The weekend that was at Message Board Geniuses – week 12 edition

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This weekend saw one team virtually eliminated from the playoff race while a rival that team beat convincingly keeps its playoff hopes alive with a big victory on the road. The message boards were lighting up all over the place. Let’s start out today’s trip in Louisville to check on the temperature of the Greater Anderson Cow College fan base.

Clemson wins a game, and it pisses off a portion of the fan base. I’m guessing Dabo isn’t going anywhere unless he decides to do it. I don’t see Clemson joining the coaching carousel fray voluntarily at this point in this season unless major donors force their hand. Clemson lost the game everywhere except on the scoreboard (the one place that matters).

The Tyler from Spartanburg segment of the fan base clearly believes that championships are their birthright. They forget that Dabo brought them that success (and expectation) and that there used to be a thing called Clemsoning.

I don’t care what Clemson does, but I am here to watch the fallout.

Let‘s move on to College Station to see the smoking crater that is the South Carolina football program following the biggest choke job you’re going to see.

Clemson lost the first game in program history when scoring 45 or more points a couple of weeks ago at home against the University of New Jersey at Durham. South Carolina says, “Hold my beer, Tiggers” by breaking a 286 game SEC winning streak since 2004 when leading by 27+. Ouch.

I’m here for the chaos in the Palmetto State. The only thing South Carolina has to play for is to ruin the remainder of Clemson’s season in Columbia.

Let’s move on to Tuscaloosa to check on the Bammers after their most recent loss to Oklahoma.

Bammers can’t decide if DeBoer is the genius that holds the key to success against Georgia or if he’s a bumbling fool from the West Coast who doesn’t get it. The Sooners get a blocked field goal, a pick 6 and 2 more turnovers while only generating 212 yards of offense themselves. Bama still controls their own destiny to get to Atlanta with a win at Jordan-Hare in the Iron Bowl. F-bum is going to be glorious on Monday with the Bammer whining and the Georgia gloating.

Let’s move on to Oxford as the Rebel fan base wants closure on Kiffin’s decision one way or another.

The Handbags are officially “there’s no place like home for the holidays” after Saturday’s loss to Ole Miss in Oxford (snicker). The majority of Rebel fans want Lane to stay in Oxford, and Lane said he loves Ole Miss after the game.

I still don’t think he wants to leave to take a higher pressure job in an inferior location (Baton Rouge or Hogtown). The media and the airplane watchers are going to be watching what happens over the next week as Ole Miss starts its preparation for the Egg Bowl.

Let’s end today’s trip in the Classic City after the Dawgs flex their muscles against Texas again.

Why can’t we bottle what we show against Texas to use against another opponent (cough, cough … Alabama … cough, cough)? After the Dawgs bowed up to force a field goal on the game’s first possession, the defense really allowed nothing except when put on a short field after the 3rd quarter interception.

Gunner Stockton > Arch Manning. I don’t think there’s much more to say than that.

On any remaining debate of Kirby vs. Sark, I’ll let a good follow on Dawg X who commented frequently at GTP summarize it for you:

While we’re on the topic of the win in Athens, let’s look in on the nerds’ take on Saturday night.

Talk about not being a ball-knower in this situation. I guess when it takes a last second field goal to beat a (checks notes) 1-win Boston College team, all you can do is to take a shot at your rival. Black Friday is coming, nerds. You’re going to get our best shot since we’re not likely to be in the SEC championship game. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

What did you see this weekend? Let us know in the comments.

42 thoughts on “The weekend that was at Message Board Geniuses – week 12 edition”

  1. Bama plays well above the mean when they face us.
    We play well above the mean when we face Texa$.
    Oklahoma plays well above the mean when they face Bama.
    And Texa$ beats Oklahoma.

    If these four teams were mid-tier, I’ll call that the Circle of Suck. Since they’re all very good to elite teams, we’ll need another term. Gonna workshop it.

    Also, did one of the Gumps refer to Bama as “AU” in that message board?

    Lastly, kudos for the “University of New Jersey at Durham” reference.

    • Yep. My bad for reading it before my first coffee.

      Once upon a time, many moons ago, there was a store in Chapel Hill that sold UNJD hats. I tried to find an image of one, but no luck. That was around the time that they were also selling shirts that said “Dook Sucketh” in the same gothic font that Duke uses. My roommate had one of those shirts.

