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hog88 said:
Call me crazy but I'd like to do away with the conference championship games. I'd also like to see the automatic bids done away with seeding done strictly by the final rankings. That should put a minimum of 3 SEC teams in the playoffs every year with most years being 4. So change the SECCG to a play-in game for the 2 teams on the bubble to make the playoffs.
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I could live with that too.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
I’ve always been an overall schedule guy. I don’t care about the timing of those “practice” games. Though you do make a good point that it’s probably smart for giving yourself a healthier chance late in the season. But too the rankings it should be irrelevant. Strength of schedule should be the metric of concern.

Good to see you Duck.
Are you still finding time to get outdoors?
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Not getting outdoors as much played golf 2-3 a week this summer. I'm an old guy and things start breaking at this age, I've got appointments with three different surgeons over the next 3 months, heart, neck and knee. I'm still in pretty good shape and don't expect any surgeries for a few years. Probably RFA on my heart (irregular heart beat) and my neck (nerve issues), knee is more injections (been getting injections for about 5 years). So at 78 closing in on 79 things break and moma's worried, she always sees the worst. Thanks for asking. How about yourself?

I've been spending more time getting to know our new conference opponents the last year. Nothing better than taking down U$C, the school that took the PAC apart. ;) Now rumors they want out of the BIG 10, comical, things don't go right for the "U"niversity of "S"poild "C"hildren and they start crying.

I'm spending a lot of time at the "bridge table" I typically play 2-3 times a week and I'm teaching duplicate bridge to fifth and sixth graders two times a week.
 
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LouderVol said:
I always thought there needs to be some sliding scale. An actual, consistent, metric the committee can refer to to settle this.

SOS in the Top 20, you can get in with 2 losses. SOS from 21-50 in with only one loss. SOS below 50 you have to be perfect. Something like that.
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It would absolutely help to ditch the preseason rankings, if you go back to the preseason rankings PSU was #2 and Clemson was #4 according to AP. That bunch of phallacy (intended) skewed later rankings and SOS projections. The SEC sets schedules and apparently teams work in OOC games around that, and it's likely not much different in other conferences. If losses in big games and tough rivalry games have a larger impact at the end of the season, perhaps the powers that be should rethink the timing in this new world of post season play. If two legitimate top teams play each other, it shouldn't be a deal breaker when one loses at any point in the season.

I view it a lot like school in the old days. Better to get a lesser grade in an honors course than to coast to an A in a less challenging course. Doesn't look as good on the GPA, but if you really want to know and to learn the rigor absolutely matters.
 
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LouderVol said:
do you see this idiot in the mirror?
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I was thinking today about a cardiology appointment next month and had one of those aha moments. My first replacement aortic valve was bovine - I claimed heart of a bull later. The second one 19 years later is porcine. Has me wondering now if I have too much in common with hog - especially the irritability factor.
 
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hog88 said:
Call me crazy but I'd like to do away with the conference championship games. I'd also like to see the automatic bids done away with seeding done strictly by the final rankings. That should put a minimum of 3 SEC teams in the playoffs every year with most years being 4. So change the SECCG to a play-in game for the 2 teams on the bubble to make the playoffs.
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Absolutely. The SECCG as it stands looks to be more a penalty game than a reward.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
Not getting outdoors as much played golf 2-3 a week this summer. I'm an old guy and things start breaking at this age, I've got appointments with three different surgeons over the next 3 months, heart, neck and knee. I'm still in pretty good shape and don't expect any surgeries for a few years. Probably RFA on my heart (irregular heart beat) and my neck (nerve issues), knee is more injections (been getting injections for about 5 years). So at 78 closing in on 79 things break and moma's worried, she always sees the worst. Thanks for asking. How about yourself?

I've been spending more time getting to know our new conference opponents the last year. Nothing better than taking down U$C, the school that took the PAC apart. ;) Now rumors they want out of the BIG 10, comical, things don't go right for the "U"niversity of "S"poild "C"hildren and they start crying.

I'm spending a lot of time at the "bridge table" I typically play 2-3 times a week and I'm teaching duplicate bridge to fifth and sixth graders two times a week.
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I get out as much as possible. 56 myself.
Oddly, I’m sitting in the er because I cut the **** out of my hand at work today. Sucks being old. IMG_4015.jpeg
 
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GoDucks349 said:
Not getting outdoors as much played golf 2-3 a week this summer. I'm an old guy and things start breaking at this age, I've got appointments with three different surgeons over the next 3 months, heart, neck and knee. I'm still in pretty good shape and don't expect any surgeries for a few years. Probably RFA on my heart (irregular heart beat) and my neck (nerve issues), knee is more injections (been getting injections for about 5 years). So at 78 closing in on 79 things break and moma's worried, she always sees the worst. Thanks for asking. How about yourself?

I've been spending more time getting to know our new conference opponents the last year. Nothing better than taking down U$C, the school that took the PAC apart. ;) Now rumors they want out of the BIG 10, comical, things don't go right for the "U"niversity of "S"poild "C"hildren and they start crying.

I'm spending a lot of time at the "bridge table" I typically play 2-3 times a week and I'm teaching duplicate bridge to fifth and sixth graders two times a week.
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We're almost the same age - I have a few months on you, and you're right about things breaking. Seems like the list of defects accumulates yearly - sometimes it seems weekly.
 
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volfanhill said:
You didn't attend @NorthDallas40 class on "How to use power tools" at your local library did you?

(Looks like it hurts. Heal up)
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Razor knife sitting on the floor. I didn’t see it and put my full weight on it. It looked like a crime scene almost immediately.
Thanks

Oh. Not as bad as the angle grinder to the leg from last year. tmp.gif
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
I get out as much as possible. 56 myself.
Oddly, I’m sitting in the er because I cut the **** out of my hand at work today. Sucks being old. View attachment 792351
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for some reason this made me think of my last trip to the ER. sliced my pinkie to the bone, had a friend take me in. Thought for sure I would be near the front of the line at the ER. figured it would be nothing but kids with asthma, dealt with that issue myself in the past, so not knocking it, or someone with the sniffles demanding to see a doctor.

There was a guy with a shovel thru his torso. still conscious.
a guy with 2 or 3 nails in his head, bleeding profusely. no idea if those were related, but they were sitting apart.
ND40's cousin who actually did cut off his finger.
a lady who had had a bowling pin broken on her head.
a guy on a bicycle who had been hit by car and had road burn on every visible portion of his body, as well as a couple broken bones.
Someone had a fruit where fruit doesn't belong, at least at that level of digestion.
some lady whose foot was backwards and hanging.

turns out there was a kid being seen who did have an asthma attack, but was allergic to the new inhaler; and a cop who had been shot in a friendly fire accident. there was also a domestic abuser who ended up on the wrong side of a couple male family members of the victim; and someone else who got brought in on the helicopter, I think it was a heart attack.

I only found out about everything because I was friends with one of the ER nurses. she had stories. most were interesting/gross medical stories; some made you wonder what was wrong with people.

needless to say I was stuck at the ER for like 5 hours. I told my friend to go home.
 
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AM64 said:
Just reading bowl projections. I really really wish the bowls would go back to original names and forget things like the "Flakey Potato Chip Bowl" - and that there would be fewer bowls, so getting there means something again.
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I want to see them make it mini-playoffs.

whatever the top 4 non playoff bowls are each get a "champion", based on 4 or 8 teams playing in a series of games to determine the "champion" of the bowl. the early rounds are hosted by the small bowls, and at least when a team wins its easier to say they are the champion than winning 1 game.

either that or institute a relegation style system.

either way would make bowls more meaningful.
 
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