The main reason why I think Burrow should be in contention for MVP is because there's no point in making it a "regular season award" if you're limiting your selection to playoff contenders only. Either it's actually a regular season award and great players from middling teams should be included, or it's a post-season award and voting should take into consideration post-season performance.
In the regular season he went ~.500... I don't understand your argument. Mahomes took a #31 ranked defense to the AFC Championship game and lost to Brady's patriots in overtime... and Burrow can't even make the playoffs? What good are stats if you can't even get your team into the playoffs?
i dont really believe in it but if its a regular season award playoff contention is totally relevant. all playoff contention reflects is a high degree of success in the regular season, nothing more.
That’s why Saban retired. The Transfer portal has acutely created a form of parity gone are the days where Alabama and Georgia can stockpile blue chip talent as backups if a kid is good he is going to a school where he will get paid and get playing time to showcase his skills
Even as a Packers fan, Lions vs Vikings feels like Obi Wan vs Anakin in ep 3 You kinda can assume who will win But good God is it gonna be one of the best 4 quarters of match ups we are gonna see this year
Y'all right. Preseason CFB rankings feel like a popularity contest and it's weird to see 2 or 3 loss teams ranked ahead of undefeated teams in the middle of the season
Yeah I don’t know why they don’t just get rid of them or atleast make them more like power rankings and not actually have actual rankings that matter for playoff selection until the end of week one
I mean the SEC is still the most pro ready: SEC players are far and away the most represented in the Pro Bowl this year and generally have been. I do think it'll be interesting to see if in 5-10 years time this trend will be the same or not, and if this year was an off year for the SEC or the playing field will continue to be levelled.
In my opinion nil makes the top 15-20 teams more even, spreading talent from the top 5, but also makes teams past that cut off worse as they lose players to bigger programs.
I dont think so. Looking at Arizona State this season, Florida State last season, Boise State this season and the TCU Team which made the national final the transfer Portal + NIL means in my eyes that there will be Teams which will have one magical season (Teams i mentioned) and compete with Teams which will be there constantly (Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama...).
This is why i watch this channel over any other football channel : the importance of Cashman for the Vikings defense being highlighted is testament to true football knowledge !
Yes, Notre Dame beat Georgia by more points than Indiana, but Indiana also made that game look way closer than it really was. Indiana put up 14 points in garbage time. That game was a 10 point game disguised as a 24 point game. Meanwhile, Notre Dame had a huge 14 point swing against Georgia that ended up being the difference. Not making excuses for Georgia, just adding context.
I also think we owe Tennessee something of an apology, too. Everyone was saying they didn't deserve to be in after getting thrashed by Ohio State, only for Ohio State to do the same (and worse) to undefeated Oregon a week later. I think Ohio State are just better than everyone else rn, and that Michigan loss really lit a fire in their asses.
Why are people trying to penalize garbage time points. How else is Indiana supposed to try and pull off the comeback and win. Almost all comebacks happen in garbage time when the leading team get comfortable. If that’s the case why didn’t the all mighty Georgia not put up any garbage time points to make it look better😂
The two teams played three different teams .Minnesota played the Giants, Jets, and Atlanta . Detroit played Dallas, Buffalo, and Tampa Bay. Lions are at +200 point differential. The Vikings are at +122. Vikings are much more healthier. Lions are getting a few guys back. I wonder why there is never a mention how Flores let Johnson go when he took over at Miami ? Someone mentioned this in a show I listened to. Seems like Ben really brings his A game for the Vikings. Good luck and one team will get the 1 seed and the other the 5 seed, and we may see this game again in Minnesota or Detroit again real soon. Both offenses are just amazing.
Is worth noting that the cfp ranking isn’t the same as playoff seeding. Two of the top four seeds (top four seeds are only conference champs) are ranked 9 and 12 while Texas and Penn State (not top 4 seeds) are ranked 3 and 4. As such there are only 2 semifinal teams that would be in under the old system
Thank you so much for mentioning the opt outs 😅 I remember a time when players were opting out of the rose bowl. The rose bowl. This playoffs has fixed that.
Hey EJ, I think you have that 100% backwards - the Lions offence is going to have to keep up with the Vikes offence. The Vikes offence is performing just as efficiently as the Lions offence. However the Vikes are going against a Lions D that has barely outperformed a set of cardboard cut-outs this past month. The Lions coach is literally too scared to punt because he knows his defence can't stop anyone. Campbell has largely got away with playing 4th down roulette, but one stop and a short field could put the Lions 2 or 3 scores back very quickly - and then what? Rely on your D to get back into the game? Jefferson has averaged 182 yards over his three previous visits to Ford Field. The Lions will be facing one of the best rush defences in yards and TDs, the leading D in turnovers, having forced at least one in every game this season, and is 5th in sacks. The Lions are also down Montgomery, and the offence could be under pressure to be perfect to keep pace with the Vikes and against a better defence than the Bills. Blake Cashman, the QB of the Vikes D, missed the week 7, as did Hockenson, and Addison had missed 6 or 7 weeks of practice leading up to that game. The Lions will also miss Alim McNeill and Carlton Davis from that match up. If the Vikes get up early in this game, and Campbell keeps pressing his 4th down luck - the Vikes could easily take the crowd out of this game.
My main gripe with the CFB rankings in general is that because teams all have vastly different schedules, there will always be some team(s) upset that they're not in the playoff. It's confusing, especially with all the different ranking systems and what people value more: quality wins, not having losses, a combination of both, etc. The most important thing for me is for the committee to show consistency with how they judge and pick teams for the playoff.
Not saying he shouldn't be in the conversation. But Burrow isn't really touching Lamar is any traditional passing efficiency category, not to mention the rushing. Even in more "advanced" metrics like EPA Lamar is well ahead of Burrow. And frankly, it annoys the shit out of me that zero people want to ding Burrow's production because of Chase but a ton of people will work to ding Lamar or a Tua/Goff/Purdy for their supposed superior advantages. All the while Chase has way more YAC over expected than even 2nd place on that list. The inconsistency in narratives is absurd.
Well as soon as it benefits their white savior, people will contradict any and everything they've said in the past. I'll say that Burrow doesn't deserve to be in the MVP race for you
I see your point, but at the same time Chase is 1 dude. 2 if you include Higgins. Goff has Amon Ra, Laporta as well as Williams and then of course Sonic and Knuckles and a great o line. Lamar has Flowers, Andrews, Bateman and King Henry and probably a better O-line than burrow. Burrow is doing it all with less overall and a worse defense. I would say Burrow is more "valuable" to his team than Lamar or Goff are because of the talent around them. However, I would still give MVP to Lamar considering how the award has traditionally been given out. He's been electric this season.
