CFB Playoff Poll and The Boz
Posted on: October 28, 2014
We just wanted to have a live post up for those of you who will be watching the first college football playoff poll results this evening on ESPN (6:30 pm CST). We will also be watching the 30 for 30 piece on Brian Bosworth (8:00 pm CST on ESPN).
It’ll be interesting to see if this poll falls in line with the other national polls and has two SEC teams in the top 4. Or if they do indeed favor a conference leader even in the first poll.
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what intrigues me is a situation like us vs. bama. meaning, say bama loses this weekend. now we both have 2 losses. more than likely we’re both out. but, what if we aren’t. we will have just about identical situations. they lose to 2 pretty good teams, so did we. we both have one pretty good win(a&m stinks). we have 2 like opponents and we have bigger margins of victory over both.
what i would like to see are situations like these. hope they’re actually doing their homework and know these type things through and through. i use our situation since its our situation
Quit being logical, 🙂
We have scoreboard and we’re only a 8+ months removed.
Could we duplicate that performance now based upon how we are playing?
Some tweaks and OU could kick anyone’s ass in the country. And that’s not homer talk.
What position do the tweaks play? Or are they coaches?
I just shot beer out of my nose!
if bama loses to #16 LSU next weekend (their next game), they would only drop to like 8th or 9th, despite having near identical resumes with us, while we sit in the high teens.
Its not right, but thats unfortunately the way it would work.
but i’m not sure that’s how it’ll be in regards to the committee. you’re probly right but there’s just no precedent until tonight. whoops they do have a week off. so they lose and we beat ISU and baylor, it’ll be nice to see what happens for future reference
I hope im wrong, but i just have the feeling the committee’s poll will pretty closely mirror the AP poll. I dont think they are as immune to bias as the SEC would like to have everyone believe.
Both SOS and common opponents are criterion that the committee is supposed to use in making their selections. If they are merely doing their job those things will in reality be a factor.
When you start to look at who teams have actually BEATEN; it’s crazy. Some teams haven’t even beaten at top 25 team this season.
Why can’t Fox release the poll? espin’s already got’em by the balls.
If the SEC doesn’t have two teams in the top 4 the meltdown on ESPN and from SEC fans should be glorious. Glorious, I tell you.
the anticipation is so awesome its like christmas eve right before you finally fall asleep, except you want the sec to get junk punched instead of presents
Indeed! Would like to see it as (in no particular order): Miss. State, FSU, TCU, Oregon
i could live with that
all but guarantee itll be miss state, fsu, bama and auburn. The top 3 are guaranteed, but theres a small chance oregon is ahead of auburn, very small chance.
All but guarantee?!? I’d say maybe a 5% chance of 3. There’s a better chance that only 1 SEC team is in the top 4. Look at the criteria for there picks. This isn’t ESPN’s top 25.
as of right now, miss state, bama and auburn all have good shots at winning their conference, which is high on the committee’s list.
Bama and auburn have good OOC wins over big 12 teams, and miss state beat 3 straight top 10 teams(at the time), so theres the strength of schedule component in their favor.
FSU is undefeated with 23 straight wins, 0% chance they arent in the top 4.
the problem is, who would get voted in ahead of the 3 SEC teams?
Notre dame just lost recently. Oregon has a good OOC win, but their defense has been awful. TCU and KSU blew games they should have won.
It may not be ESPN’s top 25, but their influence(and the SEC’s perceived greatness) will still have an effect on the committee. Just watch.
so i was wrong on the which 3rd SEC team, but there was 3 SEC teams in the top 4, lol. Gotta love SECSPN.
Perhaps believing a two loss Alabama or Auburn will make the playoffs is a little unrealistic. Both have a loss now with the Iron Bowl looming.
if an ole miss team coming off a terrible performance, and a loss, can make the top 4, why wouldnt a 2 loss bama or auburn make the top 4?
I know people dont want to believe it, but its the SEC’s world right now. These initial rankings just confirm it.
MIssissippi St., Florida St., Oregon, Texas Christian
That’s what I’m hoping for
there is no way bama is in as of this second. if they are talking about winning out and in type stuff, then ok, but if they’re talking about if it were to start tomorrow and bama is in, no way.
WV-good
FAU-ick
USM-ick
UF-ick
OM-loss
ARK-ick and tried to lose
A&M-ick
UT-ick
that’s not a good schedule at all. the only “really good” team you played, you lost
and heather dinich looks like shrek
I’m not as much interested in their first release as I am anxious to see how they move people up and down in coming weeks due to wins and losses.
