even for Saban, that was kind of an odd move. Hurts will play the 4 games he's allowed, and that will be it.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/california-high-school-football-team-cancels-season-after-losing-first-2-games-102-0/ "Following a 41-0 Week 1 loss and a 61-0 Week 2 defeat, six of the 18 players quit." Unless these kids are playing in some kind of 7 vs 7 football, that's nuts.

Would not doubt it. But lure of playing in the big boy sand box is more than they can handle. The financial perks and PR is too big of a draw, even though they keep losing money.

Here's are the points of the post: OP is bored OP attempts to troll board OP failed.

Saban does not opt for Citadel. He does not want to play teams like the Citadel. But Saban is not the AD. I realize people think Saban has full control of the program, but this an area he does not have any control over. As I said before, from the time Saban became the HC, he has been vocal about wanting more games against the bigger traditional powers. But if the AD, and more importantly, the big money boosters/alumni, do not want it, it's not going to happen. Nobody "told" UCF they were FBS (BCS?). They are FBS because they chose to move up, and they met the NCAA requirements. Nobody outside the school forced them to move up to FBS. There are 128 schools playing at the FBS level. Quite frankly, at least 50% have no business being there.

What are you talking about? Alabama won the SEC conference in 2016, and was ranked #1. In fact, Alabama had won 3 straight SEC titles prior to last year. Boise State might not want to unless Bama is willing to cough up a minimum of $1M. That was Boise States demands a few years ago. UCF. Cannot say for sure, as they are busy playing teams like Florida Atlantic, South Carolina State, Austin Peay, and Florida International. Don't worry. The people who want to expand the playoffs will fix it by including even more lower ranked teams. If you thought 1 and 2 beating up 3 and 4 was boring, wait till you get to see the sure fire excitement of 1-8 and 2-7. Then seeing 1 and 2 facing the onslaught by the winners of 3-6 and 4-5.

I was against the playoff format from the start. Hated it then, hate it now. Yes, that means Alabama would have never won last year. Doesn't bother me. Here's the irony. For the people who wanted the playoffs because they were tired of the SEC bias, and then clamored to expand it beyond 4 teams, last year had to be shocker. They finally got their justification for expanding. The 3rd and 4th seed played for the title. Too bad (for them) both teams were from the SEC.

I love how these type of arguments are presented. If an SEC team does it, it's disgraceful. Any other P5 team does it, barely a blip on the outrage meter. Hate to break it to you, Alabama and the SEC are not the only schools that play cupcake OOC schedules, unless you think Akron, South Alabama, and Austin Peay (just to name a few) are football powerhouses hiding in the shadows. Do you even know how scheduling even works? Do you honestly think it's Alabama that's afraid of playing a tougher OOC schedule? Saban has been consistent in saying he wants the team to play against more of the traditional powers. What makes you think other schools want to play Bama as an OOC opponent?

Key word: "seems", interpreted as "I did not like the outcome, so something must be shady." The CFB Committee set that precedent when they chose Ohio State over Penn State, feeling tOSU had the better resume. Now, we can debate whether or not the CFB Committee should even be doing that, but they were consistent when they chose Bama over the Barn.

Yeah, he went that way.

Don't kid yourself. It's all part of the "The Process".

I remember that. I also remember the small amusement park (Fun-N-Games) next to it that had a Wild Mouse roller coaster ride. http://blog.buffalostories.com/tag/fun-n-games-park/ "Western New York children of the 1970s might remember Fun-N-Games Park just off the Youngmann in Tonawanda. Another instance of amusement rides in a Twin Fair parking lot, the park’s most memorable feature might have been the unconnected roadside attraction in front of it—the whale car wash." History of the Wild Mouse Roller Coaster http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/v/a/vac3/wdm.html

Good for her. But, assuming she's an employee, I wonder how her employer feels now that they know she was gambling online during working hours.

Getting a little testy? Maybe I missed something, but as noted in the caption, the text was released to prove Zach is lying. Nothing more. "Zach Smith told @1057TheZone he never abused Courtney. Here is text message b/w Zach & Courtney when he admits & apologizes for strangling his wife on Punta Cana trip in March 2015 & again in April."

You forgot the local, state, and national news media. The SEC. The NCAA. Every single officiating crew in all P5 conferences. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The BCS. The CFB Playoff Committee. All the Sheriff departments in the state. The state police. The FBI. The CIA. Homeland Security. The border patrol. The Alabama National Guard. The United States Navy: Pfft. She's already been flipped. You actually think she became governor without the consent of the REC? Just don't tell the Barners, though. They still think she's part of the AU family. Pro tip: The Illuminati is just a cover story for the REC.

It appears the police already knew something was going on from 2012-2015: https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2018/08/records_show_history_of_domest.html However, if this is true: "McMurphy’s reporting indicates that not only was Meyer’s wife Shelley intimately familiar with the accusations, but that Urban himself was copied on numerous text messages detailing the abuse." https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2018/8/2/17641818/ohio-state-football-urban-meyer-end-of-an-era-explained?utm_campaign=landgrantholyland&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Then Meyer is screwed: "Meyer is required by the university's sexual misconduct policy to report knowledge of domestic abuse by a university employee. According to the policy, "An individual need not be charged with or convicted of a criminal offense to be found responsible for domestic violence pursuant to this policy." Meyer's original contract required him to promptly report any violations of university rules by assistant coaches to Gene Smith and the Office of Compliance Services. Failure to do so could result in termination with cause." http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24258253/ohio-state-buckeyes-place-urban-meyer-administrative-leave So not only was it in the school policy, it was written in his contract. He did not have to call the police, all he had to do was report it to the higher ups.

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From the same LA story: "It would have cost the Rams nearly $16 million to put the franchise tag on Watkins..." The Rams already knew the ball park salary what a top WR was going to get paid in FA. The Rams could have slapped the franchise tag on Watkins, and paid him roughly the same he is getting paid now. They chose not to. "The plan was to continue to pursue Watkins with the hope that demand for his services on the free-agent market would not put him out of reach." It's beginning to sound like the Rams did not think Sammy was worth $16M/yr, and were hoping other teams felt the same way.

So what? It does not matter if Watkins' deal, or some other WR's deal, set the market. The Rams had no interest paying Watkins that amount of money. They obviously felt he was not worth it. Apparently, they feel Cooks is worth it.

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The NCAA is already a non-profit organization.

Blasphemy! Repent! You must beg forgiveness from his holiness Bear Bryant. You must say "Roll Tide Roll" 5 times while clutching something hounds tooth.

Don't hold your breath for any new competition, or that competition will keep prices down. Essentially, there is not enough people interested in sat radio, and those that are, are only willing to pay up to certain amount for it. IIRC, that's why the companies were allowed to merge. The amount of subscription revenue being generated was not viable to support both companies. Understand, until the merger, XM never generated a profit. Not a single penny. Sirius generated a profit for one or two quarters prior to the merger, but that revenue was propped up by the sudden spike in sales of their radios.