ESPN sucks.
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you don't to prove damages w defamation per se. they are presumed.
examples of def per se: imputation of criminal offense
You're mixing up fault with damages, as is google's AI. You need damages (monetary loss) in order to recover anything in your lawsuit (and to convince a lawyer to bother with it).
Unless you want to pay a lawyer hundreds an hour just to get a declaratory judgement that you won, which would be stupid and a waste to taxpayer money.
Did ESPN say IU committed a crime, has a loathsome disease, is unable to be a college, or is a bad university? I don't watch the talking heads much, but dud they actually lie about us, or just say we shouldn't have been selected for the CFP?
That doesn't mean that it wasn't the closest of the 3.
We punted down 24 in the 4th and I started letting dogs out, locking down house, going to bed.
It never felt close and I would turn down the 3rd Best Loser trophy if there was one.
we actually had a chance to win at the end of the game unlike the other 3
not a big one for sure....but a chance
We had a chance to tie it up and send it to overtime, not win.we actually had a chance to win at the end of the game unlike the other 3
not a big one for sure....but a chance
The NFL takes strides to prevent unequal scheduling. Now if they had OOC games and some teams scheduled the Chiefs and Ravens while others played two college teams…..
Maybe, but your responses demonstrate you can’t understand what I’m saying, whether what I’m saying is stupid or not.
That’s not the point being made. Why be so obtuse?
It was an historic season and we belonged in the CFP.
And for the record, I’m not saying IU didn’t deserve to be in the playoffs. I’m just saying how I think playoff teams should be decided. I’m not saying they were undeserving based on how they ARE decided.
Part of the problem now is most fans think ND is crap and cant compete with top 5 teams. If ND beats or plays UGA close, a lot of people will shut up about IU.
I think historical bias is an issue that needs to be addressed. We're talking about the 2024 College Football Playoff, not the Lifetime Achievement CFB Playoff. We should evaluate what happened on the field in 2024. What Indiana and Alabama did in past seasons shouldn't have any influence on committee selections. You play the schedule that you have. And Indiana boatraced it's schedule. They were dominant. They had a top offense and a top defense in the country. No bad losses. Alabama had two bad losses relative to other Playoff teams. IU put up more of a fight in Columbus than Tennessee did, and Tennessee beat Alabama. Notre Dame's SoS was only slightly better than Indiana's and they lost to a MAC team. But no one questioned whether they should be in the Playoff field. Why? Because we are allowing historical bias to color our evaluation of teams.
The games have to matter. If you are Alabama or Ole Miss going 5-3 in a tough Conference is respectable. You are good football teams. Very good. But Indiana was a tie-breaker away from being in the B1G Championship. South Carolina and Missouri were also 9-3 and 5-3 in the SEC. Nobody is crying about them getting passed over by lowely Indiana and SMU. Why? Again I would argue that historical bias is a big factor. Lifetime achievement and recent success are being used as lazy tie-breakers rather than objective evaluation of what actually transpired on the football field.
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The games have to matter. If you are Alabama or Ole Miss going 5-3 in a tough Conference is respectable. You are good football teams. Very good. But Indiana was a tie-breaker away from being in the B1G Championship. South Carolina and Missouri were also 9-3 and 5-3 in the SEC. Nobody is crying about them getting passed over by lowely Indiana and SMU. Why? Again I would argue that historical bias is a big factor. Lifetime achievement and recent success are being used as lazy tie-breakers rather than objective evaluation of what actually transpired on the football field.
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Hey, Purdue played a bunch of teams that were better than them, why didn't they make the playoffs? Their SOS was through the roof!
You’re spiraling further and further away from posting responses which logically address my point (whether or not my point was stupid).
Your stupid point has been beaten to death. I see no need to keep kicking it. You can't breathe any more life into it, so you've resorted to personal insults. But I don't care about your opinion of me, so your insults are meaningless.
Hey, since you knew what would happen, link to the post where you predicted an 11-1 IU season where they miss the playoff due to a weak schedule.
If you’ll address my point instead of addressing some point you conjured up and then assigned to me then perhaps my point will evolve Maybe it will even devolve into mush.