Welp, that was stupid
Who thinks we couldn’t beat Utah?
Comments like this are confusing. You know the rankings aren’t suppose to rank teams in order of who could beat who, right? That really isn’t how it works. It is resume based. If you slip up against a team you are better than, sorry Charlie, it’s a loss. Could OU beat Utah? Heck yes. Does Utah have a better resume than us? It’s close. REALLY close. And that is why the two teams are so close in the standings. When our second best win to date is probably Tennessee, that isn’t a very impressive slate of wins so far.
Sorry to confuse you. 🙂 I was just popping off, not being happy about falling to 18, but we are the highest rated 2 loss team so there’s that.
i have zero respect for this committee as of right now. and they couldn’t care less
3 sec and Fla. St. never seen that coming.
Why is ole miss 4? Don’t get it, should be Oregon
It is simple losses against conference opponents in the SEC do not count against you. Perhaps if LSU and Ole Miss lose 3 and Alabama and Auburn lose two things might be different
It’s close, but I’m not sure I agree.
I think Ole Miss’s schedule has been a tad tougher than Oregon’s, and Ole Miss has definitely taken care of business better than Oregon has (margin of victory compared to strength of foe). Coupled with the fact that Ole Miss has the better win (Bama vs Michigan State), and the better loss (@LSU vs at home against Arizona), and I think the Selection Committee got it right, based on what they said they are going to look at.
Sorry bud, don’t see that OM’s schedule is tad tougher. If anything, it’s tad easier.
Again, I am not arguing based on eye-test, it’s purely based on record (W-L) and SOS.
If you talk about margin of victory, the score sheets indicate that those are similar between two.
Now, OM does not have better win, why you say it’s better? Because you consider the fact that Bama was ranked ahead of MichSt before those games? If so, you should not. Both Bama and MichSt were undefeated going into the game, they are both strong teams – so, those both are comparable wins, atleast in my eye – strictly based on records. Oregon 1-1 OM
Also, Oregon has the better loss, they lost to an undefeated team then, which has one loss now. Whereas OM lost to a two loss team. Also margin of loss in both cases was close. So, here Oregon has slight edge. Oregon 2-1 OM
Finally, OM has wins against BoiseSt, Tenn, A&M and some garbage teams. Similarly Oregon has wins against UCLA, Wash, Cal and some garbage team. Here again, it’s a wash. Oregon 3-2 OM.
Hence my point.
I had a long reply started, but I’ll just say this instead.
I look at things significantly different than you do. And that is just it, the Selection Committee will take what, 12 different opinions, and smash them together. They know a hell of a lot more than we do.
Sure is interesting debating these things, if only we were a bit better, we would have been in the thick of things.
Gotta change the channel, can’t watch this sex session with the sec.
I don’t see how one could argue that Norte dame is that much worse of a team than FSU. That alone makes me lose respect for this committee. Don’t even get me started on TCU… I’m getting angry just thinking about this.
Not hard to argue, fsu has one quality win (ND) and two good wins (OSU and Clemson), ND gas one good win (Stanford) and a quality loss.
3 SEC teams in the top 4. Color me livid.
Two of them play this week, let’s see how low the loser drops. That’s where any bias will show through.
Im with Ray! Let the sifting begin!
I’m not at all concerned about the the rankings. I think those teams will start knocking each other off…and I think msu is the best team so I think only they and fsu will be better than 2 losses, everyone else in the country will have 2+ losses. And ou is 18th with 5 games left. Let’s say they win convincingly the last 5 weeks, and move up 3 spots each week (assuming chaos ahead of them) they would end up 3rd in the poll. Also with this committee being sold as “a change from the old way” then I assume a team playing like the best team at the end of the season should be able to jump to the top.
If they put 2 1 loss SEC teams in the top 4 with another looming despite the fact that there are multiple 1 loss teams from other conferences, what’s to stop them from putting two or more 2-loss SEC teams in at the end of the season if there are multiple 2-loss teams? IMO this was a big slap in the face to the Big 12, the SEC and the Pac 12. Intentional or not, it appears that way.
But can’t they only have 2 from one conference in the final 4?
I’m not sure. But 2 from one conference would be bad enough. That would leave 2 and maybe 3 (if ND gets in) conference champs out.
I know it won’t happen for a while but I have always thought a playoff should include five conference champions and 3 at large teams.
