J Batt Rumors Thread

andrew said:
Isn't that a contradictory statement?

It ain't that hard to win the ACC and this get into the CFP, but it's much easier to get into the CFP as an SEC school?
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Nope. The SEC #2 and maybe even #3 have a good chance of getting into the college football playoff. The ACC champion is not guaranteed a spot in the playoff, they still have to be one of the top 5 rated conference champions. You guys keep making the FSU fallacy of thinking the ACC Champion gets an automatic playoff slot. :lol:
 
USCJacket said:
Because the sec will always get a minimum of 3 teams in the CFP with a 12 team field. The ACC getting 2 is likely the ceiling.

If Syracuse upsets Miami, and Clemson loses to South Carolina tomorrow, the ACC will get 1 team in the CFP.

Do you think this will get any better when the field expands to 16 in 2 years? No. It just means the sec/B1G will get a minimum of 5 teams each. And each time the CFP field expands, the sec is guaranteed more bids. The ACC, B12 are only guaranteed 1 bid, whether the field continues to grow to 16, 20, 24. Whether right or wrong, that’s the difference.
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So then the question is, is it more likely that GT wins the ACC (which isn't that hard according to the quoted post) or that SC finishes the season top 3 in the SEC (which is much easier according to the quoted post)?

Personally I think GT has a better shot of winning the ACC or sneaking in as a potential second ACC bid than SC does of getting to top 3 in the SEC with Bama, U[sic]GA, Texas, et al as competition.
 
andrew said:
So then the question is, is it more likely that GT wins the ACC (which isn't that hard according to the quoted post) or that SC finishes the season top 3 in the SEC (which is much easier according to the quoted post)?

Personally I think GT has a better shot of winning the ACC or sneaking in as a potential second ACC bid than SC does of getting to top 3 in the SEC with Bama, U[sic]GA, Texas, et al as competition.
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You still seem to be stuck on the fallacy that the ACC Champion is automatically in the 12 team playoff. Here are the rules:

Starting in the 2024-25 season, here's the new, expanded format to know:

  • 12 teams will be selected to the Playoff field, with the five highest-ranked conference champions earning automatic bids
  • The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded 1-4 and each will receive a first-round bye
  • Teams seeded 5-12 will play each other in the first round on the home field of the higher-ranked team
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NCAA Link

There are 11 Bowl Subdivision conferences and several of those conference champions won't get in each year. The reality is that there will be more SEC teams and more B!G teams in the playoff than ACC teams every year. And there is a very real chance that the ACC Champion doesn't get in. That is even more likely if FSU stays terrible and Clemson continues to slide and the conference is seen as weak. The whole country saw last year how much pull the ACC does not have as conference.
 
justafan said:
J Batt grievances:
- Moved a home COFH game to MBS. (Unforgivable.)
- No grass
- Two mediocre to bad major sports hires
- Added "Hyundai" to our stadium name for some short-term cash.
- J is not a name.

Has he improved our financial situation at all?
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You first and forth bullets make me want to answer your question with a 'yes'.
 
andrew said:
So then the question is, is it more likely that GT wins the ACC (which isn't that hard according to the quoted post) or that SC finishes the season top 3 in the SEC (which is much easier according to the quoted post)?

Personally I think GT has a better shot of winning the ACC or sneaking in as a potential second ACC bid than SC does of getting to top 3 in the SEC with Bama, U[sic]GA, Texas, et al as competition.
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Well, considering there is a push for South Carolina with a win over Clemson to finish in the Top 12, we’ll just have to see.

IF* there is chaos and SMU, Miami, Clemson lose tomorrow, that opens up another spot for a 3 loss South Carolina team. Add in Boise State playing Oregon State and then the MWC Championship game next week. Arizona State loss tomorrow or in the B12 Championship also ensures a non Top 12 finish. This opens up a “bye” for someone, and means the ACC, B12 only get 1 team in. Boise would then be the #12 seed.

One other upset that would shakeup the CFP….ND losing to USC. That would probably knock ND out of the CFP, meaning the sec/B1G would each get 4 teams.