Richardson needed to stay in college for sure. He probably would've had a good chance to win a heisman, maybe a natty. And oh, he would have been NFL ready.
As an ND fan, i was very happy for the 2nd half kickoff return. So many loud af Georgia fans talking so much trash. It got quiet after that kickoff return, all you could hear is their 400 lb labored breathing and anger. They talk wayyy too much trash for fans lol Listening to SEC fans suck off their conference every few seconds gets annoying. (i talked to a few that were cool, but they seemed the minority).
I’m sorry you had to deal with the bullshit. Even I get annoyed by other Georgia fans (and SEC fans), especially when they whine. I personally don’t care about who the best conference is. I care about is good football.
@@Dawg-Bone i have nothing against Georgia, in fact i used to like them. But their fans have so much extra hot air. Like. chill. lol ya know? i dont mind some trash talk, but if thats all your doing? come on bro. Its a game lol
One small compaint about 5-8 seeds winning; if there was a 4 team playoff it would have been Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame and likely Ohio State or Texas, very well may have the same title game in both systems. 1-4 were conference champs. and for the record please expand to 16 teams with all top 8 getting a HOME playoff game.
The simplest way to get into the playoffs is just win it sounds so dumb but if you take of business your in. Winning is a lot harder than people think it is it takes ultimate focus to be a playoff team.
Maybe it’s over. Maybe it’s just a reset. Jayden Daniels and Brock Bowers were just last year…. The expanded playoff and the kids getting compensated has been undeniably great.
The Lions did stop SF but they had some boneheaded penalties that negated a turnover and 3 down incompletions. Mental errors made that closer than it should have been.
Flores is going to be the bears head coach before we get this defensive breakdown. They can't have Ben. All jokes aside, great year and can't wait for the draft coverage.
During the draft I was so surprised that Verse was behind Latu and Turner. He looked like an animal at FSU, I figured that there were some behind the scenes issues tho. I just wasnt watching him super hard cuz I knew the eagles wernt taking an edge. I am curious what position the eagles will draft this year. I think they can get a wr3 in the second or third so maybe they take a d lineman or o lineman or maybe a corner to take over for Slay when he leaves. since it will be a later pick just maybe which ever one of those positions has the best player on the board
@@andrewkelly1337 turns out when you combine Zac Taylor's offensive philosophy of, "Please save us, Joe," with a bottom 5 offensive line (including the worst pass blocking guards in the NFL), bad things happen. Lol. But even with that being the case, Burrow takes more sacks than he needs to.
Wait, did I just hear that Joe Burrow is being penalised for 3/4 of his team being shit that it forces him to play well? That is the most asinine thing I have ever heard. For years people have complained that QB wins are not a stat, but suddenly Joe Burrow is getting killed for it? World has gone completely mad.
I guess. But the Rams being a thorn in the side of the Seahawks goes back to the Jeff Fisher/St Louis era, often beating Seattle despite being huge dogs in the pre-game rankings and/or betting odds. As a longtime Seattle fan I would love to say Seattle vs some other team was the division's big rivalry, but Rams/Niners is historically it, predating the 2002 re-alignment when Seattle changed divisions.
Guys, we Bears fans are scared to take anything for granted after this season. Don’t you worry. We’ll wait until Ben Johnson gives his first press conference
Bears will fumble it and hire Brian Flores to "set the culture." Minor success first year followed by travesty. Caleb flames out by 2028. I mean, have you Bears before?
Lions fan so I’m biased, but the only way Ben Johnson goes to Chicago is if Warren and Poles are fired. There’s too much back and forth in leadership ranks for Ben Johnson to want to go to Chicago lol
@ I don’t think Warren will get fired but I wouldn’t mind if Poles goes. He has done more harm than good at this point. I mean, having one of the cheapest olines in the league with a promising rookie QB is terrible management
@@toddw3nzel639on another note to that I just don’t really see a dude like Ben Johnson content with staying in Detroit getting up and leaving for a divisional rival like that idk I understand the money of it but Ben seems very content with staying in MC and they would be stupid not to pay him a decent amount.
This season of Joe Burrow reminds me of 2017 Wilson. Dragging his team kicking and screaming to relevency despite everything around them falling apart, and since they didnt make the playoffs neither will get a MVP Vote.
Yeah well last year it was atleast to sec fans so I’m keeping it consistent. And when bama for example is playing a lot of starters and Michigan is missing a lot of starters along with being not that good to begin with it’s fair to make an assumption about it. Like if fsu with all the starters they had not play in that bowl game against Georgia who was practically full power managed to beat Georgia it would absolutely matter in the opinion on a team😂
It truly feels like any team in the NFC can do it this year. The Packers are the 7th seed, and have lost to each of the 3 best teams, but besides the first Lions game it was all within one possession, 3 of those games decided by 2 points. Even if it isn't very likely, every NFC team has an argument of why they could manage to win 3 games and get to the top of the mountain. It seems like every game is going to be good. Really vindicating expanding the playoffs to 7 seeds right now
I have been carrying this banner since high school, darn on twenty years now (holy how time flies) that College Football should be a proper playoff tournament. And you know what? It's great. Regular season matters. Rivalries matter. Playoff games matter. Also, Joe Burrow should absolutely be the Most Valuable Player. Would the Ravens be a good team with an average QB? Ya, nowhere near where they are with Lamar, but good. Josh is the straw that stirs the drink in Buffalo, but they are still a good team. Saquon in Philly will have eye popping numbers and should get MVP votes. Nobody and I mean nobody carries a team like the Bengals offense does and nobody carries their offense quite like Burrow does. Bad team that misses the playoff? Doesn't matter, give it to Burrow. (For reference, I'ma Bears fan, I have no horse in this race)
I really don’t care whether or not Burrow makes the playoffs because the bottom line is Allen and Lamar are both having better seasons even when ignoring team record.
The SEC always benefited from having a BCS where they never had to play anyone. The SEC immediately evaporates when they have to play a quality team from another conference.
Forever northern teams built for the inevitable elements had to play fast track teams down south in bowl games who never had to worry about the elements. Its 2 different ways of constructing a team & it's always been a massive advantage for the SEC, Big 12 type of teams. Say Wisconsin gets back to top 10 form & gets a home playoff game. Good luck to a stacked Alabama, Clemson, Florida team winning at Wisconsin in December/January. They're not going to want to get off the bus. Tennessee wanted nothing to do with Ohio weather & it's not even that cold out there. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan winters are a different animal.
they are my team now too that basically the entire WSU team entered the transfer portal. But my fav WSU old player now is on the huskies yikes. Day one as a ducks fan
I saw something about Pete Carroll getting interviewed for the Bears HC job. That feels like one of those "fake" interviews except I think the Bears would actually hire him.
