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Being in a bar full of Nebraska fans when they added one second back on the clock for Texas was a case of collective PTSD lol

Anyways, great final matchup for the four team playoff. 
 

The first and the last CFP have been the only ones without an SEC team or a Southern team in general. Pretty rare stuff, fingers crossed we see more of that with 12. 

Having the Rose Bowl patch on the jerseys when they already have the graphic on the shoulders was too much. 
 

Sad Washington left the gold pants at home. 

If Goff doesn’t short arm the throw that final play call was there

Looks really good for a city jersey, but as a fellow fan nothing about it says “Denzel Curry” to me. 
 

A black/white color scheme could work for a Ta13oo theme (maybe even with a M1AMI wordmark) or a splash of yellow to pay homage to Imperial. 
 

Zuu/Melt Your Eyez have some cool fonts in their covers/alt covers/merch that could also work. 

LOVB no longer unique in that regard. Another win for PVL. 

I want to shoutout Kansas vs. UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. 
 

UNLV in Grey/Red/Grey, Kansas in Blue/White/Blue. No alternate helmet decals either. 
 

Both teams in their best combos is a very rare occurrence these days. 

40 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

Nebraska has Nebraska volleyball fans just down the road to bring in. What does Champaign add?

If this actually catches on I could see both Lincoln and Omaha having a team. NU/Creighton is a decent rivalry, although its one-sided.

After 92,003, I’m fairly confident in saying this is the biggest volleyball fanbase in the country. 

PVF inks a deal with CBS Sports. I was expecting ESPN+, so I’m pleasantly surprised with this. 

The dark blue part is subtly the shape of Minnesota. That’s actually pretty good. 

It's...fine.

If they just came out with this from the jump I'd be more enthused. It'd easily be in the upper half of state flag designs.

But the fact that they showed us so many better options makes the final product reek of design from committee. Kind of hard to get jazzed up about this, which makes me wonder if it will even pass.

The Heat lost on the Heat Culture courts for the first time. 
 

Hey Heat, if you’re the the hardest working, best conditioned, most professional, unselfish, toughest, meanest, nastiest team in the NBA, why did you blow a 17 point lead at home and lose?

1 hour ago, 4_tattoos said:

First things first, congrats to the Texas Longhorns on winning the D1 national title!

 

 

I have 2 theories on this.

1. Two groups happened to have the same idea and proceeded to move forward with their plans unaware of the group.
2. There may have initially been one group planning a single league. But for some reason their was a division on a matter, and some people broke off to form the other league. If I had to guess, a division could have come in regards to when the league would play. PVF is set to start playing game in late January through May. LOVB is set to start in November 2024, but I'm not sure how long their season will run. With a November start, there could be some overlap between the two leagues in 2025.

LOVB seems to be making more rounds within the club ranks of volleyball, which is huge with the youth. That USA Volleyball partnership could be massive. 
 

Although, I do think PVL has more legs at least right now. Most people around here know who the Omaha Supernovas are. I’m super interested to see what the game atmosphere is like. 

Athletes Unlimited just never had juice. The format always gave placeholder vibes until something better came along. 

Nebraska fan here, volleyball is the best (although not today WOOF at that performance). 
 

Hate that there’s two competing leagues tho. I guess people are banking on just the general sport of volleyball over associations to specific teams and I don’t think that’s the right call. We can do both. 

Well I guess X is being a headcase again 

https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-final-state-flag-design-north-star/600328485/

Here’s an article with the winning design concept and potential designs. 
 

Solid design, especially state flag wise, but easily one of the most boring potential options.
 

If they were gonna go this route they should have just adopted the Lee Harold flag. 

It’s weird that Jerryworld has only hosted once and other newer stadiums have already got it twice. 

1 minute ago, Cujo said:

SBs are just gonna evolve into in a 4 year rotation between Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Miami

I hate that but it really does seem where we’re headed, with whatever new domed stadiums arrive getting a one-off here and there. 

Super Bowl LXI will be in Los Angeles. NFL not waiting long to return. 
 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-expected-to-return-to-sofi-in-2027-los-angeles-area-to-host-big-game-for-second-time-since-2022/amp/

NFL will also be bringing a regular season game to Sao Paulo, Brasil in 2024. 
 

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10101005-report-nfl-owners-approve-2024-regular-season-game-in-sao-paulo-brazil.amp.html

If the Lakers don’t end up winning it all, the memes about that banner are going to be hilarious.

The absurdly on the nose agent was a perfect addition to DeVitomania

4 minutes ago, DustDevil61 said:

The Broncos going from dead in the water at 1-5 to with a game of the Chiefs is one of the wildest parts of it all.

So is Indy staying afloat under Gardner Minshew

That’s going in the all-time blunders file

LSU’s Jayden Daniels wins the Heisman. 
 

Statistically it checks out, but he’s the first Heisman winner I can remember without a notable victory or “Heisman moment”

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-statue-university-northeast-conference-basketball-teams/14145649/

Chicago State finds a future home in the NEC

10 hours ago, SFGiants58 said:

Here’s an idea:  no more national champions. You get conference titles and bowls as reward for winning a conference. That’s it.

 

Every method for finding a national champion is bafflingly stupid and we are better off without them.

This is pretty close to my “dynamic playoff” idea.
 

Keep the Classic Bowl tie-ins: Big Ten vs. PAC Rose Bowl, Big 8 vs ACC Orange Bowl, SEC in the Sugar, SWC in the Cotton, Big East and G5 champ in somewhere. (We also make proper conferences again) 

If at the end of those bowl games there’s one undefeated team— Congrats, you’re the champion. 
 

If there’s two unbeaten teams, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. 

I like the idea of the NCG being a sometimes thing.  There have definitely been years where we didn’t need an extra game to know who the best team in the country was. 
 

Now, if there’s three unbeaten teams at the end of the year (or one-loss teams what have you) then it’s either an impromptu 4-team playoff with an at-large or we let the newspapers and teams decide. Either’s cool with me.