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I think we have gone way past the ideal weight for laptops. My favorite laptop weight wise was an HO from 2009. It was 6 pounds. That thing was great. You could sit it in your lap, and it would stay there. I have a MacBook at half that weight, and it slips off my lap constantly. Part of that is the material, but part of it is that it is so light.

I really wish we could start focusing on ideal dimensions, rather than focusing on extremes just for the headlines.

Hard disagree with you on all counts. The playoff should not be limited to the top 12 teams with the best odds at winning it. If that is what we wanted, the games wouldn’t matter. We would just use the Las Vegas odds to find the best teams. If the games matter, we need to value winning, and punish losing. The hard part is, although James Madison objectively has done more winning this year than every team other than Indiana, Texas Tech, Ohio State, and Georgia. The conflict comes from the fact that winning with James Madison’s schedule is objectively easier than those other 4 schools. So how do we tell which team is better? Our current system allows us to see. Put James Madison up against Oregon, and let’s see. That is what I’m excited to see.

Yes, our current system is much better than those other ones. The concern is that now the discourse has shifted, and people want to cut spots for the G5 to benefit the P4 even more.

My biggest frustration is the talking heads with this whole thing. They keep talking about how we are keeping deserving teams out, and we need to rethink why we are letting bad G5 teams in. I’m sorry, but you are wrong here.

The G5 has fewer resources, but they work just as hard as the big programs do. In order to win their spot, they have to win their conference. These are not loser teams that get put in out of pity. They had a tougher road, one with essentially no margin for error. Let them have a their swing at the blue bloods. So what if it is a blow out? Give them their chance, let their fanbase get excited and hopeful for once… I would rather see that 100 times out of 100 over watching Alabama and Georgia play their 20th “VeRy ImPoRtAnT” game of the last decade.

This is so lame. The way coaches get paid to leave is dumb.

Yeah a win baby!!

This week was really fun. Lots of matchups is a great way to end the last week.

I won’t be on during the holidays, so happy Thanksgiving, and rivalry weekend to you all!!

My poll. Feel free to copy!

1 Indiana

2 Ohio State

3 Texas A & M

4 Oregon

5 Georgia

6 Texas Tech

7 BYU

8 Ole Miss

9 Oklahoma

10 Utah

11 Alabama

12 Notre Dame

13 Virginia

14 Vanderbilt

15 Miami

16 USC

17 North Texas

18 James Madison

19 Michigan

20 Texas

21 Georgia Tech

22 Tulane

23 San Diego State

24 Navy

25 Arizona State

26 Arizona

27 Pitt

28 SMU

29 Uconn

30 Tennessee

Here is my poll.

1 Indiana

2 Ohio State

3 Texas A & M

4 Georgia

5 Oregon

6 Texas Tech

7 Ole Miss

8 BYU

9 Oklahoma

10 Utah

11 Alabama

12 USC

13 Notre Dame

14 Virginia

15 Vanderbilt

16 Miami

17 Georgia Tech

18 North Texas

19 James Madison

20 Michigan

21 Texas

22 Houston

23 Tulane

24 Navy

25 San Diego State

26 Nebraska

27 Cincinnati

28 Louisville

29 Arizona State

30 Arizona

I get it. Although it tends to get easier as the season goes on, it is hard to rank some groups. The group 4-8 is all interchangeable, and I don’t blame anyone else for having a different ranking.

Houston is really getting the nod because the one game I have watched them in, they played very well (at Arizona State). The score is much closer than the how the game actually felt, and I am giving them the nod for making my team look bad.

Feel free to yell at me.

