Where does this “I think the glue guys were still leaving” mythos come from? If there’s one thing DeBoer proved at UW, it was his ability to convince key people—both players and coaches—to stay.
DeBoer’s 2024 ceiling at UW would have ultimately been limited by Will Rogers. We probably would...
I didn’t want believe this at first. But it’s true. Rapp made up an injury to opt out of the fucking Rose Bowl. And the outmatched freshman who filled in was the difference in the game.
Once the novelty wears off, the Bammer poors won’t show up en masse at Madison and Pasadena on consecutive weeks. In January. On short notice.
Who are we kidding here?
That just stacks the deck even more heavily in favor of the committee’s seeding judgments.
This whole bill of goods was sold to us (by E$PN) as a way to “decide it on the field.”
There is no way to unfuck this ridiculous playoff sham. Either it all depends on the committee (and the E$PN hype...
In time, there will definitely be playoff fatigue with this 12-team format.
Only the bluest of bluebloods can consistently muster 40k fans at neutral/distant locations, three or four weeks in a row, on short notice.