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Vols are a complete embarrassment to the SEC

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by largartos, Dec 22, 2024 at 11:03 AM.

  1. largartos

    largartos Premium Member

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    Watching part of this farce tells me Lulu and fans are in for a long season next year, what a joke.
     
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  2. UF24ou14

    UF24ou14 GC Hall of Fame

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    I'm going to spend the offseason dehydrated from all the tears I'll shed for them.
     
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  3. KronoGator

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    When haven’t they been?
     
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  4. RealGatorFan

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    It also proves a 12 team format is 4 teams too many. And I hear they want to add 2 more teams. What a laugher, an embarrassment. This isn't March Madness where a podunk basketball team can beat the big guys on any given night. The issue is the committee uses the ranking system which doesn't prove that a 15th ranked South Carolina is worse than Indiana. IMO, SC would knock the socks off Indiana and give Ohio State a true test. They need to fix the ranking system. The Top 5, maybe 8 sounds about right and always has, but after that I disagree with everything from 9 to 25.
     
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  5. ExSS99

    ExSS99 Freshman

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    6 is the sweet spot, keep the conference championship games (assuming we still had power 5) as defacto playoff games. (They are pointless in the current system) Top two seeds get a bye, and you have one remaing spot for a deserving Cinderella or a 1 loss conference championship game loser.

    Instead the NCAA and powers that be completely wrecked it and gave us a bunch of meaningless blowouts in the 1st rd. Good job
     
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  6. Skink

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    8 teams max
     
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  7. Skink

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    6 works for me. Probably better than 8
     
  8. Spurffelbow833

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    I think 8 teams is the sweet spot. It's enough to include conference champions and the at-large teams who have a case. It preserves some meaning for the regular season. It fits into the New Year's Six bowls perfectly. I don't know why they had to go and overinflate it to 12 teams without ever giving 8 a try.
     
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  9. antny1

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    Water is wet.

    Sky is blue.
     
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  10. Rkb75

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    16 teams around the corner.

    Vols have been end of season disappointments for years, so nothing new.
     
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  11. gatordavisl

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    Strange to read football fans complaining about more football. There seemed to be some excitement about the first 12-team playoff, but the first round of games ended up being clunkers ('cept the TX/Clem game). I would go with either 8 or 16 teams and do away with the bye. Under the current format, Sagarin's 11th and 28th ranked teams received a bye. Their schedules rank 39th and 86th. o_O
     
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  12. pogba

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    the seeding is the issue, not the teams selected. SMU vs UTK would have been a better game.
     
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  13. ETGator

    ETGator Long-Time Gator Stuck In East Tennessee Moderator VIP Member

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    Their fans are almost insufferable . . .

     
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  14. ETGator

    ETGator Long-Time Gator Stuck In East Tennessee Moderator VIP Member

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    WARNING: Cover your ears!

     
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  15. ETGator

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    Typical . . .

     
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  16. ETGator

    ETGator Long-Time Gator Stuck In East Tennessee Moderator VIP Member

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  17. lizardbreath

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    Almost?
     
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  18. 62gator

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    The comments are a hoot, if only they could read it.
     
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  19. SJB612

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    The BCS gave us the top two teams. Then number 3 complained so eventually we went to playoffs with 4 teams. Then number 5 complained so now we are at 12 teams. Now number 13 and 14 are complaining. Enough already. I agree with others. 6, maybe 8 max. After that, you ain't beating the #1 or 2 teams anyway, so get over it.
     
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  20. vaxcardinal

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    The playoffs should be set to his ever many are needed for the gators to get in
     
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