I’m leaning the same way now. And I never would’ve said that last year. It seems to be the only way we will actually get to watch the games settled on the field.
Zack you are only half right they should not get two team’s from the sec but i think they just might do it eight championship’s in nine year’s gives them the chance to do it
I think it will play out to be the best 4 teams more than others might expect. I think the bcs got it right more than others thought they did. At some point I think it will be an 8 team playoff. And in 15-20 years it could very well be a whole different animal. 64 team league-4 conferences-8 divisions
yeah if you’re gonna keep pushing this one conference driven thing, its gonna get harder and harder to watch. this is a 12 yr contract with the 4 team thing. if you keep doing this sec thing, alot of tv’s are turn off. margin for error is so much smaller for everyone not in one region of the country. they’re gonna have to split it up somehow
It may be a 12 year contract but I guarantee it can be reworked.
good point. especially if people wanna start jumping ship to build something to knock down the evil empire and bad breathed mouth piece
My understanding is all four teams could be from the SEC if that is what the committee wants. Conference championships is a criteria but not a requirement. The theoretical goal is the best four teams in the committee’s eyes.
Super k the answer is just win all your game’s and you won’t have to worry about it you will get into the playoff’s it’s that simple
Why should the standard for TCU or Oregon be different than Auburn or Ole Miss? Auburn and Ole Miss didn’t win all their games.
It should not but super k like i said if you win all your game’s this hole sec question go away ‘s
That simple super k
Two guys fight. One has a knife. The other doesn’t. Guy with the knife stabs the guy without a knife. Court says to the guy who got stabbed, “well, tough luck…if you would’ve won the fight this wouldn’t have happened.” Seem fair to you?
HAHA, welcome to our world out here Super K.
No, but you said it yourself just yesterday. The SEC has the best talent. So making it thru an SEC schedule with 1 loss, should, in most cases, all other things being equal, trump making it thru another conference schedule with 1 loss.
Once the conference schedules start, and the SEC has won most/a lot of those games, the power rankings aren’t going to change (amongst conferences).
The only thing I will say that is the committee got at least one thing right. It shouldn’t matter when you lose, you could argue that Ole Miss (by virtue of beating Alabama) is the best 1-loss team out there.
New term coming up more and more is good loss. Losing at home is very bad in this new world.
Agree with you 100 precent losing should never be okay
you’re probly used to it. you seem like an aggie fan trying to be cool over here popping off ALL THE TIME. and don’t talk to me about koolaid. you’re skit is getting pretty tired
What losing is okay tell me what i said that is wrong
your whole act is wrong. landthieves is more your speed. they like to burn things down
The solution is simple win every game. The sec will not fall unless another team or teams knock them off repeatedly.
Zack that is what i told super k just win all your game’s then everybody jumped all over me what did i say that is wrong tell me is losing okay no it’s not
Well I know some believe you can win a title without being undefeated which is true but you have no excuse for not winning the title or not making it to the title game…if you lost along the way. 10 of the 16 bcs title winners were undefeated.
I think ou has a shot at the playoff but they have to win out convincingly and have to rely on chaos which I think is very possible.
Zachary, I just voted you the most optimistic person I know. 🙂
Ou is the highest ranked 2 loss team…ahead of lsu who actually has a “trademark” win over ole miss. So I know there’s a ton of sec bias but there’s like 15 head to head matchups between the sec team ranked in the top 10.
Can’t watch eSECpn anymore. Foxsports needs to up it’s game.
I will only watch a sporting event or special, I can’t watch their daily junk.
Ditto … I used to watch mike and mike in the morning ,I can’t even do that any more …
“oh man that tour de france this year is gonna be awesome…but nothing like the sec gauntlet”- that sound about right
im with you there man. Im with you. I refuse to watch gameday unless it is in the big12
Did some of you actually think the SEC wasn’t getting 3 teams in this as of today? Sorry, but you can’t blame that on any ESPN SEC bias. ESPN has nothing to do with the ranking. The way things have played out to date, they probably got it right. Maybe Bama instead of Ole Miss. Doesn’t really matter. Luckily, there are 4 games, I think, to be played amongst MSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, and Bama. In other words, there are at least 4 additional losses for those teams yet to come.
The SEC isn’t getting 3 teams in this. They might get two. Might. And if they do, the other conferences won’t have anybody to blame but themselves.
