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http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/sec-top-party-schools-2014/

This list is inaccurate unless it has a trip to Ole Miss. One of the best road trips ever and this is a guy who had food poisoning while on the trip. The fans were fun, carefree and just a plain blast to be on their campus. Better than Tuscaloosa and you guys know how much I love Bama.

Knoxville, stadium is cramped and their 100k plus stadium actually probably should sit 90k. those seat sizes are a joke. Plus watching sororities flip off young kids and yelling "F You" as they walk by also dampened my visit there. There entrances/concessions was pretty nice and clean and very modern.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/four-included-best-college-football-sports-towns/

Hilarious... I actually was shocked and thinking WTF is hollywood doing until I realized it was the onion. NSFW

http://www.theonion.com/video_embed/?id=2094

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/auburn-football/clemson-home-and-home-series/

NSFW but hilarious.
http://www.theonion.com/video/comiccon-exclusive-michael-bay-gives-fans-sneak-pe,36528/?fb_action_ids=1446906095587190&fb_action_types=og.shares

Former touted recruit Elisha Shaw was one of the more heart-warming stories of the 2014 recruiting cycle. Shaw, who once held offers from the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida State, and others, suffered a season ending neck injury in preseason practice that put his football career in jeopardy. With help of the Tide coaches, Shaw is set to attend the University of Alabama on a non-football scholarship.

The Tucker (Ga.) native filed a waiver with the NCAA and was approved to enroll at Alabama.


Shaw was named an Army All-American in November.

Per Bama online

Saban gets a lot of press on how he churns and burns players, but the fact is, if a player cannot play, he still gives the kids medical scholarships. This one was still a recruit and Bama stayed with him even after he could not play again. Bama gave the kid a medical hardship scholarship, and the NCAA approved it today.

Pimp your trophies for PlayStation, xbox, steam or whatever system you prefer.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/07/texas_offered_nick_saban_100_m.html#incart_river

I think if they might have gotten him if they did 2 things. #1 get a time machine and offered before 2011. Hehurt for Tuscaloosa after the tornado, and fell in love with Bama around that time. #2 the Texas boosters would have to stay out of his way and let him run the team. He listened and turned quickly away after he saw the boosters and their interference.


He changed that mentality here and would not want to go through that again.

Bama vs. USC trojans. Woot.

nothing is more awesome than batman + metal

NSFW

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milkytea/coffin-dodgers?ref=category

A cart racing game with Zombies.. because we all need zombies Looks cool

Why didnt I think of this...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad?ref=discovery

http://tamu.247sports.com/Bolt/Texas-AM-secures-ownership-of-www12thMancom-29495121

With the playoffs now instituted I think this is what should happen.

#1 all teams to participate in the playoffs have to join a conference. Sorry Notre Dame, your special treatment days are over. When Bama played as an Independent for the national title in 2011, the cry was how unfair it was to not play a conference championship game, and yet no one uttered those words in the 2012 game when Notre Dame did not win a conference or play in a Conference title game.

#2 Another cry if you did not win your conference title you do not belong in the title game (Sorry Notre Dame again) So have the conferences hold the first rounds of the playoffs. All Conferences go to 16 teams(Mandatory to be allowed in the national title playoffs). Have 4 divisions. the 4 division winners face off to win the conference. Or 2 divisions and the top 2 from each division. Each conference can decide their own formula. You win your conference you are in the National title playoffs.

#3 Have 6 slots open for the national championship. Yes 6. The 5 former BCS conferences take up the 5 slots. The 6th slot to the non BCS schools. Since they cannot probably form 16 team leagues, they can have their 4 champs playoff for the right to go.

#4 no committee, go back to a BCS formula. Not the ones that had schools with 2 losses to 1-AA schools #1 and teams like LSU 3rd after going undefeated in the SEC (Looking at you Cooley Matrix Poll) The BCS formula defines the seeding based on conference affilation. The BCS had its issues, but outside of 2003 it got it right.

#5 Schools to conferences.

Clemson and FSU should be in the SEC but that would never happen with UF and USC. So Va Tech and NC State to the SEC
ACC gets Cincinnatti, Central Florida and South Florida (some combo of those 3) to get to 16
Big 12 actually gets over 10 teams. Add SMU, Nevada, East Carolina, South florida, Central Florida, Utah State, Geez someone, no fair they do not play a conference title game.
Big 10 and Notre Dame finally marry?
Pac 12 adds BYU, and Fresno State and some other schools.

#6 Playoffs on campus sites.  What sense does it make to have a NFL playoff game for Dallas vs. Greenbay in Sandiego? It doesn't and its stupid to do it in college also. Only title games in the various bowls. The big 4 to 6 bowls can still bid for the title game. The rest of the playoffs are to be done like every other sport, and home field for the better record.
After the conference titles and playoffs set, then bowl invitations can happen. Most games played if you play in every possible game? 17 , its 14 if you lose the first round of conference and go to a bowl. Still fewer than basketball, baseball etc.

This system would not be perfect but it would make more sense that it is now.

That's the rumors out there this week for 2019 - 20

Crewe what you think about it?

I know we have some Canucks so it isnt relevant to them.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2014/south-carolina-texas-am-bronze-trophy/

Neat Idea, but doubt I buy into it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1710509645/mini-helmet-football-game?ref=category

give me some games that are easy for platting. Looks like Ben has been busy with that. I need to catch up.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/30/alouettes-g-m-every-nfl-team-should-be-after-duron-carter/

How good is he really. He was on Bama's roster for a year after getting kicked off of Ohio State. He did not go to class and skipped workouts. Saban did not like that and ran him off. Curious to how good he really is.