If there’s anything we’ve learned from this season of CFB, chaos will happen.
 
justafan said:
J Batt grievances:
- Moved a home COFH game to MBS. (Unforgivable.)
- No grass
- Two mediocre to bad major sports hires
- Added "Hyundai" to our stadium name for some short-term cash.
- J is not a name.

Has he improved our financial situation at all?
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GT had no choice. The lack of understanding common sense nature of why moving the game a whole 2 miles for $1 million, in addition to adding a partnership with Hyundai made financial sense to the long-term success of GT football is what loses me. The facility upgrades + collective benefited from these moves.

Based on the numbers posted earlier this week, GT averaged less than 40k a game. So explain to me why financial decisions that benefit the health of the program were mistakes?

And the answer isn’t “Because we lose a home game or a name is on the field….” Give legitimate reasons. Reality is, GT has just as much of an opportunity to bring 40k to MBS vs the other team.
 
Bremstrahlung said:
Someday someone will grab the lightning from the bottle and unleash the sleeping giant of GT football. Set in the capital of the south. Surrounded by the best recruiting grounds. Loads of corporate money from lots of corporations. I thought the clown was onto something, but he was all sound and fury and no real bite. We should be among the very best funded programs in the country. The hottest ticket in Atlanta.
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I honestly wish I could be this delusional
 
justafan said:
J Batt grievances:
- Moved a home COFH game to MBS. (Unforgivable.)
- No grass
- Two mediocre to bad major sports hires
- Added "Hyundai" to our stadium name for some short-term cash.
- J is not a name.

Has he improved our financial situation at all?
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You ask if he improved the financial situation but dont realize you answered your own question when you listed the "unforgivable" move of the Uga game to MBS...ok, so your not serious
 
He will not be leaving for money if he goes. He will be successful wherever he is.

USCe is a very mature athletic department in that there is not really anything to build. They have all of the things that the other SEC schools have except for a winning football tradition. USCe could not win a football conference championship with Lou Holtz or Steve Spurrier, a full 90K+ stadium, and plenty of money. This is the type of job where you get stuck without much opportunity to distinguish yourself.

GT has a lot of opportunity for improvement in many ways and has been a more successful football school by a pretty wide margin historically. A return to historical norm at GT would be perceived as huge improvement by the larger world. If he is the AD that awakens the sleeping giant in Atlanta then he will be ever to do whatever he wants and name his price.
 
USCJacket said:
GT had no choice. The lack of understanding common sense nature of why moving the game a whole 2 miles for $1 million, in addition to adding a partnership with Hyundai made financial sense to the long-term success of GT football is what loses me. The facility upgrades + collective benefited from these moves.

Based on the numbers posted earlier this week, GT averaged less than 40k a game. So explain to me why financial decisions that benefit the health of the program were mistakes?

And the answer isn’t “Because we lose a home game or a name is on the field….” Give legitimate reasons. Reality is, GT has just as much of an opportunity to bring 40k to MBS vs the other team.
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I believe that figure is $10 million, not $1 million.
 
JTS said:
He will not be leaving for money if he goes. He will be successful wherever he is.

USCe is a very mature athletic department in that there is not really anything to build. They have all of the things that the other SEC schools have except for a winning football tradition. USCe could not win a football conference championship with Lou Holtz or Steve Spurrier, a full 90K+ stadium, and plenty of money. This is the type of job where you get stuck without much opportunity to distinguish yourself.

GT has a lot of opportunity for improvement in many ways and has been a more successful football school by a pretty wide margin historically. A return to historical norm at GT would be perceived as huge improvement by the larger world. If he is the AD that awakens the sleeping giant in Atlanta then he will be ever to do whatever he wants and name his price.
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Out of curiosity, did big schools try to scoop up Homer Rice after he did exactly that. I honestly don't know.
 
1982Jacket said:
I live in Realville.

I would LIKE for us to have a better football program. And maybe we are on the way to that. We certainly did in the 1990s. But this year . . . the past five years . . .

Grow up.
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I keep forgetting how dumb this guy truly is… if we had a healthy Haynes King, we’d be a 2-3 loss team. And we have probably the best recruiting class I’ve ever seen coming in next year.
 
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