Texas got away with the targeting call and field goal early in the game taht shoudl have counted. ASU is a small market team and could have been in the playoffs. PSU doesn’t have nearly the nil pool as sec schools and notre dame doesn’t have top 5 talent composites either. The playoffs have increased parity objectively.
I agree that the SEC is overrated. I also think that a major problem with the power 4 is that the conferences are way too big. 16 and 18 trans in a single conference is way too much and the ACC is the worst offender with teams like Boston College having to fly out to California and vice versa.
oh please ive heard this time and time again :The SEC era is over" after the SEC has a down year and everytime the sec ends up still dominate . Tennessee was the 5th best team in the SEC and lucked into the playoffs while Georgia beat themselves. SEC isn't going anywhere lets not over-react lol.
The SEC era is not over lmao, you are such a prisoner of the moment, Brett. Always have an overreaction ready. The SEC had a down year & had no clear best team, but pretending like it’s a thing of the past is silly.
@@wagglewiggleAre you banking on those 2023 games against Nick Mullens, and the players that Flores inherited from Donatell? Hmmm. Everyone decided the Vikes were a 6-11 team based on those 2023 games, so you might not want to put too much store in those.
Love the discussion on college football preseason rankings being so bad but the playoff ranking aren’t the end of season rankings. Boise state was never a top 4 team. ASU wasn’t in the playoffs but they got an auto bid because they won the big 12. So Brett’s rant is a little off base.
I know Burrow has a statistical lead, but Lamar has broken the all time rushing record for QBs while being in contention for breaking the all time QBR and TD/INT ratio records. His season is historic in a way Burrow's just isn't. He may have 1k+ passing yards on Lamar by the end of the week but Lamar has his rushing stats too soooooo
I would like the Bootleg Football podcast, on behalf of all Vikings fans, to admit how wrong you were before the season started. I know crow doesn't taste good, but it seems the right thing to do.
I’m pretty sure they were actually fairly respectful to the vikes all things considered. I think Brett even said that he still believes in Sam Darnold.
@evanstensland611 they were respectful, I'll grant that, but they did say that the Vikings were clearly going to be the bottom of the division. I don't think it was incorrect to think they might struggle, but clearly bottom of the division was a bit much.
@ yeah, I mean when you look at the fact they went 7-10 with all that happened in 2023, it was really hard for me to imagine anything less than 8 or 9 wins. Thought that was just a homer take at the time but clearly I might have been on to something.
This is an exercise in futility. KC will win their 3rd straight. One game might be tight. Probably not. The super bowl will be close - it almost always is now - but no one is stopping Mahomes from 3. It's just not happening and we all know it. And this off season nothing changes. No QB talent is added in the draft because there isn't much there. And now with legit big money in college some of these top end QB's might lean towards 3 and 4 years in college. Why not? Relatively the same money and you get to be the big fish in a small pond for a little while longer. Be Peter Pan and make grown man money. The NFL won't get to poach the top end of the talent pool the first opportunity they get. And who benefits? A Chiefs dynasty that doesn't want the night to end and wants the party to last a little bit longer...
As much as I love the transfer portal and NIL and what it has done for parity, I think they need to do something about it. It is basically free agency at this point where kids can go anywhere at any time. I don’t know what they can do to fix it, but it’s just annoying to see these kids just able to switch to 3 schools with no penalty. Maybe just me.
Make a 30 team league with rules and stop pretending it's not professional sports. But pro athletes do the same thing so I don't think that's getting "fixed" because it's not broken. It's how free agency is designed to work.
Why is it annoying to see the kids change schools/orgs (essentially) that can help them on their road to be pro while helping the school bank roll the college football viewership?
Lamar is the MVP. People need to stop with the stupid narratives and just give it to him already. Some food for thought: MVP QBs average 0.27 EPA/play since 2000. Lamar Jackson is 11-0 when playing at or above 0.27 EPA/Play and 0-5 when playing below that standard. Yes, he has only 5 games below that mark, which is an incredible feat by itself. Josh Allen is 7-1 at or above, 6-2 below. Joe Burrow is 2-2 at or above, 6-6 below. For all the people saying Josh Allen is solo carrying the Bills and whatnot. I get it, people are salty he won MVP in a weak year based on a couple of very good performances. Remember that the other candidates also all shit the bed in one way or another late in the season, not his fault he won out in the end. It's also not a reason to bend over backwards and discredit one of the best QB seasons EVER. People will remember this season the same way Aaron Rodgers' 2011 or 2020 are remembered.
I know your title is for clicks because you’re desperate for attention that you can’t get without clickbaiting but once the nfl draft selects more players from the sec than any other conference (once again) I want you to apologize for trying to gaslight the sad few that take your opinions seriously.
You guys are fools. Burrow is the MVP this year. I haveno idea who I’ll get the award but Burrow is MVP. And he is not going to leave this year with nothing. Either he or Chase will win OPOY. Burrow will also be 1st or 2nd team All Pro. In my opinion. Being an All Peo is way more prestigious than MVP is. Lamar is on an All days brain. 9!-049!-!92 ra
Umm the Bengals can generated pressure outside off Hendrickson. Joseph Ossai is will be taking Dakn Hubbard s starting spot. Ossai is a fucking beast he has a good year. He has 45 tacklkes, 5 sacks, 2 forced fumble, and 1 blocked field goal Not bad for a rotational player don’t you think lol joking
If you take away everything that made college football great -- the rivalries, traditions, regionality, importance of the regular season -- it's a different sport No one wants this.
I want it... a lot want it. I expect the "tradition" in the south because they've been using that as an excuse for all kinds of dumb/awful things but seriously? College Football?
The loss of regionality killed it. CFB now is just NFL lite, except the quality of play is worse and over 50% of the teams will never have a serious chance to compete, because there's no salary cap and floor. I don't have anything against paying players, but it's so obvious that only 20 or 30 schools will ever be able to shell out enough money. And that makes for crap football to watch
Rivalries, traditions, regionality and importance of the regular season is all still there. And if your talking about traditions like conference moving well that’s been happening for years now like 20 at this point so it’s basically tradition now
@alarrim29574 How is it still there? Playing a school 3,000 miles away is not regional. What did Michigan beating Ohio State mean? Nothing. Because the regular season matters less than it ever has. Every year more traditions and rivalries are uprooted and destroyed. In 10 years we probably won't even have Alabama - Auburn or Michigan - Ohio State every year.
"The SEC era is over," is one of the more mind-numbing, absurdly laughable takes in football history. And frankly, it's all based around the desire for mediocrity over greatness.
