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So... if he wasn't good at his job? Do you really think that's some sick burn or something?

I got my tickets ordered and I'm ready to go.

The highest ranked Group of 5 champion is automatically given a New Year's Six bowl spot.

Mizzou vs Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl...

No one would care.

If anything, it illustrates my point even more. An undefeated ACC champion is not automatically as strong as a 1-loss SEC or Big 12 champion. If that were Louisville or Duke, would you give them as much credit as Florida State or Clemson? I’m guessing not.

What are the schools involved in all those matchups? Are we talking Michigan State from the Big Ten? We know it wasn’t Michigan, Ohio State or Penn State. Or even Iowa. We know none of those SEC teams were Alabama, Georgia, Mizzou, Ole Miss, Tennessee and only one was a great-offense-but-bad-defense-LSU. We know Texas and Oklahoma didn’t lose to any ACC teams. Nor did Washington, Oregon or even Oregon State. LSU seems to be the only quality opponent from the other power 5 that lost to an ACC team, which was, yes, Florida State. But they’re not at the top of the conference. You have to weigh the strength of those P5 opponents. Playing bad teams from the best conferences does not equal great wins.

The pants aren't the issue. It's the jerseys. They are way too close in color. No league would allow them to be worn against each other.

You wanna think about that again?

Here the teams that have a possibility of making the CFP (listed alphabetically). Based on strength of the team/schedule, who are the top 4? Alabama 12-1, SEC Florida State 13-0, ACC Michigan 13-0, BIG TEN Texas 12-1, BIG 12 Washington 13-0, PAC-12 ALL are conference champions, so this is not a case of an undefeated champion vs a 1-loss non-champion/non-making-conference-championship-game scenario. We're not debating Florida State vs Ohio State getting in. Undefeated champion vs 1-loss champion is very much within reason to simply take the four best teams by strength of team/schedule. No way Florida State is in the top 4 of conference champions on that list. EDIT: If Alabama had lost to Auburn last week and then beat Georgia, as a 2-loss SEC Champion, I would then give the benefit of the doubt to undefeated Florida State.

Texas and Alabama won their championships in stronger conferences. Alabama went undefeated in conference play, their only loss coming to non-conference Texas. Florida State beat LSU at the beginning of the season. But since then has played a weaker schedule and have a back-up or 3rd string QB. Barely beat Louisville and looked bad doing it. Same thing against Florida.

Really, can you argue that FSU going undefeated in a weaker conference is better than Texas and/or Alabama winning their championships in their stronger conferences with only 1 loss? We're not talking an undefeated vs a 2-loss. It's only 1. And that's small enough to weigh the strength of the overall and individual opponents. The Power 5 Champions: ACC: Florida State 13-0 Big 10: Michigan 13-0 Big 12: Texas 12-1 PAC-12: Washington 13-0 SEC: Alabama 12-1 I don't think a one game discrepancy is enough to overrule quality of the teams and their schedules.

I was on board with "If FSU wins out, they should be in"... But that game last night was just boring as hell. I can't, myself, see them deserve to get in. And it's the ACC, the weakest of the Power 5. My personal belief would be: 1. Michigan 2. Washington 3. Texas 4. Alabama But it'll probably be: 1. Michigan 2. Washington 3. Texas 4. Florida State (Don't care if they're undefeated, the other teams are clearly better.)

Yankees, Mets, Tigers, Blue Jays, A's (probably on hold now), Guardians and Rays all have yet to unveil City Connect uniforms as well.

I actually prefer UFL. I've come to the belief that a 3-letter initialism ending with FL sounds the most legitimate, and since AFL wouldn't be available, unless they came up with something else for A to stand for, this is the next best option, IMO. I did like how the X in XFL didn't stand for anything and met the previously stated criteria, but as mentioned, if it's a merged league, one name over the other my not feel even. SFL (Spring Football League) wouldn't be a bad option, but not sure who, if anybody, still owns that one, but I like that UFL doesn't restrict it to a particular time of year, even if they stay there.

I feel the city's history of success in spring football merits more than one season to be judged on. You can just go back to 2019 and see the Apollos were #2 in the AAF in attendance at just over 19.5k per game. Now they played at UCF, which is a newer stadium. But I think it can still work. Hopefully if/when they come back, they can go back to UCF or even Exploria Stadium.

I really think they need a team in Orlando. One of the strongest spring football markets with 3 stadium options (including one they were already using). Ideally, I think a start with 10 (the current 8 plus Orlando and Canton since they already have stadium deals) would be a better start. I personally don't mind the 8, just would've preferred 10. Speaking of Canton, I'm not an Ohioan(?), but what is the better Ohio market for spring football; Canton or Columbus? I feel like while Canton has the HOF and probably a better stadium, Columbus is the bigger market with 2 soccer stadium options that could be used, availability notwithstanding. Maybe someone with more insight could enlighten me on the matter.

Why not League of AMERICAN Football?

They don't have a stadium deal. All the teams without their own stadium are not included/"paused" (plus Seattle, Orlando and technically Canton). Houston's iffy at the moment because the Roughnecks had one at TDECU, but it's being renovated, so there seemed to be a deal with Rice Stadium that either Houston team could play at. But, yeah. The Breakers have no stadium at this time.

Every team that's reportedly staying has a stadium deal except Houston because TDECU Stadium is going to be undergoing renovations. But it was also said back before the merger talk that the XFL had an agreement for the Roughnecks to play at Rice Stadium, so either Houston team that stayed would play there. Of all the reports today, there was absolutely no mention of hub cities for games. Not sure about the continuation of the practice hub from the XFL.

Doesn't appear they're using hub cities.

I always figured Seattle wouldn't make it due to geography. But they supposedly have a stadium deal with Canton, so I don't know what's going on there. I think most figured the Maulers would just become "Canton". I'm not big on them dropping Orlando. They have a great history of spring football. One season shouldn't be enough reason to cut them. If New Jersey could get into Red Bull Arena, that would be great. And there's been that speculation about New Orleans playing at The Shrine. (or Yulman).

This IS just reported at this point and not confirmed, so who knows.

Trayce Thompson (MLB) is the brother of Klay Thompson (NBA). It's not super common, but not unheard of.

It's been a busy day on TwiX. I'm a little perplexed if the reports of only an 8-team league are true. Unless it's only for 2024 and others returning in 2025. I prefer a start date immediately following the Super Bowl, at least until the league can really establish itself, but I guess March 30th is better than mid-April.