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Do you think spreads are like that moving forward? I don't. Combine this year and last and the SEC bias is going away quickly. They dominated for MANY YEARS, it stands to reason that it would take a couple years for that bias to go away. We all wondered if last year's SEC free national...

NIL and the portal benefited B1G teams more than any other conference because we have the most money in our TV deal and relatively poor recruiting footprints. That being said, NIL and the portal benefited teams with huge individual boosters the most! Miami and Oregon seem to want to remind us...

I like the way you laid this out: 1) Do 50/50 objective (computer rankings) and subjective (people rankings). This allows the people to lower a teams ranking when they lose their starting quarterback at the end of the season, for example, but the computer ranking will still give them credit...

You probably need to pay Collins quite a bit more to keep him from following Corey, right?

I think you have too much faith in human rankings not being biased. Go with the top three highest rated conference champs get the bye (winning big games matters) along with the remaining highest rated team. That would have eliminated Arizona State from getting a bye which was by far the least...

I'm with you. I think they'd do VERY well and don't want Notre Dame in the B1G as long as they don't go to the SEC. They will just make it harder for the Gophers to be successful.

If we keep everyone else, how big an impact does this really have? PJ is still here and it appears all the best remaining defensive assistants are still here and the ones that PJ thinks are the best just got a promotion and likely raises. I'm sure Corey made a difference in the defense's...

Maybe that's why James Franklin thinks they have an unfair advantage.

I know there are good reasons for having Notre Dame join the B1G ($$$$$), but aren't there very good reasons NOT to let them join? Do the B1G powers really wants another power team that they'll lose to in the league? Them joining the B1G will make it even easier for them to recruit against the...

Notre Dame gets $20 million for reaching the championship and keeps it all to itself because it is not in a conference. Ohio State gets the same, but must divide it among all the 18 teams in the conference. For most elite programs, wouldn't being independent generate more income on average...

He got on the field for Oklahoma State because of injuries to their starters. I don't think it's likely he's a world beater, but he'll be good, experienced depth and can compete for a starters spot.

Thanks for making me aware of this article, BleedGopher, this was my favorite part: "Being the head coach at Minnesota is far from a cushy assignment. With limited Big Ten prospects among the high school ranks, and no adjacency to states with hotbeds of talent to recruit from, attracting elite...

Excellent article! I'm going to start a second thread based on the main topic of this article - "Even more success could be next for Gophers Football"

The teams getting air time in the CFP are not the Gophers' peers anyway - Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon - they are and will very likely remain at another level. The B1G doing well in bowls confirms they are the premier conference (along with the SEC) to fans, players and TV execs which leads...

I think their defense is too good assuming the injuries they got today don't keep those guys off the field. The have an excellent running game with two great backs, but their passing game and QB are not great outside jump balls to Tyler Warren. James Franklin almost blew this game by getting...

Only eight conference games, four non-con with two P-4 required to get that cross-pollination and make it easier to compare conferences. Plus, the variety will be more fun. Best 12 teams by ranking. Top three conference champs get byes and then highest rated gets remaining bye regardless of...

If Penn State loses, they will regret getting cute and not just running the ball. Allar does not seem to have good pocket presence.

"'It just means more at Navy.' When you beat an SEC team for the first time in 69 years (nice), you’ve earned the right to troll the conference and its slogan." https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/navy-trolls-sec-armed-forces-bowl-oklahoma.html

Navy 21 - Oklahoma 20 Oklahoma 24 - Alabama 3 :):):)

What a great idea! The overtimes are way too long and boring...because they are too long. Eliminating timeouts would make them shorter and more exciting.