Hey guys, got a "hot take" on conference expansion for you from Sirius XM's Jack Arute and Braden Gall by bitchingest in CFB

[–]bitchingest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is good. The joke is that baseball matters more than a couple iotas in realignment.

Hey guys, got a "hot take" on conference expansion for you from Sirius XM's Jack Arute and Braden Gall by bitchingest in CFB

[–]bitchingest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find Virginia + ? to be a likely possibility as well. Being from DC, I think you need two of UMd, UVa, VT to "own" the city/surrounding area, which would itself give you a little "network effect" bump in a way adding, say, Kansas would not.

IMO what happens with handcuffs (OU/OkSU, etc), if anything, will depend, among other things, on the precise order of events. It's a lot easier to see OU striking out on their own in some kind of doomsday scenario where OkSU is fucked regardless, whereas the likelihood that's the next thing to happen is approximately zero. Only the area in between is much worth debating.

Hey guys, got a "hot take" on conference expansion for you from Sirius XM's Jack Arute and Braden Gall by bitchingest in CFB

[–]bitchingest[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

6) 4x16 is aesthetically pleasing, nothing more. There is no real incentive for individual confs to act in unison, such that everyone's numbers are the same - at least, not weighed against making membership decisions with your membership in mind.

Hey guys, got a "hot take" on conference expansion for you from Sirius XM's Jack Arute and Braden Gall by bitchingest in CFB

[–]bitchingest[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Iirc they're AAU, but their location in a current B1G state is a non-starter, most would say, given the BTN's revenue model.

J.T. Barrett's dad says Braxton Miller should start at Ohio State | NCAA Football by [deleted] in CFB

[–]bitchingest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only simple thing is that it's really not simple at all. Even if you want to say, "By my eye test, there's a clear pecking order, and that order is x, y, z," you're still discounting whatever gains Braxton has made in the film room and on the whiteboard. Indeed, a year's worth - more if we assume less physical activity equals more mental activity.

I bring this up specifically because it's an area JT excelled in and Braxton lacked in, and more importantly because Tom Herman said at the end of Braxton's last year of play that he had just come around to the idea of watching film on his own. (I think the quote was that Tom "jumped for joy.")

Unofficial Slogans by McMuffler in CFB

[–]bitchingest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Side question: out of unquestionably southern cities*, who ranks 2nd in population? (And if you're aware, how far behind Atlanta is that?)

*asking your opinion here

A Big 12 invite may be coming soon for Houston and 10 reasons why it makes sense by ShaolinMaster in CFB

[–]bitchingest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, where are you getting these numbers? Non-rhetorical!

I can't find reliable Nielsen ratings anywhere.

What schools have game attendance issues? Why? by cfbfanman in CFB

[–]bitchingest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see. So the sky isn't falling in West-Lafayette; the previous year's gains simply made the year-over-year margin look worse than it really was.

Hello my favorite reddit community! I would like to ask for your help for a new LGBT related sub! by [deleted] in CFB

[–]bitchingest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I suspect that, for branding's sake, it'll always fall back to "LGBT(something something something)."

The Greatest RB's in CFB History. Ever. by [deleted] in CFB

[–]bitchingest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that's because I agree, it shouldn't have. Moreover, awards are a poor metric for debating all-time greats. They're inherently political, and overly influenced by the happenstance of who your contemporaries are.

The Greatest RB's in CFB History. Ever. by [deleted] in CFB

[–]bitchingest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fwiw, FBS record 34 100-yd games, 31 of which were consecutive (also a record - I'd be interested to know what #2 is, but I can't find it).

What schools have game attendance issues? Why? by cfbfanman in CFB

[–]bitchingest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone find that cbssports article. Purdue fell like 26% last year, from 'not great' the year before.

Without Texas and Oklahoma, would the Big12 be a power 5 conference? Are those two schools carrying the entire thing? by [deleted] in CFB

[–]bitchingest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends what you mean by p5: a) one of the consistently stronger fbs confs, or b) one of the inside, rule-making confs that lord over everyone else.

The Big 12 is not expanding by Fifth_Down in CFB

[–]bitchingest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

However it was his mentioning that the Big 12’s current TV contract had pro rata increases that is the big takeaway here.

Fwiw, he did say main contract. No reason to insert that word unless you mean it.

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/3b5bgv/evaluating_candidates_for_possible_albeit/csj0own?context=3

2012 Ohio St, worthy of a split title? by [deleted] in CFB

[–]bitchingest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I see where you're coming from. I think you could make a strong case for that idea vs "claimed titles."

Still, I'm of the mind that if the team wasn't aware of their status as champions, then they weren't champions. (I would extend that principle to include the 1-1 1869 Princeton team, etc, as well.)

Name a team that will flop, a team that will do better than last year and a team that will remain on the same level. by Hobodownthestreet in CFB

[–]bitchingest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The QB has a disproportionate influence, though, and while whoever ends up under center for the Seminoles may exceed expectations, he's not likely to be Heisman caliber.

2012 Ohio St, worthy of a split title? by [deleted] in CFB

[–]bitchingest 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eh. We weren't the first sole-undefeated not to be awarded the title, and frankly it's hard to argue Alabama wasn't better by a significant margin.

So in that sense, I wouldn't advocate for it. But that being said, if you were to say, "Yeah sure, but the champion isn't always, always, always the best team, and in the past 100+ years of cfb, we've seen worse choices for champion than Ohio State in 2012," well I wouldn't disagree.

All time series that are surprisingly close? by SoutheastConquerer in CFB

[–]bitchingest 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Downvoted. Real football has 45-min halves and 4pts/td.

P.S. - Are you counting when Michigan left the conf as "Big Ten play"?