Somebody today needs to sit at a table with a Monday hat, a Tuesday, and a Wednesday hat, fumble through them and announce their portalship by putting on the Wednesday hat.
Anyone can easily look up the stats. When the Tigers have good offensive players, they have a good offensive team. When they have bad offensive players, they have a bad offensive team. This current offense sucks in any ballpark.
I think you have to be fair on this one and apply your theory of Carlos Correa availability's for a true contract value to Kershaw. Look at his starts and innings per season. He's still damn good quality, but the quantity isn't there.
But even trying to factor that in, $20M does seem like cheap.
Not that any of us can move the needle, but it seems like the more a rematch is talked about, the more likely the college football flying spaghetti monsters won't let it happen.
If the resume didn't have the name of the resume holder attached to it, I think it'd be easier to believe the resume. I think the perception and bias creeps in a bit too much.
The 12 team playoff is a step in the right direction. Bring back a BcS type of formula to enhance it.
Betting favorite or on field favorite? I absolutely agree with you on the former, but I don't think that should be a part of the criteria. I know St. Nick called that out yesterday as a feather in Alabama's cap, but that shouldn't necessarily be a bullet point in their favor.
How many games were Michigan and TCU the betting favorites or underdogs? Are those discussion points? Nobody is bringing up betting lines to assign seeds to Michigan or Georgia, are they?