That's No Moon

Big fat no.

either way, you're still in Miami so you lose.

Miami

Makes sense to me. I don't think they will go further West either because that makes an imbalanced travel imposition which would eliminate LA, Phoenix, Vegas, and Denver. I don't think they use Chicago or Green Bay because of weather considerations. I don't think they go Northeast because of the imbalanced travel which eliminates NY, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington forgetting the fact that some of those places could be hosting the NFC game. I don't think they use Minnesota, Tampa, Dallas, or San Fran because they could be hosting the NFC game. Seattle just doesn't make sense. That leaves us: Tennessee - outdoors, presumably not being used, Central Time, driving distance advantage KC by 100 miles Houston - domed, presumably not being used, Central Time Zone - driving distance advantage KC New Orleans - domed, presumably not being used, Central Time Zone - driving distance advantage KC Cincinnati - outdoors, Eastern Time - driving distance advantage Buffalo, there is NO SHOT they put this game on this field. None. Zero. Charlotte - outdoors, Eastern Time - driving distance advantage Buffalo Atlanta - domed, Eastern Time - driving distance advantage KC, but it's less than 100 miles difference. Flights are easy for both. Jacksonville - outdoors, Eastern Time - driving distance advantage darned near equal They can go to Miami - it's the only way that stadium will see an AFC Championship game anytime soon. They are a paying customer with a contract.

No shot they throw Bills fans that cookie

Where could they legitimately go, that they could book now, that wouldn't give a huge advantage to someone? Tennessee: (only if they are out tonight) Detroit? Theoretically Chicago is available but I can't see them doing that. Another way to look at it would be to give an equal disadvantage and try intentionally to go further away Atlanta? Charlotte? Jacksonville? (obvi only if they are out which we won't know until tomorrow night) New Orleans?

And the Bills were well on the way to losing that game. The people who are rightfully upset are Cincinnati.

I think this is the long term plan. Not right now though.

If they refuse to play Sunday Terry will have his franchise revoked.

Let me clarify. When I say he swims, he's good at it. Playing line is going to screw up his ankles, knees, hands, hips, back and shoulders in a way that will screw up his swimming. Not to mention that they will have him lifting in ways that will be counterproductive to his other sport. Cross training and playing multiple sports is a good thing but Football is a no. Heck, if he wants get really good at shot in HS it's going to be an issue because those guys aren't shaped like swimmers either. They look like fire hydrants. The CTE stuff is the cherry on that no sundae. He's just starting track this year as a 7th grader. I've taught him some throwing and his brother has worked with him a little and he's strong as hell. He's going to be good at it and because he's strong I know he's going to hear from the football coach on the first day. If the team were better and they had more big kids I'd be more comfortable, but they don't. The team is always physically small and outmatched. Be the only big guy on a small line and see how many cut blocks you attract. It's just not worth it for a team that loses by 35 points a game. They went through 4 quarterbacks this year. 4.

My kids are both forbidden from playing football. The older one plays hockey and throws javelin, shotput and discus and has also played lacrosse and baseball. The younger one swims and throws shotput and discus. The younger one is bigger than the older one and will be more angry about the football ban but I don't care. I realize the truly horrific injuries are uncontrollable. IMO football has more ways to obtain debilitating injuries than most sports. My younger boy would be a lineman. Linemen are exposed to risk of every injury possible on every play and they get ground into dust over time. My older one is too small to play the positions his team would put him at. The coach tried to recruit him in as a 5'9" 180 lb outside linebacker last year. He goes to a 6A school in PA and would play against lineman who will play at places like Penn State who would outweigh him by 100lbs in high school. And you want him to take on a block? Nope. At least in hockey most everyone else is close to his size and the bigger ones can't catch him.

If you are getting a female dog, name it Basic.

Ban me for that tbh. If we will tolerate that level of stupid here I don't want to be here.

And split them east and west for travel and TV purposes. Jerruh would be pissed so it ain't gonna happen.

I won't see most of it either. The boy has a varsity hockey game tonight. 915 puck drop.

For a game that in the grand scheme means little.

I have to go through my life keeping my mouth shut and finding new and creative ways to assure stupid people that they aren't actually stupid.

Given that you no longer get a week off for winning the division the difference between winning the division and being the top wild card and going on the road is negligible. Honestly, if you'd rather play Jacksonville than LA you're better off losing. If my choice is playing Lamar before he's ready to potentially win a home game v. the Chargers or giving him another week to possibly play in Jacksonville instead I probably sit him. You are correct, they can lose and get in if everyone else also loses.

I was, so they could screw the Dolphins. Now I'm rooting for the Steelers to screw the Patriots. I'm also enjoying the circle completing itself in Seattle right now. Total Bills drought team in NY this season. The Patriots held the door open a crack for the Jets, the Jets had the QB the fans like coming back, they were playing another mediocre team. Now their season is going to be ended by Geno Smith. It's glorious.

There are agencies that handle athletes just like professional athletes. You approach them with a pitch, they tell you how much it costs to do that and for how long, you haggle a little, and you either have a deal or you don't. The one specific one I know about cost 25k for less than an afternoon of the athlete's time to shoot a commercial. The company then had the right to use Bennett's name, image, and likeness in that commercial until the expiration of the deal which was 1/1/23 at 12:00am. The company also got some autographed merch to distribute however they wanted to. Company bought the stuff. Bennett signed it. There's a Stetson Bennett autographed UGA hat somewhere in my house right now from that day. As I said in the OP, the agency approached the company with an offer to extend the current NIL through the Championship game next week for an additional 60k. For one week of time. I get it, it makes sense, and they were smart to structure the deals that way. I don't think the company is going to do it but I'm sure some of his other NILs will. He's already made over a million dollars on NILs. Good for him. Why shouldn't he? You do not get the right to use anything related to the school, name, logo, mascot, anything like that. That would be a separate deal with the University and I'm pretty sure you cannot combine those two elements (school and NIL agreement athlete) in one thing but I'm not positive.

Turf monster has grabbed a couple people tonight.

Fun fact. Stetson Bennett's NIL deals expire at midnight. If they win tonight, they want an additional 60k to extend what was a months long 25k deal until the Championship game.

This game is like the earlier Chiefs game. Nice to win but ultimately irrelevant. You need to play and beat the same people to get to the end no matter what. It really makes no difference where the games are played. We like to think it does, but it doesn't. Would the top seed be nice? Maybe. Who were the two top seeds last year? They both lost after their bye? Oh. A 1 seed hasn't won the Super Bowl since 2017. Would it be nice? Sure. Does it make anything a lock? Nope.