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It’s not bad, it’s “innovative”. I believe the conference determines the last game based upon some formula that puts them at some kind of advantage for post season positioning. Roll your dice to see who you play twice. This is what you do when you can’t afford the deposit to rent a venue for a championship game 😆

Love me some AI

And you can see the future pecking order of the new PAC. Just sort by the number of appearances on over the air channels in year 1

At least it’s not scheduled out for 20 years, a lot can happen by 2033…we could theoretically not be allowed to play any G6’s by 2033, or sooner.

I guess…just not a fan of playing 1:1 with a G6.

I’m in, thank you Charles!

That was gold JJ! It’s a dirty dirty business…need to be on it and sounds like they are.

Whatever the reason may be, the players we had last year weren’t assigned to us by some third-party entity. OBD evaluated and selected the roster, which was subpar at best, even before injuries imo.

You seem to have the essence as far as I can tell 😆 Two other aspects: The SEC had the market cornered for quite a few years at the height of all things Alabama. As we see all the time, for some reason, most people or organizations in power seem to be reluctant to give it up. Sankey has some hall of fame level quotes on not needing to “dumb down the SEC”, and that others “need to catch up”. The previously entrenched bowl system created a fairly unique situation. Interestingly enough, once the bowl system started to erode beyond repair, and the SEC went three years without a title…things started to move. All imo of course!

Ouch! I’ve been a big Dana fan for years, but this has been like watching a bug swirling around in a toilet the last couple years, imo. Half of what made Dana amazing was his ability to work with transfers (pre-NIL, etc) and find just the right guys to add to the mix. Now he’s just some guy amongst 100 other coaches doing the same thing, but with apparently less $$ than needed.

Take a gander at his articles a year ago. I didn’t bother calculating how terrible his predictions for 2025 were, but at first glance he has BSU being a sure fire playoff team and Texas Tech going 7-5….at which point I stopped reading. He’s basically typing random words into Claude.

A super league with 5-6 teams where those teams leave the P2 on poor terms? There are only a handful of teams that are tOSU and Alabama. If they managed to find 12 to spin off (that somehow excluded OBD) they’d all have 3-4 losses and then somehow still plug into a broader playoff? I wouldn’t cave in for that. Most super league ideas I’ve seen involve more of a top 30-60 teams which is basically a P2 merger, with a few other twists. Guess we’ll see in a few years!

Spot on fun article, awesome job…they have what looks like a very easy schedule. That being said, 10.5 is a tricky number. That ain’t 10-2, to state the obvious, that’s 11-1 to win your wager. The tricky games imo: Wisconsin (at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI) – 7:30 p.m. ET at North Carolina at BYU Miami (FL) SMU Am I confident enough to bet they go 4-1 in those 5 games? Tough call.

That confirms what I thought. So if a school can’t go independent, and there aren’t anymore conferences to move up to…what exactly is their leverage to ask for more?

Seems like there can only be so many independents, so I’d be prepared to tell them to sit and spin. Would ND be able to stay independent without their NBC deal? Only so many NBC deals out there and it hasn’t exactly translated into any kind of dynasty of championships in the modern era for them to date. BYU wasn’t able to pull it off. Really at the end of the day, if 4-5 are able to pull it off, how much do I really care? Same dance, different tune…doesn’t increase my bank account 😆

With all due respect, this thread is bonkers! Strong opinions on a player that hasn’t played a down based upon social media click bait? Really reinforcing my primary directive for what CFB has become…I don’t learn their names until they actually play in the fall. Thats for me. Believe me, I used to live and breathe this stuff, so I don’t begrudge anyone trying to still get a handle on it. I’m quite satisfied with the aggregate for recruiting until it matters in the fall.

Oh for sure, but timing is everything. B1G was able to buy low during a fire sale…USC has a long history of failing up.

Not trying to be data guy, but can fill that role for the thread. I was agreeing with the boring chalk comment in my head, so decided to research. So dark the con of man…the tourney masterfully provides the illusion of Maddness, and it certainly delivers opening week, but in the end: Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, seeds 1-4 have dominated, winning over 85% of championships. No. 1 seeds are the most successful, winning 24 of the 41 tournaments (58.5%) since 1979. No. 2 seeds follow with seven titles, while 3 and 4 seeds win significantly less often. NCAA.com Championship Wins by Seed (Since 1985 expansion): No. 1 Seeds: ~58-60% (24+ titles) No. 2 Seeds: ~17% (7 titles) No. 3 Seeds: ~5-7% No. 4 Seeds: ~3-5% NCAA.com +3 Key Findings: Dominant No. 1s: Since 1979, No. 1 seeds have won 24 of 41 championships. Final Four Presence: No. 1 seeds account for 40.6% of all Final Four spots since 1985. Highest Seeds Win: Since 1985, 35 of 40 champions (87.5%) were 1, 2, or 3-seeds. Rare Winners: Only one 8-seed (Villanova in 1985) has ever won the championship, making it the lowest seed to win. Consistency: 15 of the past 19 title winners have come from the top line (No. 1 seeds), according to NCAA.com data for 2026.

Love me some data, take from it what you will! Pro Leagues (Approximate Percentages) NBA (Basketball): ~53% (16 of 30 teams). NHL (Hockey): ~50% (16 of 32 teams). NFL (Football): ~43% (14 of 32 teams). MLB (Baseball): ~40% (12 of 30 teams). MLS (Soccer): ~60% (18 of 30 teams). College Sports (Approximate Percentages) College Football Playoff (FBS): ~9% (12 of 130+ teams under the new 2024+ format). NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball: ~19-20% (68 of ~350+ teams)

For everyone saying it was a boring spring game, I’ve been of that opinion since the Marcus debut. That being said, I’d wager that was a top-5 spring game experience nationally this year…spring games aren’t what they used to be, welcome to 2026. Great atmosphere and actual (mostly) football action which is very rare The DL is so good it’s impossible to gauge the OL imo. The only takeaways I have as a fan (no film) are that we are absolutely, ridiculously stacked at DL, WR, and QB. Hard to judge a new OL going against the best DL in CFB, while playing with a touch is a sack rule, in April.

Nope…I’d delete that app immediately 😆

Great stuff, though I think USC has 7 “loseable” games. Now I don’t see them losing all 7, but going 3-4 in those 7 would not surprise me at all. I’d put their floor as bad as 7-5. There’s a good reason their O/U is mostly 8.5. I’m going to assume they’re still soft until proven otherwise, 8-4!

Agree with most of what’s in this thread, BUT, in almost every professional sports league, a sub .500 team can make the playoffs.

Yes, hoops a different animal than football…in theory should be a way higher volume (relative to roster size) of very good to great non-P4 players to pick off. Great to see new PAC members getting some immediate indicators on where they still stand 😂

Sounds like Jackson to Louisville