Nate Fennelly

@jakeformayor Jake I won multiple arena opens and they’ve never responded to a single email I’ve ever sent them. About streaming, about early access, customer service. Not a single one. It’s inconceivable to me what I could have possibly done to deserve that.

I spent $2400 on Arena last year. I'm not giving them another dime until we see real change to customer service. Right now our disappointment is manageable. Throw a token at us while pushing more and more monetization. More Directs. That only changes when we stop paying. 1/X

@SethDavisHoops Doesn’t iowa have more money than Unc? You’d think in NIL era there wouldn’t be a point to leaving.

Does Iowa's success vault Ben McCollum to the top of North Carolina's wish list?

@JBRBracketology That’s kind of what I figured I was just surprised to see so few at the top when I was glancing at the rankings.

@Fennelly64 #1 conference usually has more to do with the bottom half of your league than top half. 14/16 SEC teams finished in the Top 64 of KenPom. That is really strong.

Fascinating storyline. But does it even make sense? The SEC Will Wade is joining in 2026 is so much harder to compete in than the SEC he left 4 years ago. Just using KenPom rankings: -From 2018-2022, the SEC was rated #4 (or worse) conference 4/5 seasons. -Meanwhile, 2025+2026 is the first time the SEC has been ranked the #1 conference back to back seasons since 2002+2003. For NC State, just a complete slap in the face to see Will Wade leave after one year. I would hate his guts if I were a State fan. He clearly never cared about the school nor program.

@googlemaps George Costanza is working for Google Maps I see.

Finally, you can ask Maps to “Find me a public toilet nearby where I don’t need to wait in line to buy something." Welcome to the future.

@Bigmilly_ This is basically exactly the point I’m making. Goal posts are constantly changing until it fits in to whatever you believe. Come up with a consistent metric we can actually use or you’re basically just shouting at the clouds.

@Fennelly64 No, it's because they didn't have any big wins in conf play. Texas beat 3 top 15 teams, including 2 playoff teams. If they had scheduled a cupcake instead of Ohio State, they would have been in the playoffs at 10-2. If ND had played Miami (Oh) instead of Miami, they'd be in.

The idea that teams aren't rewarded for having quality wins is the most asinine, dead-brained opinion one could conceivably have in this discussion.

@Bigmilly_ There were multiple 10 win teams that did not make the playoffs because they had weak schedules.

@Fennelly64 I'm of the opinion that as long as 10+ wins even if you have a weak schedule can possibly get you into the playoffs, then no need to risk playoff chances by scheduling tough ooc games.

@Bigmilly_ Okay so is it your opinion that all other performances should be considered null and void and we should only take into consideration 3/12 of their games?

@Fennelly64 Getting something for doing something that only one, or no, other program on that team's schedule was able to do. Texas had three such wins like that. Their "reward" for it was they got to be ranked above a couple teams that got to 10 wins beating a bunch of 5+ loss teams.

@Bigmilly_ “Reward” what does this mean to you? Explain what this means.

@Fennelly64 Texas also beat 10-2 OU, but there wasn't a reward for it prior to the final rankings.

@BobtheGump @AriWasserman Even though this isn’t true I will concede that this is an excellent counterpoint.

@Fennelly64 @AriWasserman Yes

@Bigmilly_ Correct as the picture illustrates, and vandy had 2 losses.

@Fennelly64 ...Texas beat Vanderbilt

@BobtheGump @AriWasserman No

@AriWasserman Teams are punished more for losing than getting credit for winning

@CFBNerds I don’t know how you could fix this issue without an objective metric to apply SOS to.

With an expanded playoff in its current structure, avoiding losses is clearly more valuable than playing a tough schedule. Plus, Bama just learned that an extremely tough schedule makes it far too hard to stay healthy and find rhythm as a team.

Nowhere does this article mention that Alabama is already *also* playing Oklahoma State. Alabama and Ohio State are two teams who have always scheduled well. Bama played 2 P4s out of conf last year. Bama not wanting to play 11 P4 teams (no one does that) isn’t a hill to die on.

@CWR4 @AriWasserman Please attribute a magnitude to this said “punishment” you believe is occurring.

Miami got to play in the national title game because it played in -- and won -- a premier noncon matchup. You may have forgotten that. It was six weeks ago.

@SamHunt_4 @CFBNerds @AriWasserman All 3 of these were 2 loss teams. Texas was ahead of all of them despite being awful in half of their games. I agree we should value schedule strength but without an objective metric there is no method for doing so.

@Fennelly64 @CFBNerds @AriWasserman But this is forward looking it isn’t just 2025 Texas it’s can a 3 loss team jump a 2 loss team from a P4 conference. Alabama is implying they don’t think so by considering canceling the game

@SamHunt_4 @CFBNerds @AriWasserman Yeah I’m saying Texas fans are lying to themselves - they were the rewarded for their schedule for being the highest rated 3 loss team. They weren’t able to surpass others because they were horrible against Florida, miss st, Kentucky, and Arkansas, they were properly rated.

@Fennelly64 @CFBNerds @AriWasserman Were you talking about Bama? I thought Texas. Either way, Alabama is surveying the landscape and considering whether avoiding losses is best. It may be best in order to get playoff appearances - but that’s bad for the sport imo.

@SamHunt_4 @CFBNerds @AriWasserman Sam. This was the OP “We should, what’s the point in playing it if we’re not gonna get rewarded for winning it and penalized if we lose it No point” I asked an extremely simple question. I’m how many 3 loss teams are ranked above them? I’m pointing out a logical contradiction

@Fennelly64 @CFBNerds @AriWasserman You’re ranking teams by the loss column. Which is kinda the whole argument going on here

@jhadas @CFBNerds @AriWasserman It is the point because people continue to lie and pretend they weren’t rewarded even though they were. In this singular instance they may have made the playoffs or may have lost to whoever they played week 1. But in future instances it won’t always be the case.

@Fennelly64 @CFBNerds @AriWasserman That's not the point. The point is if Texas had not scheduled Ohio State they would have been in playoff. Thus the notion that not scheduling tough out of conference games is the smart move, at least for upper echelon teams.

@CFBNerds @AriWasserman How does this address what I said? If Texas was not rewarded for their schedule who are the 3 loss teams they are ranked behind. If there are none why do you think that is?

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@CFBNerds @AriWasserman Which 3 loss teams were they ranked behind?

@AriWasserman Texas had 3 top-15 wins. They lost by 1 score in the opener to the #2 seed. They were ranked behind BYU and left out of the playoffs. They were behind a Notre Dame team who went 1-2 in their games against top 15 opponents. Loss mitigation or bust.