***2022 Week 8 CFB Games Thread***

simply1

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I don't like to be ridiculed that much. I'm just saying IF we want to make it safe, that's kind of the direction we are going. IF you are allowef to cream QB when he has the ball, we neec to determine how much time needs to elapse AFTER they pass the ball that you can't touch them, cause it seems to be getting shorter and shorter.
But really you think it could be just as exciting?
Serious question
I would not necessarily be against going to flag football. It would be much safer and I think it could be just as exciting,
 

CYDJ

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But really you think it could be just as exciting?
Serious question
I think basketball can be more exciting than football and noone is trying to "lay the wood" in that game (well, it isn't supposed to be part of the game.)

Football players are sort of our gladiators. I perversly enjoy it and often find myself wishing for the other guy to get doubled over by a big hit, but I really shouldn't.

There are exciting elements of football that don't necessarily need the violence, passing and catching can be one, maybe another is really good running where the back is able to avoid tacklers, but with the amount of equipment they wear and the fact that contact is required in every element of the game, it would be significantly different. The prototypical football player would also change substantially.

Maybe technology will be used in the future to change the level of contact / damage to something more acceptable. Ha, maybe also officiating can be improved while we are at it.
 
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CascadeClone

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If we had a semblance of an offense we for sure would be right in the mix for the championship game.
Just win the 2 home games and they are in 4th place. Add either road game and they are tied for 2nd. Defense wins championships, but you cant let offense and ST lose games for you.

Wish we could have played KU and KSU without their starting QBs. I hated how the schedule lined up, just knew those guys would get hurt and we had them early.

Think they will end up 3-6, and they really should have been 6-3. Woulda coulda shoulda.
 

Neptune78

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Well he made it sound like none of those schools recruited him and TCU found a diamond in the rough which is not at all the case. They just won the recruiting battle against a lot of schools.
For someone who supposed to be plugged into college football, Timmy's Duggan story didn't make much sense. If Duggan always dreamed of going to Notre Dame (they offered) why didn't he go there?
 

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LOL. Texas is awful.

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Love seeing OSU beat Texas. Ewers to me is a good QB, but overrated for sure. He was #1 in his class in high school nationally almost. Also the Texas D is so up and down.
 

simply1

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I think basketball can be more exciting than football and noone is trying to "lay the wood" in that game (well, it isn't supposed to be part of the game.)

Football players are sort of our gladiators. I perversly enjoy it and often find myself wishing for the other guy to get doubled over by a big hit, but I really shouldn't.

There are exciting elements of football that don't necessarily need the violence, passing and catching can be one, maybe another is really good running where the back is able to avoid tacklers, but with the amount of equipment they wear and the fact that contact is required in every element of the game, it would be significantly different. The prototypical football player would also change substantially.

Maybe technology will be used in the future to change the level of contact / damage to something more acceptable. Ha, maybe also officiating can be improved while we are at it.
It’s a conundrum a lot of people have I think, especially when considering CTE. I just can’t get to the point that I’d watch that particular product, anymore than I watch frisbee football or such. Technology can hopefully help to some degree, but it’s still pretty violent.
 

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Just win the 2 home games and they are in 4th place. Add either road game and they are tied for 2nd. Defense wins championships, but you cant let offense and ST lose games for you.

Wish we could have played KU and KSU without their starting QBs. I hated how the schedule lined up, just knew those guys would get hurt and we had them early.

Think they will end up 3-6, and they really should have been 6-3. Woulda coulda shoulda.
The bye week came at a lousy time also. Would have been better before the Kansas game. This season is cursed I tell you
 
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Dowwmeow

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I think basketball can be more exciting than football and noone is trying to "lay the wood" in that game (well, it isn't supposed to be part of the game.)

Football players are sort of our gladiators. I perversly enjoy it and often find myself wishing for the other guy to get doubled over by a big hit, but I really shouldn't.

There are exciting elements of football that don't necessarily need the violence, passing and catching can be one, maybe another is really good running where the back is able to avoid tacklers, but with the amount of equipment they wear and the fact that contact is required in every element of the game, it would be significantly different. The prototypical football player would also change substantially.

Maybe technology will be used in the future to change the level of contact / damage to something more acceptable. Ha, maybe also officiating can be improved while we are at it.
No one is “trying to lay the wood” in basketball? You haven’t watched West Virginia play under Huggins have you?
 
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CloniesForLife

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Yet no one looks at the Big12 like a serious contender so dumb. Michigan and Ohio State beat up on easy teams and then just have to play each other to win the Big10. Don't get me wrong, both Michigan and Ohio State are great teams but they can sleep walk through several games a year and just have to get up for a few of them.
 

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Swung by Surlyhorns this morning randomly. They are just sick and tired of those darn big 12 refs screwing them off. Them boys wanted to go "strait" independent.

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