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There is so much more parity in the NIL era that the arbitrary 12 teams + conference championship games is arguably the worst setup. I also generally disagree with the premise many have about "devaluing" the regular season because every game still matters vs "just give up on your season at loss...

Only bet for me this week is Wisconsin Team Total Under 14.5

Your base revenue share is about $20M and then you have to cut in basketball, etc.. So that's baked in -- good or bad -- for pretty much every Big Ten and SEC program. Then they're paying premiums to entice a large transfer class, but yeah spending $30M to end up with zero high or mid NFL...

It's all so unserious:

This talent composite seems high and also sorta divorced from their power rating, wonder what their logic is here but also glad someone is trying for a new age "blue chip ratio" since the other one is now defunct. I think a fun game to play is "who would start for us?" ... not sure if Wisconsin...

I'm personally a big fan of going to 16 and eliminating byes. I think 24 comes across as crazy clunky and too much of a participation trophy but who knows.

They are so bad it's crazy you forget there are teams like this out there

Crazy shit always happens Week 1. You have no film and make more mistakes.

The main way to solve the issue of "incentives" is using a direct qualification system for playoffs versus any sort of rankings that will always over-index losses relative to wins. In a 16 team playoff where SEC and Big Ten each get 4x teams, ACC gets 3x teams, Big 12 gets 3x teams, and 2x...

It goes without saying that there is a difference between being buried as a true freshman OL for the start of the season and immediately breaking through when given the opportunity VERSUS not sniffing the starting lineup for 2 years (while ND had some super mediocre OL play at times) and not...

I had to look this up and I'm shocked that this is correct. 5x starts over the latter part of the season and participation in every game. To me, the big issue I see is that there is seemingly no way that they tried all of this hijinx to replace someone with his experience unless he was stinking...

It's a weird pendulum where I felt like he was underrated last year and now I think he is overhyped based on projected team success lol Like I would have Dante Moore, Mensah, and Chambliss over him in Heisman odds just based on how those teams are likely to stat pad.

I remember having conversations with people in the same boat where I was telling them they needed to pump the breaks because *if* Miami fixed their trash bag defense then they were probably the toughest game on the schedule AND we were breaking in a rookie QB on the road. In general, I am not a...

I think it'll be 31-10 if everything goes to script. I don't see out offense coming out of the gates and dropping 40+. On defense, Wisconsin simply does not have the horses to move the ball consistently, and the only way I see them getting more than 1 TD is broken plays / mistakes / turnovers.

My gut is that the line is pretty close to correct and the total is actually overstated (projection of 31-10) because Wisconsin will struggle to move the ball but they're certainly stout enough on defense to not give up 40+. I also think there are a lot of scenarios with a final score something...