UnluckyforSome

Somewhat ironically, BYU, previously before joining a reformulated Big 12, was also an Independent.

Well, mostly for lack of anyone else, he is our sack leader as well.

Not that we really have the pass rush to make hay out of this, but..it can't hinder things.

Upfront, I was disappointed with the games last year. After it was all said and done, there really seemed to be an overwhelming hope that something similar to the basketball tournament would be created with this format. Cinderellas work in basketball for a few reasons, notably 1 player can have far more impact, positive or negative, on a 5-person team. Every year there are a handful of teams that have a real claim to being a national champion contender. James Madison and Tulane have no shot. The same thing can be said about most of the other teams in the field. Expanding it to more and more teams isn't going to have the effect of bringing in more contenders. It will have the effect of making up more 1-sided games instead. But, it is more football. Quantity over quality I guess. I can't wait until it moves up to 20 or 24 teams, or even more. Let every team in with 7 wins. That is bowl-eligible, plus 1. Maybe this year will be different and it will be full of good, close games, with compelling performances between the very best teams in the country. I kind of doubt it though.

I would rather see a return to the old way of doing it. Go back to pre-BCS days. It will not happen, but this has rapidly become a bunch of petty foolishness and a money-grab.

It is more how exhausting and tedious everything becomes with the extreme over-exposure. The tv commercials that run constantly. The coverage that is over-the-top because everyone wants to constantly hear how great they are. It's the next big thing! Popularity breeds contempt.

No matter what, it should always be remembered, the mascot is a black cat.

Unless it is a Panthers dynasty of course.

The change has been teams playing two high safeties to choke off big passing numbers. Your top tier qbs still produce though, and I do not think it will translate into an economic shift across positions in the league. The premium positions, qb, lt, pass rush, will still be the premiums.

There is still time to have them as double digit underdogs.

100% and the worst part of all that was it being predicated on the assumption they had the qb in place. I would not even be sure he plays next season now with how late this injury occurred. No matter what, Jones isn't going to be available next September.

The problem with that is that the Falcons look like they have called it a season.

Yeah. Tough end to what started out as a good story for him and the Colts.

Watching this game tonight for no other reason than to see the end of the Chiefs. Not sure if Houston has the muscle to shovel all that dirt on them though.

I saw a while back some WWE wrasslin' belts that were done in NFL logos and team colors. It might be a nice accessory for your trophy hoisting.

Daniels exited the game with some sort of elbow injury again.

Well just cancel everything since they don't want to play anymore. Just go on and cancel Christmas too for good measure.

Steelers just squeaked out a win over the Ravens with a sack on Lamar to close the game out.

Colts gave up 26 and 27 1st rounders IIRC for Gardner.

Complete squandering of his talent being on the Bengals.

UVa appears to have every intention of losing this game to unranked Duke.

IIRC the championship games came about when conferences started expanding, and divisions within the conference were created. I think in fact a conference had to have 12 teams in order to hold a championship game. Like most things in college football, it was a revenue-producer, because the conference could sell a championship game now as part of their tv package. The games are a bit unnecessary in this age of a playoff. They are not going to do away with it though as they still are revenue-producers.

I'm not compelled to believe UVa belongs in the conversation at all.

Finebaum has somewhat jokingly called the playoff "The Alabama Invitational."