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7 hours ago, Unocal said:

Are the Chiefs basically a beneficiary of the NFL legislating defense out of the sport?

 

KC feels like a flag football team- no toughness, no physicality, all finesse, SOFT

Translation: What stupid thing can I say to get people to argue with me?

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

Maybe he likes coaching?

No, that can't possibly be the reason. It has to be something that makes him look bad and provides fodder for internet football experts.

6 hours ago, Red Comet said:

Oh, and Taylor Swift is at Arrowhead. Only a matter of time before she bangs the bigass drum. 

6 minutes ago, Fowler said:

Not until they break up and she writes 5 songs about him.

If she doesn't call one of those songs "Bang the Drum Slowly" we have failed as a species.

1 hour ago, Cujo said:

 

Final score: Bears 6, Broncos 6

No way they combine for that many points.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

 

There should be a "no-context post" thread.

Done.

The No-Context Post Thread.

1 hour ago, Red Comet said:

 

Oh, and Taylor Swift is at Arrowhead. Only a matter of time before she bangs the bigass drum. 

With her track record, I suppose anything is possible.

45 minutes ago, Discrim said:

Never said that, just saying their QB kinda looked like Philip Rivers mechanically...dude kinda throws an ugly ball, but he makes good decisions from what I saw.  Kinda like the opposite of Graham Mertz.

Whatever. We still won.

3 minutes ago, Discrim said:

Ugh...sometimes it felt like the Irish did everything right on defense, and then that Ohio State QB would luck out somehow. 

Yeah, Ohio State holding ND to 14 points was pure luck.

44 minutes ago, BBTV said:

Someone explain to me how rankings work.  Ohio State was 6, Notre Dame was 9.  Shouldn't the expected outcome be a tight OSU win?  I get that it's 100% subjective and the "eyeball test" is what matters, and what the teams ranked above and below you do matters too, but should Notre Dame really lose two spots when if anything, they showed that they're right there with the (now) #5 team?

 

It seems like maybe the relative rankings were spot on, the expected outcome happened, yet the gap in rankings widens.

Rankings work like this: "brand name" schools are always overrated (see OSU and ND), polling coaches who don't pay attention to the teams they're supposed to rank, and media circle jerks. Hope that helps.

3 minutes ago, Unocal said:

Today just felt like a letdown. ND winning would have been more interesting than another boring Buckeye rerun.

You'll get over it. 

12 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

 

He was interviewed by "Lou Holtz" (aka Ty Schmidt) from the Pat McAfee Show:

 

 

How did that work out for you, Lou?

2 minutes ago, McCall said:

Ohio State wishes they were as important as the SEC.

Being less important would be easier.

3 minutes ago, Unocal said:

Ohio State is and the SEC are basically all that matters in CFB

 

Everyone else is secondary

Edited for accuracy. 

32 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said:

Walkoff TD Ohio State

Justice and the Ohio State Buckeyes prevail.

34 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

If given the choice right now between buttoned up, says the right things the right way...except for after tonight's game... Ryan Day or Deion Sanders as HC of Ohio State, I'm taking Coach Prime all day long.

Updated.

28 minutes ago, See Red said:

I mentioned this earlier, but the NCAA changed the initial counter rules.  You used to only be able to bring in 25 players (with some exceptions), and this year there was no limit.  However, I think the rule was only for two years to account for the extra Covid eligibility year.  So it's not like Deion had some novel idea to completely overhaul the team, it just wasn't possible.

 

This guy gets way more credit than he deserves.

No one said Deion had some novel idea. He used the rules in place to Colorado's advantage.

That aside, I just don't understand all the hate Deion is getting. He's the same guy he was when he was playing in the NFL. Was he supposed to change his personality because he entered the hallowed halls of football coaching? If given the choice right now between buttoned up, says the right things the right way, Ryan Day or Deion Sanders as HC of Ohio State, I'm taking Coach Prime all day long.

8 minutes ago, Germanshepherd said:

Very true. But Colorado’s not sniffing its current NIL fund if Deion wasn’t cool. 

You think schools like Tennessee or Miami can't get NIL deals for players without Deion?

1 minute ago, Germanshepherd said:

I think teams will try, but likely fail at replicating the Deion strategy. 
 

Kids think Deion Sanders is cool, know his mentality due to his masterful media skills and want to play for him. He was pulling five stars to Jackson State. Nobody else could do that. 
 

Texas State took in the second-most transfers, and are now struggling with the team on the nation’s longest losing streak, Nevada. (However, they did beat Baylor)

Teams will try, but I’d need to see multiple people who aren’t the one-of-a-kind Deion pull it off to say that will be the norm instead of the tried and true old school rebuild. 

You're forgetting the key ingredient to this formula - money. Colorado didn't get all those new players solely because Coach Prime is cool.

1 hour ago, oldschoolvikings said:

I can’t speak for everyone but I honestly think it has less to do with “Deion being Deion” and more about the national media hype machine that gets stoked up around these things. Earlier this week on ESPN’s morning show they said that Colorado had changed college football forever.  That’s a quote.  Three average looking wins against unimpressive opponents and college football as we know it has changed forever.  Said with straight faces. 
 

Seriously, how are people supposed to react to that? 

The ESPN hosts weren't wrong. Colorado has changed the game forever. Do any of us really believe that the Buffs will be the only team to essentially wipe out its roster and use the transfer portal to quickly rebuild? Struggling programs who hire a hot new HC will be doing the same thing and they'll be doing it soon. This is how it's going to be until it's not.

2 hours ago, -Akronite- said:

 

Well we'll have to agree to disagree. Cause to me, personally, I think you love them.

I don't care.

32 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

11 hours ago, infrared41 said:

 

Kyle Orton.

I can’t explain why, but I used to get him and Jake Plummer confused

Same here.

41 minutes ago, Sec19Row53 said:

I get where your tastes lie. I agree with them. I'm not surprised that we both disagree with @DCarp1231's rankings. We share a different aesthetic taste.

By different aesthetic taste you mean the correct aesthetic taste, right?

Best list: You were two for three. #2 was half great and half disaster.

Honorable mention: Putting Niners - Steelers in this category makes me wish I'd never let you take this thing over. That game is at minimum top three. Keep it up and I'm taking this back.

Worst list: No argument here.

Wild card: Jets throwbacks cancel out the terrible blue monochrome making this game a wash. It doesn't warrant consideration for either list.

6 minutes ago, -Akronite- said:

Please expand on this snipe, both games looked great.

Allow me to elaborate. I didn't like them.

1 hour ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

 

You mean Buffalo Bills legend Kyle Orton.

Of course I do.  Many apologies for the oversight. Orton was so legendary that even when he retired, he still managed to save the Bills franchise...according to the guy who made this video anyway.