ESPN could have very easily influenced the committee in that the branding they’ve offered the SEC has exceeded the substance in the minds of most. As such you could (and very likely did) get the following scenario:
Big 10 AD vote: favors the Big 10 but when it comes to other conferences he favors the SEC.
Big 12 AD vote: favors the Big 12 but when it comes to other conferences he favors the SEC.
etc. etc.
The result of which would be to strengthen the collective position of the SEC regardless of any perceived impartiality that a committee should have. Whether that’s a result of ESPN’s branding attempts or not, I can’t say for certain but neither can anyone. The fact that separation between 1 loss SEC teams and 1 loss teams from other conferences is so vast is telling. What exactly it says about the cause of that issue, again, I can’t say for certain but it’s highly problematic in my estimation.
Sorry super k but the sec has been the top dog eight national championship’s in the last nine year.s end of story sooner fan’s who love this program don’t forget tonight espn has the boz tonight for though’s of you who had the chance to see the boz like i did in person will never forget him
And Ole Miss and Mississippi State won 0 of those. I will readily admit that the SEC is the best conference. I’ve done so on a number of occasions but again, it’s about degree. Are they so much better that they get 2 1 loss teams in the top 4 and every other conference gets 0? That, to me, says the perception has exceeded reality and the perception has become pervasive.
I agree to a certain extent but not completely. I agree that Ole Miss is overranked – they have beaten Alabama and an OK BoiseSt team, so I don’t think they deserve what they are getting. But, at the same time, Aub and Alabama both deserve a shot at being top because they beat KSU and WVU, respectively – props to them for scheduling and delivering. You can argue Oregon has done the same – so I agree there – Oregon needs to be in top 4 but TCU doesn’t yet have a good case. Minn is a good team but no where close to a good win as KSU or WVU.
Think about it this way, if WVU and KSU had managed to win against Ala and Aub, we would currently have TCU in top 4 and WVU in top 10. There should be rewards for playing tough non-conf schedule and delivering. Which is what the ranking reflects to some extent (not wrt to the Ducks though for some reason).
sorry. don’t think i’m trying to bash you or chase you haha. but i don’t respect the sec as much as the average bear b/c i grew up in the middle of it and its just the same as everywhere else…its just good football. when you constantly schedule without taking huge risks ever, that needs to be seen and talked about. fla doesn’t leave the state except in conference(and that’s ever, not in the past some odd yrs), the bigger dogs schedule “neutral” site games such as wisc, ok st, wv, etc in dallas, n.o., atlanta, etc. they do not go out on limbs. they need to go to other campuses and put themselves out there. ALL their bowl games are 5 minutes from home. these things need to be discussed. bama was supposed to destroy wv and didn’t. lsu needed wisc not to be able to throw a forward pass and a miracle in a game they were supposed to win pretty comfortably and snuck it out. aub needed one of the best wr’s in our conf to botch a gimme td and their kicker to miss everything. now this is where you say that it doesn’t matter, they still won the games and yes they did but if you dig you will find that things aren’t as rosy as they seem. they lose games too but they have gotten lucky year in and year out but yes they have taken advantage once they’ve gotten there
No man, I completely respect your arguments. I really think if the same game, say, aub ksu or ala wvu were played over again now, I will give wvu or ksu as much of a chance or even more. Which is why its disappointing that these teams don’t deliver when it matters and sec teams do. So, until its proven other way (we beat these sec teams up), the arguments are never going to shift. And by the looks of it, the committee looks at teams rather than conference which is why they don’t really care how many sec teams are in top. And if u strictly take the records this year you can definitely mske an argument for the ranking put out there today by this committee
for sure. the argument can be made, but like i said before, if you take bama and they lose to lsu in 2 wks and we beat ISU and baylor, we have almost identical resumes, and we probly won’t be within 10 spots of em. you’d have a hard time telling me they deserve to be 6th over pretty much anybody else in the top 10. they’ve played hot garbage besides OM(who they lost to) and WV(before they became what they are now)- FAU, USM, UF, ARK, A&M, and UT. look up hot garbage in the dictionary at it will show a picture of that. and people will scream from everywhere that they deserve the benefit of the doubt. NO. no one deserves the benefit of anything, because all we’re talking about is this team this year. that’s my opinion on it
My guess will be, if they lose to LSU, they are going to be closer to us in ranking. If they are not, then I will agree with your argument that there is some benefit of doubt being provided, which is not at all deserved. Till then, I agree with these current rankings.
