******BITTER ALERT*****
******Update Down Below***
You ever had that feeling that you know too much about something. You love it but at some point it's like being shown how sausage is made? It sneaks up on you. Suddenly, there you are, driving down the road, with Lancôme Mascara streaming down your face. Meanwhile, your team, FSU is getting schooled by some Johnny-Come-Lately, Oregon, who by the way, only knows how to play one type of football: Hurry-Up. Seriously??!! That's your answer to what's supposed to be a chess-like game?! Speed dating??!! Do you think that will serve Marcus Mariota well in the NFL?! Unless he goes to Chip Kelly's team, the Philadelphia Eagles, that will not serve him well. He will have to learn how to read defenses and quickly. He won't be able to hurry back to the line of scrimmage, call a play, and then get the play off. NFL is bigger, faster, stronger. Anyone else notice what a friend of mine noticed about the Eagles this year??!! How they petered out after 2/3-3/4 of the season?
Why is that? Let me explain: The NFL is 16 regular season games + 4 pre-season games+ however far you make it to the playoffs. And to get to the Super Bowl that could be 3-4 games depending on whether or not you have a BYE the first week ( I could be wrong about those numbers but just go with me here). So, to get to a Super Bowl, that's the ultimate goal, you have to play around 23-24 games.
College is 12 games+ Conference Championship 1 game+ 2 playoff games. So we are talking 15 games. (Also, I believe college can have more players which makes rotating in and out better, facilitating the hurry-up offense).
So, we are talking an 8-9 game difference. That means 8-9 more games and chances for injury in the NFL. That means that more than likely you will get the best out of your players early. And we all know that the successful teams get hot later in the season and that is what gets them a long way in the playoffs. And Hurry-up does not favor that.
(Incidentally, John Gruden says the only way to stop Hurry-Up is to get your lineman to cry cramp on every other play. LOL.)
Another reason for Hurry-up is that you get the next play out of the gate before penalties get assessed, quite frankly. If the flag is not thrown to stop the play, any debate or discussion doesn't matter because Oregon already has the ball off onto the next play and God Bless them, the refs were SEC. We all know about SEC refs and what they stand for: So Everybody Cheats.
Am I bitter? Absolutely. And we won't even go into the "NOOOOO MEANS NOOOOO" debate. Who started it BLAH BLAH BLAH. That was an insult to the Seminole tribe and women. But whatever.
Was it ever really my intention to be able to know/observe all these things? No. I just want to enjoy the game. That has almost assuredly become impossible due in part to the knowledge I have gained. I personally believe that it could be from winning 29 games and losing 1 really important game last. More importantly, I wouldn't change that for the world.
MDK In The House
We MUST Protect This House
Special shout out to the all the FSU players leaving to play in the NFL. I will miss you on Saturday but look for you on Sunday.
Apparently, the 2 Oregon players were drug tested BEFORE the Rose Bowl and tested positive for drug use, whether it was recreational or otherwise I don't know. I don't know when results were given, but they won't play in the National Championship game. Timing. It's everything. Anybody ready for a do-over?!?
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