Octopus Overlords

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:31 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:18 pm Crazy. 5'11 qb's make far less than the average baseball player, and have far shorter careers.

His baseball stardom is far from a sure thing though. And the A's are only guaranteeing him like $4.7M right now.

[MLB] Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 70 | Arm: 40 | Field: 55 | Overall: 50

Players are graded on a 20-80 scale for future tools -- 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is above average and 70-80 is well above average.

GungHo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:50 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:14 pm

Scuzz wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:06 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:24 pm Seems to me this year didn't do much to support the "expand the playoffs" argument, at least if your goal is to truly find the best team. I don't think there's much reasonable argument that Clemson and Alabama were the two best teams this year (in that order).

You don't think after watching Clemson dismantle Alabama that maybe Ohio State or even Notre Dame might have given them a battle? Well, Notre Dame looks better considering what Clemson did to Alabama.

Not even a little bit.

Disagree about tOSU. Yeah they shit the bed against Purdue but that was a pretty darn good team outside of that. They struggled a game or 2 otherwise but found a way to win and when they played the 'big games' they were excellent.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:31 am

GungHo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:50 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:14 pm

Scuzz wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:06 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:24 pm Seems to me this year didn't do much to support the "expand the playoffs" argument, at least if your goal is to truly find the best team. I don't think there's much reasonable argument that Clemson and Alabama were the two best teams this year (in that order).

You don't think after watching Clemson dismantle Alabama that maybe Ohio State or even Notre Dame might have given them a battle? Well, Notre Dame looks better considering what Clemson did to Alabama.

Not even a little bit.

Disagree about tOSU. Yeah they shit the bed against Purdue but that was a pretty darn good team outside of that. They struggled a game or 2 otherwise but found a way to win and when they played the 'big games' they were excellent.

They didn't just shit the bed against Purdue - they got taken to the woodshed. And it's not one of those games where fluky turnovers gave them the win against a team with better statistics. There was just one OSU turnover, and Purdue put up over 500 yards on them. (And this is a Purdue team that won its last game to get bowl eligible, and then set the record for most points given up in a half in an FBS bowl.)

Looking at other "big" games, they managed to beat Penn State, but didn't look great doing it (gave up nearly 500 yards of offense). They beat MSU in a game that set the sport of football back 40 years - neither team looked remotely good. Then they got lucky to get past Maryland when Maryland's QB short armed an open receiver on a 2 point conversion to win the game (again, giving up over 500 yards of offense). As you know, you can't take a team seriously if they struggle with Maryland.

I'm pretty sure Maryland was their last regular season game - I certainly don't recall any others.

Anyway, my point isn't that OSU wasn't a good team. They were flawed, but they were good. They did not belong in the playoff, though, and would have been run out of the stadium against either Clemson or Alabama.

GungHo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:06 am Meanwhile looks like Utah is getting one Texas' log jammed up qbs in Cameron Rising. He was a 4 star guy but we have 3 other 4 star guys at that position and it just didn't work out for him. Might be a great situation in Utah as he has to sit his first year and then I think Utah will graduate their current crop of qbs.

The Clemson football program self-reported 13 minor violations to the NCAA from the 2018-19 school year, according to a report from The State.

On Wednesday, The State obtained a complete list of those violations from the university, which were all secondary and included one relating to the use of confetti during a photoshoot for a recruit who was on campus for an official visit.

The full list of self-reported NCAA violations can be seen [at the link]

GungHo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:06 am OU with another huge transfer in at qb in the form of jalen hurts. I don't see him with the same skill set as either Mayfield or Murray but...who knows? Could they possibly pull the trifecta of Heisman's? That would be pretty insane. Lincoln Riley has been working some magic in Norman of late so it's certainly not unimaginable.

Meanwhile looks like Utah is getting one Texas' log jammed up qbs in Cameron Rising. He was a 4 star guy but we have 3 other 4 star guys at that position and it just didn't work out for him. Might be a great situation in Utah as he has to sit his first year and then I think Utah will graduate their current crop of qbs.
We're possibly sending another qb to smu but at least our 3rd qb with his name in the transfer portal is (reported to be)coming back so we'll have a backup on the dang roster.

Kind of crazy how this off-season thing in CFB has gotten so crazy (and interesting) with the rule changes the last couple of years