Run To State

3 minutes ago, GrantNKY said:

I genuinely feel ND is better than they showed last Saturday. I also feel the Alabama defense is somewhat vulnerable. Don’t get me wrong Alabama is hands down the best team and that offense is going to score a ton of points. I just think ND will be able to keep it interesting for a half. I’ll take Bama 48 ND 28. 

I think Bama will be in their head too much. I doubt this a game after mid second quarter. I hope I'm wrong. 

10 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Fixed that for you.

You don't think I have a problem with this, do you? This is actually an I can't lose game. I will say I'll pull for MY Irish over MY Tide. Still, Irish don't belong in the top 4.

Tide will roll by whatever they want. My Irish shouldn't be at the #4 spot IMO after the pathetic display they put on last Saturday. 

36 minutes ago, John Anthony said:

At this pace, you will be cheering on “lil ole Clemson” by 2023.  Just messing with ya, you’re allowed to have multiple favorite teams.

I actually used to like them. Not a fan of Dabo. Yes, he's good, he just bugs me.

36 minutes ago, John Anthony said:

Oh no I get it I’m from the west side of Cincy, 

That explains a lot, actually. 😁

9 hours ago, John Anthony said:

It’s just a difference in philosophy.  I’m shocked OSU can even recruit with the SEC behemoths.  SEC is king for a reason and will never be dethroned.

10 hours ago, GrantNKY said:

Honestly @John Anthony RTS has a point. The SEC plan clearly worked better. Have everyone on the team get the virus in the summer so they develop antibodies and they have nothing to worry about. How dare Ryan Day actually give a damn about his players. For real though, it truly is amazing to me how people just act like this is a normal year and are just appalled at the lack of games Ohio State played. I truly wonder if we live in the same world as these people. 

My side is literally hurting from laughing so hard. You should take this act to the stage, there's a career for you in comedy!

10 hours ago, GrantNKY said:

Answer the question the RTS. Is Covid a joke to you because that’s why it was a 5 game season. You act like there was an alternative. Sorry Ohio State couldn’t go crying to daddy ACC to help them out like ND did. 

You and JA are taking this all too personal. That's not a good look on either of you. 

I told you, it's a ridiculous question. This is the  BIG 10's fault, I already said that. As usual, poorly managed by the B1G. You've been told by others why a 5 game season isn't in the interest of fairness. You choose to remain deaf to it. 

If this was Alabama and the SEC, you and JA would be saying what a joke it is. That's the most hilarious part of it. 

10 hours ago, GrantNKY said:

I believe the term is, “fair weather” JA. It’s not his fault that ND hasn’t won a title since 88. He had no choice but to accept another allegiance to supplement ND. The only logical choice is to choose Bama. 

😄 Hilarious. I've been a Bama fans for decades, even before ND won their last title. Nice try, but as usual, you fell short. 

12 hours ago, John Anthony said:

And this whole time I thought you were a devout ND fan.

Devout? Lol, it's college football, not my life. I don't get all that wrapped up in it. There's a few other teams I like as well. It's not like I get upset when a team I like gets knocked out, cry in my beer and angrily message someone, cussing them out, calling them ridiculous names or something. I'm an adult. 

6 minutes ago, GrantNKY said:

No seriously. Please. Enlighten us on your world of wisdom of the inter workings of conferences. You’ve been in a conference for 5 minutes. Excuse me for not exactly trusting your takes on what conferences should and shouldn’t do. 

I'm an Alabama fan too, so I know more about good conferences than you.

7 minutes ago, GrantNKY said:

What are you even talking about? I don’t think the 5 game season is a joke. Is Covid a joke to you? 

Ridiculous question. 

A five game season is a joke. Sorry that ruffles your feathers. You earn zero in a five game season.

1 hour ago, John Anthony said:

So, that was a yes? 

That's more of I don't care. Like I told you before, it's just a sport to me, not life like it is for you.

2 hours ago, GrantNKY said:

There’s money involved for sure. That’s not what led to the decision they made. 

Please.

6 hours ago, John Anthony said:

That’s almost like giving up elite status to join a conference for a year to secure money.

This from the guy that cries hater at everyone that dares speak anything against OSU.... Laughable. 

7 hours ago, GrantNKY said:

I don’t believe deep down it was because of money. Deep down I feel that everyone knows OSU is light years ahead of everyone else in the B1G and the conference would be an even bigger laughing stock if they didn’t have the clear cut best team playing for the conference championship. Does the money help? Sure. But at the end of the day these schools aren’t going to break their neck over an additional 500k. A 5 game season is a joke? You think Ohio State only wanted to play 5 games? Hell no. You think us fans wanted 5 games? Hell no. It has nothing to do with money. Ohio State is where they are because of what’s fair, not money. You have such a wrong idea of how the B1G operates. Ohio State barely has more pull than Nebraska and Rutgers when it comes to decision making. I can assure you, the real decision makers in Madison, Ann Arbor, and Minneapolis are never going to go out of their way to accommodate Ohio State just for an extra 500k. It’s just not going to happen. 

You think it's OSU making the money in this? Lol, nothing more to discuss with you on this topic then.  