@ The parity always existed, I despise this nonsense. Everything was the same for everyone, it's just smaller programs couldn't compete with the elite ones, and people got mad. Not every program invested the same way into the sport, so they got the appropriate results, and people got mad. The idea that Boise State should be artificially lifted to compete with Georgia is absurd. They're not at the same levels and never will be, and that's fine. Just like when people had bleeding hearts for inferior programs, and shoving them in the Playoffs, only to get slaughtered. The narratives around "parity" only started with the Playoffs garbage, which was just an attempt to stifle the upper echelons of programs (and make money). I'm all for the kids making money, and being able to transfer if they think it's actually good for them, but it's been a disaster, at the direct expense of the sport. They need to force kids who transfer to sit a year (barring some situations), have contracts with NIL money for Bowls, etc. to avoid the issues that've been created. Parity existed, it's just reality dictates that not everything will be the same. The people who cry about "parity," solely desire mediocrity.
@@ThatFalloutGod Parity - the state or condition of being equal, especially as regards to status or pay. What you have described is not parity. You need to find another word to justify your reasoning/opinion, because parity is not correct.
Says the guy with the obvious biased take. "Hey everyone! Let's all listen to the guy with the blinders on! He's even resorting to hyperbole and everything!".
Correction to Brett saying the top 4 teams are out: ASU and BSU got top 4 seeds for winning their conferences, they were actually lanked like 12th for ASU about around 8-10th for BSU. Penn State and Texas would have been top 4 seeds had they gone by just rankings.
Yeah but I also think if we still had a 4 team playoff it. Would be penn state, Texas, notre dame, Ohio state. I find that very hard to believe. It would prolly be Texas, Georgia, Oregon and Ohio state. Either way the expanded playoffs is working like they said
@@greengandalf9116 Colts, Jags, Titans. You guys played soooooo bad lol. Its okay though. You will get a chance to learn your 14-2 record is fraudulent. OT with the Bears? The Bears. Like holy shit lol.
I love the narrative that the sec era is over. We still wipe the floor with everyone in recruiting and the transfer portal the problem is that the 3 best rosters in the conference (Tennessee Texas and Georgia) have 3 of the worst QBs and there’s about 5 coaches who need to get fired asap. The sec still has a massive talent advantage it’s just a problem with some people who are currently at the top. Nuss is going to throw for 5,000 and win a natty don’t worry we’ll be back to longdicking the rest of the country
Kinda hard to say the SRC era is over when there's still an SEC team in the playoffs lol. Plus Georgia had their back up QB and dude only ever started a half game of football lol.
5:23 "a down-the-line cascade of fuckery" is an all-time Bootleg quote
The main reason why I think Burrow should be in contention for MVP is because there's no point in making it a "regular season award" if you're limiting your selection to playoff contenders only. Either it's actually a regular season award and great players from middling teams should be included, or it's a post-season award and voting should take into consideration post-season performance.
Playoff QB award.
a couple weeks ago he was 3/13 on game winning drives
@@drip2hard976 Literally last week it was OT vs the Broncos, and with a chance to win, the Bengals went 3-and-out, lol.
In the regular season he went ~.500... I don't understand your argument. Mahomes took a #31 ranked defense to the AFC Championship game and lost to Brady's patriots in overtime... and Burrow can't even make the playoffs? What good are stats if you can't even get your team into the playoffs?
i dont really believe in it but if its a regular season award playoff contention is totally relevant. all playoff contention reflects is a high degree of success in the regular season, nothing more.
That’s why Saban retired. The Transfer portal has acutely created a form of parity gone are the days where Alabama and Georgia can stockpile blue chip talent as backups if a kid is good he is going to a school where he will get paid and get playing time to showcase his skills
college football is better with talented kids getting playing time at schools other than Alabama and Georgia
Playing a mountain west schedule helps guys look good that couldn't crack it at bama or Georgia
@@Titan6290sure but I bet most of the mountain west could beat Oklahoma or vandy
@@randomxproductions9594I promise you unlv and boise st are the only teams in the mountain west who have a prayer of stopping Diego pavia
@@randomxproductions9594educate yourself on Jerry kill
Even as a Packers fan, Lions vs Vikings feels like Obi Wan vs Anakin in ep 3
You kinda can assume who will win
But good God is it gonna be one of the best 4 quarters of match ups we are gonna see this year
Yooo good call this is going be the game of year my favorite part of this season is the NFC north is the best in the league and its not even close.
Y'all right. Preseason CFB rankings feel like a popularity contest and it's weird to see 2 or 3 loss teams ranked ahead of undefeated teams in the middle of the season
Yeah I don’t know why they don’t just get rid of them or atleast make them more like power rankings and not actually have actual rankings that matter for playoff selection until the end of week one
SEC saying they’re the most pro ready and then crying when the playoffs are structured more like the pros
I mean the SEC is still the most pro ready: SEC players are far and away the most represented in the Pro Bowl this year and generally have been.
I do think it'll be interesting to see if in 5-10 years time this trend will be the same or not, and if this year was an off year for the SEC or the playing field will continue to be levelled.
@@themangomag97agreed. What has been may not always be. To early to announce anything has changed. One season does not make a trend!
@@ARSP33LS its kinda been two years now, but fair point
In my opinion nil makes the top 15-20 teams more even, spreading talent from the top 5, but also makes teams past that cut off worse as they lose players to bigger programs.
This would seem very accurate, as the group of 5 and big 12/acc seem to grow talent that gets consumed by SEC/BIG 10 now
I dont think so. Looking at Arizona State this season, Florida State last season, Boise State this season and the TCU Team which made the national final the transfer Portal + NIL means in my eyes that there will be Teams which will have one magical season (Teams i mentioned) and compete with Teams which will be there constantly (Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama...).
When you see Bootleg dropped a video 5 seconds ago.
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Norte dame did in fact go out there and trash can Georgia 😂😂😂
As soon as I heard Brett say that I came down to the comments hahhaha
A real Sherman's march. You love to see it.
Trash is disingenuous
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Bootleg was my top podcast listened for 2024!! (Even though I watch the YT videos, the YT Music recap still registered it) Happy new year folks!! 🥳
Thanks! We appreciate the listens, and happy new year to you too!
This is why i watch this channel over any other football channel : the importance of Cashman for the Vikings defense being highlighted is testament to true football knowledge !
SEC fans - "Indiana is trash"
SEC teams - put up less of a fight than Indiana
Yes, Notre Dame beat Georgia by more points than Indiana, but Indiana also made that game look way closer than it really was. Indiana put up 14 points in garbage time. That game was a 10 point game disguised as a 24 point game. Meanwhile, Notre Dame had a huge 14 point swing against Georgia that ended up being the difference. Not making excuses for Georgia, just adding context.
Just say you don't actually watch these games and know what's going on.
I also think we owe Tennessee something of an apology, too. Everyone was saying they didn't deserve to be in after getting thrashed by Ohio State, only for Ohio State to do the same (and worse) to undefeated Oregon a week later.
