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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

Remember the Tebow girl and her absolutely massive rack.
Fernando has a GF that is the closest we've seen to those measurements.

Something about dorky ass quarterbacks landing girls with busts that would tilt the earth off its axis.
Because she knows that even if the NFL doesn't pan out, he'll be making millions running the most profitable "get rich quick" MLM ever created and doing the seminars himself.
 
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We have to keep the BigTen trend going.
With all due respect, because you have a good point. But...
1. I don't really care if the Big Ten trend continues. I just want Buckeye championships. Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska - they're all the same: "Not Ohio State."
2. Fuck the cheaters and their 2023 championship.
3. I do dig that the SEC hasn't even been in the championship game for 3 straight years, though. But, to call back to #2, I'd have rather Alabama beat the cheaters in the semi-finals and made it to the championship that year.
 
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We have to keep the BigTen trend going.
Sorry to double-post, but you bring up a really good point. I mean, I don't agree with it, but it's worth mentioning. Remember in 2006-2012, and then for a while later, the SEC was the best conference because of their championships. And that was all we ever heard about. And I think it was Gatorubet, a Florida fan poster on here for a while, he said, "Just because the best team comes from that conference doesn't meant that that is the best conference." But ESPN and the national talk shows didn't listen. To be fair, I think the SEC WAS the best conference, but none of those national media folks would give any substantive arguments. Just, "SEC wins it, again."

Kinda like the LeBron vs. Michael argument. Jordan won like 6 NBA championships. LeBron... 3? Well, how many did Scottie Pippen win? 6? Was he also better than LeBron, then? (For the record, I'm not getting involved in that one - I just think the number of championships is a lousy argument.)

So, now that the SEC hasn't even been in the national title game in 3 years, what's their take? I'm sure it isn't "The Big Ten is better than us." I bet they're talking about their depth and how hard it truly is to win in their conference, and when they get to the playoff, they are just too beat up to continue.
 
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With all due respect, because you have a good point. But...
1. I don't really care if the Big Ten trend continues. I just want Buckeye championships. Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska - they're all the same: "Not Ohio State."
2. Fuck the cheaters and their 2023 championship.
3. I do dig that the SEC hasn't even been in the championship game for 3 straight years, though. But, to call back to #2, I'd have rather Alabama beat the cheaters in the semi-finals and made it to the championship that year.
Agree with all this, especially point 2.

Feel like the media is trying to whitewash the Michigan cheating with claiming their championship is legit by grouping the B1G championships.

I'm not falling for it. They cheated, it's not legit
 
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So, now that the SEC hasn't even been in the national title game in 3 years, what's their take? I'm sure it isn't "The Big Ten is better than us." I bet they're talking about their depth and how hard it truly is to win in their conference, and when they get to the playoff, they are just too beat up to continue.


Three things are what I am reading and hearing.

1). For the first time in probably 25+ years, the B1G has the coaching advantage. Gone are the days of when it was Urban Meyer (and then a significant gap) and then somebody else.
Now, as these staffs are ultimately picked apart (as good staffs almost always are) we'll see if the advantages remain as robust as they are now. But outside of Kirby and Lane, I think the SEC's middle class of coaches has regressed.

2). If you're looking for the league to respond - they already have. Brian Kelly - gone, Billy Napier - gone, Hugh Freeze - gone, Sam Pittman - gone, Stoops - gone, KDB and Shane Beamer have the hottest of hot seats imaginable. Sark's has been turned up as well (although less hot than theirs.

3). The one I don't yet know the answer to is how the IU model will replicate moving forward. Michigan's success was discarded because they cheated, so there was no copy-cat method.
Ohio State's success is credited because they simply had better players than anyone and got lava hot at the exact right time (public opinion, not BigWoof sentiment). Hard for many to replicate.
IU is different though. Getting upperclassmen and loading a roster with experienced talent is one thing, coaching them up in an effective way is another.


Long story short - people will grumble and hibernate until baseball starts.
 
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