Monday, January 1, 2024

Random Thoughts: I Can't Wait for the 12 Team Playoff

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2023-12-03: Five schools have a strong argument. Only four can make the playoffs. I can't wait for the 12 team format that we should've had two decades ago.


2023-12-03: What do you think? Do the undefeated Conference USA champions Liberty deserve a chance to show who else they can beat, joining Michigan, Washington, and Florida State in the Playoffs?

2023-12-03: From the bylaws: "The CFP Committee will consider four criteria when teams are deemed comparable: championships won, strength of schedule, head-to-head competition and comparative outcomes of common opponents." Needless to say, a fifth criterion is just assumed: an SEC team has to be included, because of course.

2023-12-03: The CFP selection committee, when choosing the four-team field, sat back and played out imaginary football games and guessed who would win. Apparently, records don't matter. Nothing matters except making sure Alabama makes the cut because you think and feel that they can beat almost anyone. Or at least one SEC team should.

2023-12-04: "Jordan Love beats blitzes, Chiefs in masterful effort for Packers." The night the Packer faithful at Lambeau Field began to believe the QB spot is really going to be alright. The night the Packer scouts took the QB spot off the board for the 2024 draft.

2023-12-10: Want to read some good news?
The American Renaissance Is Already at Hand: "Bidenomics is working — big time. President Biden promised to help America outcompete authoritarian China and to heal some of the economic divides at home. Both those goals are being achieved."
nytimes.com/2023/09/07/opinion...

2023-12-12: The GOP doesn't want to solve problems. The GOP wants chaos.
"On December 6, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued the following invitation to Republicans: Write an amendment detailing everything you want, and the Democratic Senate majority will let you bring it to the floor for a clean vote. That offer was rejected by Senate Republicans. How do you get to "yes" when the other side refuses to state its terms?"
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/...

2023-12-16: A family friend used to say in explanation why she was always on the go,
"Zoom, zoom, zoom.
Long time in the tomb."

2023-12-20: US State Department: "In 1990, only five percent of Americans had a passport. Today, that number is 48%"
Not coincidentally, Donald Trump published "The Art of the Deal" in 1987, becoming a national figure polarizing the country.

2023-12-23: How do you pixelate the Volaris logo?

Source: Volaris

2023-12-31: "U.S. Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats in Red Sea." Today's reminder that the US is still at war.


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