The committees arent perfect, you can look at whose on it and half of them probably dont even watch football. We do need to get rid of the Marist professors and directors of community relations on the committee and get actual football people on there with more balance instead of overloading it for one conference like it is now.
That said the 12 teams is a big improvement over the 4 and especially over when it was 2. We got robbed of seeing LSU and Southern Cal having to play to see who the real champion was in 2003 from the dumb system back then. The biggest change that needs to happen is getting rid of the automatic byes for 5 conference champs. At most it should be 4, G5 teams dont deserve a bye. It would be nice to get rid of the bye all together which might happen with the expansion to 16 that is expected. Im fine with the Power 4 champ getting an automatic bid into the playoffs.
The other big thing though is week 0 probably needs to be a real week. January 20th is just to late for the CFP final. The spring semester has already started and you still have teams playing from the year before that their players now have 30 days in the transfer portal. They need to try and align it better with the semester schedule which wont be an easy task
@bgr said:
It's so cold here that school was cancelled for my kids tomorrow. If the furnace goes out....
You must be way up north - schools around Fargo are only 2 hrs late (right now temp is -18 and wind chill is -40)
Outside of MPLS. It's not really that bad out today... Sun's out and very little wind. I think they would have survived. When I was a kid, this would have been a great day to take the sleds out on Winnebago. I'll be up-nor-der in Fargo for the Regional for hockey end of March - Looking forward to getting a Kroll's shake. First time I'll be taking both my boys to see some D1.
I was reminded of a Tom Segura joke about how - when you flush a toilet in Arkansas it bubbles up in Louisiana.
that's actually quite humorous. i'm gonna have to remember that one -- and pass it off as my own creation.
if anyone here lives in Louisiana or has roots there, apologies in advance. but when i say it's a sketchy place you know the truth is being told. in fact, prior to this post i looked up the most dangerous states in the union and Louisiana was looking up at no one in the rankings. numero uno.
that said, true story...
two years ago my dad and i went to The Masters. he had some pit stops planned, so we took an odyssey via wheels from Texas to Georgia. i handled other parts of the itinerary, like where we were going to call home for a night. when i was scouring cities/towns for a place to stay off of I-20 in Louisiana, i'd check the crime rate prior to anything else.
off the charts. all of them.
ultimately decided that it really didn't matter based on my findings, so Shreveport it was. we rolled in late and were bushed. checked into the hotel and my dad asked if i'd make it simple and go grab us a couple of sandwiches since an early morning was on the horizon. so i searched for the nearest Subway. next thing i knew, i was in an area of the city that didn't exactly scream safety. if i had been a smart man -- but i'm not because i'm from the south -- i would've tried the Subway search thingy again. but i was exhausted and not in the mood. plus as a general rule i don't scare easily. so in i went, and behind the counter were 3 black employees. thought absolutely nothing of it. had no reason to. i'm not one to stereotype peeps and i've never possessed a racist bone in my body. but when 4 bangers entered the store behind me, that all changed. and when they started talking to the 3 guys working there and began discussing thug-life activities with me sandwiched in between, it significantly changed. at that point i told myself it was inevitable that i was going to walk out of there with at least one of four things: a bullet lodged in my head, and/or a knife attached to my rib cage, and/or pants without a wallet in it, or two sandwiches. i marked out the last possibility in pen.
to their credit, they avoided me like the plague. not a word, which no part of me expected. but believe you me, i was fully prepared to yell at the top of my lungs.
"FREE FOOTLONGS FOR EVERYBODY"
in fairness, Mardi Gras is hella fun. and the Cajun food is splendid. plus LA isn't lame like my state and actually has establishments that will whet your gambling appetite, which is a priority in any degen's life.
You're going to start making me feel guilty for teasing the South now. If it makes you feel better CA is like 4th dumbest and that isn't even accounting for Elon.
My favorite thing about Louisiana... The optionality of red lights. Puts a sinister spin on "Awaken Your Senses in Louisiana!".
if anyone here lives in Louisiana or has roots there, apologies in advance. but when i say it's a sketchy place you know the truth is being told. in fact, prior to this post i looked up the most dangerous states in the union and Louisiana was looking up at no one in the rankings. numero uno.
