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OK, I found an accuracy comparison of different analytics ratings systems. Here's how they stack up

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

11:19am

Time to Own the Big12 narrative--push back against "chaos" for "competitive" or

Tysman Rap

11:17am

The only thing that will change the narrative is to win big games outside of

byusage

11:20am

RE: Should I switch car and home insurance to USAA? Pros and cons?

Mr. Belding Truly Addicted User

11:10am

I switched to SF from USAA last year after 20 years

Rivers Cuomo

11:14am

You are aware there are more than 2 insurance companies, right?

reagan21

11:16am

USAA isn't good anymore.

vagabonder

11:22am

SP+ is over 50% against the spread. They also have Bama ranked 4th.

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

11:10am

the problem w/ SP+ is that recruiting ranking is clearly to strong in the model

g$

11:21am

FPI uses recruiting heavily, SP+ doesn’t

molodyets

11:22am

maybe I am switching them up in my brain then, my apologies SP+

g$

11:24am

Utah: Currently the #5 football program in the mountain region (losing ground to

oxcoug

11:08am

Counterpoint

Blueto

11:09am

What has UNLV ever accomplished in football?

Ozymandias

11:16am

Beat Kansas? Other than that, went to a bowl this year and look like they

oxcoug

11:20am

They beat BYU in 1981

foofcoug

11:21am

ASU is getting a lot of mileage out of one conference championship this milleniu

vagabonder

11:20am

ASU has always been the sleeping giant. Maybe with the current coach it will

mudpupper

11:20am

Lunardi now has BYU last 4 in. Facing UNC as an 11 seed

Blueto

11:07am

That Providence loss keeps hurting us

arizonacougarfan

11:10am

It's still very early but we went from out to in...not hurting us as much

coug10278

11:12am

Keep winning….

JohnnyC

11:23am

we will keep moving up

JOPE

11:24am

It is now clear that having a bye in the playoff is a bad thing. Slow starts...

dave

11:04am

I think it would’ve been different if the quarterfinal round was the one played at home

KingDave

11:08am

They should expand the playoffs- personally

SBB

11:08am

Yep. They either need to start the whole thing 2 weeks earlier

StantonMac

11:08am

The solution is obvious. 1 week off for everyone after the season. Expand to 24

Cougar TD

11:12am

I believe the next talks are going to be about resorting that.

Schrodizzy

11:21am

The problem was not the bye, it was the seeding.

Everyman

11:21am

Have the mods done something to limit your freedom?

TNT

11:04am

RE: Have the mods done something to limit your freedom?

Huge Manatee

11:05am

The real freedom is in obeying all the rules

Nikomedes

11:07am

Woah. Heavy

TNT

11:07am

Did El Jefe finally lose his mind and make TNT a mod?

CougarGuy84

11:08am

If only. The pure power........he gets dopamines just thinking about it

TNT

11:09am

RE: Did El Jefe finally lose his mind and make TNT a mod?

CougPrime

11:12am

That was the bestest day ever

TNT

11:13am

Nope. They've made it clear that they are pc compliant,

BlueFever

11:13am

What is your craziest Airbnb or vrbo experience?

JimmyZ

11:03am

That is razy

LaserCoug

11:05am

Did some laundry and the lint filter hadn't been cleaned in eons!

Kilgore Trout

11:05am

hello, this is Satan

drdrcoug

11:13am

Made me think of the game Phasmophobia

TheNerd

11:20am

stayed at a house in Oahu. It was the grossest dwelling I've ever been in, and

maxpowers

11:21am

POLL: Do the AAC, CUSA, MAC, Sun Belt, MWC, P12 champions deserve an automatic birth in an expanded CFP?

mudpupper

11:00am

If we expand, why not invite everyone, 128 team playoff?

Count Cougar

11:02am

Wowsers. Now that would be fun

TNT

11:04am

If you answer Yes - If they meet certain ranking criteria, what should that

mudpupper

11:05am

If we expand to 24, sure.

Cougar TD

11:05am

Two problems with most conferences. eyeballs, and lack of quality teams

bald man

11:10am

Birth? Yes. Berth? Probably not.

