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"...we just felt that Indiana and BYU earned the 5 and the 6 slot, and Tennessee stayed where they are.” Gotta have more than feelings on these rankings. Stats, metrics, methodologies, etc. So much money is out there, and having ADs make up the majority of the committee is a conflict of interest.

If Connor is going to say Indiana's "margin of victory is among the best in the sport" then he also needs to say their strength of schedule is ranked #100. Preferably in the same sentence.

There definitely needs to be facts, figures or some other sort of analytical basis to back up these rankings. Otherwise, it's just a smoke-filled room chaired by the cheating Michigan athletic director -- the one who looked the other way during the Jim Harbaugh and Connor Stalions scandal. Time to bring the computer rankings back as part of the selection process.

#5 seed = best seed.

#5 is definitely the sweet spot. Play the #12 seed (a G5 team) at home. Then play the absolute worst of the conference champions (likely BYU).

Best case: Tennessee gives them their fourth loss. We are making fun of B1G teams whose best win is over a 4-loss team. Not quality. Most likely is that Vandy ends up 6-6.

If Tennessee beats Georgia, they're in. If Tennessee loses to Georgia, I think they're out even at 10-2. We would only have one good win, and you're going to need two good wins to make the field this year if you're an SEC team.

Tennessee's playoff outlook is simple. Beat Georgia, and we're in. Lose at Georgia, and we're out.

Here's another "crime" the AP should answer for: If Texas loses a spot in the AP Poll for a struggle-win on the road at then-ranked Vanderbilt, why does Ohio State keep their ranking after a struggle-win at home against unranked Nebraska?

Great job little brother! I hope you get back to normal before Tennessee plays you!

Arkansas earned all of it! Should have had a matrix clip of Tennessee as NEO dodging bullets to represent all the bullets Tennessee dodged in the first half, too.

Great list -- I've done about half of these items. Would add the Metro Diner for a great brunch. For steaks, you can also consider the Shula's restaurant right on campus at the Hilton hotel - go have a drink at the "No-Name" bar, named in honor of the early-70s Miami Dolphins teams. One last note (and I'm surprised it's not in this top-10 list) is the Florida Bat House: w ww.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/bats/

He's taken them to a level that they've never achieved. It's a bit like Mark Stoops at Kentucky. When he got the job, the expectations were not very high. Now, after some success, the expectations border on unreasonable.

After Fulmer's last season in 2008, Tennessee football was coached by Lane Kiffen, Derek Doolander, Botch Jones, and Gumpy McCornbread before hiring Josh Heupel in January of 2021. So that's six coaches in 14 years, with five coaching hires in a 13 year span. This is not counting interim coaches and this does not count cases like Greg Schiano and Mike Leach - both of whom were said to have agreed to take the Tennessee job before external forces nixed the hiring action (fan revolt in the case of Schiano, and administrative in-fighting in the case of Leach).

What was the parking fiasco? I went to the Miami game and tried to park at the SE corner of Museum Road and Gale Lemerand, across from the Reitz Union, but that lot was closed unless you were a booster (even though I parked there last year no problem). Luckily I was able to snag a spot on the roof of Parking Garage #5 at about 9am.

Michigan is not returning the key piece to their National Championship: Connor Stalions

Who wrote this article? Hayes? Or Chris Wright?

To continue the thought above about the "D-Generation" . . . What the hell do my college grades have to do with this?

Anyone know what Connor's talking about when he refers to "a certain D-Generation X gesture that became popular in the 1990s"? I can't decypher this code.

How does one get screenshots from burner phones if you don't own the phone and are not one of the recipients? Not questioning your integrity -- just wondering about ways & means here.

I believe in the Blue-Chip Ratio logic. You need the Jimmy's and Joe's to execute the X's and O's.

And since Schloss says they didn't have any talks during the "season", he could be talking about the "regular season" and not the postseason and still be technically correct in a weasel-ly sort of way.

We can call them the #4 seed. Since "Power-4" conference champions will earn the top-4 seeds in the CFP, and because this is the weakest P4 conference, they will be the 4-seed each year until either the CFP format is changed, or the conference gets assimilated by the B1G/SEC.

What is he projected to play in the Majors? Hitter? Pitcher? Ohtani?

Well said, UGA Grad 1994. From where we've been the last 20 years, Heupel has us playing well. The team is really fun to watch, which could not really be said of the Pruitt teams. I sometimes wonder how Mark Richt would be perceived now if Aaron Murray and company were able to punch it in late against Alabama back in the 2012 SECCG, and then win the NC against Notre Dame. Would he have held on to his job a few more years? Would Kirby have waited a few more years? So interesting.

He puts butts in seats, which is what the CU-Boulder staff wants.

Yay.

Yep! And so was Jeremy Pruitt, too!

What team does this Flanigan guy play for? The article never mentions that.

I'd just like to know 3-6-6 or 1-7-7?