Its because of New Orleans and Shreveport isnt great either. Outside of that its very safe other than falling in a swamp and getting eaten by a gator. Its definitely is its own little world. Its not really southern but is in the south
Only if you think guys like Howard are going to get drafted which if they do will be at the end of the draft and meaningless. It does help that its a weak QB class overall but hes not an NFL QB
@Basebal21 said:
Only if you think guys like Howard are going to get drafted which if they do will be at the end of the draft and meaningless. It does help that its a weak QB class overall but hes not an NFL QB
The guy just won a natty and broke playoff passing records and you're still bashing him. Hilarious.
@Basebal21 said:
Only if you think guys like Howard are going to get drafted which if they do will be at the end of the draft and meaningless. It does help that its a weak QB class overall but hes not an NFL QB
The guy just won a natty and broke playoff passing records and you're still bashing him. Hilarious.
And hes still not an NFL QB. He doesnt get to have the best team on the field 98% of the time in the NFL. He will be a late round pick at best
Ward, Ewers, Dart, Sanders and maybe Gabriel will go before him. Someone will probably do something stupid with Milroe who will also go before him.
I’m not so sure anyone knows who projects as a solid NFL QB. With how much these teams spend on evaluating, signing, and developing QBs I have to think they’re trying yo get the best minds in the room to make these picks. When I look at the results of 1st round QBs there are 5 total busts for every home run.
@coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
Debours days are numbered. Hes too worried about being the players friends and doesnt have the guts to bench people when they are costing the team the game. Plus you never want to be the guy that replaces the GOAT, you want to be the 2nd hire after him
Also wouldnt put a whole lot of weight into these poll rankings. One of the officially recognized ones by the NCAA has Oregon as the National Champion which is a joke
@Maywood said: @coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
@Maywood said: @coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
Youre not even trying to be objective if you think Army and UNLV and Syracuse and Memphis and Colorado should be ranked higher
@Maywood said: @coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
Youre not even trying to be objective if you think Army and UNLV and Syracuse and Memphis and Colorado should be ranked higher
Every one of those teams should be ranked ahead of Bama except Colorado. They all had better records.
@Maywood said: @coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
Youre not even trying to be objective if you think Army and UNLV and Syracuse and Memphis and Colorado should be ranked higher
Every one of those teams should be ranked ahead of Bama except Colorado. They all had better records.
If Bama played a G5 schedule they would be undefeated. They would also be undefeated with Syracuses schedule. If any of those teams played Bamas schedule they wouldnt even be bowl eligible
@perkdog said:
I am reading some mock drafts and some of them having Milroe going top 5 lol
If anyone takes him in the top 5 rounds they should lose their job. Hes going to be a combine monster like Richardson and look like a first overall pick until you actually watch his game tape lol. If I had to guess the first three picks will be Hunter, Ward, Sanders in whatecver order, Ewers will be a late first round to early second round around where Levis went, Dart and maybe Gabriel will be like late 2nd or 3rd rounders maybe even 4th and then just whatevcer team does something stupid with Milroe. The rest of the QBs likely go undrafted.
Its not a good draft for offense. Last year was offense heavy, this year is defense heavy. DT and Edge guys are loaded this year
@Maywood said: @coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
Youre not even trying to be objective if you think Army and UNLV and Syracuse and Memphis and Colorado should be ranked higher
Every one of those teams should be ranked ahead of Bama except Colorado. They all had better records.
If Bama played a G5 schedule they would be undefeated. They would also be undefeated with Syracuses schedule. If any of those teams played Bamas schedule they wouldnt even be bowl eligible
I’ll wait to see for myself. Your crystal ball appears broken dude. You haven’t got a prediction right for months.
They need OL's and DB's so it's a good bet they are evaluating both players. IF the Cleveland Browns decide they need to draft a QB they would be wise to do it in a later round, say 3-4. At the same time, there will be plenty of serviceable QB's available to sign. Stefanski or whoever makes the decisions seems to be in love with Dorian Thompson-Robinson but he has proven incapable of doing the job. Cleveland's "achilles heel" in QB assessment tends to be that they favor a smaller player at around 6'-6'2" and 215. That's just too small and the extra 2" and 10-12 lbs. is important.
