One year from now...
Apologies to Amazinblu, I'm kind of hijacking a thread from below...
Looked at the responses to the CFB: Bowl Season kicks off this weekend - will you be watching? And, at best, the responses I viewed were less than enthusiastic...
One year from now, that changes. Put in 'this year's' terms: an angry Florida State, fresh from being snubbed from getting a first round bye, will host Liberty in the 5 vs 12 CFP matchup. Ohio State, Penn State, Georgia and others also will have games at campus sites that will have national championship ramifications.
No longer have to wait a month from the end of the season to have games that matter. :)
December 11th, 2023 at 11:55 AM ^
Justin Feagin
December 11th, 2023 at 11:56 AM ^
Will there be flying cars?
December 11th, 2023 at 12:19 PM ^
In the year 2525, will man still be alive?
December 11th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
3027 years from today, life will either be good or bad...it's 5050.
December 11th, 2023 at 3:35 PM ^
Hi dad
December 11th, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
With cryogenics I’ll be here to see or, errr
December 11th, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
doubtful. the number of ways humanity could destroy itself seems to be growing exponentially. but ya know, maybe we'll collectively pull our heads out of our asses one day and figure out how to use all this progress for good... but i ain't putting my money on that outcome.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:54 PM ^
Hey, don't be selling humanity short. We're going to destroy a LOT more than just ourselves.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:55 PM ^
Will Penix still have eligibility???
December 11th, 2023 at 1:14 PM ^
No, but Spencer Petras does. He'll be playing at Utah State, despite beginning his playing career at Iowa in... 2018.
December 11th, 2023 at 4:18 PM ^
Rocky Lombardi will join AARP and enter the transfer portal.
December 11th, 2023 at 7:43 PM ^
I heard Chris Weinke has one year left.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
December 11th, 2023 at 2:09 PM ^
In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
December 11th, 2023 at 8:20 PM ^
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
(Maybe the best-selling song ever by a one-hit wonder)
December 11th, 2023 at 7:22 PM ^
Visage#!!!
December 11th, 2023 at 7:21 PM ^
Is that a Visage reference? Nice!
December 11th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
According to Back to the Future, we were supposed to have flying cars and pizza hydration machines almost nine years ago. Instead of that we've gotten......TikTok? Selfie Sticks?
I am not impressed, humanity.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:33 PM ^
The flying cars... big miss there - it would make heading to A2 for tailgating and the games SO much easier.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:53 PM ^
I’m mean has Amazon even started dropping shit off from the sky?
December 11th, 2023 at 2:09 PM ^
Still gotta work out the kinks on the whole flying tailgate thing, though
December 11th, 2023 at 2:22 PM ^
Not that big of a miss. I mean, there is this.
December 11th, 2023 at 6:53 PM ^
Nah. The Jetsons isn't until 2062.
December 11th, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^
According to 2001: A Space Odyssey, by 2001, we were supposed to have a moon base and then be capable of launching a space flight to Jupiter that would result in us all being turned into giant space babies. It's 2023 and we don't even have the moon base part yet. On the other hand, we are getting closer to living in the nasty little future Robocop predicted. Yippee.
December 11th, 2023 at 3:35 PM ^
To be fair, that was made before the 1970s and ensuing death of the American dream
December 11th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
Username checks out. Pick up your 6000 SUX from the motor pool.
December 11th, 2023 at 4:54 PM ^
It comes with a free Cobra Assault Cannon, courtesy of Dick Jones!
December 11th, 2023 at 5:18 PM ^
State-of-the-art bang-bang!
December 11th, 2023 at 7:28 PM ^
Technology to get to the moon disappeared 50 years ago.
December 11th, 2023 at 6:39 PM ^
According to Blade Runner, we were supposed to have worked our way up to Nexus 6 replicants doing all our dirty work five years ago, and one Nexus 7.
December 11th, 2023 at 8:24 PM ^
A basic pleasure model in every home... Of course, I wouldn't need one because I'd already be a giant space baby.