  3. University of New Jersey huh? Which exit?

    Lane Kiffin is being vague. I imagine he is simultaneously reminding himself how good he has it in Oxford, and being a typical coach who thinks his genius can bring success in bigger name programs. Let’s see which side wins.

    Not so fast about us not being in the SECCG. A&M still has to play Texas. Personally I’d rather skip it.

    • HS, we won’t know about the SECCG until that Saturday after we play on Friday. This year resting for the SECCG is no excuse for not giving the Nerds of North Avenue our best shot.

      • I believe if A&M loses to Missouri this week, we would almost mathematically be certain to be in; I am pretty certain we would be:
        one of the top 2 teams in a 4-way pool with ATM, Bama and Ole Miss (assumes ATM goes 1-1 and Bama and Ole Miss win);
        the top team in a 3-way pool with Bama and Ole Miss (assumes everyone wins out);
        one of the top 2 teams in a 3-way pool with ATM and Bama (assumes ATM goes 1-1, Bama wins and Ole Miss loses the Egg Bowl); and
        one of the top 2 teams in a 3-way pool with ATM and Ole Miss (assumes ATM goes 1-1, Ole Miss wins and Bama loses).
        The “bad scenario” for us is ATM wins out, Ole Miss loses the Egg Bowl and Bama wins the Iron Bowl – that puts ATM as the first team in at 8-0, and us in a 2-way pool with Bama where they HTH knocks us out.

        • What you talkin’ ’bout Willis? TAMU already played Missouri. Only SEC game they have left is Texas. You saying if they lose to Texas?

          • WHOOPS, for some reason I think thought they were one of the teams with another conference game this week. I think the only way we (mathematically) don’t make the SEC Championship game is if ATM wins, Bama wins and Ole Miss loses.
            If Bama loses, we are in regardless of the other results.
            If ATM loses, we are in regardless of other results.
            If Ole Miss blows the Egg Bowl, we will need either (or both :)) ATM or Bama to lose….

          • I was trying to figure out a way to really make heads explode and get us and Ole Miss in for a rematch, but I’m not seeing that happening.

          • What happens if A&M loses, Bama wins, and Ole Miss win and we have a 4 way tie with 4 teams with 1 loss?

          • In a 4-way tie, the tiebreaker would be opponents’ records. That would knock ATM out first (they have played the dregs of the conference), and I am pretty confident that we and Bama have played stronger opponents than Ole Miss, so they would be second out….
            Only way Ole Miss can get in is to win the Egg Bowl and then have ATM and Bama lose – Bama would be out with 2 losses, leaving a three-way tie between us, ATM and OM to be broken via opponents’ records, which again means ATM is first out….

      • ee, I’m not advocating taking it easy in case we get in the SECCG. My point was more of: there are a lot of scenarios where we get in but I’d be a happier Hogbody if we win out and don’t get in

        • Amen. The Mouse has cheapened the SECC so that all it means is another tough game where you lose key players. Perfect scenario for us is the win out and sit home while Bama and Aggies beat each other up.

          • I’ve heard some talking heads claim that they only way Gunner can become a Heisman finalist is if he plays in the SECCG and has a “Heisman moment”.

            When did the Heisman voters start basing their vote on a few great plays instead of the body of work? They’re like a bunch of pre-teens that only know what they see in 15-second clips on TikTok.

          • Carolina, who do you think the Heisman voters are influenced by/seeking to influence??? You answered your own question….

  6. Love Kiffin & his quotes.
    Hope A&M and Bama win. We can skip the SEC Championship game & rest, get healthy for the CFP

    • Which brings up the question: Would it be better if Georgia missed the SEC Championship game? Is rest and rehab, not to mention avoiding injuries, by missing the SEC Championship game an advantage?

      • This is my hope. I have seen people online saying that it is too long of a break if we don’t play in SECCG and get a first round bye, and it would be better for us to play in the SECCG to stay sharp and not have such a long lull between games because the long lull seemed to make us flat last year. It would be over a month without playing a game. I would rather risk having a long break ruin our momentum and rhythm than risk losing players and dropping seeding spots in an SECCG loss.

