Dr. Pomade

Maryland has a football team?

Alabama could lose to LSU tonight and still be ranked #1 by committee. Rationale is an Alabama loss is still better than most victories.

Miss State also projected to lose to Alabama, so look for Texas AM to be around 6th in next week's rankings

TAM wearing their candy cane uniforms. Miss State wearing their USFL uniforms

I think Friday games would be stupid. However, I also think noon games are stupid. Prime match ups should always be played in prime time. Yes, this includes OSU - Michigan. Oh, and why I'm giving the finger to tradition, I also think they should put a dome on Ohio Stadium and play all late afternoon/evening games there. This would effectively cease any whining from people who say (erroneously) that the Ohio State - Michigan game must be played at noon because it's so cold and hurty to play outside at night in late November wah. And I'd go after bigger events like playoff games and super bowls and shit too once I put a roof on Ohio Stadium. Why? Because I'm entrepreneurial like that. That will hurt the feelings of a lot of people who have gray hair and can remember seeing Chic Harley playing in person. Sorry not sorry.

There are plenty of teams that could easily hand Ohio State their ass right now (or how Ohio State has played of late). That doesn't justify the mystery A&M ranking, however. The cynic in me thinks the committee did it just to spur interest / conversation in the committee, the process, etc. Because now all we are doing is standing around the water cooler talking about the A&M ranking.

Apparently Alabama is so good that getting your ass whipped by them is better than beating down a ranked Stanford team in a night game.

Yeah, they get paid considerably more overseas. The MLS in the soccer world is the equivalent to the minor leagues to MLB. If you're a top flight soccer player, then you're playing in the English Premier League or La Liga (the Spanish Premier League) (or maybe in Bundesliga [the German Premier League] or Ligue 1 [the French Premier League]). I know, it's Wikipedia, but I think it gives you some idea of the money that is paid to the best soccer players; Ronaldo and Messi are commonly regarded as the 2 best soccer players in the world (and have been for the past few years). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes%27_list_of_world%27s_highest-paid_athletes

Hence the qualifier "top tier." Now do you want to stop being a hater or shall we continue?

Top tier soccer players fairy all the way to the bank and on the way stop and bitch slap all other professional athletes with their paychecks. Just saying.

I like them far better than the stupid Tron uniforms. I will wait until I see them in person before passing full judgment.

Cool story bro

Elementary school girlfriend liked the White Sox, I take it?

Didn't Murray have like 16 million carries that season? It was like the Cowboys were trying to assassinate him with forced rushing attempts.

I don't recall the name of the running back from Dallas who led the league in rushing last year. Can you guys help with that?

Sorry I'm late to the party. I was busy trying to come up with some excuses for Ohio State like I did after the Indiana game (underrated defense!) and the Wisconsin game (tough environment, top 10 opponent!), and couldn't find any. This team is not playing very well right now, the end. Hopefully they rebound nicely like they have in years past. Them only dropping 4 spots in the polls shows that they've received the benefit of the doubt and built up a lot of political capital.

A reality sanwich with salty tears au jus.

You're welcome, Tom

I'm writing all this because I'm pretty sure Herman is on CR and will check out this thread for advice

Texas has a better fan base. USC has the song girls.

Uniforms are both cool. Push there. Both blue bloods. USC slightly better program historically. Advantage USC USC fight song the best in the business. Clear advantage Troy

I'm not sure where it would be easier to win - USC or Texas. Probably about the same, so that's a push. Texas probably willing and able to pay more than USC, but it's not like USC is poor.

I'd take Texas over USC job. Probably. If it was me 15 years ago I'd be all over that douchey LA scene. Now that I'm more sensible, I take the Texas job. Money will go farther in Austin, media will be more forgiving, and the higher ups aren't as weird (because the brass at USC hss been pretty odd in recent years).

I'm with DJ, I think Texas makes a play for Herman, and he accepts. People who think the HC gig at LSU is on par with the Texas HC job are delusional. I mean, LSU is a nice job and all, but it's second tier, whereas Texas is first tier. Hell, you could make the case that the HC job at Texas is the best job not only in college football, but the best job in all of sports, period.