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AwgustaDawg
| Favorite team: | Georgia  |
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re: Alabama is probably going to beat Indiana.
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:43 am to Nitro Express
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The best thing that could have happened to Alabama was to give them two weeks between games. The two weeks rest from the SEC championship game to round one really paid dividends. It will be the same for Alabama going into the Indiana game. BAMA will be as healthy as they have been since mid-season.
Healthy and also bloodied in a good way. Football is a physical game and football players need to get the shite beat out of them occasionally. Indiana is behind the 8 ball and completely unaware of it. They may well win but they better damn well be doing more than normal bowl prep and listening to how good they are....
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re: Feels so good to have a 12 win season
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:39 am to ALTiger
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If you think 12 wins feels good, you should try 15.
15 is indeed special!
re: Feels so good to have a 12 win season
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:39 am to Landmass
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Laugh all you want but for a long suffering Ole Miss fan, I'm just having fun. I have my Sugar Bowl tickets are can't wait to root on my Rebs.
While I hope UGA ends Ole Miss's season I truly hope all Rebel fans appreciate what has transpired this season....it is rare for almost any fan base to experience it. Enjoy it, it is special indeed. And GO DAWGS LOL!
re: Sooner depression is on the rise
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:35 am to JacieNY
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Reread the game thread, those first 30 pages or so had Alabama fans whining and wailing.
They are fortunate to have a coach who kept his head and figured out how to slow down the Sooner offense and getting his offense on track.
Hell Alabama fans have been calling for Deboer to be fired since he was announced LOL...fans are that way. That said the show that Alabama put on after weathering the storm should serve as a cautionary tell for Indiana. They have a month to eat rat poison and congratulate one another on being elite....everyone involved is telling the players that they are elite....while Alabama is sitting in Tuscaloosa watching film of Oklahoma violating them for nearly a half of football. That kind of stuff matters in all sports but especially with amateurs, many of who are still playing because they love the game. Indiana better put their big boy britches on and strap on their helmets and knock the shite out of one another for a month or Alabama will do them for 4 quarters what Oklahoma did to Alabama for nearly a half....
re: Sooner depression is on the rise
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:29 am to Pimphand
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(Not so) hard to kill
Seriously, someone in Oklahoma should have called down and put a stop to the "3rd quarter show". OU was proving to be anything but hard to kill when 50 Cent emerged LOL....someone in the program offices should have put a stop to that shite LOL....
re: Sooner depression is on the rise
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:26 am to Crimson Wraith
I know that most of the posters on this board watch an inordinate amount of college football but what happened in Norman happens in CFB several times every week in CFB. High profile game, stoked home crowd, home team gets out to a lead....sometimes a big one....and about halfway through the second the juice is used up, no longer has the impact it did, and the visitor slowly gets back in the game. Sometimes the rolls are reversed...the home team stinks up the joint, settles in and gets back in the game. Its pretty normal. Norman was ON FIRE to start the game....and it helps tremendously....but at some point physical ability starts to outpace juice and many times overtakes it. Eventually you have 2 teams simply playing football and more often than not the one with the deepest talent is going to prevail. The home field advantage is real....it can mask some discrepancies in depth and ability and if it can mask them long enough you get an "upset"...
re: Texas Dethrones Ohio State as the Most Valuable U.S. University Athletic Program
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:16 am to Old School Tex
Nothing is more indicative of the fact that there are maybe 40 programs playing one game and nearly a hundred playing another game.
Nebraska still being on this list is pretty amazing. 38th state based on population.
Nebraska still being on this list is pretty amazing. 38th state based on population.
re: Sugar Bowl
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:12 am to Landmass
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We played Tennessee a lot more than Alabama back then.
It seems like UGA and Ole Miss played pretty regularly but they didn't. Its really amazing how seldom some SEC teams used to play one another. UGA almost never played Tennessee before expansion. We played South Carolina, Georgia Tech and Clemson more than most of the SEC.....
re: SEC Is already The biggest loser of CFB Playoff First Round?
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 11:08 am to bamameister
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I've been hearing these antitrust chants for years now. Negotiate. ESPN could invite the G-5 into a hellava playoff format, and frankly, football fans would tune it over this holiday bowl stuff between 6-6 midtier teams or Power 4. All ot nothing, a ton of money, home games, a great championship venue on primetime, has always been the way to create interest, and this is no different.
Just freaking do it, Sports TV.
Football fans would devour it but I don't know that there are enough of us to make it lucrative. When there are 15 million viewers watching Alabama and UGA in a natty game (I am guessing at numbers) I would bet not more than a million of them would watch the old PAC12 after dark.....and it was more compelling than the G5. The harsh truth is that outside of maybe 40 programs there just isn't enough interest. CFB is a Saturday appetizer the most popular sports programming in the US, the NFL, on Sundays. The vast majority of the audience watching even high profile matchups aren't really watching....the TV is on but they are doing all manner of shite. Watching Central Florida and Georgia State is just never going to be interesting enough to attract millions of viewers. in my opinion. And those two have MASSIVE alumni groups....probably 2 of the largest such groups on the planet.
re: SEC Is already The biggest loser of CFB Playoff First Round?
