Yes

a.froman said:

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zb008 said:

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a.froman said:

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zb008 said:

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Ryan Day is also 1-2 against Michigan where Meyer went undefeated against them. Sonny Dykes inherited a team full of veterans in a down BDF and got annihilated against the first elite team he played. It was literally the worst national championship loss ever. They only beat Michigan because they were an overrated Big Ten team and also puked all over themselves with turnovers.

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Regardless of his record against Michigan he still had his team in the playoff. He also was a Marvin Harrison Jr injury away from beating Georgia and winning a National Title. I would say that is keeping the momentum that Meyer created. I don't care how Dykes did it or what conference he was in. He took freaking TCU to a national title game. We would go crazy regardless if that happened to our program.

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No one wants to be associated with a 65-7 score, especially when the whole country was watching it. That's all that will be remembered from TCU's "magical" season. I watched that game and seeing TCU get destroyed by a historic margin did not make me envious of them. The SEC should have had two teams in last year. While Dykes did an impressive job, that game kind of exposed the fact that their season was a product of an easy schedule.

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Fair enough. We will just have a difference in opinions. Also just FYI Day is 2-2 against Michigan and has been in the playoff 3 out of his 4 seasons. His one season that he didn't play in the playoff resulted in a Big 6 bowl game win.

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Ohio State was built to beat Clemson and Georgia in January indoors. Michigan was built to beat Ohio State in November in the cold.

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It seems like it is a serious possibility given how much Saban is complaining about NIL. He knows it removes a key advantage that Alabama has always had, hence why he went to DC to complain about NIL recently. It really reminds me of Nebraska and Tom Osborne being against the Big 12's removal of Prop. 48 because they knew that it would remove a key advantage they had. Alabama is on the same trajectory as Nebraska in my opinion.

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Saban would not be complaining about this as he has, and is, if he were not convinced it is to his detriment.

NIL negatively impacts Bama etc because the 4*&5* guys that are not going to Bama,tOSU, & UGa will be more concentrated in the next tier of destinations
The 3 listed have been dominating recruiting for awhile. I think those schools will continue to get most of the players they want
what is going to happen instead of the rest of the talent being spread out over 20-25 programs the talent will be spread out over 6-8 programs. Places like OKie lite , Wiscy, Neb, UDub FSU will struggle to get players because NIL will direct all the remaining talent A&M, tu , Miami etcetera