College Football Thread v6.0

[LJ]

Alabama would have lost by 20 at Minnesota this past weekend.

 

As Urban Meyer said

"Coach, what do you have to say to the critics about this not being a blowout win?"

 

Meyer" I dare any of those teams to schedule a game up here in November"

[LJ]

When someone talks more about the opponent than thier own team you have to wonder from what insecurity does this constant blabbering come?

 

Maybe he's scared he's wrong? Maybe Alabama has some flaws that would be exposed in 28 degrees and snow? Maybe the chance that his one happiness in life could let him down is causing him to lash out in the ways of a infant in need of milk?

 

CR, you decide...

 

He doesn't have "His own team". His wife is a bama fan and he latched. She probably knows more about football than he does.

[Lauren]

Let's just wait and see what Condoleeza Rice thinks about the snow game

 

I'm not putting OSU down. I simply said they need blow out wins to jump the big 12 schools. They didn't do that Saturday. Now you all can blame the weather but I can't blame the weather lol wat? And then you digress to start talking fantasy football and Bama doesn't play in snow. Lol. Yeah ok. Take your rose colored glasses off

[LJ]

Let's just wait and see what Condoleeza Rice thinks about the snow game

 

I'm not putting OSU down. I simply said they need blow out wins to jump the big 12 schools. They didn't do that Saturday. Now you all can blame the weather but I can't blame the weather lol wat? And then you digress to start talking fantasy football and Bama doesn't play in snow. Lol. Yeah ok. Take your rose colored glasses off

 

You don't make any sense....

 

Cold weather and snow are going to make any game sloppy. OSU Never trailed and the outcome was never really in doubt (except for maybe fools like you).

 

I can't find any game that Alabama has played in the snow since 1950, so no, Alabama doesn't play in the snow. That is a 100% fact.

 

Fantasy football? Sorry, I don't play it.

 

My glasses are clear. You just have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

 

And I agree, for the committee OSU needed a blowout, but in that weather, it just was not going to happen.

[Lauren]

 

And I agree, for the committee OSU needed a blowout.

 

Glad we can agree to my original statement. That's all it boiled down to.

[Dr. Pomade]

Glad we can agree to my original statement. That's all it boiled down to.

 

As a Buckeyes' fan, I hope the committee takes the weather into consideration when determining the merits of Ohio State performance.

 

As someone knowledgeable about college football, I would think that any rational person on a committee that determines the merits of a team's performance would take the weather and conditions of the game into consideration when making an assessment of the team's performance.

 

While a blowout by Ohio State was "needed," any rational observer would conclude that the weather of the game in Minnesota reliably prevented any blowout from occurring. Thus, while a blowout was "needed," it could be concluded that a blowout was not possible.

 

Ironically, I've noticed that you've chided others for wearing Ohio State-tinged glasses, but the way you keep talking about how weather doesn't matter makes me think you're the one wearing blinders.

 

PS - I know a lot what you do is just to troll (and I'm fine with that, BTW), but I'm offering this latest post with the assumption that we're having a logical discussion about this stuff.

[Orion]

I'm offering this latest post with the assumption that we're having a logical discussion about this stuff.

 

Bro, do you even ColumbusRacing?

[Zx2guy19]

You guys are buying into this troll...clearly he is trying to get a rise out of us, and it's working.

 

On another note, top 8 predictions for tomorrow?

 

I think:

 

1) Oregon

2) Alabama

3) FSU

4) Miss St.

5) TCU

6) Ohio State

7) Baylor

8) Ole Miss

 

I think Wisconsin will jump to 14.

[Dr. Pomade]

Bro, do you even ColumbusRacing?

 

[Dr. Pomade]

You guys are buying into this troll...clearly he is trying to get a rise out of us, and it's working.

 

On another note, top 8 predictions for tomorrow?

 

I think:

 

1) Oregon

2) Alabama

3) FSU

4) Miss St.

5) TCU

6) Ohio State

7) Baylor

8) Ole Miss

 

I think Wisconsin will jump to 14.

 

Seems reasonable to me. Though, I'm not sure how I feel about Oregon inheriting the top spot with a bye. I'm convinced that Miss State gets parked in front of Ohio State, though.

[sol740]

We had the chances to cover, and put the game away with enough style points to make an impression, we just put the ball on the ground a couple times and paid the price. Did the weather affect that? Maybe, we've certainly had issues with ball handles recently, whether or not there is weather ... or not.

 

I still think if we win out, and win the B1G we sneak into the playoff. To be honest the sound of a playoff with these names involved in no particular order:

 

Florida State

Alabama

Oregon

Ohio State

 

Kind of gives me a strange football erection, and that for an inaugural playoff you almost couldn't hand pick a better sounding line-up. Here's hoping.

