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    Yankees will face Trevor Bauer this week

    That comparison makes no sense. When baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson, it literally reminds everyone of baseball's racist past. Purposely reminding people is quite the opposite of trying to make them forget. Running a soup kitchen didn't remind people that Capone killed people. It probably...
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    Yankees will face Trevor Bauer this week

    Yeah, every time they celebrate Jackie Robinson, the guy who broke the color barrier, they must be trying to make us forget.
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    Best Super Bowl Commercials thus far

    Humor is a very personal thing, but babies or old people doing things that are unexpected for their age want funny to me the first time. It's certainly not funny the 186th time.
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    How many of you would prefer the PSU football records the 20 years before Franklin to his 10 year record.

    I see it the opposite way. What happens on the field is the only thing that's real. Titles, rankings and awards are all fabricated.
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    Football CFP National Championship Game Thread

    Get these cowboy hat idiots off the screen!!
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    Football OT: Salsa recommendations

    I like the bottle. If you don't have any tacos handy, then you can just drink the stuff.
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    Football OT: Salsa recommendations

    If you like something garlicky and not sweet, and if you don't need your salsa to be really chunky, then Mateo's Gourmet Salsa is excellent.
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    Maybe Lando is right about bowl games

    OK, so instead of the Rose Bowl in '94, what about bowl games between highly ranked teams who had already lost a game or two? No chance at winning a title or going undefeated. Why would a game like that have any more meaning than a non-playoff game today? As for when the opt outs began (a...
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    Hey.. At least we are not Florida State....

    True, but one difference is that nobody was claiming Penn State deserved to be in the playoff.
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    Maybe Lando is right about bowl games

    1. The impact is that you challenge yourself and find out how good you are. That is the VERY ESSENCE of sports. All the rest, including fans, records, trophies and titles, are superfluous. It's the same reason why your beer league games matter. 2. If a four team playoff makes all the other bowl...
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    Maybe Lando is right about bowl games

    You see this in very black and white terms. Players opt out of non-playoff bowl games not because they are irrelevant, but because they matter less than playoff games. And because there is less stigma in doing so. There are shades of gray here. I find it hard to believe Franklin would have let...
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    Maybe Lando is right about bowl games

    I don't think so: https://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay/_/gameId/401442014
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    Maybe Lando is right about bowl games

    I think you mean Abdul Carter, and I agree he had no business being on the field at that point. But right or wrong, the fact that they let him try to play through it contradicts the notion of the game being a "meaningless scrimmage." Have we ever seen that happen in a true scrimmage, such as the...
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    Maybe Lando is right about bowl games

    If one wants to make the argument that opt outs are ruining bowl games, then I can't disagree. But I'm pretty sure Lando's position is that bowl games are "meaningless scrimmages" even when all the players participate. And that's a ridiculous claim. A scrimmage is a practice game in which the...
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    Hey.. At least we are not Florida State....

    Of course they would have played had they been in the CFP. That's not the point. The point is that substance and real achievement are more important than image and "bling." A victory against Georgia would have been a great achievement and would have proven that FSU is a championship caliber...
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    Franklin and Player Comments on Peach Bowl Opt-Outs

    I assume you meant to say it does NOT make it meaningful?
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    Hey.. At least we are not Florida State....

    None of that changes what I said. If FSU had beaten Georgia yesterday, they would now have the satisfaction of knowing they are a championship caliber team. Similar to how we felt in '94, but even better, because in '94 we didn't beat anyone as good as Georgia. Their players had the right to opt...
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    Hey.. At least we are not Florida State....

    If Florida State was serious in believing they belonged in the playoffs, they had a great opportunity to prove it (to the world and to themselves) by playing a solid game against Georgia. Instead, a bunch of their players walked away. IMHO, they lost their right to complain once that happened...
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    Why did Carter try to Continue Playing in Today's Peach Bowl?

    You are correct! Lesson learned: the subject line needs to stand on its own, because people don't read the actual post.
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