UnluckyforSome

I don't disagree. I very much think that is the hope and the intent. March Madness in December.

But that has always been the question. Does having 8 teams that have no realistic shot at winning the tournament help to define the tippy top? It seems more like a battle of attrition then. Well, this team ran the gauntlet of inferior opponents, so it is best. In that case, why stop at 12? Have the entire top 25 battle it out. I guess what I am saying is I like more games as much as everyone else. This doesn't work for me though, and doesn't offer the compelling contests that we expect from playoff football.

I would say there is not a single team outside of the top 2 or 3 that have a chance, so why have all the others in to begin with? Pointless games except for 1 huge item..$$$$$.

I don't care 1 bit for Tennessee, but I am absolutely not going to wish OSU wins

Of course. As originally stated, there is a push to make this akin to the basketball tournament, which it cannot and will not ever be. I would rather see the old way that everyone thought was unfair, and have bowls and votes after everything was over, than sit through these games that are there to sell me soda, cars and medicines.

I completely agree with that, on the other hand, specific to this year, a 3 loss SEC team still has 3 losses and I am not convinced they should be in a conversation about a "National Champion."

Then it becomes, as Finebaum has a bit sarcastically said, the Alabama Invitational.

It could be. There will certainly be something for the Alabama crowd to gripe about. There has been a real emphasis on trying to create the same excitement for this that is a part of the basketball tournament. The thing is, we have seen the little guys in college football already fail repeatedly to knock off the big programs, so I am not sure why expanding the field to officially include them would necessarily bring different results. There's already talk here and there about expanding it further to 16, and there is no good reason for that either.

Too bad SMU. Just not your day.

Supposedly, Gruden called the Jets to thank them for getting Jenkins out of the division.

No one here really talks much Panthers unless they are winning. SEC football, that's another story completely. Lo and behold, we will get the game here.

I would be more inclined to watch any of those other games over Panthers-Cardinals. There is no reason to sit through that mess. Complete waste of time.

Wrapped up in 2029? Well that will be a big event, especially considering that might be when we are finally flirting with having a winning season again.

He's what..38..and coming off what can be a career-ending injury? It should've been expected, and I guess to some degree it was, since they drafted a qb to replace him the same year they signed him. We probably allow him to put up a highlight reel in a few weeks, but in general, I am happy with their continued failures.

Many of us will be delighted to help him pack up the U-haul.

David Tepper introduced Charlotte and the Carolinas to the concept of live music.

Oh we can march him out there all next year as well, so in that regard he's a starter in the NFL. How good and capable of a starter? Well, that might be a different discussion.

You are preaching to the choir on that 1. But, in all fairness, he never had a 1000 yard season, and many people would point to that stat, and that stat only.

A few Falcons fans are starting to get nervous. iDash Diehard Posts: 7,622 Posted: 11 hours ago Post by iDash on 11 hours ago Falcons DC Jimmy "Career Day" Lake is the worst DC in Falcons history and he has to be the first to go, like today! 5 tds Vikings, 4tds Broncos, Career Days! How many tds will his prevent nothing defense give up to the Raiders QB? (no matter who the QB is) Carolina Young is lickin his chops to play this shitty defense. The Falcons defense in the past would always make every Qb look like the next Joe Montana, but he is on another level. The only way his defense stops somebody is if Bates makes an int, or he causes a fumble. Mr. Blank shopping at Kmart "blue light" special for Coaches didn't work. Thanks McKay and Co.! This last week against Minn was the most embarassing defensive things I ever seen to happen to the Falcons D in a game. Plus, it's been on repeat every day since the game ended!

Foster and Colbert I think are the bar setters there. Maybe we should draft lineman instead in that round.

Atlanta might start Penix that game. Not convinced that would really be beneficial to us.

Part of is wanting to believe. The team has at minimum looked better. The record keeps getting worse. But there is a sliver of hope for a better tomorrow now!

The mascot is a black cat.

Charlotte is the 15th most populous city, and the tv market is 20th, ranked higher than several other NFL teams. The small market excuse is not really as applicable these days. Until we win, and win consistently, there will always be questions about whether or not we are real, or just some ragtag team of losers and nobodies from Mayberry.