I will add that I never said you wanted a 5 game season, probably because if you're honest with yourself, you know it's a joke. I'm sure you're fine with it though, since OSU is getting handed a conference championship spot. Of course, in that conference, that's not saying much.

On 12/15/2020 at 8:28 AM, GrantNKY said:

It’s not Ohio States fault. What exactly would you have liked Ohio State to do differently? 

I didn't say it was their fault. They still shouldn't be eligible for the B1G Championship or the playoff. The Big 10 is at fault and totally blew it. My point is and has been that the ONLY reason OSU is in this is money. I think you know that deep down, you just don't want to admit it. A five game season is a complete joke. Changing the rules to accommodate a team for monetary reasons is a complete joke. 

On 12/13/2020 at 5:22 PM, GrantNKY said:

Dude we are going through a pandemic. It’s a weird year and when there are things out of your control, you shouldn’t be punished for it. Ohio State has the same right to play for a national championship as anyone else. 

Again, they should have started when everyone else did, they should have managed it better. They don't deserve preferential treatment, but for monetary reasons, that's exactly what they're getting.

A five game season is a joke.

5 hours ago, GrantNKY said:

I won’t lie, I’m not sure. Just repeating what I heard. I just tried to read through the tie breaker policies for the ACC and it could have come down to some computer rating system that I’m not familiar with. With a loss to WF I’m not sure how it would have dropped NDs ranking with that system. The ACC made the right decision. I have zero issues with it and think it’s a no brainer decision. Same way I felt about the Ohio State decision from the B1G. RTS doesn’t feel that way about the B1G decision, but won’t even entertain the argument about the ACC because in hindsight Miami lost. 

You conveniently left out that OSU only played 5 games. I won't entertain a team with only 5 games being eligible for a Conference Championship and definitely not eligible for the Playoffs for a National Championship.

Again, this whole thing came down to the almighty dollar. It's what makes it hard to even watch anymore.

8 hours ago, GrantNKY said:

See above. Miami would have had the tiebreaker over ND with a ND loss to Wake. 

They lost, moot point. If Miami would have won, I'd entertain your argument.

9 conference games vs 5, but you complain about fairness. The Buckeyes had 3 cancellations, the Irish had 1 and they didn't get to make it up. Did the Buckeyes make up any cancelled games? No. So, in your world of "fairness", why should ND have to make up 1 game if OSU doesn't have to make up any of their 3? A 5 game season is a joke. Maybe the B1G should have started when the other conferences did. Maybe the B1G should have done a better job of managing the virus. 

If you want my opinion, the whole season never should have happened. The NCAA did it wrong. The NHL and the NBA did a much better job of protecting players. 

25 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Notre Dame is undefeated. Even with a loss this week they would have been in. Clemson could have also lost this week and with the Miami loss would have still been in because Clemson beat Miami.

Exactly. There's no comparison.

33 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

What rule did they change? Who were ND and Clemson scheduled to play this week?

This is what you see as similar? Please. What did Miami do today? How was a rule changed to keep the Irish from being eliminated. Even if Wake would have won, which even you know was extremely doubtful, the Irish still would have advanced. Again, how many games has OSU played? Clemson and ND? Yeah, keep comparing those apples and oranges. No Big 10 team should even be eligible this season IMO if you really want to talk about fairness.

On 12/11/2020 at 12:39 PM, GrantNKY said:

I just think RTS doesn’t have this stance if the roles were reversed and it was Indiana that was benefitting. He’s still silent on his Golden Domers benefitting from a similar situation in the ACC. So it doesn’t appear like he cares about the rules being broken or fairness. He wants to see what’s best for his team and wants to see everything go wrong for OSU. Which is totally cool with me. I have teams I hate. I want everything possible to go wrong for Michigan, Clemson, and Alabama. But I’m upfront about that. I don’t care about fairness when it comes to them. I just wish RTS would admit that he doesn’t care what’s fair with OSU. This is what makes college football great. Admit your biases people. None of us have any influence anyways so we’re allowed to have bias. No reason to hide bias especially when it’s obvious. 

ND played 10 games, 9 conference. What exactly are you clambering about? 10 games, not 5. Plus they beat number 1. What are you claiming is similar?

At what point at the end of the season did the ACC change their rules to accommodate ND?

57 minutes ago, GrantNKY said:

If there was a viable alternative, I’d be ok with it. I’d be upset, but there’d be nothing I could do. Id Indiana was 6-0 and Ohio State was 5-0, they wouldn’t have changed the rule. Period. But since there’s no viable alternative because of Indiana’s loss to Ohio State, this was the only fair thing to do. You’re telling me it would be more fair for an undefeated Ohio State to watch a team they beat play for the B1G Championship? 

They only played 5 games. Yes. They didn't meet the criteria. Either rules apply or they don't.  Doesn't seem rules matter. Maybe the Big 10 should have started when the other teams did and people would look at them in the light they are.

1 minute ago, John Anthony said:

Sort of like when I said OSU was overrated earlier this year and everyone mocked it?  Try again...

I don't need to try anything. I'm honest about ND, you sandbag. There's a difference.