@Maywood said:
They need OL's and DB's so it's a good bet they are evaluating both players. IF the Cleveland Browns decide they need to draft a QB they would be wise to do it in a later round, say 3-4. At the same time, there will be plenty of serviceable QB's available to sign. Stefanski or whoever makes the decisions seems to be in love with Dorian Thompson-Robinson but he has proven incapable of doing the job. Cleveland's "achilles heel" in QB assessment tends to be that they favor a smaller player at around 6'-6'2" and 215. That's just too small and the extra 2" and 10-12 lbs. is important.
DTR might be the worst QB in the league, it would be a photo finish between him and Levis
@Maywood said:
At No. 2, I doubt the Browns will take a QB if they haven't traded the pick.
Tua.
Mack Jones.
Bryce Young.
Jalen Milroe.
Yeah, Alabama is a real hotbed of QB prospects but they just don't seem to pan out in the NFL.
I saw a couple with the Browns taking Cam Ward if Vegas trades for #1 and takes Sanders
Is that LT Campbell or CB Johnson worthy of going 1 or 2?
Or even Hunter?
Hunter is. Cambell or Banks Jr could go there but if a QB isnt being taken at 2 and they arent trading down its more likely Hunter would be the pick. The Browns are probably ready to move on from Watson at this point. Cambell is everything youd want in a OT though, 6'6 monster and aggressive that can put people in the ground
@Maywood said:
At No. 2, I doubt the Browns will take a QB if they haven't traded the pick.
Tua.
Mack Jones.
Bryce Young.
Jalen Milroe.
Yeah, Alabama is a real hotbed of QB prospects but they just don't seem to pan out in the NFL.
Hurts is one of the best QBs, Tua would be if he wasnt so fragile/ Jones was over drafted into a bad situation, that Bama offense he had was one of the most loaded in the history of football. Despite having absolutely nothing around him Young was still just as good if not better than Caleb who actually had a lot of top tier weapons.
Milroe just sucks. He could be an elite TE or maybe RB as he is a physical specimen but as a QB hes just a bunch of psychical ability that looks good in combines and terrible in games
whoever drafts Jalen Milroe will set the team back at least 5 years. i just can't believe his name is tied to the top half/middle of 1st round mocks. every time i watched him play the prevailing thought i had was, how in the world did this kid ever become the starting QB for Alabama
just goes to show how weak this QB crop is. draft one of these guys and you best be on high bust alert
@galaxy27 said:
whoever drafts Jalen Milroe will set the team back at least 5 years. i just can't believe his name is tied to the top half/middle of 1st round mocks. every time i watched him play the prevailing thought i had was, how in the world did this kid ever become the starting QB for Alabama
just goes to show how weak this QB crop is. draft one of these guys and you best be on high bust alert
The craziest part is that they saw him play last year and then the new coach was like yep this is my guy lets go ahead and start the RB pretending to be a QB for a second year.
> The Browns are probably ready to move on from Watson at this point.
The Browns have deployed the lawyers and they are working to get out of that contract. I don't see that relationship mending. If he hasn't played his last game as a Brown I'll be very shocked.
But, I don't think the Browns want to be drafting a QB at #2 either, and I don't think Hunter is the right pick for them. OT and a NT/DT. And a WR, and a QB, and all the stuff. Maybe it doesn't matter. Draft Milroe.
@bgr said: > The Browns are probably ready to move on from Watson at this point.
The Browns have deployed the lawyers and they are working to get out of that contract. I don't see that relationship mending. If he hasn't played his last game as a Brown I'll be very shocked.
But, I don't think the Browns want to be drafting a QB at #2 either, and I don't think Hunter is the right pick for them. OT and a NT/DT. And a WR, and a QB, and all the stuff. Maybe it doesn't matter. Draft Milroe.
I read that the lawyers are looking into seeing if Watson broke the rehab rules by not wearing a walking boot,
@bgr said: > The Browns are probably ready to move on from Watson at this point.