So you think OU fans are smart enough to not be influenced, but members of this committee are not? Sorry, I just can’t get behind that.
The SEC is clearly better, at least at the top, then any conference not named the Big 12. And if the Big 12 wanted to do something about that perception, at least for this season, we should have won some games against the SEC. Instead, KSU loses to Auburn. WVU loses to Bama. TT got smoked by Arkansas. And to a lesser extent (as far as importance), UT lost to UCLA (a top PAC team) and OSU lost to FSU (top ACC team). OU did beat Tennessee, but given where both teams are in the conference standings, that isn’t much of an accomplishment. The Big 12 just doesn’t have much to hang their hats on outside of conference this year.
As for Ole Miss, I think wins over Boise, Memphis, Bama, aTm, and Tennessee, probably trumps the group of wins by any other 1 loss team at this point, except maybe Bama, but Ole Miss beat them head to head.
I get how some of you think the average fan can be influenced by ESPN and the SEC in general. But to suggest everybody voting in any poll, and now the Selection Committee, are incapable of making unbiased recommendations, well, I just don’t buy that.
I want to add this too. I really don’t see how you can make the argument you made to me 2 days ago, that the SEC is chalked full of more NFL players than any other conference, then get mad when the poll voters and the Selection Committee rewards that. If that is true, then going through an SEC schedule with 1 loss would almost certainly present a better resume than going thru another conference schedule with one loss. I know there is a little more to it than that, but still. If you think the SEC is that talented, how can you possibly have a problem with their 1 loss teams being ranked above other conferences’ 1 loss teams? Seems like counter arguments, in a way, to me.
It’s October 28th. Almost everyone plays each other. It will work itself out.
The committee has clearly stated in their vote that they value a 1 loss SEC team over a 1 loss team from other conferences. Every conference is going to have teams with additional losses. So when it’s a bunch of 2 loss teams, they could continue the trend and give the benefit of the doubt to the SEC teams. TCU can lose another one just like Ole Miss or Auburn.
K I necessarily don’t disagree with them, yo be honest. Its about w-l as and strength of schedule. KSU wvu Clemson boisest had chances to beat an sec team and they all came up short. Can’t cry over spilt milk. I ofcourse get that Miz and tenn lost to power 5, so if they are ranged higher I will have a problem.
bama has beaten WV and lost to OM. everybody else on their schedule is garbage pretty much. why oh why are they 6th? screw benefit of the doubt and saban. its supposed to be about this season and this season only
They have beaten wvu (a great win in committee eye), Tenn a&m and army (OK win committee eye), still much better than TCU (one great win against us) and one OK win against Minnesota, how can u disagree with that? One thing I don’t agree with is Oregon needs to be 4 not olemiss (since they have one great win, one good win)
bama is a loss to lsu away from having a worse resume than us. we beat wv and tenn worse than they did
My issue is more so with the fact that ole miss and auburn are being given the benefit of the doubt but TCU and Oregon are not. That’s telling to me. Auburns defense looked a hot mess last week and ole miss offense looked the same.
Until SEC schools begin to schedule strong Power Conference schools as part of their NCG schedule and those schools beat the SEC schools the SEC is going to get more representation in the playoffs. More representation will result in better SEC odds than other conferences to win the championship. Better odds will begat more championships. Hence SEC dominance is most likely to continue.
In a manner of speaking the SEC controls their own destiny through non-conference scheduling. This is especially true when you add the eSPN promotion to the equation.
This 30 for 30 is as good as I had hoped it would be.
The boz was without question one of the great sooner’s ever had the chance to see him in person great sooner we need more like him
He wasn’t the greatest Sooner because he disgraced the University and humiliated his teammates, and let down the coach that gave him the best opportunity anyone could ever ask for. We can agree though that he was one of the best linebackers to ever play the game of football.
I agree lee roy selmon was the best sooner ever but if we had 85boz’s on this team hell nobody would beat us
If we had 85 players with the passion of bozworth, we could win the Super Bowl.
