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Wasting opportunities until the Vikings decide to take over

Fields is on pace for 400 yards passing lol

Are we an offense that overcomes 2nd and 27’s now? Credit to Getsy for anticipating the blitz and using it to their advantage

Promising drive number 2 ruined by sack and procedural penalty edit: or not!

horsefeathers offensive line is ruining an awesome Fields performance

Don’t know why you don’t challenge that if you’re the Vikings. I’m not sure it hit the ground. Maybe it did but it was close, 50 yard play at stake

Does santos ruining a nice looking drive by missing the FG count?

Meh not a touchdown but that was a nice drive despite massive pass protection issues later in the drive

We look like a functional offense

This is my favorite scenario by far, as it is guaranteed to cause controversy no matter what. Alabama Pros: 1. SEC champion, which has never been left out 2. Neutral site win over CFP number 1 team 3. Won the 3 non-Texas ranked games by 2+ scores Alabama Cons: 1. Lost to another team in the mix for the CFP at home 2. Lagging behind in computer rankings (8th in SP+), haven't passed the eye test in many games Georgia Pros: 1. Has won last 2 national titles and 30 straight games (I know that only this year should matter to the committee but everyone knows it) 2. Top 3 in virtually every computer ranking 3. Destroyed Kentucky, Ole Miss and Tennessee, also beat Mizzou in closer game 4. Is currently number 1 in the rankings, meaning they'd slide from 1 to at least 5 with a loss, not sure if that matters at all, but for reference TCU lost their conference championship game and remained 3rd last year, though I suppose were not a ton of other options since UGA and UM were undefeated and TCU and OSU were the only 1 loss teams. But neither was a conference champion so you could argue that OSU should have lept them. Georgia Cons: 1. Non-conference champion 2. Lost to another team in the mix for the CFP, who is a conference champion 3. Several sluggish wins over teams they should have destroyed Texas Pros: 1. Conference champion 2. Beat another top 5 or better team on the road 3. Falls between Georgia and Alabama in most computer rankings Texas Cons: 1. Worst loss of the 3 teams (though it was a neutral loss to the number 12 team) 2. Schedule strength is pretty weak outside of Bama and Oklahoma, and hurts them that they are playing a borderline top 25 team in the title game. They were 2-1 against current top 25 teams, with the Bama road win, a narrow win over #19 Kansas State and the loss to Oklahoma. Oklahoma state would be a 3rd win over ranked team if they stay ranked after losing (they're 20th right now) 3. A lot of narrow wins over meh teams down the stretch until they destroyed TTU Honestly, I know Texas has the ultimate trump card by beating Alabama, but I think their argument is not super strong outside of that and the committee has ignored head to head results in the past for teams with similar resumes (I think?). I just can't see them leaving the SEC out and my guess is they would put in Alabama.

I remember when I used to be excited day of game for the Bears on MNF and I'd look forward to it all day. Today its crossed my mind a couple of times, mostly thinking "Oh yeah there's a Bears game I have to watch tonight". 2 posts in the game thread today, neither about the game. Good times!

Out of the 4 Bulls first round picks that turned into solid NBA players since Jimmy Butler was drafted, 3 of them were traded away before they fully developed. That would be Portis, Markkanen and Wendell Carter. The 4th is Coby White I guess. In general the Bulls 1st round picks since Butler are a complete wasteland of NBA busts 2012 - Marcus Teague 2013 - Tony Snell 2014 - Doug McDermott 2015 - Portis 2016 - Denzel Valentine 2017 - Markkanen 2018 - Carter Jr 2018 - Chandler Hutchison 2019 - Coby White 2020 - Patrick Williams 2022 - Dalen Terry Yikes, most of them are so bad they weren’t even able to craft out a spot as a role player

Unlike the last couple of seasons there feels like so many possibilities heading into the final week. The most interesting variable is Florida State. While the committee claims the injury didn’t factor into their evaluation last week, I feel like the close win over a 5-6 team (albeit a road rivalry game), the Louisville loss last week, and a ugly win over Louisville this weekend may put them in a position to actually be left out as an undefeated conference champion. I still think it’s more likely than not the committee doesn’t have the balls to actually do it but it’s a possibility. The 1 loss teams are unusually strong this year. Feel like you can argue that a 1 loss Texas who won at Alabama this year and lost at the last second in a neutral rivalry game has a case over FSU without Travis. Washington if they lose has a strong case. Georgia if they lose to Alabama has a strong case. A lot of variables out there. You could even see a situation where the SEC is left out if Michigan, Washington, FSU and Texas all win along with a Bama win. And unlike last year when I felt Michigan was in regardless of how they did against Purdue, I definitely won’t feel safe at all if they lost to Iowa pending other results. The last year of a 4 team playoff and there’s a lot to be excited about.

I for one welcome Ryan Day remaining at OSU

Holy horsefeathers Alabama. Wanted Auburn to win but 4th and goal from the 30 and you need a TD to stay in the game and they get it. Unreal.

He’s made several similar throws this year and yet like you im still not sure which it is.

I wasn’t expecting very much from the Bulls this year but I was hoping they could at least play at a 35-40 win pace and occasionally have some exciting games. This has been a complete trainwreck, which is actually probably better for the Bulls long term but still pathetic. It’s been 8 years since we had a decent roster that we could be excited about outside of 3 months with Lonzo. The Bulls are farther away from anything resembling a fun team that they’ve been in any point of those 8 years. It’s ridiculous and why I’ve only watched like 10 minutes of Bulls basketball this year. The apathy is very strong.

Crazy to think that if the officials let Iowa’s punt return stand in their loss to Minnesota, next weeks Big Ten championship game could have been for a CFP spot

Interesting because yesterday some Vegas/gambling Twitter account with 150k followers tweeted that the Mets would be visiting with Ohtani before any other team and Cohen was trying to get the jump on the other suitors. Didn’t think much of it yesterday because it was a rando, though a rando with a large Twitter following.

So did we bury Love too soon? I really didn’t expect to see him improve so much so quickly but did think he’d get better. Still don’t think he’s in that Favre/Rodgers mold but probably good enough that the Packers will commit to him for awhile.

Looking like we’re competing for 1.1 again. Obviously there probably isn’t anything close to a Bedard out there but any interesting prospects

Plus I would assume his WAR would go down moving from SS to 3B, though a lot of his value is his bat.

To be fair, the US did have by far the easiest opponent

Someone (in Spanish): We can't miss Copa, just let him keep taking kicks until he makes one. On a related note, that dude has to be the worst penalty taker ever. The keeper almost stopped the 3rd one too.

Feels like Honduras got CONCACAF'd. 9 minutes of added time seemed like a lot, but 2 more minutes from that 9 minutes is really stretching it. BTW, winner will face the USA in the Semis, so important match. I don't mind matching up with Mexico again though. Edit; actually it sounds like if the match ends in penalties the US will face Jamaica. If someone scores before extra time ends, the US will face the winner