[Dr. Pomade]

We had the chances to cover, and put the game away with enough style points to make an impression, we just put the ball on the ground a couple times and paid the price. Did the weather affect that? Maybe, we've certainly had issues with ball handles recently, whether or not there is weather ... or not.

 

I still think if we win out, and win the B1G we sneak into the playoff. To be honest the sound of a playoff with these names involved in no particular order:

 

Florida State

Alabama

Oregon

Ohio State

 

Kind of gives me a strange football erection, and that for an inaugural playoff you almost couldn't hand pick a better sounding line-up. Here's hoping.

 

I agree with all of this. I was just saying yesterday that those 4 teams in the first playoff would be a dream scenario for the stakeholders.

[DKilbourne]

So, SEC homers, here are a few thoughts. LSU lost 17-0 to a team that hadn't won an SEC game in 2 years. Is that a "quality" team? Fraudburn got exposed, AGAIN, by Georgia who got smoked by two really bad SEC teams. Bama did what we all expected and took care of the other MSU. PS, Gurley tore his ACL against the Frauds.

A&M lost to Mizzou, who lost to FUCKING Indiana! How good are the "other" teams in the SEC? I'd say not so good this year.

What happens if Bama wins out and loses to Georgia in Atlanta?

[Orion]

So, SEC homers, here are a few thoughts. LSU lost 17-0 to a team that hadn't won an SEC game in 2 years. Is that a "quality" team? Fraudburn got exposed, AGAIN, by Georgia who got smoked by two really bad SEC teams. Bama did what we all expected and took care of the other MSU. PS, Gurley tore his ACL against the Frauds.

A&M lost to Mizzou, who lost to FUCKING Indiana! How good are the "other" teams in the SEC? I'd say not so good this year.

What happens if Bama wins out and loses to Georgia in Atlanta?

 

Careful making all those connections; Wisconsin lost to that same "turrble" LSU team on opening weekend.

[Dr. Pomade]

What happens if Bama wins out and loses to Georgia in Atlanta?

 

Then we'd have a nightmare scenario in which three SEC teams would be in a position to make the playoffs: Alabama, Miss State (if they beat Ole Miss), and Georgia.

 

Georgia has already started that climb. They'll be back in the top 10 in the rankings (even though they don't belong anywhere close to there). By the time they take care of Georgia Tech (OMG ANOTHER RANKED TEAM!), then Georgia will be nestled right around #7 or so. Alabama will continue to dominate, smoking Auburn (OMG LOOK THEY JUST KILLED ANOTHER SEC TEAM FLAWLESS FATALITY!), so if Georgia and Alabama meet, you'll have the classic "these are just really two good teams battling it out" argument for the SEC title game. Georgia beats them in CG game, but because we've been sucking off Alabama for the past month, they'll stick around at #4, Georgia gets vaulted up, and meanwhile stupid fucking Miss State will be hanging around because in the interim they've managed to beat Vanderbilt (read: Groveport Madison) and what we now know is a highly overrated Ole Miss team in the Egg Bowl. Doomsday Scenario Achievement Unlocked.

[airwg2189]

Can someone explain to me why TCU is still ahead of Baylor in every poll? They (Baylor) are hands down the single most disrespected team in the country this year.

 

Anyway, Buckeye fans should be cheering hard for Wisconsin, we really need them to be a top 10 team before the B1GCG. And if Bama could lose to Auburn, and then if Georgia could beat Mississippi State in the SECCG, that'd be great. Bama winning made 2 SEC teams in the playoff a very real possibility. Or hell, if FSU could just get knocked off, that'd work too. I don't think a one-loss FSU makes the playoff with how lackluster they've looked all year long. Of course, they could be the nation's biggest trolls.

 

EDIT: Tilley's theory could happen too. Literally hell.

[sol740]

I agree with all of this. I was just saying yesterday that those 4 teams in the first playoff would be a dream scenario for the stakeholders.

 

SBnation has projected the same results with it looking like this.

 

College Football Playoff

 

Rose No. 2 Oregon No. 3 Florida State 1/1/2015 Pasadena, CA

Sugar No. 1 Alabama No. 4 Ohio State 1/1/2015 New Orleans, LA

 

ESPN's power-rankings look similar. Of course they can't stop knob-slobbing the SEC so they have MSU at 4, OSU at 5.

[sol740]

. Doomsday Scenario Achievement Unlocked.

 

The only positive in this scenario is the backlash that would occur would likely implode the 4 team playoff, and open the door to an immediately implemented 8 team. Of course then the issue would be if the SEC only gets 6 or 7 playoff spots.

