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I think the SEC has been, on average, the best football conference since the late 00's. But it' ebbs and flows. And right now, the game has changed, and they've lost some of their advantage. I don't think they were the best in 2023, or this year. With the Portal and NIL, I think the...

That loss the other night was the hardest loss I've ever felt, and I'm 57 years old. So, I've seen my share of tough losses. It left me in a daze. We had that game, and it just slipped away from us. We were the better team, and I think everyone who watched it or played in it knows that. The...

Unless Haynes King is 100% with his shoulder, and can throw as well as he was throwing before the injury, I think we should play Philo. Screw the redshirt. We need to win this game, and we can't do it without a real passing game.

I didn't say they were a bad team. But they're very beatable this year. I haven't felt like we had a chance against them in a long time....until this year.

So, Georgia has more talent & depth overall than we do. They should be favored, and they are. But they're very beatable this year. In fact, this is the first time since 2016 where I feel we actually have a chance. Let's look at Georgia's problems this year: 1) They start slow offensively in...

Yes, back in 2004, I think we beat them 51-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl. https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/243560059/syracuse-georgia-tech

I don't look at any game on the schedule is unwinnable. The closest might be the UGA game, just because of the roster they have. But we showed last year that we can stay in a game with them. Key's teams play hard for 60 minutes. That's why we came back and beat UNC and Miami. It's why we...

I'm in a similar place. This is the first time I've been genuinely looking forward to a season since....ehhhh....sometime during the CPJ era. I dreaded every year of Collins, and last year, I just wanted to see us compete hard for 60 minutes. This year, I think we are in for a good season...

I liked Buster Faulkner's approach, and as the games went on, we got stronger and our opponent's D wore out. We need the defense to hold up their end of the bargain this year in order for us to reach 9-10 wins.

Sometimes, "Year Two" is a huge step-forward breakout year for a program with a new'ish coach. Paul Johnson - Won the ACC in year 2 (2009). Bob Stoops - Won it all in year 2 (2000). Mark Richt - Went 13-1 and won the SEC in year 2 (2002). Nick Saban - Won the SEC in year 2 at LSU (2001). Nick...

I know a few Auburn fans that remember Tech as one of their biggest games. They used to have a parade when they played us. They called it the "Wreck Tech Pajama Parade" or something like that. And we were still playing them yearly when I was at Tech. And Bama has Tech mentioned in their...

I put it ultimately on Gailey for not stepping in and forcing Nix to call Choice's number more. Gailey was the ultimate decider on our offense, even if Nix was the play-caller.

2009 FSU was awesome. We had two one-play TD drives, and one two-play TD drive. And the only drives where we didn't score were when we fumbled. FSU couldn't stop Josh, Dwyer, BeBe, etc.

The 2006 Georgia game still gets in my craw. In the second half, whenever we handed off to Choice, he was darn near unstoppable. But we kept throwing it. I think we would have won if we'd given Choice the ball more. Choice had 23 carries for 146 yards, and could have easily carried it 30+...

Notre Dame 2007 - I rewatched that this morning. Tashard Choice taking direct snaps in the shotgun, and ND couldn't stop him. And Tenuta's D mauled their quarterbacks. LOL. That was a great game.

OK thanks for the context around FSU. So, if FSU goes Independent, they'll be much worse off than if they remain in the ACC (I think). So, just leaving the ACC would seem insane. I think anything other than a P2 invitation would be bad for Clemson and FSU.

I have no inside information. But I have a hard time believing that FSU & Clemson would go through all this trouble unless they were pretty sure that one of the P2 wanted them. It just seems like it would otherwise be a huge waste of time, resources, and reputation.

OK, that's true. But Miami won 5 national championships in 19 years. I think there was a reasonable assumption that Miami was going to be a national factor when they entered the ACC, and they absolutely disappointed in that regard.

Miami, IMO, would have been built back to championship status if Mark Richt had stayed and not had health issues. He retired due to health problems. But he had that program doing better his first two years than anything they had done in years prior to his arrival. I think by 2018, he was...

NC State has had a run of solid football seasons. They're never great, but never awful, and seem to have settled into 8-9 wins like clockwork. Not sure what it will take for NC State to get to that elusive next level. They just can't quite get to that top tier in conference. And they have a...