Wow. 3 SEC West teams in the top 4. I don’t think anyone saw that coming.
dudley did but he knows everything and can see the future. he’s the coolest. somewhere between going to the opera and root canal work
The future? I thought it was the past.
he’s stuck in the past but yes he can in fact see the future and to him its probly gonna suck
No only god can see the future read the bible
done did it. and its God
Hopful you will find jesus in your life
he is my savior
Glad to here it see we can agree on some thing’s like the sooner’s winning championship’s the boz and the bible not all is negative
amen. and please forgive me for what i said. i just wanna make sure someone is who they say they are and aren’t just trolling. agree to disagree on a lot of stuff but gimme some titles, my beautiful wife and kids and some Jesus and i’m a happy camper
Guys, let’s be respectful to everyone. He’s welcome to voice his opinions in a civil manner and we should all try to respond with civility
yeah i know. sorry. these nellies turn my stomach
There’s more of them, than there are of optimists. FYI.
haha. i’ve met about 12 optimists in my life. just gets really old hearing nothing but this guy sucks and that guy stinks and he couldn’t coach his way out of a wet paper sack. it makes me think its an aggie fan
freakin awesome article. nailed it
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/the-worldwide-cheerleader-espn-and-the-college-football-playoff-20141028
Spot on.
Hmmm, The Jordan who wrote that sounds a lot like A Jordan here. Let’s start a conspiracy theory! 🙂 That article is the flat out, uncontested truth and should be read by everyone……including espin.
relax……..let it play out…….should be fun
……..via LT poster……
.1, Mississippi State – Still plays #4 and #6. Both on the road. Possibly in the SECCG too.
2. Florida State – They don’t play anyone, but they’ll drop a game. They’re not that good.
3. Auburn – Plays both #4 and #6 on the road. SECCG possible too.
4. Ole Miss – Gets #1 and #3 at home. Possible SECCG
5. Oregon – Plays #17 on the road, and will probably play in the Pac 12 Championship Game.
6. Alabama – Plays #19, #1, and #3. Possible SECCG.
7. TCU – Plays #9 and #20 back to back.
8. Michigan State – Plays #16, then the B1GCG.
9. Kansas State – Plays #7, #13, and #20.
10. Notre Dame – Plays #14. They’ll drop at least one more along the way.
11. Georgia – Plays #3 and SECCG.
12. Arizona – Plays #17 and #22, and possibly CCG. They’re not winning out.
13. Baylor – Plays at #18 and #9.
14. Arizona State – Plays #17, #10, and #12
15. Nebraska – Possibly plays in CCG.
16. Ohio State – Plays #8 and possibly in CCG.
17. Utah – Plays #14, #5, and #12. Possible CCG.
18. Oklahoma – Plays #13.
Yeah, Boomer, great article from Rolling Stone. I have long suspected as much. Thanks for posting it.
The most impressive thing about Brian was his all out relentless aproach to the game….Boz didn’t take any plays off, he left it all on the field. I remember the Miami game, he was totally exausted…..could barely move after the game was over,
Why is there even a mid season poll? This is just the selection committee being attention whores. You don’t see the Basketball selection committee releasing midseason polls. They bunker down after the conference tournaments and prepare the bracket AFTER all games are played so that they have all the necessary information to make an informed decision. The football selection committee should do the same. They don’t even have all the data to support their criteria.
Boz’s book harmed the football program for some time. It was purely selfserving so I havent forgiven him for it, but I understand how he let the persona he had created run away with him. I’m glad to see that he sees the harm he did and regrets it wholeheartedly.
So I gotta say, that 30 for 30 was one of the most emotionally charged I have seen. You could feel the Boz’s pain and grief. I have looked up to him for a long time, sure he did some boneheaded stuff off the field but he didn’t let anyone dictate what he should be, and on the field he didn’t let anyone stop him, he was in everyone’s head, and played with so much intensity all the time. It was interesting to see some of the stuff going on behind the scenes. Glad he returned more to his roots and became a great upright guy again. Very happy for him.
I loved the Boz and the way he played the game. Was he the greatest LB? No. I saw Bo Jackson run up his chest and over him when Boz was with Sea and Bo with the Raiders. Let us not forget the greatest running back of all time. The 30 for 30 “the Best That Never Was.” Marcus Dupree. I have seen them all from Jim Brown to Gale Sayers to OJ and many others since. I have never seen any RB better than Dupree. See that 30 for 30 and you will be convinced. I was before I saw it, but it cemented what I already had seen live: the greatest blend of speed, power and moves I have ever witnessed.
I still wonder how much Hunnicut cashed for that highly questionable performance against K St. The kicker for Dallas had made 100 of 101 under 40 yards. Hunnicut is arguably one of the very best kickers in college football, if not the best. I have a very hard time believing 3 missed chip shots. I call it as I see it and it smells funny. Guess no one else wants to touch the elephant in the room.