I bet Booger and LSU celebrated going to the Peach Bowl in 1996 with a 10-2 record and a No. 17 ranking like crazy because back then ESPN wasn't there to tell them that their season was meaningless because they didn't make the playoffs.
In 1997, nobody was telling his LSU squad, which lost two games by less than a touchdown and had a win over the number one Florida Gators, that their season was a failure. They were excited for their bowl game. That was an excellent season. We used to recognize that.
But if Booger played today, he'd be told those seasons don't matter because they didn't make the playoffs.
This is what I'm talking about in terms of what we've lost in a sport with the focus on such a narrowly drawn playoff.
Former Auburn WR Cam Coleman has committed to Texas, giving the Longhorns one of the portal’s top weapons. He was ESPN’s No. 2 player in @max_olson transfer portal rankings.
Look, all I’ll say is this: When Alabama and Georgia have missed the playoff, their guys locked in and showed out in their bowl games, draft be damned.
When Florida State got screwed, their players opted out.
Which program do you want to be?
“Sometimes teams from that other conference get ranked just because the logo or what conference they’re in.”
- @joelklatt earlier today on his broadcast
Meanwhile…
To put this in perspective…
Oklahoma and South Carolina will play more ranked teams in a 5 weeks span than Michigan did in 2 years during their CFP runs in 2022 & 2023
Against, miss me with the Week 13 FCS shit
Number of ranked teams on the schedule:
- Texas (5)
- Georgia (5)
- Alabama (5)
- LSU (7)
- South Carolina (6)
- Florida (7)
- Oklahoma (7)
- Texas A&M (5)
- Ohio State (4)
- Penn State (3)
- Illinois (2)
But hey, they only play eight conference games, guys.