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Niners confirm the smokescreen

Mr. Scot

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10 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I mean, if you want to live in the fantasy of the ACC being good in 2020 to make yourself feel better, have at it. 

3 teams played in New Year six bowls, that’s reality. Pretty much every team played primarily in conference games, which definitely helped Coastal and others to look the part.

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21 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

The SEC fared pretty well OOC during bowl season. I don't know if they were the strongest conference but they did go 3-0 versus the ACC. 

I would imagine that the traditional ACC vs. SEC seasonal matchups would likely have been similarly tilted.

The ACC just wasn't good last year versus a couple of seasons ago when we were very clearly the best conference.

A ton of teams were mentally DONE by the time Bowl season came along.

Teams opted out of Bowl games ffs. The ACC was good last year, as it is most years. 

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33 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

A ton of teams were mentally DONE by the time Bowl season came along.

Teams opted out of Bowl games ffs. The ACC was good last year, as it is most years. 

I would definitely disagree. It's easy to look good when you are only playing other weak teams in the conference. That why those out of conference games and bowl games usually give a good indication of relative conference strength every season.

Last season we missed most of the early season games that give the other portion of that frame of reference. That is largely why it was hard to see how poor the ACC was.

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4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Honestly not sure what the point was, though. Once they were at #3, they had their pick.

I wouldn't discount the NFL stepping in and asking them to keep quiet about their selection.  Gotta have some drama in the draft now that it's a prime time television event (especially with picks 1 & 2 already known).  

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45 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

A ton of teams were mentally DONE by the time Bowl season came along.

Teams opted out of Bowl games ffs. The ACC was good last year, as it is most years. 

UNC was competitive against TAMU despite missing their #1 WR, both 1000+ yard RBs and their best defender to opt-outs while TAMU had zero opt-outs and we're playing to prove they were snubbed from the playoffs.

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9 minutes ago, BlitzMonster said:

I wouldn't discount the NFL stepping in and asking them to keep quiet about their selection.  Gotta have some drama in the draft now that it's a prime time television event (especially with picks 1 & 2 already known).  

Jacksonville has already confirmed they weren't allowed to make their pick until 7 minutes into the clock, at which point it took them three phone calls to get Trevor to answer.

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4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Jacksonville has already confirmed they weren't allowed to make their pick until 7 minutes into the clock, at which point it took them three phone calls to get Trevor to answer.

I think the League now treats draft night as some type of reality TV show that they want to manipulate for higher ratings.   Must have some surprises, some heart-wrenching human interest stories, some shocking reveals. 

In the future look for a WWE brawl on camera between two teams over a pick.  Would make for lots of newspaper coverage.  Who cares that it is totally staged.  

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2 minutes ago, BlitzMonster said:

I think the League now treats draft night as some type of reality TV show that they want to manipulate for higher ratings.   Must have some surprises, some heart-wrenching human interest stories, some shocking reveals. 

In the future look for a WWE brawl on camera between two teams over a pick.  Would make for lots of newspaper coverage.  Who cares that it is totally staged.  

Agreed. The whole thing is goofy as fug. I want to know who gets picked and see some instant analysis and highlights of the player. IDGAF about all the event around it. 

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3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Agreed. The whole thing is goofy as fug. I want to know who gets picked and see some instant analysis and highlights of the player. IDGAF about all the event around it. 

Yeah, it's getting a bit too Super Bowlish IMO. The Super Bowl has become such a spectacle at this point that sometimes it's difficult to recall that there's a football game being played.

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6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, it's getting a bit too Super Bowlish IMO. The Super Bowl has become such a spectacle at this point that sometimes it's difficult to recall that there's a football game being played.

I do like that there is more time to go get beer or food at halftime. Or cool something. Or change the channel to watch something not dumb. Plus, you know you have easily 45 minutes of "still not game" built in on the front end if your cooking/grilling/smoking schedule gets out of whack.

 

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51 minutes ago, BlitzMonster said:

I wouldn't discount the NFL stepping in and asking them to keep quiet about their selection.  Gotta have some drama in the draft now that it's a prime time television event (especially with picks 1 & 2 already known).  

That probably makes as much sense as anything.

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2 hours ago, weyco2000 said:

It’s 2021 sir

I understand you might be busy but the whole discussion about the Tar Heels started when I said Lance would have beaten them last year.

In football it's generally considered that the "Football Year" starts when camp starts.

The consensus is Aug 1st.

Last year would be the 2019 regular season. 

This year would be the 2020 season.

Next year would be the 2021 season. 

 

So when I say Lance would have beaten UNC last year. Yes he would have.

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