        A similarly long break from games didn’t seem to hurt us in 2017, 2021, or 2022. Don’t see why it would hurt us this time around. I don’t think our playoff loss last year had anything to do with having had too much time off before playing ND.

  7. According to F-bomb and the ESPN “insiders”, Kiffin is gone; there are either going to be some pretty pissed off Ole Miss fans who have been led on by a grifter (say “Hi” to the Tennessee and USC and Raider fans!), or the MSM is going to have a lot of egg on their face!

    • I still don’t see him going anywhere until his son is wrapping up high school and picked a college. I’m surrounded by Ole Miss folks and do my best to tune out of their biased chats on this, but I just don’t see the same Lane who first came to coach at Oxford. I don’t know, he seems…happy?

      I told someone the other day I wouldn’t be shocked if he eventually works his way back west, somewhere like Southern Cal or UCLA. Everyone seems to think LSU and Gainesville are the only schools in the whole country worthy of coaching for.

      • I agree it is hard to see him leaving what he has built in Oxford to do a full re-build in BR or Gainesville, but he has done/been through some crazy coaching carousels….

  8. Tough talk from a tech nerd? Really? What until he finds out all those old Charles Atlas ads in the back of comic books were just for caffeine pills. The ER docs will explain it to him when he wakes up.

    Kiffen soaking up the attention but keeps texting Sexton on Sarks status.

  10. I love going on the Tex-ass message boards today and reading all the whiney delusional post by the T-sip fans. Here’s a sampling.

    Bevo_Blvd says:
    “With a little over a quarter to go, Georgia knew they were in trouble. Going for it on 4th and 2 at their own 36 with a 4 point lead says it all. Smart knew the Horns had all the momentum. Truly sucks how the score got away from really a dumb *** decision by Smart with the onside. If they didn’t recover and the Horns went on to win, might have been the dumbest decision in the history of CF.”

    Not to be outdone with stupidity, TallSarkNHandsome posted this little gem.
    You could smell the fear coming off of UGA after we scored and got it within 4. We had them right where we wanted them and when the moment came for us to strike them down we hesitated. Credit I guess to Kirby for being so scared to give Manning the ball back that he did something an 11 year old does on Madden.

    I have lived amongst them for >20 years now and never liked them. I never quite understood the level of animosity that TAMU and Oklahoma had towards them….. until now. Maybe it’s recency bias, but they are rapidly moving up the chart as the team I hate most. Not quite to Auburn and Florida level, but they are closing fast.

    • If ATM and Oklahoma hate us so much after we … beat each of them once in the past 15 years …. imagine how the Tech, Tennessee, Auburn and Florida fans must feel! Warms the soul on this mildly chilly November day!!!

      • When I was talking about the animosity of TAMU and OK it was towards TexAss. TAMU warned us before TexAss joined the SEC. They thought they would waltz in and dominate. Funny how it hasn’t quite worked out that way for them. The didn’t realize how much more difficult it is when you have more than 1 or 2 real games each season. They are used to being the big fish in a little pond. Now they are just a regular fish in the ocean with a lot of great whites prowling.

    • That dude really thinks that Kirby was quaking in his boots thinking of Arch getting the ball again? I mean, he could have legitimately said Kirby was afraid of Niblett and he would have been spot on. But no, he had to go with Arch after seeing how he had played up to that point. Wow. Just wow.

      That level of delusion makes Auburn fans look downright rational.

      • T-Sips and rational should never be used in the same sentence. They are amongst the most delusional and entitled fan base you will ever meet.

    • “Not quite to Auburn and Florida level, but they are closing fast.”

      Don’t you have more than two available slots for the Auburn and Florida Level hate? Burnt orange is still orange, dammit!

  11. Just another jealous nerd proving the answer to the old question..
    Q. What do Dawg fans and NATS fans have in common?
    A. Both are obsessed with UGA Football.

  12. I have no idea what will happen with Lane. His situation in Oxford is cushy from a fan expectation and personal lifestyle aspect, but either Baton Rouge or Hogtown would be a better location if he wants to win a Natty. If he doesn’t go somewhere I say it’s either because 1) he didn’t get a good enough offer, or 2) he knows he can’t run a program that demands consistent results so he will choose to stay in his nice cushy Oxford.

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