ThunderHorse
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So Tennessee is attempting to fire their AD for cause...and JIMBO Fisher is the new A&M coach. Jeeze.
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Because the school is going to have to pay around $13 million, between him and Jones, without doing so. They will save $5.5mil if they can fire him for cause.
How. Bout. Them. BUCKEYES.
Devildoc
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Like everyone I am curious to see what happens in a few hours. A close win against arguably the weakest scheduled top 10 team may not be convincing enough to move them three spots into the playoffs. I could see both arguments though.
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I think had Ohio State curb-stomped Wisconsin, they'd be in. But a one-score win just wasn't convincing.
I have no problem with a one-loss Alabama being in.
I have no problem with a one-loss Alabama being in.
ThunderHorse
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Ooooooo UCLA-KSU in the Cactus...I just have to drive 20 minutes...worth it.
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Duke going to Detroit to play against NIU. Duke's just happy to be there.
Everyone knew this was going to happen. I am 100% a Buckeye (before I drank and partied and 2001-d myself out, I went there), so I am invested. But there was no WAY Bama was not going in. We all knew it.
Strength of schedule? Doesn't matter. No conference championship? Doesn't matter.
I saw something to the effect of, "No matter what the choice, the committee is either going to put in a 2 loss team for the first time ever or 2 teams from the same conference in for the first time ever... there is no way to do this without pissing off 40% of college football fans."
Really the only part I am pissed about? The Rose Bowl. The Big Ten champ plays the Pac 12 champ in the Grandaddy of them All, and because that's now a playoff semifinal game, that goes to UGA/OU?
Bullshit.
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Agreed. For sake of tradition, that's a bowl they need to leave be.
Right? Like, it's not that hard to get the other teams on a neutral field on the Sugar as opposed to the Rose or whatever else.
Yeah I have taken a bit of issue with this myself. Kind of ruins the bowl tradition that I grew up knowing. Apparently these playoff games rotate among the "New Years Six" (the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, Cotton, Peach). And with a full month between announcing the semi finalist and actual play, I see no reason why they can't match those teams (conferences) with a traditional/matching bowl game. OU vs UGA, easy choice, the Cotton Bowl. Bama vs Clemson, Sugar or Orange, either works. But, unfortunately, the NCAA did not call me again this year to ask my opinion...maybe next year...
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Need an 8 Team Playoff.
Devildoc
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EVERY conference champion, for sure. Do I think UCF is #1 material? No. Do I think they should have a shot to play? Yup.
Quit it, you're making sense. And guess what? That preserves the aforementioned historic/traditional bowl issues.
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Welcome to ThugOU: Sooners RB Anderson facing rape allegation
If it went down like the article states, this seems sketchy as hell.
Wait, what? Someone makes a legal filing against you, and before there's even an arrest, much less a trial or conviction, you have to effectively pay a fine for it?
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There are a lot of "undercard" events leading up to the big Army/Navy game this Saturday. The Army/Navy Boxing Classic used to be one of them. Army normally dominates this competition. Navy bowed out last year, citing "safety concerns." ...and apparently it happened this year too. 
Navy Backs Out Of Army/Navy Boxing Classic (Again): "The Most 'Beta' Thing I've Ever Heard" • The Havok Journal
Navy Backs Out Of Army/Navy Boxing Classic (Again): "The Most 'Beta' Thing I've Ever Heard" • The Havok Journal