[o0n8]

Georgia will lose to Georgia Tech. Don't forget to add that into the clusterfuck that is the SEC this year.

 

I think it was mentioned that like Baylor, Miss St. does not have an impressive out of conference schedule and add the weakest cross over matches. The committee might, might drop them lower for that.

[BStowers023]

So you are blaming your teams sub par win over a mediocre team on the weather?

 

My original comment holds true. OSU needs to dominate every team they play, blow outs, to get the eyes of the voting to jump in the top 4. Beating a team who has been ranked for the first time all season at #25 by one touchdown isn't helping the Buckeyes chances.

 

I agree excuses by OSU fans

 

What was the score of the Alabama/LSU game at the end of regulation? How bad did they dismantle Arkansas? What about Tennessee? What powerhouse does Alabama play this week?

 

 

I'll patiently wait for your excuses...

[jeffro]

Am i the only one who thinks JTB wont be able to handle the pressure of a national championship game?

[Lauren]

So what's everyone's projections for the playoffs?

 

Here's how I see the top 4 teams

Florida state

Alabama

Oregon

TCU/OSU (not sure if OSU can get enough love to jump TCU)

 

Would love to see Bama vs OSU in playoff

Florida state vs Oregon.

 

Then watch Bama and Oregon play for the title

 

What's your scenario? (Btw this is assuming Bama beats Miss st next week)

 

SBnation has projected the same results with it looking like this.

 

College Football Playoff

 

Rose No. 2 Oregon No. 3 Florida State 1/1/2015 Pasadena, CA

Sugar No. 1 Alabama No. 4 Ohio State 1/1/2015 New Orleans, LA

 

ESPN's power-rankings look similar. Of course they can't stop knob-slobbing the SEC so they have MSU at 4, OSU at 5.

 

I projected that in the beginning of November. I gave OSU some love. My posts about blowing out teams regardless of weather is the only way OSU jumps tcu unless tcu loses and Baylor loses as well.

 

I have trolled in this thread. But I'm being serious now.

[Dr. Pomade]

Can someone explain to me why TCU is still ahead of Baylor in every poll? They (Baylor) are hands down the single most disrespected team in the country this year.

 

Anyway, Buckeye fans should be cheering hard for Wisconsin, we really need them to be a top 10 team before the B1GCG. And if Bama could lose to Auburn, and then if Georgia could beat Mississippi State in the SECCG, that'd be great. Bama winning made 2 SEC teams in the playoff a very real possibility. Or hell, if FSU could just get knocked off, that'd work too. I don't think a one-loss FSU makes the playoff with how lackluster they've looked all year long. Of course, they could be the nation's biggest trolls.

 

EDIT: Tilley's theory could happen too. Literally hell.

 

LOL, I'm right there with you: Florida State has become Troll State University. Everyone not living in Tallahassee hates them. They fuck around, flop around early in games, look retarded, then manage to pull out a victory. Then Jameis goes full heel and shushes everyone, giving apparently zero point zero fucks that he's in the limelight and the reigning Heisman winner. Jameis makes Johnny Manziel look like Barry Sanders in terms of douchebaggery.

 

As for Baylor getting disrespected, yeah, if I'm them I'm beyond pissed. However, what I think the committee is doing is biding their time hoping that TCU helps them out and loses before the final week. If they do, great, no more controversy. If, however, TCU manages to not lose, and Baylor remains undefeated, then I don't think it would be that dramatic to put Baylor over TCU in the final rankings. TCU would of course cry foul - "But we were ranked higher for X many weeks and didn't lose!" - but the committee would have finality on their side. They could offer this rationale:

 

"We wanted to see the season play out. We felt that for several weeks TCU was playing better than Baylor, and thus ranked them accordingly. However, as the season played on, Baylor closed that gap (see TCU's lackluster performance at Kansas as an example). At the season's end, we had two teams that were pretty much even across the board in how they were playing, etc. So, we had to move on to other criteria to determine their ranking, and that's when the head-to-head matchup factored in. Since Baylor won head-to-head, and all other things ended up being pretty much equal, we had to give Baylor the nod in the rankings."

[Dr. Pomade]

What powerhouse does Alabama play this week?

 

The Birmingham School of the Blind

[Dr. Pomade]

Am i the only one who thinks JTB wont be able to handle the pressure of a national championship game?

 

Nope, I think he'll do fine. Yeah, he was rattled during the VT game. But Tom Brady would have been too given how porous our line was that game. The Penn State game was pressured packed, not to mention the Michigan State game. Hell, the Minnesota game had upset written all over it, and all he did was go out and break a bunch of records.

 

No, I am just fine with him being my QB going into a big game.