Bill from NYC

What an absolutely wonderful recap! GREAT job!!!

I see what you are saying but don't agree 100% in that imo Tyrod, with his ability to run and scramble, made the OL look better than it actually was. Now, was/is he a franchise QB? Of course not but there are plenty worse.

Were you treated poorly when you were arrested, or was it a close family member?

Why were people of color excluded? Seriously, what is wrong with the DNC? Do they really not know how bad this looks?

Too bad he didn't have to pay him 5.5 million.

They did get in after a loss to Syracuse, no?

No doubt, but that seems to matter less these days. Look, Clemson is great. Absolutely stacked. I make no excuses for Alabama losing to them. Still, the truth is that they waltz into the playoffs year after year because they don't play anybody. As an OSU Fan, you know this. After a brutal game with Michigan, both teams are banged up and nursing injuries and OSU plays several good teams. Alabama had to play Georgia twice one season. They play LSU and Auburn every year. Saban says that it is practically impossible to get out of conference teams to play them and they STILL have a 10x rougher schedule than Clemson. My point to all of this is that it seems easier these days to waltz into the playoffs having played nobody who is any good. How was ND's schedule last year, and what would their record have been in the Big 10 or the SEC?

I don't know how good Miss. State is this season but they play them too, and they end the season with Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher. I am NOT saying that they won't make the playoffs. I am merely saying that imo, the schedule is horrible.

They look strong but have you seen their schedule? It is absolutely brutal.

The above is EXTREMELY important imo. It is easier in almost every case for an offensive linemen to run block than pass block. Blockers know the count and on running plays they can fire out and punish defenders. On passing downs blockers are often backing up and getting hit by genetic mutants. And if an all world lineman like Bruce Smith gets you off balance even for a fraction of a second, your quarterback is toast. I was lucky enough to met and had a 20 -30 minute conversation with Jumbo Elliot and he told me this. He wasn't physically afraid of Bruce. He had no reason to be. He coached Jason Peters briefly and when I mentioned how strong Jason was, he implied that he was stronger. Maybe he was. But he did say that he was afraid of Bruce wiping out his qb if he had even the slightest chance to do so. So yes, imo a running attack is still vital and might grow in importance with defenses getting smaller. I hope that this works FOR the Bills.

He is a very complex man. He admits that he isn't able to enjoy things as much or as long as others are able to. In his unauthorized autobiography, it says that he has to eat the exact same dinner every Thursday night. The author wonders what he would have accomplished if he had chosen a career outside of football with his work ethic and organizational skills. As great as his Alabama football teams are, a case could be made that Saban played a HUGE part in the last 2 championships the team has won (the on-sides kick and putting in Tua at half time down 10 points). Your comparison to Belichick is 100% accurate. They are indeed close friends and they both happen to be of Croatian descent. Oh, and if both lines come together (and it looks like they will), The Crimson Tide are going to be tough to stop this season.

Alabama Georgia Ohio State Clemson Alabama - Georgia for the title.

Steroids?

Along with a 4th rounder.

I was down there twice.....once in March/April for 5 weeks and once in September for 2 weeks. In March there were crazy rain storms and scattered tornados. In April it started to get extremely hot. In September, it was blazing hot to the point where I couldn't sit outside even at night because the heat was just that extreme. I am not going to badmouth Little Rock but let me say it was different than any place I have ever visited, and I didn't care so much for the weather.

The trade itself (sans the new contract) was good no doubt CB, but I don't know if am willing to say that Kiko sucks, as easy as it is to dislike him.

I don't deny the above but even at that, he threw a ton of money at McCoy unnecessarily. Did these moves push the team to the next level? And as far as Kiko and McCoy, I don't know how much McCoy has left in the tank, do you? Maybe a tad less than Kiko.....who knows? I am one who thinks that the trade for Sammy was utterly ridiculous and said this from day 1. To use that many picks on a wide receiver while having no quarterback is impossible to defend but this is jmo.

How is Texas on defense? Hurts should be pretty good at Oklahoma because they really don't play anybody good, or so it seems. I have seen good defenses handle Hurts at times.

What Whaley lacked was discipline ODB. He gave away the store in trades and gave out inflated contracts time after time. Imo, this is a good part of the reason why he couldn't get another job. The good GMs need to be patient, shrewd people. I can't imagine a GM doing a good job without these qualities.

John, some players are decent or even "good," but they were bad draft choices. MaGahee, Whitner, and a slew of other Bills draft selections come to mind.

That is not completely true Doc.

Why do you think the situation you describe exists?

Did you read 3rdning's post at the end of the previous page?

Liberals don't care; they even applaud this. Many on the left despise Israel AND Jews.

What makes you say that?