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Probably a stupid question but figured I would ask our resident recruiting experts. With LSU being in complete disarray right now, what would you think about trying to steal Austin Thomas from them?
He seems to have been very successful and sought after everywhere he has been.
 
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SmyrnaATLVolisback said:
Yeah because the current system only cares about wins and losses so teams will only schedule bad teams outside of conference like Indians to be rewarded.

And once a coach loses three games, he gets fired because they aren’t in playoff contention at a big program!

Great idea! Keep going with 12, which actually diminishes the regular season as fans check our early. I would rather watch 11-12 great games a year and get to the playoffs still at 8 wins.

But hey let’s keep letting fans check out early and see only the same big teams make it every year.
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If I had control of things, we'd take it back to conference affiliations in the 80's/early 90's and the BCS system with the old conference affiliations with the Bowls. All of you whiners looking for equity (more teams into the playoffs) have lead to the destruction of college football.
 
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UpstateVol613 said:
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They should really break the season down into 4 stages. Award points for the top 4 teams in each stage and then the top 3 at the end of the year get a playoff spot + the winner of the conference championship game. So 4 total teams from each P4 Conference. Then give a spot to every g5 champ. Play the FCS title game before the playoffs start and give them a spot too.

There should be 5 judges on the sideline to award additional points for celebration dances rated on a scale from 1-10.

The title winner will then play the Super Bowl champs to determine the best American Football team.

Also, each team will get to unleash their real-life "mascot" for 5 minutes during the game. Teams with 2 mascots (like Auburn or Tennessee), will have to select which one they'll use before kick-off. I imagine we'd likely use rifleman all the time.
 
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A 16-team playoff will result in a worse overall CFB product than when we had the BCS NCG.

With only two teams getting in, a team or two is gonna get left out every year. It happens.

But now we've gone so far in the "everyone with a pulse gets in" direction that we've watered down the product badly and made NY6 bowl games irrelevant. They used to be milestones, which meant multiple teams ended the season on a high note. Now you can win two or even three playoff games in a row, lose your last one, and end an otherwise great season on a sour note. No bueno.
 
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Visidog said:
Some of it is what you emphasize in practice—practicing tackling takes a certain mindset. I have no idea if that is Banks’s style or not.

Youth matters, too.

But a lot of missed tackles are a result of being a half a step slow. A player arriving in the right spot on time has a better opportunity to square up and tackle, while a guy just a step late is more likely to rely on the kinds of arm tackles and lunges that don’t bring a guy down. Being slow can be physical (not fast enough or juked by a superior athlete) mental (not diagnosing the play or angle right) or some combo of both.
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These are good points. When I played, albeit in the Stone Age and only through high school, it was amazing how bad my tackling became when I faced a D1 caliber athlete. My fundamentals didn’t change I just suddenly couldn’t get in position. I played safety and suddenly looked like our safeties currently look. Against comparable athletes my tackling magically became good again. We practiced it constantly and I never remember practice not being live and we had leather helmets.
 
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tnhunter 10 said:
I'd like to see him in Tennessee orange.

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Have to think we're not looking to shell out major NIL for another QB. IF Merk leaves, I do think they'll look to bring someone with experience, but GMac and Brandon are already taking a chunk of NIL. Probably look for someone similar to Joey to compete with GMac to start.
 
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Aesius said:
A 16-team playoff will result in a worse overall CFB product than when we had the BCS NCG.

With only two teams getting in, a team or two is gonna get left out every year. It happens.

But now we've gone so far in the "everyone with a pulse gets in" direction that we've watered down the product badly and made NY6 bowl games irrelevant. They used to be milestones, which meant multiple teams ended the season on a high note. Now you can win two or even three playoff games in a row, lose your last one, and end an otherwise great season on a sour note. No bueno.
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It’s important to keep in mind that the people in charge of college football hate college football.
 
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SmyrnaATLVolisback said:
Yes please. 24

No one cares about meaningless bowls. Let’s see good games and teams all battling it out year round.
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There are not 24 teams that can win or are remotely worthy of a national title.

Best thing would’ve been to keep the bowls as they are with the big ones played on New Years Day, and after that then seed a four-team playoff. Maintains the bowls, maintains the regular season.

But then a bunch of TV executives and conference commissioners might not be able to afford that place in French Polynesia and we can’t have that.
 
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