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Good Morning Dawg Nation

Once again it was quite a while before I could check back in....so thankful for a group that keeps it going, y'all are the best!

This is always a crazy week between the office and everyone trying to get procedures done before the year ends and then the store....yes, its the busiest time of the year too! We will make it through 😅

I hope your trip to pick up your daughter went smoothly @Iverwig
and you enjoy the holidays with your twins.
Again, great news Banjo, PTL!!

Prayers up for Anne's surgery tomorrow @PawPawDawg

Praying for all those on LDGMDNOPL
and all the GMDN gang too!

Happy Birthday/Anniversary if you're celebrating today 🎉🎉

Love you guys and gals, MEAN IT.....

Go Dawgs ❤️

April

No mistake GCU is a good team, but we are not gonna win many sec games with that kind of effort.

They had 14 steals and we had 18 turnovers. Absolutely terrible passing of the ball on our part. We threw so many lackadaisical passes I can't believe my tv screen survived the night. Except for Blue I thought our backcourt was out of sync all game. Godfrey played 9 minutes with zero rebounds and 2 turnovers. he continues to disappoint. We were outrebounded by a smaller team. They missed several wide open 3s so we were just lucky. Maybe the eleven day layoff had something to do with it, but why would it? Asa and Somto played well and we shot our FTs well and we won. That's about all I can say positive.

Does cold weather really favor the home team?

I see a lot of talk about the teams up north playing home games having an advantage in the CFP first round due to the weather. I think there is something to this, but is it overblown?

The regular season usually ends in November, and the weather (usually) is not severe in November. Occasionally we see a snow game, but they are really pretty rare. I might argue Ohio State is no more prepared than Tennessee to play in the snow. Neither one plays football in the snow during the regular season. Temperature can be a factor, but if it's not really severe, keeping warm as a player doesn't seem like a big deal. If the temperature is severe, everybody, including the home team, is miserable.

On the other hand, it does feel like Southern teams have a home field advantage when it's hot and humid. So perhaps the argument that hot and humid favors Southern teams is akin to cold and wet favors Northern teams?

ESPN CFP Player Rankings

I do not put much weight into these nor do I think the players do as much as I wish they did but I still hope these get posted in their lockers. Sure SMU and Boise have had cute seasons but come on. Clemson having 5 players on the list is a joke. I am also tired of seeing the LT Banks from Texas consistently rated above Jalen on every list that comes out when Jalen abused him.

Memphis

I’m not sure who their OC is but damn maybe we should be looking at him if Bobo decides to step down. Watching the Memphis v WVU condensed game right now and love how he get it to the backs out of the backfield.

Their QB, their backs, and that WR #3 are all legit.

Million Dollar Playoff Hypothetical Quesiton...

If Ole Miss and Bama had not suffered those late season upsets in Gainesville and Norman, and everything else happened as is...would we have made the playoff? I'll go off the assumption Texas beats Bama in the SECCG:

1 Oregon
2 Texas
3 Boise St
4 Arizona St.
5 Penn St.
6 ND
7 Bama
8 Ohio St.
9 Ole Miss
10/11 (Choosing between 3 teams: 11-2 SMU, 11-1 Indiana, 10-2 Georgia)
12 Clemson

I think we would have, but it would have been close. It was close with a 9-3 Bama vs. SMU, and I think a 10-2 UGA with an even stronger schedule gets the nod, but Tennessee would have most certainly have been left out.

What say you?
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