gulliver1

I love (seriously) the fact that old-timers say "fellow." I wish we could bring that back.

Anything we can get you from the gift shop in Atlanta this year? Perhaps something from Indy? Maybe a bobblehead for your Camaro, or a windchime for your trailer?

I'm with you as long as you can promise me it doesn't end up like 2012: fire out of the gates, only to end as time expires on the 4 yard line, short of victory. That was one of my all time low sports moments.

My personal feeling is that Cincy is Arkansas good: that will run the table in G5, get you one P5 upset, and get you to the postseason unblemished even though you'd probably get beat up in a tough conference. But my point is, I would have said the same thing about Boise State and NDSU vs prestige P5 teams. You literally don't know, and the eye test is deceiving as often as it's reliable. The question is: did they take care of business? And Cincy has. The one real test - against now #8 ND in South Bend - they won by 2 scores. Pretty good. I'm still skeptical like you, but they TCB and I don't believe my eye test is better than that.

Well you can always give one of our star players a season- or even career-ending injury. Just ask Keith Marshall and Nick Chubb

At this point I think Kirby is going for records. Maybe he takes his foot off the gas with a non-P5 team, but doubt he runs 2s in conference

As much as we might like to imagine our personal "eye test" is superior to the paper resume, consider teams like vintage Boise State or NDSU. They'd run the table and take care of business from start to finish in their cute little rec league conferences, but also beat prestige P5 teams at nearly every opportunity. Now imagine they were denied the chance to play those P5 teams, because how could Boise State REALLY compete against Oklahoma? How could NDSU SERIOUSLY keep up with #13 Iowa? But they got the chance, and they did what our "eye test" told us they couldn't. Given that the "eye test" is at best a coin toss wrt accuracy, I don't see how you fall back on it when a Cincinnati is rolling decisively.

"improve...gross merchandise revenue"? And bragging about 2012-13 (and prior) accomplishments after dropping your bowl game in 2015, on an article about 2014 performance? Is this what passes for learnin' in Bama? Fact is, Bama wrecked its way through the SEC--then humiliated the conference on the big stage. Meanwhile, we quite enjoyed stomping our poser opponent.

I have yet to see a Mizzou fan reconcile the fact that they beat two teams Georgia lost to with the fact that Georgia came into their house and took Mizzou to the M-F-ing WOODSHED. Not just that; Georgia blanked you on your own turf. Blanked you! It would be one thing if we never played each other and were arguing over the transitive property of college football, but the fact that we absolutely humiliated you head to head in your house--that's a tough one to get your head around. Georgia and Mizzou both dropped a few clunkers; difference is, Georgia dropped two clunkers to the best conference, and Mizzou dropped two clunkers, including one to one of the worst teams in the worst conference. Even though their clunker was vastly more embarrassing, it hurt them less because it was out of conference. Mizzou fans probably aren't getting the respect they deserve, but they are also demanding more than they deserve. The reason you're not getting what you want is because you entered the weaker division at a down time for the division. In terms of wins and losses, the East is weaker in the Mizzou era than in the prior BCS era. For most of the BCS era, Tennessee and Florida dominated. Today, they're hot garbage. Now if you came in and pistol-whipped Georgia et al. and came out on top 2 of 3 years, that's one thing. But to lose to GA--not only lose, but be humiliated in your own house--and still clinch in 2 of those 3 years--that ain't about Mizzou; it's about how the cookie crumbles.

Even the biggest tOSU homer recognizes that Miss State would THRASH tOSU. Again, as bad as the BCS computers were, they prevented nonsense like this. tOSU lost by 2 scores at home to one of the worst teams in one of the worst Power 5 conferences. MSU has no such hiccup, and in fact only lost on the road to Alabama by less than a score. People are now REALLY reaching to include the Big 10 in the playoff conversation.

And you "know" he has a limited life in the NFL? The kid ain't even done with his junior year of college yet. Besides, his biggest attribute is not speed or strength... it's field vision, which can keep you out of injury trouble. But I suspect this is less about Gurley and more about 34-0.

Everyone was feeling their oats when we replaced the computers with humans, but I don't know why. As bad as the BCS might have seemed, you have now replaced it with humans who make decisions not just about merit, but also what they want their rankings to say about them. At the college level this year, the sport has taken so much heat now for the imagined "SEC love" that voters are fighting back to prove they're not totally in the bag. TCU is a great team but they're clearly not a Top 4 team. "Any given Saturday" I don't like their chances against 8-10 other teams. It's no longer just about the top teams; it's about letting some teams jump better teams to have the same number of teams from each conference in the mix, and about sending messages to the public.