1 Indiana

2 Texas A & M

3 Ohio State

4 Georgia

5 Oregon

6 Alabama

7 Texas Tech

8 Ole Miss

9 BYU

10 Utah

11 Vanderbilt

12 Notre Dame

13 Georgia Tech

14 USC

15 Oklahoma

16 Virginia

17 Texas

18 Miami

19 Cincinnati

20 Michigan

21 North Texas

22 Louisville

23 James Madison

24 USF

25 Houston

26 Pitt

27 Tulane

28 Memphis

29 Tennessee

30 Nebraska

It looks like UC Davis/Idaho didn’t get updated correctly. If you want our picks for that game, give me Idaho.

I feel like I’m second every week, lol

The main reason is, I try to over react a bit in my polls, because I am afraid if I don’t, the poll will be stagnant. “Poll Inertia” and all that is real, so I try really hard to avoid it.

Indiana is #1, and I feel very comfortable with that. I think that 63-10 win over Illinois is the best win by any team in the season. The rest of their wins are big (If you realize 5 points in an Iowa game is the equivalent to 20 in a normal game.)

Texas A&M is basically tied to Ohio State right now. I think Ohio State is a bit better, but the Aggies have played a tougher schedule, and have played an extra game. If Ohio State wins comfortably this week, while Texas A&M is on the bye, it will probably switch, but that is next weeks problem to figure out.

Here is my Human Poll

I feel confident about the top 20, but there are about 15 teams that I thought about for the next 5 spots.

Anyway, feel free to yell at me. 1 Indiana

2 Texas A&M

3 Ohio State

4 Georgia

5 BYU

6 Oregon

7 Vanderbilt

8 Alabama

9 Ole Miss

10 Georgia Tech

11 Miami

12 Texas Tech

13 Cincinnati

14 Tennessee

15 Louisville

16 Notre Dame

17 Navy

18 Virginia

19 Utah

20 Houston

21 Missouri

22 Texas

23 Boise State

24 Oklahoma

25 Memphis

26 Michigan

27 Tulane

28 James Madison

29 North Texas

30 Nebraska

I feel bad about this week. Penn State feels like a trap game against Ohio State this weekend.

The criteria for artists they provide is not good. Maybe Ireland is different, but I think broadly, we need more bridge builders than music bands. Both require skill, practice, hardwork and require “art” skills. The difference is, people tend to care about the oversaturated one more. We need both, but one is much more underutilized.

What a joke. What coach is out there that will do better?

1 Indiana Hoosiers

2 Miami Hurricanes

3 Ohio State Buckeyes

4 Texas Tech Red Raiders

5 Texas A&M Aggies

6 Alabama Crimson Tide

7 Georgia Bulldogs

8 Ole Miss Rebels

9 Oregon Ducks

10 LSU Tigers

11 BYU Cougars

12 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

13 Tennessee Volunteers

14 Memphis Tigers

15 Cincinnati Bearcats

16 Virginia Cavaliers

17 Oklahoma Sooners

18 Utah Utes

19 Nebraska Cornhuskers

20 Vanderbilt Commodores

21 UNLV Rebels

22 USF Bulls

23 Navy Midshipmen

24 USC Trojans

25 Texas Longhorns

Next 5 26 Michigan

27 Missouri

28 James Madison

29 Washington

30 Notre Dame

I can’t remember if I did this earlier in the week, so I went ahead anyway. If I did do it twice, just use my first response please.

1 Miami 2 LSU 3 Ohio State 4 Indiana 5 Georgia 6 Penn State 7 Oregon 8 Texas Tech 9 Iowa State 10 Oklahoma 11 Florida State 12 TCU 13 Texas 14 Alabama 15 BYU 16 Georgia Tech 17 Texas A&M 18 Michigan 19 Vanderbilt 20 Tennessee 21 Ole Miss 22 North Texas 23 Missouri 24 Memphis 25 USC

26 Houston 27 Mississippi State 28 UCF 29 Arizona State 30 UNLV

I like to wait until the results are posted before I share mine. I will be busy this week, so this is about all you will get.

Special Shoutout to Idaho State for winning 90-0. If we did FCS, I would put them in. I don’t know if you need a rule, but winning by 90 should get you at least a vote.