December 11th, 2023 at 2:53 PM ^
C'mon guys, we already have flying cars.
Doroni Aerospace, Pompano Beach, FL just received FAA approval.
Flying car companies based in the U.S.:
- Alef Aeronautics - San Mateo, California
- Doroni Aerospace - Pompano Beach, Florida
- Eve Air Mobility - Melbourne, Florida
- Joby Aviation - Marina, California
- Archer Aviation - Palo Alto, California
- Jaunt Air Mobility - Dallas, Texas
December 11th, 2023 at 4:56 PM ^
I can't wait till some drunken driver crashes that on my roof.
December 11th, 2023 at 11:00 PM ^
Helicopters are not flying cars. The one actual flying car you referenced, the Alef, isn't flying yet.
December 11th, 2023 at 9:45 PM ^
There will be self lacing Nike hi-tops
December 11th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
Keith Jackson will still no longer be with us.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:14 PM ^
What do you mean?!?!
December 11th, 2023 at 1:11 PM ^
Stu, you might wanna sit down for this.....
December 11th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
Used to love bowl season. All sorts of interesting matchups. Conference pride on the line. Now? Who cares.
Bowl season is a casualty of the new college football.
I doubt I will watch one bowl game other than the final 4.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:08 PM ^
Bowls are so, so dead. Seems like what we'll need is the NIT equivalent for football instead.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:46 PM ^
This would include teams 13-24, right? I'd watch as often as I partake in the FCS playoff games, some of which are pretty darn fun to watch!
December 11th, 2023 at 1:44 PM ^
But how would we ever do without the "Avocados From Mexico Cure Bowl", or the "Pop-Tarts Bowl"??
I think the fact that the names change so often is an issue. "Back in the day" the names didn't change to be some sponsorship.
December 11th, 2023 at 3:18 PM ^
Back in the day there were far fewer bowls which meant the match-ups featured two teams which performed well that season. Do I really want to see how 5-7 Minnesota loses their bowl game to finish 5-8?
December 12th, 2023 at 1:46 AM ^
My favorite was always the Poulan Weed Eater Bowl.
December 11th, 2023 at 8:12 PM ^
Bowls exist for advertising now and that's pretty much it.
December 11th, 2023 at 1:18 PM ^
B1G conference pride was dead the moment Rutgers entered the chat.
December 11th, 2023 at 3:27 PM ^
Bowl season was amazing when it was one day and there were 4 great games.
Bowl season was great when it was a week long and it was the Group of 5 champs and the top 3 teams from each P5 division.
Bowl season was fine when it was two weeks long.
Now bowl season is 24 days long.
December 11th, 2023 at 11:58 AM ^
I am really interested to see how the expanded Playoff impacts the regular season. I think it will make all Top 25 matchups really exciting, but after about week 6 I am interested to see what will become of teams that are not in the hunt. Right now, the CFP really isn't all-encompassing. With so few teams that make it, other teams and fan bases seem to be able to contrive reasons to still care. With the Playoff expansion, I think the "haves" and the "have nots" are going to become more distinct than they already are.
Take a team like Penn State, their fan base is still pretty rabid and engaged at 10-2 without a playoff shot. I think in a situation where they are more like an 8-4 and not in expanded Playoff consideration, that fan (and player) investment is going to drop precipitously to almost nothing, and that player opt-outs will begin in early November instead of early December.
December 11th, 2023 at 12:26 PM ^
Perhaps you are right, but football games are so scarce that it shouldn't be that hard for teams and fans to "get up" for late season games, even outside of CFP or conference implications. Rivalry games help: attendance and passion is high even for relatively meaningless end of season games (see Old Oaken Bucket and similar games).
The NFL has plenty of late season games between non playoff teams, and due to the draft the teams are actually incentivized to lose, yet starters still mostly play, games are competitive, fans show up, upsets happen, etc.