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:50 am to Gator Fever
The SEC can win it all and still be the biggest loser because of the conference championship game and the month off between then and the next game. Anyway you slice it winning a conference championship game is a penalty if it is accompanied with a month off between games. Ohio State may be fricked the worst of anyone having played in and lost a conference game and having a month to stew over it.....the current system favors #5 the most and #6 just a little less.
re: SEC Is already The biggest loser of CFB Playoff First Round?
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:45 am to ukraine_rebel
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I know folks like taking their shots against the SEC, but fact is for the foreseeable future any team from the SEC or Big 10, for that matter, that goes 11-1 is going to host a playoff game.
Hell UGA was 12-1 this season and ain't hosting a game. The games that Oregon and Ole MIss played are akin to scrimmages during a month off. Historically even elite teams have looked stale in the first quarter or so of bowl games, even high stake bowl games have seen it. Unless I am mistaken last year no one with a BYT made it past their first bowl game? That is a problem. The playoff should be expanded to 16 teams based on the AP Poll and if Cincinatti or Boise State is in they're in and if they aren't they aren't. #1 hosts #16 and so on. It will be interesting to see if the conference champions with a bye fair better this season....
re: SEC Is already The biggest loser of CFB Playoff First Round?
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:39 am to RammerJammer91
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The biggest loser is the CFP committee for having rules that allowed for G5 trash to make the playoff.
Trash is a bit harsh. If the NFL took the 2 CFB teams that play in the National Title game and put them on the field against the 2 worst teams in the NFL the NFL teams would beat the CFB teams about like Ole Miss beat Tulane. The G5 is just not playing the same game. Mississippi State, Arkansas and Kentucky were all far superior to either Tulane or JMU this season....its not the same game.
The inclusion of the G5 teams is there to avoid anti-trust litigation. Barring them explicitly is straight out....but doing so for all practical matters would lead to very expensive litigation which is frankly un-needed. As fans we would have much rather seen ACC Champ Duke playing in Oregon than JMU but from a practical stand point its not worth the litigation. The game Friday was as good as college football gets. Miami and ATM stunk up the joint for some inexplicable reason that is probably soundly exposed in 2 weeks....the reason being that neither is very good. The other 2 games were never going to be interesting....they'd have been on the SEC Streaming service had it been September. They were scheduled and played so the CFP committee can say they had a shot.
Football ain't basketball. Basketball is probably more physical but it requires far fewer resources. Football played at the highest level is not only physical but its also damned expensive....and there are about 40, if that, programs with the resources to compete at the highest level....but you have to pretend like everyone has an equal shot or you risk being accused of illegally barring competition even though the other 100 or so programs choose to bar themselves. Its a mess and it will probably happen again next year.
re: Sugar Bowl
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:23 am to reggierayreb
First meeting between Alabama and Ole Miss since 1944? Somehow I always thought Alabama and Ole Miss played pretty regularly.
Was there a super bowl game at Tulane Stadium with snow on the ground in the early 70s? I remember Miami playing someone in a Superbowl around 72 or so with snow on the ground and somehow I remember it being Tulane Stadium? When was the first dome built in New Orleans?
Was there a super bowl game at Tulane Stadium with snow on the ground in the early 70s? I remember Miami playing someone in a Superbowl around 72 or so with snow on the ground and somehow I remember it being Tulane Stadium? When was the first dome built in New Orleans?
re: I think Miami is going to win it this year
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:13 am to BamaScoop
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They will never get past Georgia. That defense will take it personal playing against Beck and he will suffocate under those monsters.
I suspect the OP thought Clem's Son was going to win it all in August....BAHAHAHAHAHA! Imagine pulling for Auburn with a lake and having to dick ride Miami....what a sordid existence. Bless their hearts....
re: Johnny Reb dagger in the heart
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:10 am to Russianblue
Ole Miss went about 70 for 70 and was like 110 of 110 on third downs in Athens this year....until the second half. Just like Tennessee and Alabama all 3 could not throw an incomplete pass or pick up a first down against UGA....but that started to change in the second half of the Ole Miss game. It completely changed by the Texas game. There is very little that anyone in Baton Rouge or Oxford knows about Ole Miss that has been missed by the people in Athens...
re: Johnny Reb dagger in the heart
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:04 am to Uga Alum
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Lane will be feeding Kirby info on the rebs leading up to the game. His ego won’t allow Ole Miss to succeed at this point.
I am not certain Lane Kiffin has any information about Ole Miss that Kirby Smart and company haven't gleaned from film study. They have an army of folks in Athens who have some pretty sound football knowledge.....its doubtful Kiffin has anything to add.
re: Alabama is probably going to beat Indiana.
