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Cincydawg

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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #56 on: May 04, 2021, 06:00:07 PM »
I'm not looking for any nefarious motive.  I know UGA didn't have an off week before the WLOCP and they complained, and eventually viola, there was an off week.

I infer they complained often enough that the SEC folks worked it in.  Fine with me.

There was some reason for the double away games with Auburn, I forget what it was, might have been Missouri, whatever.
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #57 on: May 04, 2021, 06:07:21 PM »
Back in the day, Arkansas used to insist on playing Texas the week after the TX-OU game.  They felt it gave them an advantage to play the Horns coming off the emotional rivalry game against the Sooners.  
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #58 on: May 04, 2021, 07:23:47 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on May 04, 2021, 06:07:21 PM
Back in the day, Arkansas used to insist on playing Texas the week after the TX-OU game.  They felt it gave them an advantage to play the Horns coming off the emotional rivalry game against the Sooners. 
I would think it would, which is why teams vie to arrange schedules to their benefit.  I'd be shocked if they don't.

Probably if you whine long enough, they try and make accommodation.
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #59 on: May 05, 2021, 09:23:57 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 04, 2021, 07:23:47 PM
I would think it would, which is why teams vie to arrange schedules to their benefit.  I'd be shocked if they don't.

Probably if you whine long enough, they try and make accommodation.
Right, they're placating a crying baby, not making back-alley chess moves to steal national championships.
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #60 on: May 05, 2021, 09:39:07 AM »
I don't think anyone has implied these were back alley chess moves.

And teams like Vandy probably don't whine much because it wouldn't matter for them, usually, beyond keeping their rivalry games intact.

I don't pay much attention to conference scheduling years ahead, whatever it is in a given year is of note, to me.  We play two teams from the West plus Auburn, usually it's one good team and one mediocre team.  The OOC slate is more interesting, I find.

If UGA doesn't beat Florida, it usually means nothing.

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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #61 on: May 05, 2021, 10:10:40 AM »
Better hope the players don't feel the same way, lol.
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #62 on: May 05, 2021, 11:22:06 AM »
I think my point is pretty clear, no?  The "anything" is an SEC Championship, and that makes beating Florida nearly a sine qua non.

That's Latin by the way.

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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #63 on: May 05, 2021, 11:37:55 AM »
The romance languages developing from Latin is a great way to teach evolution, for those who still want to deny it.
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #64 on: May 05, 2021, 11:50:30 AM »
I'm not sure that is such a great analogy since I don't think we had natural selection operating to evolve languages in an analogous way.

The history of English is really quite fascinating to me.  Folks may forget the last time Englaland was conquered, it was by the "French", who weren't exactly French, but "northmen" who settled in France in an area whose name is indicative of that today.

It's an area I enjoy visiting.  They have calvados.
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #65 on: May 05, 2021, 11:57:56 AM »
French Vikings? 
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #66 on: May 05, 2021, 12:01:34 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on May 05, 2021, 11:57:56 AM
French Vikings?
If I understand correctly, the term "viking" indicates an action, not a location of a people.  They were called "Northmen" and "Danes", for example, back in the day.

These folks went "viking" from time to time to gain wealth and status.

The "norsemen" or northmen under Rollo had settled in western France, de facto, and the King of France granted them lands there in return for fealty and to protect Paris from being raided by "Vikings", sometimes aided by De Bears and De Lions.
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #67 on: May 08, 2021, 12:35:42 AM »
Using the numbers at sportrac.com, we ranked the 25 college football programs with the highest cumulative career earnings among active NFL players. And while the school at the top of the list is hardly a shocker, there are indeed a few programs out there that might not immediately come to mind, but were once home to an individual who has climbed the ranks to superstardom. In other cases, the sheer amount of former players now in the league from a single school does the trick.

25. Boston College ($311,322,122)

24. UCLA ($332,832,248)

23. Auburn ($$336,042,105)

22. Nebraska ($356,563,319)

21. Michigan State ($414,340,560)


20. USC ($417,670,420)

19. Iowa ($420,969,016)

18. Stanford ($451,252,846)

17. Mississippi State ($452,662,115)

16. Pittsburgh ($462,215,298)


15. Wisconsin ($480,484,711)

14. Oklahoma ($498,172,091)

13. Clemson ($500,902,170)

12. Texas A&M ($505,560,292)

11. Florida ($532,561,836)


10. FLORIDA STATE

9. SOUTH CAROLINA

8. NOTRE DAME

7. MIAMI

6. MICHIGAN

5. GEORGIA

4. OHIO STATE

3. LSU

2. CALIFORNIA

1. ALABAMA

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/LongFormArticle/college-football-programs-with-players-who-have-made-most-money-nfl-Alabama-ohio-state-Georgia-lsu-michigan--165116040/#165116040_13
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #68 on: May 10, 2021, 10:12:28 AM »
I may have missed it, but has anyone here advocating for a 6+1+1 eight-team playoff included a no-rematch caveat for the 1 at-large team?  
Say Wisconsin is in line to be the at-large team, but they’ve already lost to who they’d face in the playoff, so they’d be passed over.  Would most of you want that?
Or even extend it to the at-large can’t have a loss to any playoff team?
Thoughts?
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Re: The League of 15
« Reply #69 on: May 10, 2021, 10:13:45 AM »
nope, I still prefer the 2-team playoff
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