The Browns have deployed the lawyers and they are working to get out of that contract. I don't see that relationship mending. If he hasn't played his last game as a Brown I'll be very shocked.
But, I don't think the Browns want to be drafting a QB at #2 either, and I don't think Hunter is the right pick for them. OT and a NT/DT. And a WR, and a QB, and all the stuff. Maybe it doesn't matter. Draft Milroe.
I read that the lawyers are looking into seeing if Watson broke the rehab rules by not wearing a walking boot,
He could have given the Browns an out
The NFLPA isnt the best about defending players, but I would imagine trying to void Watsons guaranteed money would be something they would go to war for and the players across the league would be pushing for them to do so. Being able to do that would have ramifications on every player
The Browns definitely regret the move, but they havent gotten a QB right in like 30 years. Its easy enough to find a bunch of drs that would say he didnt nothing wrong and it just happens some times
@bgr said: > The Browns are probably ready to move on from Watson at this point.
The Browns have deployed the lawyers and they are working to get out of that contract. I don't see that relationship mending. If he hasn't played his last game as a Brown I'll be very shocked.
But, I don't think the Browns want to be drafting a QB at #2 either, and I don't think Hunter is the right pick for them. OT and a NT/DT. And a WR, and a QB, and all the stuff. Maybe it doesn't matter. Draft Milroe.
I read that the lawyers are looking into seeing if Watson broke the rehab rules by not wearing a walking boot,
He could have given the Browns an out
The NFLPA isnt the best about defending players, but I would imagine trying to void Watsons guaranteed money would be something they would go to war for and the players across the league would be pushing for them to do so. Being able to do that would have ramifications on every player
The Browns definitely regret the move, but they havent gotten a QB right in like 30 years. Its easy enough to find a bunch of drs that would say he didnt nothing wrong and it just happens some times
Agreed but if there is a clause in his contract to follow rehab rules and a walking boot was part of it?
There is a video of him right after surgery without it, if they find he did anything out of the ordinary they will go after that clause with everything they got
If it's in black n white in the contract then the NFLPA won't be able to save him
@Maywood said: @coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
Youre not even trying to be objective if you think Army and UNLV and Syracuse and Memphis and Colorado should be ranked higher
Every one of those teams should be ranked ahead of Bama except Colorado. They all had better records.
If Bama played a G5 schedule they would be undefeated. They would also be undefeated with Syracuses schedule. If any of those teams played Bamas schedule they wouldnt even be bowl eligible
If Tennessee, Texas, or Georgia played a BIG TEN schedule, none would have made the playoffs. Even Finebaum admitted BIG TEN is now the best conference.
@Maywood said: @coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
Youre not even trying to be objective if you think Army and UNLV and Syracuse and Memphis and Colorado should be ranked higher
Every one of those teams should be ranked ahead of Bama except Colorado. They all had better records.
If Bama played a G5 schedule they would be undefeated. They would also be undefeated with Syracuses schedule. If any of those teams played Bamas schedule they wouldnt even be bowl eligible
If Tennessee, Texas, or Georgia played a BIG TEN schedule, none would have made the playoffs. Even Finebaum admitted BIG TEN is now the best conference.
Thats just simply not true. Finebaum is just a click bait dude., The B!G had 3 good teams. OSU is a team that should be fighting for Nattys every year and finally got one under day, PSU is solid but never wins anything under Franklin, Oregon is soft and will beat everyone but gets punched in the mouth by the big boys. The rest of the B!G was pretty trash. Its a very top heavy conference that has been carried by 2 to 3 teams for the last 30 years
Here, let me fix that:
--- Thats just simply not true. Finebaum is just a click bait dude., The SEC had 3 good teams. Georgia is a team that should be fighting for Nattys every year and finally got 2 under Smart, Alabama is solid but won't win anything under Kalen DeBoer, Tennessee is soft and will beat everyone but gets punched in the mouth by the big boys. The rest of the SEC except Texas was pretty trash. Its a very top heavy conference that has been carried by 2 to 3 teams for the last 30 years.
