Mr. Conventional Wisdom, a voice of comfort in uncomfortable times

I gotta tell you — Tony Barnhart has outdone himself with his latest effort.  The header is perfection.

But the chef’s kiss is the subheader that follows.

If that isn’t quintessential Mr. Conventional Wisdom, I don’t know what is.

On that note, the man needs to call it a day.  He’s never going to top that.

When you’re losing Mr. Conventional Wisdom…

Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) lets us know the storyline everyone should be looking out for this college football season… pic.twitter.com/HC5RpZfWKW

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) June 29, 2023

Hey, Tony’s just asking.

Mr. Conventional Wisdom weighs in on the SEC’s scheduling punt.

About what you’d expect, natch.

One of the most important things Greg Sankey learned during the pandemic was not to make a decision until he had as much data as possible. The more we talked to ADs this week it became pretty clear that many of them didn't have enough data to make the call. Disappointed.

— Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) June 1, 2023

Dude, they had all the data they needed.  Mickey wasn’t ready to stroke a check for that ninth game, pure and simple.

“I want what is best for Georgia.”

I can’t figure it out, honestly.  Which of these is the Mr. Conventional Wisdom take for the Cocktail Party?

Smart knows that he has to recruit at the national championship level to keep pace with Alabama and Nick Saban. To Smart’s credit, he has certainly done that. He won the national championship last season and lost in overtime in 2017—to Alabama.

To be fair, I have to admit that if I was Kirby Smart, I would feel exactly the same away.

But I’m not Kirby Smart. I am just an old guy who cares about college football and is seeing tradition—the foundation on which college football is built–starting to fade away.

Or, is both sides-ing it the real Mr. Conventional Wisdom take?

3… 2… 1…

The definite answer on where they should play the Georgia-Florida game will be here momentarily.

Working on column on whether or not the Georgia-Florida (or Florida-Georgia) game should remain in Jacksonville when the current contract expires. Yes or no? And tell me why.

— Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) July 27, 2022

Mr. Conventional Wisdom and SEC Media Days

A tradition unlike any other…

Biggest non-story of the week? The conflict between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher. Yes it happened. It was also over by the Spring meetings in Destin. But the question will be asked.

— Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) July 18, 2022

Well, we know Greg Sankey would like it to be the biggest non-story of the week.  But I don’t think Barnhart carrying the league’s water is going to convince many media folks to go along.

If you’re wondering if Dan Mullen’s got problems…

Mr. Conventional Wisdom is here to help.

What we learned Week 11: There is something very, very wrong at Florida. That's obvious. The question is: Will Dan Mullen be the guy who fixes it?
Also: The debate about Georgia QB Stetson Bennett is over. Actually it's been over for a while. https://t.co/YwC8HQSoWK

— Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) November 15, 2021

Some of us figured it out before Week 11, but I guess Tony wanted to be really, really sure before he went out on that particular limb.

Mr. Conventional Wisdom’s take on Georgia’s 2021 season

… is everything you’d expect.  Literally.

“I think the Clemson game is huge, (because) if Georgia can find a way to beat Clemson, the schedule sets up really nicely for them,” Barnhardt said. “You’ve obviously got to play Florida in Jacksonville and you’ve got to go to Auburn, I understand that, but if you beat Clemson you’re in really great shape.

“If you lose to Clemson, then all of your margin for error is gone, and you’ve got to run the table and probably beat Alabama in Atlanta. So I think there’s a lot riding on the Clemson game.”

And to think information like this is just out there… for free.

Thursday morning buffet

Sample the wares, peeps.

• Graham is reporting that College Gameday will head to Charlotte for Georgia’s opener.  Really, it would have been a surprise had it been announced it was going elsewhere.
• I’m old enough to remember when UCF said they’d play a 2-for-1 with Florida over their dead body.
• The best play in football is… (h/t Josh)
• Brent Venables is making serious bank.
• Georgia is sending two players to next week’s SEC Media Days, JT Daniels and Jordan Davis.  What’s the over/under on the number of times Daniels gets asked why he didn’t start sooner last season?
• “Is it now or never for Georgia?”  Narrative, if you’ve lost Mr. Conventional Wisdom…
• Take this for what it’s worth, a post from someone attending a luncheon yesterday at which Coach Smart spoke about the team.
• Geoff Collins, the college football director of player personnel pioneer.

Mr. Conventional Wisdom on playoff expansion

Yes, Tony weighs in on one of college football’s most contentious topics du jour and the results are… well, what you’d expect.

To the idea of an eight or 12-team playoff, I write a sentence I thought I would never write:

Bring it on.

I’m sure it’s pure coincidence that’s what the people running the sport want.