Other Sports: NCAA Thread v12

[Flybynite]

Get rid of 4 team playoff. Best two teams only.

If it expanded and If you can't take care of those games and you're the 'better team' then boo ****ing hoo. The Patriots were the 'better team' in 2007 as undefeated going into the Super Bowl and lost to the wild card Giants.

 

[Beef Invictus]

College athletes who take serious majors like engineering baffle me. How do they have time?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Uggghhhh yeah gimme that HB pass

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Brock Bowers is somehow two years away from being draft eligible.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Oh look, they can actually catch the ball.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That’s ball game. Michigan’s offense doesn’t have 28 points in them against this defense.

 

[SnS]

Cincy > Michigan.

 

[Hurricane28]

Public underdogs usually have fleas

 

[GKJ]

I thought this game would be closer with Michigan covering. Didn't think we'd get all those points from Georgia.

Albama/Cincinnati was about what I expected. Alabama being Alabama, and Cincinnati not doing worse than anyone else would have.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Georgia favored again. Vegas ain’t losing money on Bama twice.

 

[Hurricane28]

Probably will take Georgia again, but I think I can get a better number if I wait it out.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Get rid of 4 team playoff. Best two teams only.

Yes, yes, so much yes. Sorry Cap. The only value of the playoff is to allow two teams from the same conference to play each other for a NC as they’re the two best teams.

It’s likely going to be 8+ teams soon.

The sport frankly needs Saban to retire more than anything imo.

It’s going to be so so awful.

If it expanded and If you can't take care of those games and you're the 'better team' then boo ****ing hoo. The Patriots were the 'better team' in 2007 as undefeated going into the Super Bowl and lost to the wild card Giants.

They’re going to win those games. It’s a waste of time and it’s just bowl games that we already have repackaged and lowers the importance of the regular season. You’re tired of seeing Alabama in the playoff? What better way to make sure that doesn’t happen then adding more spots so if they have an even more off year they get in anyway and then spank teams on their way to another championship.

There aren’t nearly enough competitive teams in College Football for an expanded playoff. Historically these semifinal games have been AWFUL.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Georgia favored again. Vegas ain’t losing money on Bama twice.

Did they lose money on Bama the first time? I thought the general consensus and the line was begging people to take Georgia in a trap.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Really thought Michigan had a chance against Georgia. Thought their physically up front would give Georgia problems.

 

[flyershockey]

As a Georgia fan, I was pretty confident about this one once the annoyance of the SEC Championship game wore off. That was just a bad matchup for Michigan, especially for their offense. There's not a team in the country that's going to successfully bully ball Georgia's defense. They shut down the run, tackle well in the intermediate passing game, and get after the QB in a bunch of different ways. You have to beat them vertically like Alabama did a couple of weeks ago and Michigan did a couple of times last night. Michigan probably would have matched up better against Alabama.

 

[flyershockey]

They’re going to win those games. It’s a waste of time and it’s just bowl games that we already have repackaged and lowers the importance of the regular season. You’re tired of seeing Alabama in the playoff? What better way to make sure that doesn’t happen then adding more spots so if they have an even more off year they get in anyway and then spank teams on their way to another championship.

There aren’t nearly enough competitive teams in College Football for an expanded playoff. Historically these semifinal games have been AWFUL.

Yup, the last thing you want is Alabama getting second chances if you're tired of seeing them in every national championship. An 8 team format would all but guarantee that Bama, Georgia, and Ohio State would haven annual auto-bids at the start of the season. At least with a four team format, Bama either has to run the table in the regular season or win an SEC Championship to get in.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Michigan basically was Georgia light this year. Same strengths & weaknesses for the most part. Georgia just has a noticeable higher overall talent level.

 

[flyershockey]

I'm gonna guess there was a coverage bust somewhere there.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Why is the Fiesta Bowl on at 1 EST?

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I have no audio in the Penn State game.

 

[flyershockey]

Why is the Fiesta Bowl on at 1 EST?

And the Rose Bowl starts at 2 PM local time. I guess it was to be expected with one broadcaster in charge of everything.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Penn State’s DL actually playing really well with second & third stringers so far.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The punter actually could have laid a punt down still after he avoided the pass rush instead of heaving it to the EZ. The Arkansas player almost caught it too.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

When Kirk played at Ohio State his head coach wasn’t making multi-millions every year. ESPN & other media entities weren’t pumping billions of dollars into the college football industry. The players caught up on the fact that this is a major business. ESPN & other media companies play a big part in creating that.

It sucks from an entertainment standpoint no doubt but I can’t really fault players with something to potentially lose on the line. Another impact is the information we know now compared to back then on the injuries that football causes is different.

I think it’s fine on this one to have a middling take. That it sucks for college football but at the same I can’t really blame/fault the players.