I think Ohio State are just better than everyone else rn, and that Michigan loss really lit a fire in their asses.
Why are people trying to penalize garbage time points. How else is Indiana supposed to try and pull off the comeback and win. Almost all comebacks happen in garbage time when the leading team get comfortable. If that’s the case why didn’t the all mighty Georgia not put up any garbage time points to make it look better😂
The two teams played three different teams .Minnesota played the Giants, Jets, and Atlanta .
Detroit played Dallas, Buffalo, and Tampa Bay. Lions are at +200 point differential. The Vikings are at +122. Vikings are much more healthier. Lions are getting a few guys back. I wonder why there is never a mention how Flores let Johnson go when he took over at Miami ? Someone mentioned this in a show I listened to. Seems like Ben really brings his A game for the Vikings. Good luck and one team will get the 1 seed and the other the 5 seed, and we may see this game again in Minnesota or Detroit again real soon. Both offenses are just amazing.
Don't ever change, love the work you guys put in all season long.
Normally I don't give a shit about college football, but I really liked your HOT TAKES this time.
18:24 Well...we 'held' them to 31...the scoring 34 bit did not go so well
The pod we wait for every week
Saw someone say the north hasn't dominated the south this bad since the civil war
And just like back then the last holdouts are in Texas
The south struggles when they have to pay employees lmfao
Is worth noting that the cfp ranking isn’t the same as playoff seeding. Two of the top four seeds (top four seeds are only conference champs) are ranked 9 and 12 while Texas and Penn State (not top 4 seeds) are ranked 3 and 4. As such there are only 2 semifinal teams that would be in under the old system
I mean, it’s pretty damn similar to the NFL. Look at spots 5-12 as wild cards and the picture becomes pretty similar.
@queenofthesalt5199 it’s not though because the talent difference between 4 and 7 is a lot greater than the nfl.
@@JJ-zr6fu the structure is similar to the nfl, which is what they were saying
Thank you so much for mentioning the opt outs 😅 I remember a time when players were opting out of the rose bowl. The rose bowl. This playoffs has fixed that.
Hey EJ, I think you have that 100% backwards - the Lions offence is going to have to keep up with the Vikes offence.
The Vikes offence is performing just as efficiently as the Lions offence. However the Vikes are going against a Lions D that has barely outperformed a set of cardboard cut-outs this past month. The Lions coach is literally too scared to punt because he knows his defence can't stop anyone. Campbell has largely got away with playing 4th down roulette, but one stop and a short field could put the Lions 2 or 3 scores back very quickly - and then what? Rely on your D to get back into the game?
Jefferson has averaged 182 yards over his three previous visits to Ford Field.
The Lions will be facing one of the best rush defences in yards and TDs, the leading D in turnovers, having forced at least one in every game this season, and is 5th in sacks. The Lions are also down Montgomery, and the offence could be under pressure to be perfect to keep pace with the Vikes and against a better defence than the Bills. Blake Cashman, the QB of the Vikes D, missed the week 7, as did Hockenson, and Addison had missed 6 or 7 weeks of practice leading up to that game. The Lions will also miss Alim McNeill and Carlton Davis from that match up.
If the Vikes get up early in this game, and Campbell keeps pressing his 4th down luck - the Vikes could easily take the crowd out of this game.
God I hope the Lions win just so I know folks like you are crying at home.
@@toddw3nzel639hey, nice to see a new fan that likes football!
@@toddw3nzel639 Another Lions fan that can't cope with the reality that a Lions win might not be pre-ordained.
@@robe2504 lmao setting yourself up here. look at your road games. good luck
@@robe2504hahahaha says the dude who wrote a 3 paragraph MLA format comment on UA-cam.
My main gripe with the CFB rankings in general is that because teams all have vastly different schedules, there will always be some team(s) upset that they're not in the playoff. It's confusing, especially with all the different ranking systems and what people value more: quality wins, not having losses, a combination of both, etc.
The most important thing for me is for the committee to show consistency with how they judge and pick teams for the playoff.
Not saying he shouldn't be in the conversation. But Burrow isn't really touching Lamar is any traditional passing efficiency category, not to mention the rushing. Even in more "advanced" metrics like EPA Lamar is well ahead of Burrow. And frankly, it annoys the shit out of me that zero people want to ding Burrow's production because of Chase but a ton of people will work to ding Lamar or a Tua/Goff/Purdy for their supposed superior advantages. All the while Chase has way more YAC over expected than even 2nd place on that list. The inconsistency in narratives is absurd.
Well as soon as it benefits their white savior, people will contradict any and everything they've said in the past. I'll say that Burrow doesn't deserve to be in the MVP race for you
I see your point, but at the same time Chase is 1 dude. 2 if you include Higgins.
Goff has Amon Ra, Laporta as well as Williams and then of course Sonic and Knuckles and a great o line.
Lamar has Flowers, Andrews, Bateman and King Henry and probably a better O-line than burrow.
Burrow is doing it all with less overall and a worse defense. I would say Burrow is more "valuable" to his team than Lamar or Goff are because of the talent around them.
However, I would still give MVP to Lamar considering how the award has traditionally been given out. He's been electric this season.
Boy o boy Brett what ever you do keep up this energy I want my team to keep winning lol!
Richardson needed to stay in college for sure. He probably would've had a good chance to win a heisman, maybe a natty. And oh, he would have been NFL ready.
As an ND fan, i was very happy for the 2nd half kickoff return. So many loud af Georgia fans talking so much trash. It got quiet after that kickoff return, all you could hear is their 400 lb labored breathing and anger. They talk wayyy too much trash for fans lol Listening to SEC fans suck off their conference every few seconds gets annoying. (i talked to a few that were cool, but they seemed the minority).
I’m sorry you had to deal with the bullshit. Even I get annoyed by other Georgia fans (and SEC fans), especially when they whine. I personally don’t care about who the best conference is. I care about is good football.
@@Dawg-Bone i have nothing against Georgia, in fact i used to like them. But their fans have so much extra hot air. Like. chill. lol ya know? i dont mind some trash talk, but if thats all your doing? come on bro. Its a game lol
@ Welcome to my world
@@Dawg-Bone hey, much respect. Happy holidays and best wishes.
@ You too man.
One small compaint about 5-8 seeds winning; if there was a 4 team playoff it would have been Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame and likely Ohio State or Texas, very well may have the same title game in both systems. 1-4 were conference champs.
and for the record please expand to 16 teams with all top 8 getting a HOME playoff game.
The simplest way to get into the playoffs is just win it sounds so dumb but if you take of business your in. Winning is a lot harder than people think it is it takes ultimate focus to be a playoff team.
