Nerdluck Bang
@nerdluck-bang.bsky.social
Not actually a villain from Space Jam, but I am from Moron Mountain (Texas).
Husband. Father. Traveler. He/him.
YIMBY. Put everything directly into my backyard.
Husband. Father. Traveler. He/him.
YIMBY. Put everything directly into my backyard.
I 100% felt this way until I watched a couple episodes of Pablo Torre Finds Out and I was like "oh, I get the concept now why people might like this".
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I 100% felt this way until I watched a couple episodes of Pablo Torre Finds Out and I was like "oh, I get the concept now why people might like this".
"Bad" is certainly relative, but with the exception of the Neuheisel Rose Bowl in 2000, they were ok-to-bad from the early 90s until 2015 or so. '03-'08 stretch is about as bad as it gets for a top 20 job (which you're correct, it absolutely is).
December 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"Bad" is certainly relative, but with the exception of the Neuheisel Rose Bowl in 2000, they were ok-to-bad from the early 90s until 2015 or so. '03-'08 stretch is about as bad as it gets for a top 20 job (which you're correct, it absolutely is).
Both based in the names of the native peoples of the area when colonists arrived! Two different tribes that were members of the Caddo confederacy.
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Both based in the names of the native peoples of the area when colonists arrived! Two different tribes that were members of the Caddo confederacy.
I'm fine with the fact that 10 individuals (of which 9 were conference representatives, and only Notre Dame had self-representation) agreed to a system and that system worked as intended. Notre Dame is free to withdraw from the CFP agreement whenever they would like.
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm fine with the fact that 10 individuals (of which 9 were conference representatives, and only Notre Dame had self-representation) agreed to a system and that system worked as intended. Notre Dame is free to withdraw from the CFP agreement whenever they would like.
But even if they had finished outside the top 25, the whole point of auto bids for conference champions is that they earned it on the field. No suit in a board room has to decide if they are good enough.
10-2 conference champ Notre Dame or 11-1 indy Notre Dame both make the playoffs.
10-2 conference champ Notre Dame or 11-1 indy Notre Dame both make the playoffs.
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
But even if they had finished outside the top 25, the whole point of auto bids for conference champions is that they earned it on the field. No suit in a board room has to decide if they are good enough.
10-2 conference champ Notre Dame or 11-1 indy Notre Dame both make the playoffs.
10-2 conference champ Notre Dame or 11-1 indy Notre Dame both make the playoffs.
Neither James Madison nor Tulane finished outside the top 25, so not a great argument. (Duke, the conference champ that didn't finish in the rankings, did not make the rankings. So seems like you're on to something!)
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Neither James Madison nor Tulane finished outside the top 25, so not a great argument. (Duke, the conference champ that didn't finish in the rankings, did not make the rankings. So seems like you're on to something!)
If you lose two games, you need massive help to receive consideration. There were 7 teams with 2+ losses that felt they had a case, and there were only 3 spots available. Tough break for sure, but hardly worth the tantrum being thrown. The "simple" part would be to simply win one more game.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you lose two games, you need massive help to receive consideration. There were 7 teams with 2+ losses that felt they had a case, and there were only 3 spots available. Tough break for sure, but hardly worth the tantrum being thrown. The "simple" part would be to simply win one more game.
The worst part of the expanded playoffs is the wild entitlement that somehow something "earned" was taken from you. There have only been 2 national champions EVER with 2 losses, and one of those was 2007 which was the strangest CFB season of all time.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The worst part of the expanded playoffs is the wild entitlement that somehow something "earned" was taken from you. There have only been 2 national champions EVER with 2 losses, and one of those was 2007 which was the strangest CFB season of all time.
Nobody would complain if Notre Dame joined literally any conference and went 12-0 every year. That's the entire point of the expanded playoffs, every 12-0 team should be allowed in the tournament.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Nobody would complain if Notre Dame joined literally any conference and went 12-0 every year. That's the entire point of the expanded playoffs, every 12-0 team should be allowed in the tournament.
Oh, Duke didn't finish 10-2 like Notre Dame, and wasn't one of the top 5 ranked conference champions, so it has absolutely no relationship to the conversation at hand? Cool, thanks for the update.
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Oh, Duke didn't finish 10-2 like Notre Dame, and wasn't one of the top 5 ranked conference champions, so it has absolutely no relationship to the conversation at hand? Cool, thanks for the update.
It's really not complicated? Are there any sports that don't reserve spots for conference/division champions in their playoffs?
Win a conference, or be one of the next 7 best teams. Pretty simple.
Win a conference, or be one of the next 7 best teams. Pretty simple.
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's really not complicated? Are there any sports that don't reserve spots for conference/division champions in their playoffs?
Win a conference, or be one of the next 7 best teams. Pretty simple.
Win a conference, or be one of the next 7 best teams. Pretty simple.
Duke went 10-2?
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Duke went 10-2?
I also think it's great they told the NCAA to pound sand! That doesn't change the fact that if Notre Dame was in a conference, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I also think it's great they told the NCAA to pound sand! That doesn't change the fact that if Notre Dame was in a conference, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
You're right, pass interference and holding will always be a nice security blanket.
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
You're right, pass interference and holding will always be a nice security blanket.
They didn't stand up to anyone. The bowl games will happen, with or without Notre Dame.
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
They didn't stand up to anyone. The bowl games will happen, with or without Notre Dame.
Very much agreed there! Feels like it wouldn't be hard to put an actual rule on paper and stick to it, but then we wouldn't have anything to argue about.
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Very much agreed there! Feels like it wouldn't be hard to put an actual rule on paper and stick to it, but then we wouldn't have anything to argue about.
Or, why not join a conference so you have the full 12 spots available to you instead of only 7? If you're not in a conference you don't need to be one of the 12 best, you need to be one of the 7 best.
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Or, why not join a conference so you have the full 12 spots available to you instead of only 7? If you're not in a conference you don't need to be one of the 12 best, you need to be one of the 7 best.
Yeah I can definitely understand the argument
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yeah I can definitely understand the argument
That's not accurate, think about a jump ball in the back of the end zone where a toe tap counts. 2 feet down and possession is a catch.
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
That's not accurate, think about a jump ball in the back of the end zone where a toe tap counts. 2 feet down and possession is a catch.
I sincerely appreciate that viewpoint, but I respectfully disagree.
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I sincerely appreciate that viewpoint, but I respectfully disagree.