I could do something similar for probably every conference in the NCAA, that's just how it works. Each conference is dominated by 2-3 teams but we are on the cusp of change with the advent of the Transfer Portal and NIL. It's already evident and will become clearer in the next several years.
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have a good anecdote about Louisiana when time permits later today
we can bifurcate in this thread now that college pigskin is ovah
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
The committees arent perfect, you can look at whose on it and half of them probably dont even watch football. We do need to get rid of the Marist professors and directors of community relations on the committee and get actual football people on there with more balance instead of overloading it for one conference like it is now.
That said the 12 teams is a big improvement over the 4 and especially over when it was 2. We got robbed of seeing LSU and Southern Cal having to play to see who the real champion was in 2003 from the dumb system back then. The biggest change that needs to happen is getting rid of the automatic byes for 5 conference champs. At most it should be 4, G5 teams dont deserve a bye. It would be nice to get rid of the bye all together which might happen with the expansion to 16 that is expected. Im fine with the Power 4 champ getting an automatic bid into the playoffs.
The other big thing though is week 0 probably needs to be a real week. January 20th is just to late for the CFP final. The spring semester has already started and you still have teams playing from the year before that their players now have 30 days in the transfer portal. They need to try and align it better with the semester schedule which wont be an easy task
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Outside of MPLS. It's not really that bad out today... Sun's out and very little wind. I think they would have survived. When I was a kid, this would have been a great day to take the sleds out on Winnebago. I'll be up-nor-der in Fargo for the Regional for hockey end of March - Looking forward to getting a Kroll's shake. First time I'll be taking both my boys to see some D1.
that's actually quite humorous. i'm gonna have to remember that one -- and pass it off as my own creation.
if anyone here lives in Louisiana or has roots there, apologies in advance. but when i say it's a sketchy place you know the truth is being told. in fact, prior to this post i looked up the most dangerous states in the union and Louisiana was looking up at no one in the rankings. numero uno.
that said, true story...
two years ago my dad and i went to The Masters. he had some pit stops planned, so we took an odyssey via wheels from Texas to Georgia. i handled other parts of the itinerary, like where we were going to call home for a night. when i was scouring cities/towns for a place to stay off of I-20 in Louisiana, i'd check the crime rate prior to anything else.
off the charts. all of them.
ultimately decided that it really didn't matter based on my findings, so Shreveport it was. we rolled in late and were bushed. checked into the hotel and my dad asked if i'd make it simple and go grab us a couple of sandwiches since an early morning was on the horizon. so i searched for the nearest Subway. next thing i knew, i was in an area of the city that didn't exactly scream safety. if i had been a smart man -- but i'm not because i'm from the south -- i would've tried the Subway search thingy again. but i was exhausted and not in the mood. plus as a general rule i don't scare easily. so in i went, and behind the counter were 3 black employees. thought absolutely nothing of it. had no reason to. i'm not one to stereotype peeps and i've never possessed a racist bone in my body. but when 4 bangers entered the store behind me, that all changed. and when they started talking to the 3 guys working there and began discussing thug-life activities with me sandwiched in between, it significantly changed. at that point i told myself it was inevitable that i was going to walk out of there with at least one of four things: a bullet lodged in my head, and/or a knife attached to my rib cage, and/or pants without a wallet in it, or two sandwiches. i marked out the last possibility in pen.
to their credit, they avoided me like the plague. not a word, which no part of me expected. but believe you me, i was fully prepared to yell at the top of my lungs.
"FREE FOOTLONGS FOR EVERYBODY"
in fairness, Mardi Gras is hella fun. and the Cajun food is splendid. plus LA isn't lame like my state and actually has establishments that will whet your gambling appetite, which is a priority in any degen's life.
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
You're going to start making me feel guilty for teasing the South now. If it makes you feel better CA is like 4th dumbest and that isn't even accounting for Elon.
My favorite thing about Louisiana... The optionality of red lights. Puts a sinister spin on "Awaken Your Senses in Louisiana!".
Look left, Look right?
Nope.
Close those eyes and pray!
I had to look up crime rates and while doing that discovered that there are 9 states with more cows than people!!!