John Doe

11:11am

If you're a G6 champion and you're in the top 20, you should get a berth imo.

BlueVU

11:18am

POLL: Who ya got?

It's A Bowling Ball

10:55am

I really don't care.

Cougarclaw

10:56am

I guess there's no way for them all to lose?

fredy

10:57am

Don’t think anyone is slowing down that Ohio St WR (Jeremiah Smith)

ElkhunterUT

10:57am

RE: Don’t think anyone is slowing down that Ohio St WR (Jeremiah Smith)

ugo1st

10:59am

RE: Don’t think anyone is slowing down that Ohio St WR (Jeremiah Smith)

ElkhunterUT

11:06am

The eye test says that Ohio State is playing the best football right now. It's not what I want,

Adrielle

11:01am

No rooting for ND allowed until they give us a game in Provo

Huge Manatee

11:04am

I'd love to see Sark win but I think OSU has the edge right now.

mudpupper

11:01am

None of them are BYU so…none of them.

CougarGuy84

11:07am

Never seen a clearer picture of an anus, let alone Uranus

RyneK

10:52am

Hey, my eyes are up here

Knee Brace

10:55am

Is it at an angle so you don’t have to stare down the center if it?

Fatalplacebo

10:56am

RE: Is it at an angle so you don’t have to stare down the center if it?

RyneK

10:58am

That looks like it is spinning really fast

TNT

11:01am

Maybe it ate Taco Bell

Knee Brace

11:02am

Anyone know if BYU has recruited USU’s RB Faison at all? He’s really good and Georgia is after him.

RdF3 Inactive user

10:49am

I think a legit fast and shifty back is exactly the kind of back BYU could use in the rotation of backs.

Zach Morris

10:55am

Utah has signed like five new RBs not sure why he would go there

BYU '80

11:17am

POLL: Choose the best ranking/ratings system available today

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

10:45am

The best doesn't exist on the college level. They need to reorganize conferences into divisions and go PFF like the NFL.

AltTabbins

10:56am

I kinda agree with Drake on this one

Lifi

10:42am

NIL just might kill the SEC.

BlueFever

10:51am

He was really good on this one. Enjoyable take.

CougGolf

10:54am

if any of you live in the area KVN is giving away free tickets to the Ravens game

JOPE Resident Golf Fanatic

10:42am

How far off the field are sideline people supposed to be? I watched that video over and over and the kid that is being

ChinaFan All-American

10:40am

White is for the refs, coaches behind the white

PointEmblems

10:43am

If that's the case then there should have been no penalty.

Adrielle

10:43am

His right foot is planted in the white in this slow-mo replay posted below

foofcoug

10:43am

He was clearly on the white and collided with the ref. He wasn’t way over the line but he was over.

LaserCoug

10:44am

Only coaches and players about to sub in are supposed to be right behind the

bluesloth

10:57am

Agreed, seems pretty cut and dry. Shouldn't drag the kid's name through the

FabLabCougar

11:15am

Cheapest way to stream ESPN?

LDTemplar

10:38am

stop being cheap

JimmyZ

10:39am

Thanks for the judgment

LDTemplar

11:00am

Steal your neighbor's cable

Knee Brace

10:40am

RE: Cheapest way to stream ESPN?

BigTex

10:40am

That would appear to be a ship of some sort

TNT

11:03am

That depends. How good are you at quickly closing pop-up ads to less than

mudpupper

10:43am

I once logged in to my youtube tv account at my brother's house and learned much

Still Blue

10:43am

That reminds me I did this at my parents house over Christmas break

JuicyJam

11:07am

You can just change the password.

Fatalplacebo

11:20am

A lot of games can be found live streaming on you tube no

SwanSong

11:23am

sling Orange might be cheapest, but then are you sure ESPN by itself is enough?

cwilke1

10:44am

Thx for the info!!

LDTemplar

11:17am

Probably the Orange tier on SlingTV

StantonMac

10:45am

Cheapest as in actually paying? Because CB mods frown on the truly cheapest way

reddead

10:46am

Sling

Genghis Spreads

10:47am

Who is your mobile phone carrier? There's a nice pkg deal with Verizon for ESPN+, Disney+, and Hulu

CLCougar

10:48am

That won't get you ESPN

StantonMac

10:53am

Mods won’t allow the cheapest methods here lol

kaladin58

10:59am

Borrow a friend's login.