Dumb take... "winning is hard"... of course winning is hard but again, don't lose to OU. That part wasn't that hard this season.
@ that’s why i said take care of business but to do that you still have to be good you can’t go in there laxadasical and expect to win
How are you guys not covering the two most important matchups this week? Texans vs Titans and Jags vs Colts. AFCS stays disrespected.
Respectfully, if any of those teams did anything noteworthy for the remainder of this season, it would be a huge shocker
Maybe it’s over. Maybe it’s just a reset. Jayden Daniels and Brock Bowers were just last year…. The expanded playoff and the kids getting compensated has been undeniably great.
The Lions did stop SF but they had some boneheaded penalties that negated a turnover and 3 down incompletions. Mental errors made that closer than it should have been.
Flores is going to be the bears head coach before we get this defensive breakdown. They can't have Ben. All jokes aside, great year and can't wait for the draft coverage.
As a Vikings fan, i would hate this. So, that means it's probably a good idea.
During the draft I was so surprised that Verse was behind Latu and Turner. He looked like an animal at FSU, I figured that there were some behind the scenes issues tho. I just wasnt watching him super hard cuz I knew the eagles wernt taking an edge. I am curious what position the eagles will draft this year. I think they can get a wr3 in the second or third so maybe they take a d lineman or o lineman or maybe a corner to take over for Slay when he leaves. since it will be a later pick just maybe which ever one of those positions has the best player on the board
The Bengals have "very average line play"? When did their offensive line get that good?? 🤨😂
Lol
It usually is, but sacks being a QB stat, Burrow always gets sacked a lot.
@@andrewkelly1337 turns out when you combine Zac Taylor's offensive philosophy of, "Please save us, Joe," with a bottom 5 offensive line (including the worst pass blocking guards in the NFL), bad things happen. Lol. But even with that being the case, Burrow takes more sacks than he needs to.
Wait, did I just hear that Joe Burrow is being penalised for 3/4 of his team being shit that it forces him to play well? That is the most asinine thing I have ever heard.
For years people have complained that QB wins are not a stat, but suddenly Joe Burrow is getting killed for it?
World has gone completely mad.
As the son of a seahawks season ticket holder.. Hawks v Niners is the true nfc west rivalry
I guess. But the Rams being a thorn in the side of the Seahawks goes back to the Jeff Fisher/St Louis era, often beating Seattle despite being huge dogs in the pre-game rankings and/or betting odds. As a longtime Seattle fan I would love to say Seattle vs some other team was the division's big rivalry, but Rams/Niners is historically it, predating the 2002 re-alignment when Seattle changed divisions.
Guys, we Bears fans are scared to take anything for granted after this season. Don’t you worry. We’ll wait until Ben Johnson gives his first press conference
Bears will fumble it and hire Brian Flores to "set the culture." Minor success first year followed by travesty. Caleb flames out by 2028. I mean, have you Bears before?
Lions fan so I’m biased, but the only way Ben Johnson goes to Chicago is if Warren and Poles are fired. There’s too much back and forth in leadership ranks for Ben Johnson to want to go to Chicago lol
@ I don’t think Warren will get fired but I wouldn’t mind if Poles goes. He has done more harm than good at this point. I mean, having one of the cheapest olines in the league with a promising rookie QB is terrible management
@@toddw3nzel639on another note to that I just don’t really see a dude like Ben Johnson content with staying in Detroit getting up and leaving for a divisional rival like that idk I understand the money of it but Ben seems very content with staying in MC and they would be stupid not to pay him a decent amount.
This season of Joe Burrow reminds me of 2017 Wilson. Dragging his team kicking and screaming to relevency despite everything around them falling apart, and since they didnt make the playoffs neither will get a MVP Vote.
Non playoff bowl games are not a metric of a teams ability due to declaring for the draft and players hitting the portal.
Here come the excuses already.
Yeah well last year it was atleast to sec fans so I’m keeping it consistent. And when bama for example is playing a lot of starters and Michigan is missing a lot of starters along with being not that good to begin with it’s fair to make an assumption about it. Like if fsu with all the starters they had not play in that bowl game against Georgia who was practically full power managed to beat Georgia it would absolutely matter in the opinion on a team😂
Dude get up first bootleg pod of 2025 dropped
It truly feels like any team in the NFC can do it this year. The Packers are the 7th seed, and have lost to each of the 3 best teams, but besides the first Lions game it was all within one possession, 3 of those games decided by 2 points.
Even if it isn't very likely, every NFC team has an argument of why they could manage to win 3 games and get to the top of the mountain. It seems like every game is going to be good. Really vindicating expanding the playoffs to 7 seeds right now
I have been carrying this banner since high school, darn on twenty years now (holy how time flies) that College Football should be a proper playoff tournament. And you know what? It's great. Regular season matters. Rivalries matter. Playoff games matter.
Also, Joe Burrow should absolutely be the Most Valuable Player. Would the Ravens be a good team with an average QB? Ya, nowhere near where they are with Lamar, but good. Josh is the straw that stirs the drink in Buffalo, but they are still a good team. Saquon in Philly will have eye popping numbers and should get MVP votes. Nobody and I mean nobody carries a team like the Bengals offense does and nobody carries their offense quite like Burrow does. Bad team that misses the playoff? Doesn't matter, give it to Burrow. (For reference, I'ma Bears fan, I have no horse in this race)
48:11 and this is why the Rooney Rule is a joke. Owners are gonna hire who they want and waste these Black coaches time with sham interviews 🤦🏿♂️
“It’s working. Stop bitching”
THANK YOU. This is why I follow you guys. Actual heads on your shoulders. Unlike idiots like Herbstreit.
I really don’t care whether or not Burrow makes the playoffs because the bottom line is Allen and Lamar are both having better seasons even when ignoring team record.
The SEC always benefited from having a BCS where they never had to play anyone. The SEC immediately evaporates when they have to play a quality team from another conference.
That's such a just factually wrong statement lol. You're smooth brain really say "yep, this comment is good" 😂😂😂
Since Flores has been DC, the Vikings have never held Detroit under 30 and have lost every matchup.
Forever northern teams built for the inevitable elements had to play fast track teams down south in bowl games who never had to worry about the elements. Its 2 different ways of constructing a team & it's always been a massive advantage for the SEC, Big 12 type of teams. Say Wisconsin gets back to top 10 form & gets a home playoff game. Good luck to a stacked Alabama, Clemson, Florida team winning at Wisconsin in December/January. They're not going to want to get off the bus. Tennessee wanted nothing to do with Ohio weather & it's not even that cold out there. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan winters are a different animal.
