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Ryan Stephens retweeted
The intellectually bankrupt framing of CFP expansion as this 1:1 value proposition of trading bowl games for playoff games is the stupidest part of it all.
Whatever value bowl games had was fixed to begin with…you either care or you don’t. The only value you’re actually redistributing here (not creating) is coming from regular season Saturdays.
Unfortunately there is a small but influential group of people incapable of defining value in CFB unless a CFP sticker is slapped onto the sentence.
Here’s to hoping proper leadership is in place by the time this deal expires.
Ryan Stephens retweeted
Your voices were heard.
Then summarily dismissed.
Ryan Stephens retweeted
College football is moving to a 24-team playoff. I looked at 2025 under that format, and it mostly sucks.
6 of the 8 first-round games pair a team with an opponent ranked 19+ spots lower in FEI.
Five 3-loss teams get in, after having gone a combined 4-9 against the rest of the field.
Georgia's likely path is three straight rematches: Texas, Ole Miss, then possibly Alabama.
Due to the committee's obsession with win-loss records, four G6 teams get in with 3 at-large, all massive underdogs.
Six top-24 quality B10/SEC teams in FEI get left out: Washington (#14), Iowa (#15), Penn State (#17), Tennessee (#20), Illinois (#22) and Missouri (#23).
To be fair, I have to imagine the game of football is pretty tough when you used to know all the plays being signaled to you, but now you don’t. You’ll figure it out eventually! @jimharbaugh
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Ryan Stephens retweeted
could be having the worst day of your life and here comes your favorite sports team to make it worse
Ryan Stephens retweeted
The fact that Ohio State would still have a shot to win the national championship with a 24-team field is everything that's wrong with College Football Playoff expansion.
Ryan Stephens retweeted
The people pretending conversations about Ryan Day aren’t warranted are just as ridiculous as the people claiming he’s a horrible football coach. Both things can be true. Day is a good coach, and he absolutely deserves criticism for what we’re seeing on the field. The standard at Ohio State is higher than this, and what we’ve watched this season is not Buckeye football. I’ll leave it at that.
Ryan Stephens retweeted
Talent aside, this is the only type of player – and coach, for that matter – that I want in Columbus. Dudes who actually give a fuck:
Ryan Stephens retweeted
CBS is even begging Ohio State to get the ball to Jeremiah Smith and they just refuse to do it
Mind-bogglingly stupid
Ryan Stephens retweeted
Maybe it's time for Ohio State to get back to college coordinators and leave the NFL where it belongs.
Ryan Stephens retweeted
They’re stinky! In every phase! Like stale fart raspberry vape stinky! It’s bad!
Ryan Stephens retweeted
the dems flipped Intentional Talk
MLB Network's Intentional Talk will not be discontinued after all, per @AndrewMarchand
Just over two weeks after the show's hosts announced it would be ending, Rob Manfred and other executives have reversed the decision
Ryan Stephens retweeted
Ohio State (6-2) is No. 12 in part because the old farts on the committee didn’t like them giving up explosive plays against USC.
OSU allowed two 40+ yard plays in that game, its first two such plays allowed this season.
Ole Miss (6-2) is ranked No. 10, and has allowed 10 plays of 40+ yards
Ole Miss’ overall explosive play rate allowed vs P4 comp (12.8%) is worse than Ohio State’s (12%).
Ohio State’s best wins (No. 4 Indiana and No. 19 Iowa, both on the road) are better than Ole Miss’s best wins (No. 14 LSU, No. 18 Mizzou, both at home.)
Both teams lost at Texas, Ohio State by 1 and Ole Miss by 7. Ole Miss’ other loss is by 24 points to No. 24 Florida. Ohio State lost by 12 points to No. 20 USC with a freshman quarterback.
Sure.
Ryan Stephens retweeted
Drove all the way to my local polling place and there was literally nowhere on my ballot to vote against a 24 team College Football Playoff and a 76 team NCAA Basketball Tournament. Had to write it all in
Ryan Stephens retweeted
I’ve been a Nets fan since 1999. I drove to see the 12-70 Nets. I watched every game when the team was lifeless post KG/Pierce trade. This is different. This is insanity. This is having the same guy in charge make the same decisions and expecting a different result. It’s not fair