IronPotato

11:03am

This doesn’t help now, but next fall ESPN will launch its direct-to-consumer

rainorsnow

11:16am

I hate Utah, but it’s way too early to dance on Utah’s grave.

dixdog

10:37am

You can dance if you want to.

Sea Chicken

10:39am

You can leave your friends behind

44C

10:40am

You can leave your friends behind

O Gaucho

10:40am

We can leave your friends behind

IceBlue

10:41am

Cause your friends don’t dance

44C

10:42am

and if they dont dance

LDTemplar

10:49am

they are probably introverts

JimmyZ

10:52am

Well… they’re no friends of mine

44C

10:53am

RE: I hate Utah, but it’s way too early to dance on Utah’s grave.

fredy

10:39am

I disagree. I've never regretted crapping on Utah.

Ragnar Danneskjold

10:41am

RE: I hate Utah, but it’s way too early to dance on Utah’s grave.

Adrielle

10:42am

RE: I hate Utah, but it’s way too early to dance on Utah’s grave.

txblue

10:43am

I'm dancing. It may not be on their grave, but I am dancing.

mudpupper

10:44am

That's exactly why you have to do your dancing now, because it can change

benny1982

10:45am

IceBlue

10:46am

What I'm doing on their grave is definitely not dancing

BlueBlitzkrieg

10:48am

Their recruiting has got to be difficult with a coach who maybe will retire

Plato

10:49am

I'm sad they made a good decision to hire Jason Beck. He's going to be really

SoCalCoug

10:52am

There’s 21 years of data showing that won’t be allowed to happen

DiamondMo

11:24am

It may be early for dancing on it, but it is fun to watch them dig it

Ray Shoesmith

11:03am

POLL: If BYU were to stop recruiting LDS athletes and it netted more wins.

Sea Chicken Freeloader

10:33am

I don’t want a recruits religious views to have any bearing on whether we offer

allaboutthegainz

10:38am

what's the best poke place on the north side of Kauai?

SingleStrapBackpack All-American

10:28am

Lorena's

JimmyZ

10:31am

I've only ever had Hanalei Poke. Slow service, mediocre food, high prices

Beggar

10:37am

Kilauea fish market, also the grocery store behind it has great poke

cougar1961

10:56am

Hanalei Dolphin Fish Market

Nigel Saladu

10:57am

is that the same place or different from what Beggar is saying two posts above yours?

SingleStrapBackpack

11:12am

I think it’s different. It’s on the south end of town behind the Hanalei Dolphin Restaurant. I think it’s good 🤷🏻‍♂️

Nigel Saladu

11:23am

The Honey browser extension is pretty sleazy and they are getting sued. Honey claimed to automatically find coupon codes

cheezedawg Properly rated

10:21am

This has been funny to follow. Honestly, I'm kind of impressed, from a technical

RobAdams

10:25am

Content creators who make gobs of money and were paid by Honey is the icing on

Superkid

10:35am

Also, I had never heard of Honey before this whole thing blew up.

Superkid

10:36am

I don't understand why you'd want them to win. They're theives. They steal.

Rules For Thee

10:45am

How are they stealing? For all I know the terms were spelled out and none of the

Superkid

10:47am

Spirit <=> letter.

Rules For Thee

10:51am

I think cougarboard adds affiliate links to posts. I wonder if it will also swap

snowbird

10:27am

RE: The Honey browser extension is pretty sleazy and they are getting sued.

Stopper6700

10:28am

Stealing/swapping affiliate links is hilarious

reddead

10:29am

Not really. Lots of content creators who had no affiliation with Honey were cheated out of money. The people who took

BYUnerd

10:39am

All I know is I tried the Capital One Shopping extension for like a week. It

Nikomedes

10:32am

I just use slickdeals and don’t worry about anything else.

scootsy

10:38am

Rakuten earning AmEx Membership Rewards for me.

byubyu

10:46am

RE: The Honey browser extension is pretty sleazy and they are getting sued.

porl thompson

11:18am

Who says no?