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 10:01 am to crimsoncoded94
As a UGA fan I will openly and without reserve admit that I hope Indiana manages to find a way to beat and eliminate Alabama from the playoffs. I do not think it happens. Indiana is flying in rarefied air from the HC to the person booking travel....everyone associated with the program is under an amount of pressure that has never been experienced in the programs history while Alabama is doing what Alabama does. It makes a difference. Alabama getting bloodied in the OU game during the first half is far better than what Indiana was doing the last couple of weeks...nothing like getting your arse whipped only to find a way to stop the arse whipping and apply one of your own to toughen you up. Indiana is also being exposed to a army killing dose of rat poison that Alabama has dealt with for years. Culturally that makes a massive difference. Indiana has almost no history of even going to bowl games....and they're going to go to roll into Pasadena, on the largest stage in college football, and play 4 quarters of sound football against a program that has been there and done that time and time again? It makes a difference. I hope the Hoosiers manage it.....I seriously doubt its close. I think Alabama wins by more than 2 TDs.
re: Alabama is probably going to beat Indiana.
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 9:54 am to crimsoncoded94
I posted on this board not too long ago, last week if memory serves, that Alabama would beat OU, Indiana and the winner of the Oregon / Texas Tech game and be in the final against UGA. The more things change the more they stay the same. Most of the posters here disagreed with that prediction but it's far more likely mathematically today than it was Thursday. Most of the disagreement was based on feelings....folks who ain't Alabama fans mostly hate Alabama....me included. But some of us also have seen enough college football over the years to see where depth and talent exist and where it does not....and it certainly resides in Tuscaloosa. And based on Fridays game there is also an element of physicality present in Tuscaloosa that has not been seen in any teams left in the hunt outside of UGA and possibly Ole Miss. UGA and Alabama both could well lose in the next round but its unlikely....too much depth, too physical.....everyone other than Ole Miss is now facing the fiddler for having played cupcakes every week but one during the regular season.
re: Will "Learn to Weld" become the new "Learn to Code" with AI coming for the coding jobs?
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 9:46 am to goldennugget
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I fall somewhere in between. I know for a fact AI will cost jobs and it already has. I've been in tech for a while now and the junior level positions are much fewer than they were even 3 years ago. I started as a junior and likely would not be able to get such a job today. I feel for the recent college grads.
But I am not fully sold on AI completely taking over tasks like writing code which will do away with software engineers and developers.
We are certainly in a transitional period, there is no question about it. The speed and accuracy that AI can do some tasks is fascinating...and will lead to all manner of new products and technology which will eventually employ people....but there is always a lag period.
re: Will "Learn to Weld" become the new "Learn to Code" with AI coming for the coding jobs?
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 9:44 am to WhiskeyThrottle
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I think his point is that robots are primarily used in shop spaces with production runs. Not in the field. Not saying it can't or won't happen, but a small mom and pop business won't be able to afford the computer driven fabrication machinery. And customers wanting something built on their land won't be able to afford the businesses that owns the AI driven welding operation at least in the near term. There will be a long term need for a good majority of welders. IMO.
Laser welding is quickly becoming very cost effective and almost anyone can become proficient using one in a matter of days instead of months and years. The data is also pretty quickly showing that the end results are better penetration and better welds. Startup costs are still somewhat prohibitive but Lincoln and Miller are both making machines that are under $50k that were around $70k just a few years ago....in about the time it takes someone to become proficient, not employable but proficient in mig welding those machines will be under $40k and by the time they become employable those machines will be under $30k. They also offer the ability to weld just about any material with one machine. At $50k now they aren't out of line with start up costs considering the quality of welds and the range of materials that can be welded with one machine. They havent replaced traditional welding machines yet but they are doing so at an alarming rate of speed.
re: Will "Learn to Weld" become the new "Learn to Code" with AI coming for the coding jobs?
Posted by AwgustaDawg on 12/22/25 at 9:34 am to msutiger
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I think the massive push towards blue collar jobs is a mistake. I don’t know if some of you have been paying attention but we have flood the country with manual labor over the past 10 years.
Also, if every young kid goes to blue collar work it will saturate the market just like has happened with coding. Programmers are a dime a dozen.
With all that negativity, I don’t know what the answer is, because AI is inevitably coming for a lot of white collar jobs.
The push to trades is the same, age old idea of the elite that education is wasted on all but the elite. People like Mike Rowe, the ring leader, have never worked a trade job a week in their life...certainly have not done so when the weather wasn't perfect. Mike Rowe was a fricking opera singer for fricks sake...anyone who listens to an opera singer extolling the virtues of trade school while vilifying education is a dumb arse. Technology is replacing trade jobs faster than white collar jobs and has been for about 100 years. There is not a trade in the US that requires more skill and knowledge today than it did 20 years ago and the skill and knowledge required 20 years ago wasn't comparable to what was required 20 years prior to that. None. As the requirement for skill goes down the number of qualified candidates goes up.
I think the terror associated with AI is blown out of proportion. Technology has replaced workers at a rapid clip from the first time one of our ancestors stood on their hind legs and said "damn, the view is great from up here....my back hurts". Technology creates different jobs, almost always better jobs....its often painful for the individual for some period of time but most have managed to overcome over the centuries, its doubtful this won't hold true with AI. I may be wrong, we all may be doomed, but typewriter repairmen did not starve to death, they moved on....and so will the majority of us.....
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