The overly hostile also fit because Dary stole frenchy for a while. Plus the whole rival french speaking Caalnadian thing. Maybe thats not a thing though, i am not Canadian.
Rivera has been on the hot seat for the last couple years. Tons of sports pundits thought he was being fired last year. I'm not surprised he is gone based on the owners comments. I'm just surprised it's mid season.
Assuming they win out they will beat Oregon which is another top 25 team. Plus if they do play and beat Oregon that would be the 4th or 5th team they beat this year that has been on the top 25 this season.
I'm not sure BGs will clear it up. With 4x the population I think things will still be pretty bad. Also the alliance basically sits in their capital cities exacerbating the situation because they are largely carebears.
Uh the 49ers certainly didn't dominate the Seahawks.
I think right now the Ravens and 49ers are the best teams. The Ravens got absolutely dominated in the playoffs last year. Not sure if their Oline is that much better than last year or if these teams Dline/pass rush is that much worse.
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