Knee Brace .5 Deviation Thunder

10:20am

Probably the NCAA.

bluesloth

10:22am

They have no power anymore

Knee Brace

10:22am

They still determine the number of games per season and who is

bluesloth

10:29am

Sue for the opportunity. The courts have gutted the NCAA.

Brigham

10:31am

Call it an exhibition. The NCAA has lost any ability to enforce whatever rules they've previously enforced.

Knee Brace

10:32am

They've lost power in regards to NIL and such. But they still determine the

bluesloth

10:36am

Why?

volleyjiver

10:22am

For the love of the game

Sea Chicken

10:22am

Why not?

Knee Brace

10:23am

The season is over, pointless, meaningless game.

volleyjiver

10:25am

There is no such thing as a pointless, meaningless football game

Knee Brace

10:27am

I like football.

IceCreamButt

11:18am

Everything is shut down and people have moved on.

mudpupper

10:26am

RE: Who says no?

CougarCanuck76

10:26am

NCAA, BYU, Ole Miss all say no.

Chester Copperpot

10:27am

Sell the TV rights and give most of it to the players. They'd be down for sure.

dYrtbYkerYder

10:28am

I’d rather move on. We have good momentum going into 25 don’t want any

ATX

10:28am

That is a good point

Knee Brace

10:29am

The players who have already left the school and are prepping for the combine.

allaboutthegainz

10:34am

They could call it the "People's #12 Seed Bowl"

cougarmeister

10:34am

Based on this thread, call it the "stick up CB's collective butt" bowl

Knee Brace

10:36am

Did you learn nothing from the Coastal Carolina game? An ad hoc game with little

BluesBrother

10:36am

All the players and coaches have scattered far and wide, and may be enjoying vacations or prepping for the

KingDave

10:38am

Either way they need to do an NIT-style 16 team tourney for the left-outs

Goliath

10:41am

Why. Nobody cares about the NIT. So why have a left out tourney?

mudpupper

10:56am

Would be better than meaningless bowl games.

porl thompson

11:19am

This really surprised me. Wonder if conferences will want to get rid of the BYE

touchdownbyu All-American

10:17am

Too long of a break to be honest, hard to stay focused I would imagine.

WIGGIN

10:19am

If anything we just saw the elimination of the conference championship game

Coug

10:20am

Expand he playoff to 16 or 24 and get rid of CCG's. Sounds good to me.

Schultz is back

10:21am

yeah what was the point of the Big 10 and SEC championship games? I see the

cwilke1

10:22am

Aye. The CCG knocked out Georgia's starting QB. And two teams that didn't play

Doogal McCougar

10:42am

Expand to 16, no conf champ games for P4. Top 2 teams in each conf are AQ.

Captain Stubing

10:22am

Conferences would lose TV revenue so I would be surprised if they are eliminated

maYbe

10:24am

But a four team playoff is just fine.

Sea Chicken

10:22am

The Big 12, ACC, and G6 won't support that.

Doogal McCougar

10:26am

I can't see CCGs surviving much longer. Just expand to 16 and get rid of CCGs.

dYrtbYkerYder

10:29am

But then how do you determine who the conference champion is?

mudpupper

10:46am

Just go to 16 and end the bye that way

ATX

10:30am

Go to 16, we'll see 6 teams from the SEC and 6 from the B10, 1 or 2 from either the ACC or BIG12 and 1 from G5

Coug

10:32am

Which is why you tie the removal of the CC games into getting 2 teams per P4.

Captain Stubing

10:56am

Won't happen... right now teams are getting in because they earned it...

Coug

11:11am

First round needed to be played the weekend of army/navy and second round last

1984coug

10:40am

8 or 9 Regional smaller conferences all with champions making the playoffs

ATX

10:40am

More likely - the Big Ten and SEC *expand* their conference championships

Doogal McCougar

10:43am

I know that’s more likely. But regional small conferences would be better.

ATX

10:55am

I disagree. Better for whom? Nevada and Boise State and Louisiana Tech?

Doogal McCougar

11:15am

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