No doubt there are several alternate realities in which the Tide beats Auburn and takes this year's championship. Along with alternate realities in which the Oregon Ducks... but wait, this is getting out of hand.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 9 December 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
every game has a normal probability distribution for (team1_points - team2_points). for alabama or any school with the best players, the distribution is usually shifted +21 or so points with a sigma of 10 or fewer points. so alabama should really be asking that they play each team in a best of 2000 series each week, to be certain the brilliant median score difference shines through for the playoff committee.
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 December 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
or maybe the point of sports isn't to determine which team is better. perhaps the point is to tell stories. stories about a catfish'd linebacker or a coach named Derbis that really likes jesus. or maybe a catfish'd linebacker who also really likes jesus. maybe this is the point of sports.
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 December 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
Alabama was not looking all the dominant this year before they lost Tua. LSU beat them very very easily. And let's not forget how badly Clemson beat Bama last year in title game. Fuck Saban.
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Monday, 9 December 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
i will never forget
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 December 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
i'm glad ND could actually get 11 wins, but at what cost: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5z9iv8
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 December 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
They're playing my alma mater in Orlando and I already hate ND with the fire of 1,000 suns
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
I like how that video extolling Ames, Iowa mentions its city water supply as one of its many fabulous local wonders. Twice! It also wants us to know that the weather is good in the springtime, without saying that spring is sandwiched in between a wretched winter and a torrid summer and only lasts about six weeks.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
No argument here. Alabama was average this year, and there's not a Tua Tagovailoa or Jalen Hurts in the pipeline right now. We'll see how Tua's brother does, but I suspect the game plan will no longer revolve around a superman qb.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
dandy, cyclones' chances have improved (not saying they weren't already good). chip long has left.
― $1,000,000 or 1 bag of honeycrisp apples (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
We have a good team this year and will be even better next year. But I don't see the Clones beating ND.
I can't wait to watch Saban run up the score on Ole Miss next year. He hates Kiffin as much as I hate ND.
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
https://www.wave3.com/resizer/D9poTW8hBkyivGrQKLII8Cy7cnI=/1200x600/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-raycom.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MTS2ERADZZDUBCHGAQ453IUHCE.jpg
― earlnash, Thursday, 12 December 2019 01:35 (four years ago) link
army and navy, combined passing in the first half: 2-for-2, 11 yards
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 December 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
From its inception to 2017, the game was sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant franchise and officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.[8] After Restaurant Brands International acquired Popeyes in 2017, they declined to renew sponsorship. Elk Grove Village, Illinois — "home to the largest industrial park in the United States" — picked up the sponsorship in 2018, renaming the bowl as the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl.[9]
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 December 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
mercy rule in a national semifinal
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 December 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
^^
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 December 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
lawrence is getting brutalized
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
Clemson O-line is not winning consistently, but the OSU O-line has had consistent success.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
football move indicator that lights up when football moves are happening
― Cojones in Motor Oil (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:07 (four years ago) link
These two teams are pretty even. OSU has better athletes on defense.
Oklahoma could not beat Auburn, they looked slow as usual on defense by comparison to LSU.
― earlnash, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:09 (four years ago) link
I think that targeting penalty is a bit extreme. I could see that being the result on a second play by same player or maybe a total across a season, but it does seem a bit like 'get out of jail free' card in football and seems to make impact in a bunch of games.
― earlnash, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
headhunting used to be an integral part of the game, but permanent brain damage has long been an integral part of the game, too, so... which is more important in the long run: affecting game outcomes, or reducing the prevalence of traumatic brain injury?
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:17 (four years ago) link
good game, impressed by clem to come back
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:05 (four years ago) link
nothing quite like MAC and Sunbelt also-rans doing battle in the mobile alabama/GMAC/go daddy/dollar general/lendingtree bowl on a random monday night in january
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
It was dumb of the NCAA to schedule the championship game so late, right after divisional weekend, the most exciting weekend of NFL football
― 525,600 gecs (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 04:08 (four years ago) link
Joe Brady in the box with a headset, looks like he should be a dude in a madden tournament
― if you're in the thread, keep on posting (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 01:52 (four years ago) link
I'm picking the Tigers to win.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 01:56 (four years ago) link
this whole game is one big zaxby's commercial
― if you're in the thread, keep on posting (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 02:07 (four years ago) link
with a fanboat drive-thru
― if you're in the thread, keep on posting (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link
this game, if late, is still very good
― if you're in the thread, keep on posting (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 02:34 (four years ago) link
James Skalski could be called for targeting while standing still
― if you're in the thread, keep on posting (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
this LSU team is one we're gonna remember forever.
jamarr chase is just a sophomore, jeez. my chief rooting interest is for him to get to 300 yds.
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 04:28 (four years ago) link
head ref has david byrne vibes
― if you're in the thread, keep on posting (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 04:45 (four years ago) link
like this is his first game, and he'll go home to journal about how profoundly strange american football is
― if you're in the thread, keep on posting (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 04:47 (four years ago) link
enjoying this new trend of 'sure, our coach is a racist abuser, but look at all the money we saved by making him take a paycut'
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 July 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
"I don't think we can take this away from our players, take this away from our state and our country," Orgeron said. "We need football. Football is the lifeblood of our country."
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
It's definitely the life blood of his bank account.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/betting-odds-on-college-football-return
His bank account is going to take a hit, I assume.
― Ira Einhorn (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 16 July 2020 02:12 (three years ago) link
washington state is apparently cutting players who signed *or retweeted* the pac-12 players list of demands. amazing
Am told multiple other #WSU players who shared the "#WeAreUnited" graphics have been released from the team, as well. https://t.co/OA0Hg3aroo— Theo Lawson (@TheoLawson_SR) August 2, 2020
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 August 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
Among complaints from Colorado State athletes staffers: Coaches have told players not to report COVID-19 symptoms, threatened players with reduced playing time if they quarantine and claim CSU is altering contact tracing reports to keep players practicing https://t.co/OMjaq7GFsK— Kevin Lytle (@Kevin_Lytle) August 4, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link