Its because of New Orleans and Shreveport isnt great either. Outside of that its very safe other than falling in a swamp and getting eaten by a gator. Its definitely is its own little world. Its not really southern but is in the south
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Ohio State projected to break NFL draft record.
The record for most picks in a single NFL Draft is Georgia with 15 (2022).
Right now, projection for Ohio State is 16 draft picks in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
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Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
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Only if you think guys like Howard are going to get drafted which if they do will be at the end of the draft and meaningless. It does help that its a weak QB class overall but hes not an NFL QB
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The guy just won a natty and broke playoff passing records and you're still bashing him. Hilarious.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
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It's just for clicks
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And hes still not an NFL QB. He doesnt get to have the best team on the field 98% of the time in the NFL. He will be a late round pick at best
Ward, Ewers, Dart, Sanders and maybe Gabriel will go before him. Someone will probably do something stupid with Milroe who will also go before him.
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I’m not so sure anyone knows who projects as a solid NFL QB. With how much these teams spend on evaluating, signing, and developing QBs I have to think they’re trying yo get the best minds in the room to make these picks. When I look at the results of 1st round QBs there are 5 total busts for every home run.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
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@coolstanley said: Final AP Top 25 poll Big ten has 3 teams in the top 5.
And I can't help but notice Alabama down there at 17. They sure took a tumble this season and have their work cut out for them or the alum's will be out for blood.
Debours days are numbered. Hes too worried about being the players friends and doesnt have the guts to bench people when they are costing the team the game. Plus you never want to be the guy that replaces the GOAT, you want to be the 2nd hire after him
Also wouldnt put a whole lot of weight into these poll rankings. One of the officially recognized ones by the NCAA has Oregon as the National Champion which is a joke
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I think that is Indiana's highest ranking at the end of the season since 1967. Johnny Pont would be proud.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
@coinkat, don't you realize Indiana didn't deserve to be in the playoffs??
And that Memo must be around here somewhere…
But as a consolation, they did manage to win in their second appearance ever at the Rose Bowl
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
And 17 is too high. Most of those teams ranked behind them should be in the top 20. Bama not so much.
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Youre not even trying to be objective if you think Army and UNLV and Syracuse and Memphis and Colorado should be ranked higher
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Every one of those teams should be ranked ahead of Bama except Colorado. They all had better records.
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I am reading some mock drafts and some of them having Milroe going top 5 lol
If Bama played a G5 schedule they would be undefeated. They would also be undefeated with Syracuses schedule. If any of those teams played Bamas schedule they wouldnt even be bowl eligible
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If anyone takes him in the top 5 rounds they should lose their job. Hes going to be a combine monster like Richardson and look like a first overall pick until you actually watch his game tape lol. If I had to guess the first three picks will be Hunter, Ward, Sanders in whatecver order, Ewers will be a late first round to early second round around where Levis went, Dart and maybe Gabriel will be like late 2nd or 3rd rounders maybe even 4th and then just whatevcer team does something stupid with Milroe. The rest of the QBs likely go undrafted.
Its not a good draft for offense. Last year was offense heavy, this year is defense heavy. DT and Edge guys are loaded this year
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I saw a couple with him as 1st QB and I love it.
I’ll wait to see for myself. Your crystal ball appears broken dude. You haven’t got a prediction right for months.
At No. 2, I doubt the Browns will take a QB if they haven't traded the pick.
Tua.
Mack Jones.
Bryce Young.
Jalen Milroe.
Yeah, Alabama is a real hotbed of QB prospects but they just don't seem to pan out in the NFL.
I saw a couple with the Browns taking Cam Ward if Vegas trades for #1 and takes Sanders
Is that LT Campbell or CB Johnson worthy of going 1 or 2?
Or even Hunter?
They need OL's and DB's so it's a good bet they are evaluating both players. IF the Cleveland Browns decide they need to draft a QB they would be wise to do it in a later round, say 3-4. At the same time, there will be plenty of serviceable QB's available to sign. Stefanski or whoever makes the decisions seems to be in love with Dorian Thompson-Robinson but he has proven incapable of doing the job. Cleveland's "achilles heel" in QB assessment tends to be that they favor a smaller player at around 6'-6'2" and 215. That's just too small and the extra 2" and 10-12 lbs. is important.
