Masons Child

Bama just went for it on 4th on their own 36 that reeks of desperation.

LSU you barely beat Arkansas. They are not top 12.

USC has lost 1 game to a very good Utah team by 1 point yet is behind LSU who lost to Florida St who is not nearly the team Utah is. After this week, Ole Miss or Alabama should be exposed as not a top 20 team and LSU should drop because of it. They only so high because those wins are overrated. TN spanked them.

Nope. We want Ohio st Michigan Oregon USC Clemson Alabama Georgia TCU Tennessee UCLA. SEC may have 4 of the 12 teams at end of season but they don't have all 12. Not even close and by the way I would leave LSU and Alabama out of a top 12 if we had to pick right now. Bama could easily be undefeated that's true but they also could easily have 4 losses. LSU lost to Florida St. They not a top 20 team. Tennessee and Georgia only SEC schools have solidly in the top 12 currently. SEC seems to be the only conference you can have 3/4 off weeks and still be considered a top team. Other conferences are thus more exciting because a team in the ACC has no margin for error. You lose one game and you fall behind a two loss Alabama and 2 loss LSU. TCU loses to Texas a team that would've beat Alabama if Ewers doesn't get hurt and they will drop out of the top 12. And Texas won't even crack the top 15. Ole Miss beats Alabama, Bama will stay top 15 meanwhile Ole Miss will jump to like 5 or 6.

Alabama will not be better than the 4 teams in the playoff. That's a crazy statement. You are what your record says you are. They not better than TN. They not better than Georgia. They not better than Ohio st. It's okay to admit that they having a down year. That they more like 15 to 20 team than a top 5. They barely beat A and M and Texas. They could easily be a 4 loss unranked team. They lucky they won't have to get embarrassed by Georgia in the SEC championship.

Love that LSU went for the 2 point. I bet TN holds onto that 4 spot though and we still have 2 SEC teams in top 4. Georgia Ohio st Michigan TN.

Clemson is out. Bama too.

Bama only beat Texas cause they laid a dirty hit on Ewers. They barely beat A and M. I'm not sure Bama should be top 10.

SEC bias in full effect. Bama ahead of TCU???? Really??? When TN or GA loses this weekend, do we still end up with 2 SEC schools in top 4?

We had abear doing Wednesday's nights at so many roads all summer. We made it when we could often bringing the little one. Only like 20 people showed up. It blew my mind. Guy is talented and the young guy on keys they had was good too. I was absolutely shocked no one showed up.

We should make quite a bit of those but too far off to really say. Definitely Colorado.

It's looks like Phil's Friends got goosified.

I should give TCU more love.

We planning Chicago St. Louis penns and Huntington. We may be able to pull Harrisburg off as well.

Clemson pac 12 champion Winner of Georgia Tennessee. The winner will beat Bama in the title game or they out. Ohio St If any conference gets two it should be Michigan and Ohio St. That would leave the pac 12 champion out. I wouldn't be shocked if LSU takes down Bama.

No way SEC gets two teams this year. Bama will lose again. They barely beat A and M and Texas.

USC is likely out of the playoff picture.

Tennessee gets it done. They for real. Bama not so much. Love watching Saban lose.

Well Bama dropped to 3. Georgia back to one. Ohio St getting some respect. USC dropped a spot. That confuses me. Clemson jumped Michigan to 4. Given their schedule I might have them ahead of Alabama right now. Wins over number 10 and 21. Bama has one ranked win and several narrow escapes including this week to A and M. They don't hurt the Texas QB they probably lose that one. Ewers can toss the rock. Don't get me wrong Alabama has games coming up where they push themselves back up to number 1. Tennessee is benefiting from SEC bias. They have beat some rank teams but all of those teams have proven a bit suspect. Tennessee still has Alabama and Georgia remaining we shall see how good they are after those games. They need to win at least one or their ranked too high.

Looks like Kentucky may have been a little overrated and I don't see how Alabama can hold on to number one ranking after this week but Saban like a the little weasel he is escaped another one. Ohio State Clemson USC deserve some more respect.

Kentucky goes down.

We missed you Jeff. We also understand. This festival turned into the Stu Allen celebration. And he was a great fill in in a pinch. The California heads love it for sure. Stu is there guy. I enjoyed it but I have to admit something was lacking for me. Stu has such a pretty voice and plays well. But doesn't come close to what I feel from Jeff. Vocally Jeff isn't as pretty. But the emotion for me is much stronger. I feel it. I feel he lived it. It's not just for show or money. We used to play for money now we play for life. These songs are his life. The movement that is the Grateful Dead. The most loving movement since Jesus and Christianity is in his blood. Is not for for show is not for money. Is out of love. I can't express how much this festival made me appreciate Jeff even more. I once openly expressed that I wanted DSO to pick stu Allen as the guitar player after shows in Solana beach. His voice is beautiful it's majestic and mesmerizing. I even expressed this opinion on the forums after I knew the band had made their decision on Jeff. It created strife between me and one of the bandmates in DSO among other things. Hearing stu sing some songs created some cynical feelings on me I care not express here. I can't truly say how he feels or what's going on in his heart or mind. But I can truly state that I know Jeff knows about the planted flag and understands the loss of war. That Jeff truly knows about August West. That Jeff truly knows about the pains of addiction, loss and death. I feel it in his voice in his expression. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate Stu and hope to see him play music again and connect with him more but I value my connection to Jeff and his expression on the same level I appreciate jk and jk is the biggest factor in why I live the life I do. He connected me to this music and fostered my connection to Jerry. And no one has impacted my life more than Jerry Garcia other than my mom my dad Whitney Tophlynn and Delilah. I'm binging October 89 right now. Gonna drop big on Monday night. I'm off work Monday Tuesday. They drop the shakedown at the spectrum. Love it. There must be some way out of here.

I will say more later. What a an emotional and incredible journey. The history. My own personal loss. The music. Such an incredible time. I have to say that the recreation was magic BUT Europe needs DSO 2022. We need to go back with the freedom to do our own thing. To recreate. To create. They need Europe 72 material but they also need Terrapin. Help slip frank. So many Roads. I will take my family back with or without DSO to some of these cities but they need DSO to bring the true Grateful Dead experience. I think us Americans showed we will come if you play. I don't know for sure how ticket sales were but I know that many from the states did the whole ride and several that live in Europe. My mom is now in Terrapin. Europe deserves it too. I love you DSO. And I love the GD. I'm on a GD binge right now. It's the only thing keeping me from truly losing it and breaking down. I shed tears every day and I'm not sure when that's gonna stop. I know I need my next show as much as I ever needed it. And I know help is on the way and we will crawl climb fall fight our way to Terrapin. The train has put its breaks on. Special thanks to Rob B. Love you brother. I'll never forget this trip.

Lisa was here in Europe. She also caught the tour flu and had to sit some nights out. We hope your feeling better Lisa. I agree that as much as I like Europe 72 it would have been awesome to hear an elective or two but contractually I don't think that was an option. This was sold as the 50th anniversary of Euro 72. If they play a 72 on the next tour and I'm there, I may just have to walk out haha. I don't think I could really do that but you have to understand the sentiment. We will see you at several stops in November.

Milan a tough town during fashion week. Couldn't get a cab from hotel to venue had to walk damn near 2 miles and arrived late. Couldn't get a cab after the show so we rented motorized bikes and rose home. It's all part of the European adventure.