Eventually we are going to see a Minnesota team that is good enough to get a home playoff game and it’s going to be HELL for the visitor
@@BootlegFootball From your mouth to Odin's ears, brother! (We would need an acceptable level of QB play though, and that's hard to find up here)
To expect the Lions to play a perfect game against the Vikings is WILD. C’mon man, the Lions are beatable.
Here after my Vikings beat themselves exactly how you said, Lions scored 31 and we couldn’t punch it in on offense :/
Aw man, my Ducks 😔😔
they are my team now too that basically the entire WSU team entered the transfer portal. But my fav WSU old player now is on the huskies yikes. Day one as a ducks fan
I saw something about Pete Carroll getting interviewed for the Bears HC job. That feels like one of those "fake" interviews except I think the Bears would actually hire him.
Brett I respectfully disagree. The #1 team in the union deserves a home game to kick off the play offs.
I believe it is impossible for the rams to avoid philly in round 2 unless philly loses round 1. Because of reseeding
The underdog small market schools of note dame, Ohio state, Texas, and penn state who have definitely never paid players under the table
right? I mean I'm sure 'Bama and Georgia have always been completely above board prior to NIL.
Yup and the buckeyes about to take the last one of those precious sec teams out of the playoffs GO BUCKS
Texas got away with the targeting call and field goal early in the game taht shoudl have counted. ASU is a small market team and could have been in the playoffs. PSU doesn’t have nearly the nil pool as sec schools and notre dame doesn’t have top 5 talent composites either.
The playoffs have increased parity objectively.
It’s funny that Chicago did in fact end up winning in Green Bay
Will Burrow be the next Dan Marino ?
Brett please please please keep doubting the Lions 😂
It's gonna be a Divisional preview unless a 6 or a 7 seed pull off an upset.
it's teams 3-6 (seeding is different than rankings) in the cfp semi's parody ain't quite there.
Teams 5 and 6 still get to compete for a title. Thats cooler than what it was before
Doh’kay.
It was insane watching people say Bama deserved in despite not one but TWO losses to 6-loss teams, both double digit underdogs. No, just...no.
Detroit D out of guys he said 🤭
Im not saying they necessarily should have been in but if bama was in there would be much less complaining
seahawks fan here i think niners are still more hated lmao
I agree that the SEC is overrated. I also think that a major problem with the power 4 is that the conferences are way too big. 16 and 18 trans in a single conference is way too much and the ACC is the worst offender with teams like Boston College having to fly out to California and vice versa.
You guys never made your picks for the LIONS game. Love the show and keep up the amazing feeds
Kollman picked the vikes???
Aren’t the rams sitting starters
oh please ive heard this time and time again :The SEC era is over" after the SEC has a down year and everytime the sec ends up still dominate . Tennessee was the 5th best team in the SEC and lucked into the playoffs while Georgia beat themselves. SEC isn't going anywhere lets not over-react lol.
The SEC era is not over lmao, you are such a prisoner of the moment, Brett. Always have an overreaction ready. The SEC had a down year & had no clear best team, but pretending like it’s a thing of the past is silly.
Indiana lost two games to teams that are both in the semifinals.
Lions winning via scoring 70 they win 70 to 69
How are they going to score 70 against the Vikes? Be lucky to score 20 this time around.
@robe2504 the lions have had Brian flores number for 2 years
@@wagglewiggleAre you banking on those 2023 games against Nick Mullens, and the players that Flores inherited from Donatell?
Hmmm.
Everyone decided the Vikes were a 6-11 team based on those 2023 games, so you might not want to put too much store in those.
Nice
Notre dame did in fact trash Georgia 😂
Love the discussion on college football preseason rankings being so bad but the playoff ranking aren’t the end of season rankings. Boise state was never a top 4 team. ASU wasn’t in the playoffs but they got an auto bid because they won the big 12. So Brett’s rant is a little off base.
Bucky Irving is the Brock Purdy of runningbacks
I think Ben Johnson will just lead the bears on too long and then Chicago ends up with Ron Rivera.
I know Burrow has a statistical lead, but Lamar has broken the all time rushing record for QBs while being in contention for breaking the all time QBR and TD/INT ratio records. His season is historic in a way Burrow's just isn't. He may have 1k+ passing yards on Lamar by the end of the week but Lamar has his rushing stats too soooooo
I watched this video just for the 5 seconds of Ohio State praise
#SKOL
I would like the Bootleg Football podcast, on behalf of all Vikings fans, to admit how wrong you were before the season started. I know crow doesn't taste good, but it seems the right thing to do.
I’m pretty sure they were actually fairly respectful to the vikes all things considered. I think Brett even said that he still believes in Sam Darnold.
@evanstensland611 they were respectful, I'll grant that, but they did say that the Vikings were clearly going to be the bottom of the division. I don't think it was incorrect to think they might struggle, but clearly bottom of the division was a bit much.
@ yeah, I mean when you look at the fact they went 7-10 with all that happened in 2023, it was really hard for me to imagine anything less than 8 or 9 wins. Thought that was just a homer take at the time but clearly I might have been on to something.
Burrow can have the MVP.
This is an exercise in futility.
KC will win their 3rd straight. One game might be tight. Probably not. The super bowl will be close - it almost always is now - but no one is stopping Mahomes from 3. It's just not happening and we all know it.
And this off season nothing changes. No QB talent is added in the draft because there isn't much there. And now with legit big money in college some of these top end QB's might lean towards 3 and 4 years in college. Why not? Relatively the same money and you get to be the big fish in a small pond for a little while longer. Be Peter Pan and make grown man money. The NFL won't get to poach the top end of the talent pool the first opportunity they get.
And who benefits? A Chiefs dynasty that doesn't want the night to end and wants the party to last a little bit longer...
As much as I love the transfer portal and NIL and what it has done for parity, I think they need to do something about it. It is basically free agency at this point where kids can go anywhere at any time. I don’t know what they can do to fix it, but it’s just annoying to see these kids just able to switch to 3 schools with no penalty. Maybe just me.
It's basically an unregulated free agency
you would violate the players right to create a fair wage for themself if you prevented them from transferring
Make a 30 team league with rules and stop pretending it's not professional sports.
But pro athletes do the same thing so I don't think that's getting "fixed" because it's not broken. It's how free agency is designed to work.
Why is it annoying to see the kids change schools/orgs (essentially) that can help them on their road to be pro while helping the school bank roll the college football viewership?
The ncaa needs to be replaced they don’t know how to manage this at all and all their new rules have made this mess.
Josh Allen is the most VALUABLE.
If you disagree then you need to watch all 16 (soon 17) Bills games.
I’ll take the L
Lamar is the MVP. People need to stop with the stupid narratives and just give it to him already.
Some food for thought:
MVP QBs average 0.27 EPA/play since 2000.