DTR might be the worst QB in the league, it would be a photo finish between him and Levis
Hunter is. Cambell or Banks Jr could go there but if a QB isnt being taken at 2 and they arent trading down its more likely Hunter would be the pick. The Browns are probably ready to move on from Watson at this point. Cambell is everything youd want in a OT though, 6'6 monster and aggressive that can put people in the ground
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Hurts is one of the best QBs, Tua would be if he wasnt so fragile/ Jones was over drafted into a bad situation, that Bama offense he had was one of the most loaded in the history of football. Despite having absolutely nothing around him Young was still just as good if not better than Caleb who actually had a lot of top tier weapons.
Milroe just sucks. He could be an elite TE or maybe RB as he is a physical specimen but as a QB hes just a bunch of psychical ability that looks good in combines and terrible in games
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whoever drafts Jalen Milroe will set the team back at least 5 years. i just can't believe his name is tied to the top half/middle of 1st round mocks. every time i watched him play the prevailing thought i had was, how in the world did this kid ever become the starting QB for Alabama
just goes to show how weak this QB crop is. draft one of these guys and you best be on high bust alert
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
The craziest part is that they saw him play last year and then the new coach was like yep this is my guy lets go ahead and start the RB pretending to be a QB for a second year.
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> The Browns are probably ready to move on from Watson at this point.The Browns have deployed the lawyers and they are working to get out of that contract. I don't see that relationship mending. If he hasn't played his last game as a Brown I'll be very shocked.
But, I don't think the Browns want to be drafting a QB at #2 either, and I don't think Hunter is the right pick for them. OT and a NT/DT. And a WR, and a QB, and all the stuff. Maybe it doesn't matter. Draft Milroe.
I read that the lawyers are looking into seeing if Watson broke the rehab rules by not wearing a walking boot,
He could have given the Browns an out
If he did that it's like close a $100 million SNAFU.
The NFLPA isnt the best about defending players, but I would imagine trying to void Watsons guaranteed money would be something they would go to war for and the players across the league would be pushing for them to do so. Being able to do that would have ramifications on every player
The Browns definitely regret the move, but they havent gotten a QB right in like 30 years. Its easy enough to find a bunch of drs that would say he didnt nothing wrong and it just happens some times
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Agreed but if there is a clause in his contract to follow rehab rules and a walking boot was part of it?
There is a video of him right after surgery without it, if they find he did anything out of the ordinary they will go after that clause with everything they got
If it's in black n white in the contract then the NFLPA won't be able to save him
I think it’s going to be tough. But that doesn’t change what it signals.
Oh the Cleveland/ Watson marriage is in shambles, nothing will fix it at this point
If that's what your implying
If Tennessee, Texas, or Georgia played a BIG TEN schedule, none would have made the playoffs. Even Finebaum admitted BIG TEN is now the best conference.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
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Thats just simply not true. Finebaum is just a click bait dude., The B!G had 3 good teams. OSU is a team that should be fighting for Nattys every year and finally got one under day, PSU is solid but never wins anything under Franklin, Oregon is soft and will beat everyone but gets punched in the mouth by the big boys. The rest of the B!G was pretty trash. Its a very top heavy conference that has been carried by 2 to 3 teams for the last 30 years
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Here, let me fix that:
--- Thats just simply not true. Finebaum is just a click bait dude., The SEC had 3 good teams. Georgia is a team that should be fighting for Nattys every year and finally got 2 under Smart, Alabama is solid but won't win anything under Kalen DeBoer, Tennessee is soft and will beat everyone but gets punched in the mouth by the big boys. The rest of the SEC except Texas was pretty trash. Its a very top heavy conference that has been carried by 2 to 3 teams for the last 30 years.
I could do something similar for probably every conference in the NCAA, that's just how it works. Each conference is dominated by 2-3 teams but we are on the cusp of change with the advent of the Transfer Portal and NIL. It's already evident and will become clearer in the next several years.
Bama was solid until Milroe became the QB and Debour wouldnt bench him
Tennessee had three significant injure right away. Georgie had significant injuries in the SEC championship game.
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