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ugh, I meant wrong division. Division 1-AA as apposed to Division 1-A. Sorry. Fixed the initial post.

North Dakota or North Dakota State appeared in several polls this year.

I'm not sure what any of you are complaining about. If you've subscribed to the notion of Power 5 in the first place, you've already lost your arguments. The simple fact that the system is broken has skipped most fans minds. When the polls can rank a Division 2 College in a Division 1 poll, they've lost all credibility. Anyone arguing the polls merits after that has missed the point entirely. Get rid of the bias and nonfactual human selection committee. They will never give a fair shake to anyone, not even their own teams. Since they will be hedging their votes towards their favorite teams, their bias removes the fair shake from the equation. Set up 10 or more different computer programs based entirely on the data collected from the current season and have their rankings come from those. We would see an entirely different process to be sure and most of the names you see pushed from the start of the season on would fall by the way side.

I guess that's better then a bunch of Gamecock fans showing up with signs saying, "Cocks sucked this year but, we'll do better next year!"

Yes I'm completely certifiable. I except the criticism and will point out that no one expected Rutgers and Maryland to head off to the B1G but, they did. Most of the recent moves were about expanding the markets within the individual conferences. That's all I'm saying. Well that and not to look for an invite form the Big 12 or the ACC anytime soon.

The split if there is one will be at a minimum of 80 teams. This will allow for a reasonable variety of schools and enough teams to truly cover all time zones and major markets. This is all about the Dollar Bill Yo! As for the Big 12 they are stuck. Oklahoma is stuck because the want out but, they are tied at the hips to Oklahoma State and no one want's both. Texas can go anywhere they want but, they would lose their sweetheart deal with ESPN and have to settle for not being in control. They just can't kneel down for anyone (and that is how they see it). The rest of the conference including Kansas would be in a stand-bye waiting for room status. So the Big 12 continues to limp through the motions. If the Big 12 survives, it will be more of a Central/Mountain time zone conference. The real changes will be the borders between the B1G and the SEC. With the ACC finally getting a network deal (Of sorts), and their play on the field improving, their position has improved dramatically. The SEC may have to consider to expand with non P5 teams unless they are looking to double down on Oklahoma and Oklahoma State (which they aren't). So perhaps they move into near by large markets. Say Dallas-Fort Worth and Tampa, who knows but if they do drop Vanderbilt and Missouri, that gives them two more slots in which they could move into North Carolina and Virginia. Charlotte and Norfolk are nice metros, just saying. I've heard there was much complaining about the eastern push by the western B1G members so, I'm thinking they will look to shore up the central portion of the conference with their final 2 schools. Possibly Vanderbilt and Missouri (Yes I now that's wild speculation). The ACC may look to consolidate their connection with Notre Dame. Any expansion they have will more then likely include Cincinnati with either Navy or UConn. the PAC is in a terrible spot and can only move in one direction, east. They need to move into Texas. That's the only move that makes sense for them. I truly believe that USF's best chance at a Power Conference is with the SEC. So we need to win big for a couple years, increase our fan base and donor base as well as our National Perception. Not impossible but, difficult to say the least.

Not sure at all actually.

This, new members of our conference have talked **** about USF for years. It's time to give them something to ***** about.

I'm just wondering if anyone else finds these videos suspiciously similar?

Do you work for the Times? I did for 7 years. This is a draw down. The previous cuts from the Merger were done in May/June last year. The Times is moving to an Internet only product. Just an FYI.

I'm sorry to interject here but, The Times has just went through another round of downsizing. This was their third in the last 8 years. Any profit they have shown was do to the buts in their staff. Just an FYI.

It's all the Internets fault. OMG!!!!!!! The decline of the newspapers began long before the internet my friend. Check your sources. The only uptick the news has ever had was during broadly sensationalized events or National tragedies.

While some of what you say is true, much of the cause for the decline of the newspapers and news media in general is the modern eras need for sensationalism. When the news papers and news media began to sensationalize, manipulate and manufacture events and not just report them. Their credibility began to erode and many of the common folk (the news' most ardent supporters), began to lose interest as every day became an assault upon their senses. This was the single most identifiable cause of the decline of news media as all news services have seen a sharp decline in support.

Yes!

Stamina, stamina, stamina.

That's only when they don't show up in the first half.

Dead arms commit fouls. I'm guessing this team doesn't have the stamina necessary to go an entire game. That's why they fall apart in the second half. Just a hunch though.

With our schedule next year, we'd better go 14-0.

Sorry, I'm a pessimist in my 50's. So, I automatically attach gravity to my visuals. Yes, I suffer from nightmares!

The only way that we're ranked higher then 19 is with SEC bias and they reserve that for SEC teams.

SHHHhhhhhhuuuuuuuuussssssshhHHHHH!!!!! What happens in Birmingham stays in Birmingham. Don't want those visuals wandering about my head.

Hmm, thought I read that you couldn't go over the score on a previous one. Anyway, well done.

I would rather they go to an eight team playoff and disband the human selection committee. Have them set up 5 to 10 different computers and run an average between them to select the top teams. That's the most unbiased and fair way I can think of at this point.

I'm happy they got the records they did and the 11 wins along with the Bowl victory. They dove in a burning pile and pulled us out. Not many would have done that. Props to them and may they all have fond memories and future success.

Nah, he's got all year to do that.