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LittlePig

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Re: Playoff field, impact of CCG's
« Reply #56 on: December 07, 2024, 09:30:12 AM »
Why has winning the Big Ten become so meaningless to everyone?   It still means something.
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Re: Playoff field, impact of CCG's
« Reply #57 on: December 07, 2024, 09:40:15 AM »
Quote from: LittlePig on December 07, 2024, 09:30:12 AM
Why has winning the Big Ten become so meaningless to everyone?  It still means something.
Because people love a self pity party. 
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« Reply #58 on: December 07, 2024, 09:42:42 AM »
Conference championships definitely mean something to me.  It's not like Texas has been taking them home regularly.  Even during our best years under Mack Brown, the Horns only won 2 of them. 

But the sports mediot focus on the national championship has become so great, that some folks view it as the ONLY prize worth winning, and any season without one is a bust.  That seems like setting yourself up for some major misery, not many seasons are going to end in a NC.  Unless you're an Alabama fan and Saban is your coach, I suppose.
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Re: Playoff field, impact of CCG's
« Reply #59 on: December 07, 2024, 10:03:03 AM »
Quote from: LittlePig on December 07, 2024, 09:30:12 AM
Why has winning the Big Ten become so meaningless to everyone?  It still means something.
James Franklin might be more than interested

might be a performance bonus clause in his contract
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Re: Playoff field, impact of CCG's
« Reply #60 on: December 07, 2024, 10:06:03 AM »
Quote from: LittlePig on December 07, 2024, 09:30:12 AM
Why has winning the Big Ten become so meaningless to everyone?  It still means something.
To me?

Winning the Big 18 means nothing anymore. 4 Big 18 teams are going to make the playoffs and they didn't all play each other.

I'm not even gonna bother watching today. Oregon and PSU are in no matter the outcome. So are OSU and IU. The regular season means nothing now. 
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« Reply #61 on: December 07, 2024, 10:33:10 AM »
I'm not gonna watch... someone scheduled a wedding for today w/o consulting me.

back when I was invited to the weddin I knew the Huskers wouldn't be playin today
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« Reply #62 on: December 07, 2024, 11:17:42 AM »
As long as this is how the "evolved" ape voters do it, there is absolutely zero reason to schedule any difficult/fun to watch opponents.  For the thousandth time, a 7 year old could rank them this way. 
An no, there's no magical delineation between 1-2 and 4-5.  As much as people like to pretend there is. More inherent childish thinking.

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Re: Playoff field, impact of CCG's
« Reply #63 on: December 07, 2024, 11:27:54 AM »
The Heisman always seems like a good psychological experiment. How do voters, who have no restrictions, always seem to land around a few guys who almost never play defense or offensive line. 
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« Reply #64 on: December 07, 2024, 11:32:48 AM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on December 07, 2024, 11:27:54 AM
The Heisman always seems like a good psychological experiment. How do voters, who have no restrictions, always seem to land around a few guys who almost never play defense or offensive line.
They're a subset of the masses, ie - cavemen.
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Re: Playoff field, impact of CCG's
« Reply #65 on: December 07, 2024, 11:34:35 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 07, 2024, 11:17:42 AM
As long as this is how the "evolved" ape voters do it, there is absolutely zero reason to schedule any difficult/fun to watch opponents.  For the thousandth time, a 7 year old could rank them this way. 
An no, there's no magical delineation between 1-2 and 4-5.  As much as people like to pretend there is. More inherent childish thinking.

[img width=500 height=265.995]https://i.imgur.com/jVtWTrt.jpeg[/img]
but, but, what about 2-4 and 5-7?
that requires some deep thinkin
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« Reply #66 on: December 07, 2024, 11:35:21 AM »
Then we're screwed.
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« Reply #67 on: December 07, 2024, 12:30:35 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on December 07, 2024, 09:42:42 AM

But the sports mediot focus on the national championship has become so great, that some folks view it as the ONLY prize worth winning, and any season without one is a bust.  That seems like setting yourself up for some major misery, not many seasons are going to end in a NC.  Unless you're an Alabama fan and Saban is your coach, I suppose.
I always find this explanation a bit silly.

-We say these people are idiots
-We mock the things they do
-We let the things they do dictate what we care about?

Like, we control what we care about. Wisconsin was quickly out of the playoffs, missing a chance at a bowl was none the less very meaningful to me. It's weird. I decide what I care about. 

And if UW was playing for a conference title in this system, I'd care about that too. Shit, I cared about it when there was no title chance and they were gonna get whipped by OSU in 2019. 
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« Reply #68 on: December 07, 2024, 12:42:57 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 07, 2024, 11:17:42 AM
As long as this is how the "evolved" ape voters do it, there is absolutely zero reason to schedule any difficult/fun to watch opponents.  For the thousandth time, a 7 year old could rank them this way. 
An no, there's no magical delineation between 1-2 and 4-5.  As much as people like to pretend there is. More inherent childish thinking.


I have a lot fo fans who root for a 9-3 SEC team and spent the past week caterwauling. Alas, few good options when stacking teams. 
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« Reply #69 on: December 07, 2024, 01:07:12 PM »
People are so blinded by the logos that they miss the larger point. 

The ACC is not good.  Pick your evidence, it's all there. 
Yet a 2-loss ACC team should automatically be in over a 3-loss SEC team? 
Again, childish thinking.  Context matters, BEYOND best win and worst loss. 

Like fuck guys, why bother playing 12 games when 10 of the outcomes aren't taken into account?!?!?!? 
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