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“Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Mountainman » Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:32 pm

“For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” ~ Hosea 8-7



https://sports.yahoo.com/with-cfp-still ... 57374.html

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Re: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Spence » Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:18 pm

I am guessing that the problem with commitment has to do with them already having a plan.
"History doesn't always repeat itself but it often rhymes." - Mark Twain

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Re: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Cane from the Bend » Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:33 am

Mountainman wrote:“For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” ~ Hosea 8-7

sports.yahoo .com/with-cfp-still-undecided-on-future-format-sec-and-big-ten-express-doubts-in-commitment-003557374 .html

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Personally, I do not believe in convenient coincidence ...

And with the Big 10 / SEC coalition, along with the future of the Playoff Negotiations unresolved, this article seems a little too advantageous in its timing:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media- ... 024-02-06/

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Cane... [__]

"It is only impossible until it has been accomplished." ... then it becomes standardized ...

Success is measured by results; whereas Character is measured through the means by which one achieves those results . . .

It seems the Rapture did come for two worthy souls:
In Memory of Grandpa Howdy
In Memory of Donovan Davisson

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Re: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Mountainman » Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:22 am

Cane from the Bend wrote:
Mountainman wrote:“For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” ~ Hosea 8-7

sports.yahoo .com/with-cfp-still-undecided-on-future-format-sec-and-big-ten-express-doubts-in-commitment-003557374 .html

:wink: .


Personally, I do not believe in convenient coincidence ...

And with the Big 10 / SEC coalition, along with the future of the Playoff Negotiations unresolved, this article seems a little too advantageous in its timing:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media- ... 024-02-06/

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That may help explain this veiled threat………. 8)

Asked if he was committed to the CFP beyond 2025, Sankey said, “Yep, but we’ve got a lot to get right. The commitment is we want to see this get right.”

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Re: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Mountainman » Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:33 pm

Hey Cane……. here’s another one of those convenient coincidences!!! :lol:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... er-report/


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Re: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Cane from the Bend » Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:03 pm

Mountainman wrote:Hey Cane……. here’s another one of those convenient coincidences!!! :lol:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... er-report/.



Indeed the peculiarity of outcome befalls its beneficial concordance upon the Power Conferences ...

I don't think any of us didn't think this was going to be their obvious preferred format. Trimming off another minor conference by annexing the money schools from a competitor and seizing more bracket opportunities.

At this point, we could write their playbook for them with astounding accuracy.

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Cane... [__]

"It is only impossible until it has been accomplished." ... then it becomes standardized ...

Success is measured by results; whereas Character is measured through the means by which one achieves those results . . .

It seems the Rapture did come for two worthy souls:
In Memory of Grandpa Howdy
In Memory of Donovan Davisson

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Re: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Mountainman » Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:53 am

Cane from the Bend wrote:
Mountainman wrote:Hey Cane……. here’s another one of those convenient coincidences!!! :lol:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... er-report/.



Indeed the peculiarity of outcome befalls its beneficial concordance upon the Power Conferences ...

I don't think any of us didn't think this was going to be their obvious preferred format. Trimming off another minor conference by annexing the money schools from a competitor and seizing more bracket opportunities.

At this point, we could write their playbook for them with astounding accuracy.

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These guys scoff at anyone with pointed ears who decried, “The needs of the many outweigh the the needs of the few. Or the one.”

It’s become about the money……… not to be misconstrued to mean the money received on the backend of winning titles and playoff shares, but instead it’s about the having money on the front end to buy the talent.

College Football is not on a level playing field. It’s more akin to the Roman Coliseum where the Christians armed with a stick versus the Lions armed with size, fangs, and claws.

Simply put, if you ain’t got the money to buy the talent, you just don’t matter.



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Re: “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem” ~ Jim Lovell

Postby Mountainman » Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:31 pm

”We’re already in a time where the on-field aspect of College Football is almost a distraction. It’s an era filled with handwringing about player empowerment, NCAA deregulation, the transfer portal and realignment all while the sport generally moves toward a professional model.” ~ Dennis Dodd


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