Lamar Jackson is 11-0 when playing at or above 0.27 EPA/Play and 0-5 when playing below that standard. Yes, he has only 5 games below that mark, which is an incredible feat by itself.
Josh Allen is 7-1 at or above, 6-2 below.
Joe Burrow is 2-2 at or above, 6-6 below.
For all the people saying Josh Allen is solo carrying the Bills and whatnot.
I get it, people are salty he won MVP in a weak year based on a couple of very good performances. Remember that the other candidates also all shit the bed in one way or another late in the season, not his fault he won out in the end. It's also not a reason to bend over backwards and discredit one of the best QB seasons EVER. People will remember this season the same way Aaron Rodgers' 2011 or 2020 are remembered.
Josh Allen is the MVP. Nice try though.
@@schteeee On what basis? He's worse than Lamar in basically every metric.
@@Doodoofart725 And Lamar was worse last year. It’s not a better stat award.
I know your title is for clicks because you’re desperate for attention that you can’t get without clickbaiting but once the nfl draft selects more players from the sec than any other conference (once again) I want you to apologize for trying to gaslight the sad few that take your opinions seriously.
You guys are fools. Burrow is the MVP this year. I haveno idea who I’ll get the award but Burrow is MVP. And he is not going to leave this year with nothing. Either he or Chase will win OPOY. Burrow will also be 1st or 2nd team All Pro. In my opinion. Being an All Peo is way more prestigious than MVP is. Lamar is on an All days brain. 9!-049!-!92 ra
What? Lamar had a trash defense through 9 weeks and still got his team in playoff contention by leading the NFLs best offense. What's your argument
Umm the Bengals can generated pressure outside off Hendrickson. Joseph Ossai is will be taking Dakn Hubbard s starting spot. Ossai is a fucking beast he has a good year. He has 45 tacklkes, 5 sacks, 2 forced fumble, and 1 blocked field goal Not bad for a rotational player don’t you think lol joking
Burrow isn't even going to make the playoffs, quit being a clown
Sec aint over. it's just in transition cause of Nick sabans retirement
Detroit defense deserves a lot of credit? Are you kidding me lol
Are they good? Not really. But they’re a heck of a lot better than they should be with those injuries
If you take away everything that made college football great -- the rivalries, traditions, regionality, importance of the regular season -- it's a different sport
No one wants this.
I want it... a lot want it. I expect the "tradition" in the south because they've been using that as an excuse for all kinds of dumb/awful things but seriously? College Football?
The loss of regionality killed it. CFB now is just NFL lite, except the quality of play is worse and over 50% of the teams will never have a serious chance to compete, because there's no salary cap and floor. I don't have anything against paying players, but it's so obvious that only 20 or 30 schools will ever be able to shell out enough money. And that makes for crap football to watch
Rivalries, traditions, regionality and importance of the regular season is all still there. And if your talking about traditions like conference moving well that’s been happening for years now like 20 at this point so it’s basically tradition now
@alarrim29574 How is it still there?
Playing a school 3,000 miles away is not regional.
What did Michigan beating Ohio State mean? Nothing. Because the regular season matters less than it ever has.
Every year more traditions and rivalries are uprooted and destroyed. In 10 years we probably won't even have Alabama - Auburn or Michigan - Ohio State every year.
Lions were a bad call away from being up 28-10 in the first matchup
No one talks about that
Why would they? If you have to use refs as a point when trying to show one team is better than the other, you don't have a point
"The SEC era is over," is one of the more mind-numbing, absurdly laughable takes in football history. And frankly, it's all based around the desire for mediocrity over greatness.
Desire for parity, not a desire for mediocrity
@ The parity always existed, I despise this nonsense.
Everything was the same for everyone, it's just smaller programs couldn't compete with the elite ones, and people got mad. Not every program invested the same way into the sport, so they got the appropriate results, and people got mad. The idea that Boise State should be artificially lifted to compete with Georgia is absurd. They're not at the same levels and never will be, and that's fine. Just like when people had bleeding hearts for inferior programs, and shoving them in the Playoffs, only to get slaughtered.
The narratives around "parity" only started with the Playoffs garbage, which was just an attempt to stifle the upper echelons of programs (and make money). I'm all for the kids making money, and being able to transfer if they think it's actually good for them, but it's been a disaster, at the direct expense of the sport. They need to force kids who transfer to sit a year (barring some situations), have contracts with NIL money for Bowls, etc. to avoid the issues that've been created.
Parity existed, it's just reality dictates that not everything will be the same. The people who cry about "parity," solely desire mediocrity.
@@ThatFalloutGod Parity - the state or condition of being equal, especially as regards to status or pay. What you have described is not parity.
You need to find another word to justify your reasoning/opinion, because parity is not correct.
@ That defeated your own position, congrats.
Says the guy with the obvious biased take. "Hey everyone! Let's all listen to the guy with the blinders on! He's even resorting to hyperbole and everything!".
Correction to Brett saying the top 4 teams are out: ASU and BSU got top 4 seeds for winning their conferences, they were actually lanked like 12th for ASU about around 8-10th for BSU.
Penn State and Texas would have been top 4 seeds had they gone by just rankings.
Funny how “would’ve” doesn’t mean anything in reality 😂😂
Yeah but I also think if we still had a 4 team playoff it. Would be penn state, Texas, notre dame, Ohio state. I find that very hard to believe. It would prolly be Texas, Georgia, Oregon and Ohio state. Either way the expanded playoffs is working like they said
the SEC era ain’t over😂🤦🏾♂️ SEC just had really bad/inconsistent QB play this year. watch what happens next year
The Lions even injured are a better team. The Vikings have played a lot of close games against bad teams the Lions destroyed.
😂😂
Like the Texans, right?
@@greengandalf9116 Colts, Jags, Titans. You guys played soooooo bad lol. Its okay though. You will get a chance to learn your 14-2 record is fraudulent. OT with the Bears? The Bears. Like holy shit lol.
@@fullmetalsavage746 Oh so NOT the Texans. Hm. I wonder why...
@@greengandalf9116 lol an earlier game in the fools gold of the season. Meanwhile the most recent games you struggled. Phony trash team.
I love the narrative that the sec era is over. We still wipe the floor with everyone in recruiting and the transfer portal the problem is that the 3 best rosters in the conference (Tennessee Texas and Georgia) have 3 of the worst QBs and there’s about 5 coaches who need to get fired asap. The sec still has a massive talent advantage it’s just a problem with some people who are currently at the top. Nuss is going to throw for 5,000 and win a natty don’t worry we’ll be back to longdicking the rest of the country
Kinda hard to say the SRC era is over when there's still an SEC team in the playoffs lol. Plus Georgia had their back up QB and dude only ever started a half game of football lol.
There was a common consensus on twitter from Georgia fans that losing beck would make Georgia play better😂