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    ESPN’s College Gameday

    Really glad they moved the set back to the South Mall after having it next to the LBJ Presidential Library the last several years. The Tower makes a much better backdrop than DKR. Although I don’t love that they used Smokey the Cannon to blow a hole through Beck’s jersey. I was at Gameday in 2019 when they did that to Joe Burrow’s jersey and remember how that turned out…

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    Technically, do Army and Navy have unlimited NIL money provided by us taxpayers? 🤔

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    UK @ UF

    I’ll watch this one so y’all don’t have to. Florida opens the scoring with a FG.

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        Y’know, uhh, if you wanted to, there’s room over here for fans that suddenly find they dislike UGA.

        Just sayin’.

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          Watching now. Have y’all always done Mr. Brightside? Feels like everyone’s just copying Michigan now, although it’s not like they own the song or anything

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            No clue. The Tom Petty song in the second half is our newest “thing,” as far as I know.

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        I’ve noticed this throughout the season… The networks are conspiring to make this happen more and more

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      Carbon copy of Florida’s previous TD drive. Nice run after a long completion down the seam sets them up. Somebody is NIL’ing the living bejeezus out of Lagway next year. I hope it’s UF.

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      Well, THERE’s the special teams breakdown that comes from not prioritizing it and tempting the football gods by calling it the “GameChanger Coordinator.”

      27-13 Gators after a weaving, slightly crazy KO return. And after some mild silliness, that’s how we go to halftime.

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      Florida gets some home cooking on the initial call on third-and-goal. Another good drive for DJ though. 34-20.

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      3rd quarter ends with Kentucky at about midfield versus a Florida D that is either tiring or is being coached to give up some yards to milk the clock. Neither idea is particularly impressive, but Lagway looks like the future and we’ve yet to see Billy do anything truly head-scratching, so we got that going for us…

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      Would love to be wrong about Billy, but he probably needs to surprise in one of the gauntlet games and take care of business against a very weak FSU to save his job.

      Still, they definitely had some moments and actually put a team away, eventually.

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      And Gators go up 6-0, after some uninspiring 3rd-down playcalling, but nothing super stupid has happened yet.

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      41-20, Gators drive it down after the turnover on downs. Even a “Barely Enough Billy” team should have this one in hand with 3:30 left.

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      Gators still up 3-0 at end of 1st quarter and back in the red zone. Lagway looks better against UK’s defense and with a proper week of preparation, but still playing a bit like a freshman. Florida D is holding up so far, but they just have that feel like Stoops is going to try to wear them out, and I’m not sure if the UF offense will be efficient enough to force UK into being one-dimensional.

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      Weird sequence there. Gators intercept Vandagriff, then almost immediately Lagway gives it back on a very Freshman-y throw. Kentucky squanders the 63 yard return though, turning it over on downs because they were utterly uncreative. Florida maybe benefited from an early whistle (depends on whether you assume the DL lets up upon hearing it).

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      TD Gators. Nice effort on the running play for the score, after a great snag on a rope for 50 yards.

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      Welllll, shit. Kentucky with the TD on a flea flicker, the ad-absurdum of play-action.

      They miss the XP though. 6-6.

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      Gators punch it in for a TD after a long int return. This Wildcat team may, uhhh, not actually be very good.

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      Pick-6 to the Gators. I don’t really know how Vandagriff was ever a 5-star. That is just not an SEC starter’s arm. Did he get injured in spring ball or something?

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      And a nice opening drive from Kentucky, with a fourth down conversion and a few passes mixed in to keep Florida honest. One score game now, Billy.

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    12Georgia @ 1Texas

    Georgia may be fast on the streets, but our players are faster than theirs on the field. Horns by a million

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      Are the cigars a Smoky/Great Smoky Mountains thing? If so, I get it, but there is nothing quite so eye-rollingly bougie as 20-year-olds lighting up a stogie in a golf-shirt. 🤣

      GG, Vols. Y’all are uglying your way to a good year.

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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Saturday_in_October#Victory_cigars

        In the 1950s, Jim Goostree, the head athletic trainer for Alabama, began another tradition as he began handing out cigars following a victory over the Volunteers.[10] Both teams continued the tradition for some time, though kept it secret due to NCAA rules concerning extra benefits and tobacco products. Alabama publicly restarted the tradition in 2005, though as a result, self-reported an NCAA violation.[11] Every year since 2007, the winner of the Alabama–Tennessee game knowingly violates the NCAA rule and reports the violation in honor of tradition.[12]

        Edit: lmao they’ve already updated the 2024 results

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          Ahh, there we go. I should have known that an eye-rollingly bougie CFB tradition would have started at Bama. 🤣

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      Bama’s defense is the softer of the two and tends to give up yards and points. I don’t know why Vol’s O just hasn’t gotten untracked here.

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      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

      I SAID IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL

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      Not sure I disagree with Bama having gone for this. You need a three and out either way, it’s just that you’re likely down 7 instead of 4 if you pull it off. OT/2pt is arguably a small price to pay for one more play where you control your destiny.

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        Agreed. Close to the end of the game so it has some influence, but there is still enough time on the clock that Alabama still gets another drive as we are seeing now

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      Milroe’s design runs just don’t work. I don’t know why they keep running it. It’s always telegraphed.

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    Watching Army for the first time this year and they are unlike any Army team I’ve ever seen. They can make awesome downfield passes, but still haven’t lost their ability to churn out yards and slowly march down the field either. I love it

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      Time for my biased Miami review. Their offense is top notch, and can keep them in any game. Their defense and special teams are absolute garbage.

      Without Cam Ward, this team would probably be 3-4, unfortunately.

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        Watching I was just blown away by Ward, he’s got my non existent Heisman vote right now. Watching him reminded me of Young in the 22 TSIO game where he was the only reason that game wasn’t a blowout for us

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    TCU @ Utah

    I’m too old for the B12 to have late games, especially when the Frogs shit the bed with a red zone fumble. 😡

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        The secondary probably got an earful after the DB held onto a 4th-down arm-punt earlier and cost the Frogs 31 yards.

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      TCU got VERY lucky to only have running-into called, and not roughing the kicker. They drive down and get another three.

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      Although if they promise to block punts every time, we can make something work.

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      Frogs, same as most of the other games, have done a lot of good, then found ways to fuck it up, but they punched one in. 10-0.

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      Jeez, Utah’s offense has just imploded without Cam Rising. Frogs are basically playing 4-minute offense going into halftime. Hope that doesn’t come back to bite them, but I can’t even fault them for thinking it will work.

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    Refs just handing the game to Georgia

    Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a refs change a call like that holy crap