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    Twelve Team Playoff = Ten Complications to Wade Through

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    On 5/3/2024 at 12:34 PM, Jon Joseph said:

    Something has to be adjusted. In an article on CBS yesterday, Dennis Dodd and the CFB folks he interviewed wonder if projected high draft picks will sit out playoff games! They also wondered if NIL deals are predicated on a player participating in every game if the player is healthy. This concern is another reason why I expect to see playoff revenue shared with the players. 

    Maybe there should be a "prima donna tax", where if a player sits out post season games they forfeit a % of NIL monies or something similar.

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    Major Red Flags to NFL: Would YOU Pick Caleb Williams No. 1 in the NFL Draft?

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    On 4/25/2024 at 9:56 AM, fred flintstone said:

    As someone who watched every second of his college career.......I'd love to draft him at number 20 or lower........number one.....absolutely not. 

    I could say a lot about his performances.....but.....I'll just say that I'am convinced that USC beat Louisville in its bowl because Williams was not the QB.

    For folks that watched him......he has a lot to answer for......his stats were juiced by a coach that viewed him as the whole show. While the team lost.

    His accuracy is not what everyone seems to think. He worked with probably the best WR corp in the country most of his time at USC. The offensive line was bad but it was made worse by Williams and his hold the ball, sand lot style of football. In the pros he'll face DE's every week that will have the quickness to deal with elusiveness.  His decision making......the bears may be sorry. 

    As a bear fan of 50 years......they should have kept Fields.....traded down for another number 1 and taken three great players in the first round. The McCaskeys are known to be the types that just don't want to pay except every 30 years or so to put a team together. 

    He might work out......but......I think there are better bets out there. 

    I mostly agree with all this. USC may not have had the 'best' receiver corps in CFB, but they were more than good enough to bouy the Caleb show. His scrambling antics might have worked in the PAC12. NFL defenses will not be so generous.

    Major Red Flags to NFL: Would YOU Pick Caleb Williams No. 1 in the NFL Draft?

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    On 4/24/2024 at 9:18 AM, JabbaNoBargain said:

    If I need a QB and have the first pick, absolutely. QBs are always a crapshoot, but you have to take the chance. If it’s a bust you’ll still be crappy and high up in the next draft. 

    I wouldn't unless I was a crappy team with nothing to lose, even then I'd probably pass unless my plan was to stay crappy.

     

    Johnny football 2.0 doesn't intrigue me.

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    Boilermakers All Around

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    On 3/31/2024 at 4:36 PM, Jon Joseph said:

     Bummer for the Vols to have to play 2 games with corrupt officiating. 

     

    Just two games? Basketball, both college and pro is a farce due to corrupt officiating. The sheer number of recent games whose outcomes have been determined by refs is staggering. Big Basketball is a joke.

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    Men's Basketball - February "CRUNCH" time.

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    On 1/29/2024 at 10:05 AM, JabbaNoBargain said:

    Not to be a downer, as I appreciate the enthusiasm, but to me that game felt like a possible deathblow to our at-large hopes. Prior to the UA game I thought we needed to win out at home and have no more than 2 road losses the rest of the way to get an at-large bid. Starting out with an underwhelming loss at home (to a team both OSU and WSU beat at home) in that stretch does not bode well.

     

    We might be able to still squeak in if we lose to Arizona again, but run the table otherwise. We also have a decent chance of winning the PAC tourney for the auto, but that’s always a tough thing to count on.

     

    I believe that being so much more inside oriented now completely changes our offensive flow and how teams defend us, and also makes us less effective at defending the 3. Difficult transition to make in late January.

     

    I do enjoy watching this team and will continue to do so, but we just don’t have any “quality” wins when it come to the tourney.

    What the Ducks had prior to the bigs returning was a team that had an offensive/defensive flow that worked. What we have now is a team being forced into playing "big man in the paint", which has ruined pretty much everything positive we had prior to the bigs returning. This is about game flow/style and on court chemistry and I'm not very confident Altman has any idea how to make this all work. Would you rather have Dante scoring 25, no one scoring 3's and losing games? Or just live with Evans as an adjunct big while allowing the younger talent to flourish? Clearly the latter was working while the former is not.

     

    I like Altman but don't have a lot of confidence that he can figure any of this out. When the Ducks were killing it with the Brooks/Bell/Pritchard it was Altman that got much of the credit, but I think it was far more about that group of players than it was about the coach. 

     

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    Is No. 2 Really Better Than No. 6?

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    On 1/10/2024 at 9:43 AM, David Marsh said:

    Sadly... No 

     

    However, I'd put it this way... this year's Oregon team is designed to beat teams like Michigan, Alabama, and Texas. Washington and it's pass heavy offense was not what this team was really built to beat. 

     

    This is something that Lanning is continuing to address and will need to continue to improve upon. Even with an expanded playoff field, Oregon can't afford to drop a game due to a mismatch of scheme. 

    Until Oregon can develop a defense more along the lines of Michigan or Georgia we will struggle with top tier teams. Aggressive, lockdown and brutal will get the job done, anything less will not. We're not there yet, but hopeful we're getting closer!

    Sugar Bowl Thread: Washington vs. Texas

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    After watching the clown show between MI and AL I'm picking WA for the win over MI. 

     

    AL and MI brought shame to the Rose Bowl with their bungling offenses and foolish mistakes. This was the most inept game of the (4 team) CFP era.

     

    Of all people it was Nick Saban who had the "dear in the headlights" look. AL didn't look like they belonged and Michigan looked just a wee bit better. 

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