FSU struggled mightily against those defenses and Oregon's is still better than Georgia Tech's. Also, avanced metrics ratings place Stanford above all of those including FSU, and Oregon lit them up. UCLA and Utah both also have talented defenses with guys who will play on Sundays, and Oregon had little trouble…

If you think Oregon's defense in any way resembles Georgia Tech's, or that PAC-12 teams don't have speed, then you must not watch much west coast football.

If you think Oregon's defense in any way resembles Georgia Tech's, or that PAC-12 teams don't have speed, then you must not watch much west coast football.

And a mediocre undefeated team didn't get a #1 ranking simply because they're a legacy program and/or in a P5 conference? Holy shit, this is already better than previous years!

If FSU wasn't the reigning national champions, I think they'd likely be left out so the CFP Committee could send a message of "don't dick around for 3 quarters against inferior competition every game and expect to coast in like the BCS days" (and maybe also as a "fuck you" to programs who don't think local law…

It's not that hard to understand. The committee is ranking who they think are the best 4 teams in the country. Being undefeated does not mean you're #1, or even in the top 4. That's to prevent stupid shit like Notre Dame getting in the 2013 BCS title game, even though they were clearly not among the top 2 teams in the…

I'm not totally fluent in old-white-man-speak, but I think it roughly translates to, "Fuck you and your concerns"

Now we know why managers called him a cocksucker. Doesn't explain the other umpires though.

Following police protocol, the SLPOA then exercised their first amendment rights by airing their grievances in a designated protest zone at an agreed-upon time, followed by a vigorous pepper-spraying and beating by other law enforcement officials.

"Yeah, it sucks they fired such a nice guy who was devoted to the program and loved by his players and consistently won 9-10 games a season at least. But we're a big time program, dammit! Despite being in the middle of nowhere, we were one of the best in the 80s and 90s. We only expect to compete for championships!…

Being forced to be a lifelong fan of a pro team because you happened to root for them as a kid is one of the dumbest and most tautological reasons one can conjure. I understand my situation is a little different, as I may have had more emotional connection to the Vikes if I grew up in Minnesota my whole life and…

I picked the Vikings in 1998 because I had just moved to Minnesota, had gotten into the NFL (otherwise, I would've been a Cowboys fan as we lived in Dallas previously *shudder*), and wanted to fit in at school. The experience of that season goes without saying, but I stuck with them through every playoff failure,…

It seems to fit my two main criteria for comedy sequels: not to be so bad that it ruins whatever you liked about the original and not to be rife with self-referential humor and lame pop-culture jokes that age the movie horribly within five years. The original was a family favorite growing up (maybe biased, since the…

This should be taken as a positive. If Qatar is so against people getting fucked in the ass, then we'll actually see decent officiating at the 2022 World Cup.

Apology taken. Look, I've worked with media outlets before on these "scandal" type of stories, and rarely is it about ideology, but rather the desire to get a breaking news story. News companies know that in the heart of the election season (such as now), any big story about a candidate making an embarrassing gaffe…

I'm not a member of the Deadspin staff in any way, but I'll take that as a compliment, thanks!

I meant that as an example for Republicans. Oppo researchers for both parties have news outlets they can turn to run certain feeds, although they're typically not the best options

"I have no proof it was fed by the oppo campaign, so obviously you're full of lies because you have no concrete proof and disagree with my assertion!"

I feel like this needs to be said every time pro/rel gets brought up: it doesn't solve the problem of having too few good teams, it solves the problem of having too many good teams. The power five Euro leagues all have more clubs with the history, the fan support, and the infrastructure to play in the top tier than…

Both are looking at it in different lights, and that's totally reasonable. Klinsmann doesn't care about whether pro soccer really succeeds in the US, as his concerns lie with player development. It doesn't matter to him if MLS has teams like Rochester in place of the Chicago Fire and is a glorified feeder league for…