(10-27-2017 10:46 PM)the1sttransport Wrote:  

(10-27-2017 10:44 PM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  

(10-27-2017 07:23 PM)BIgCatonProwl Wrote:  Some of the post here speak to some of the smug arrogance that some fans of P5 teams have. Athletics is about competitiveness and proving it on the field every time you walk out on that field or court or what venue the sport is hosted in. Only sport that does not do this through a true playoff to show who is the superior team is Div 1 FB, every other sport be it HS or lower Div FB settle it on the field, not so Div 1. Mind numbing to me a large majority of the public, is willing to accept this fraud being perpetrated on them as legit, to determining a CFB, Div 1, NC.

LOL.

Your argument reminds me of a buddy's Dad who used to own a Corvette. He'd brag and boast about how it was "just as fast as a Ferrari". No one ever had the heart to tell the truth which was that EVEN IF its as "fast as a Ferrari", it ISN'T A FERRARI. At the end of the day, the guy driving the Ferrari will still be driving a Ferrari and the guy in the Vette will still be in a Chevy.

The Chevy is a perfectly decent car in it's own class, but it ain't a Ferrari. Same for football, the leftovers (or leftouts if you prefer) are the Chevys, the P5 are the Ferraris.

You're trying way too hard

Nah, just trying to get people to realize that rationalization is perhaps the second strongest human impulse.

Anytime someone makes the argument "well my (blank) is just as good as (something that's better)....." they're rationalizing.

Doesn't make them right, just an attempt to feel better about whatever they think is "as good as"....