Dolfan in NYC Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Well, it's that time when we get those match-ups that could rattle the CFP line up to it's core... or more likely just confirm who's gonna be in. THE CARD~ FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP - #4 FSU vs. #15 Louisville FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP - #1 Georgia vs. #8 Alabama FOR THE PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP - #3 Oregon vs. #5 Washington FOR THE BIG CHAMPIONSHIP - #7 Texas vs. #19 Oklahoma State FOR THE REAL BIG CHAMPIONSHIP - #2 Michigan vs. #18 Iowa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Mountain West championship game matchup had to be determined by computer It will be Boise State at UNLV with San Jose St getting boned Quote The Rebels and Broncos finished tied with San José State at 6-2 in conference play. Because UNLV and Boise State did not play each other during the regular season, the three-way tie was broken by an average of four computer rankings: Anderson & Hester, Colley Matrix, Massey and Wolfe. UNLV and Boise State were the highest-ranked teams headed into the final week of the regular season, but after San José State beat UNLV 37-31 on Saturday, the possibility of the Spartans -- who won their final six games -- overtaking Boise State loomed. It wasn't enough. The Rebels will host the game because their average computer ranking is better than Boise State's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) Onward Scotsmen! The Alma Scots host SUNY Cortland at noon on Saturday for the first ever quarterfinal game in school history! Edited November 28, 2023 by Brian Fowler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Onward Scotsmen! The Alma Scots host SUNY Cortland at noon on Saturday for the first every quarterfinal game in school history! SUNY-Cortland, the almamater of CB Bucknor, Mick Foley, and former CIA Director George Tenet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 52 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: SUNY-Cortland, the almamater of CB Bucknor, Mick Foley, and former CIA Director George Tenet I never thought Foley would be my enemy, but for this one week... ONWARD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 So the new playoff ranking are out and for some reason they decided to make Georgia vs Alabama irrelevant by making Bama #8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, hammerva said: So the new playoff ranking are out and for some reason they decided to make Georgia vs Alabama irrelevant by making Bama #8 Bama probably gets in with the win though. Everyone seems convinced they'd jump Ohio State, the PAC-12 loser, obviously Georgia, and for some ungodly reason Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 What's old is now new again. Bobby Petrino to Arkansas (this time as OC) https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39000680/bobby-petrino-arkansas-offensive-coordinator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 9 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Bama probably gets in with the win though. Everyone seems convinced they'd jump Ohio State, the PAC-12 loser, obviously Georgia, and for some ungodly reason Texas. The only way I can see that happening is if Louisville beats Florida State (can happen) and Iowa beats Michigan which seems almost impossible barring a huge letdown. While the Texas controversy over Alabama is a serious one, the biggest one is trying to justify that an undefeated team in Florida State shouldn't be in the playoff just because they lost their starting QB. Even though they really haven't missed a beat I guess the main reason why I see this as irrelevant besides thinking Iowa has no chance of beating Michigan IMO is that I can't see Georgia dropping out of the top 4 from losing to Alabama. If you think losing to Alabama is that bad then it makes your argument that Alabama should be in even dumber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 2 hours ago, hammerva said: The only way I can see that happening is if Louisville beats Florida State (can happen) and Iowa beats Michigan which seems almost impossible barring a huge letdown. While the Texas controversy over Alabama is a serious one, the biggest one is trying to justify that an undefeated team in Florida State shouldn't be in the playoff just because they lost their starting QB. Even though they really haven't missed a beat I guess the main reason why I see this as irrelevant besides thinking Iowa has no chance of beating Michigan IMO is that I can't see Georgia dropping out of the top 4 from losing to Alabama. If you think losing to Alabama is that bad then it makes your argument that Alabama should be in even dumber. I'll believe the committee will leave out an undefeated P5 champion when I see it happen and not before. Normally I would agree that Georgia is unlikely to fall out, but we normally don't have 8 teams who still are viable for a spot, seven of whom can win a conference title. Ohio State just lost by six points on the road to then #3 now #2 in a game where they had the ball in plus territory with a chance to win in the final minute, and fell four spots. If there are three 13-0 and two 12-1 Power Five champions it's really really really damn hard to see an argument for a non-champion to get in this year. Especially because none of the four one loss teams suffered an egregious loss like Ohio State getting blown out by Purdue in 2018. Two of them lost on the road to top three teams and one at a neutral site to their biggest rival, and all three had the ball with a chance to win or force overtime in the final minute. The fourth is a bit worse, at home by ten, but it was still to a top ten team. I've seen a lot of people suggesting Georgia with a loss could go over Florida State, but I just don't see it.. 12-1 and no league title against 13-0 ACC champions. Of course, the teams could make this real easy for the committee as well if Georgia, Michigan, Washington, and Florida State all just win by comfortable margins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 The most watched game of the season all year, basically, had been Oregon's destruction of Colorado, with about ten million viewers. Saturday 19 million viewers tuned in to see Michigan and Ohio State, about two million more than last year, breaking their own records as the most watched regular season game of the past decade and most watched college game in Fox history. Fell a little shy of the 2011 Alabama-LSU #1-#2 matchup, which remains the most watched game since the 2006 Michigan-Ohio State #1-#2 game. Which is the most watched game since the 1993 Florida State-Notre Dame #1-#2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 The CW Network has announced itself as the exclusive broadcast home of the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl The more troubling thing is that the game will be called by Barstool personalities including Dave Portnoy Y'all have been warned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On one hand, I agree with the pundits that it's very hard to envision any scenario in which Iowa can beat Michigan Saturday On the other hand, when absolutely everybody is talking about your favorite team winning being inevitable, it just feels like they are setting you up to be crushed and I do not like it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 considering Iowa's offense, I'd say they're more capable of a pillow-smothering than a crushing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 I stan for Bo Nix the rest of the season as long as he remains in the Heisman/Title picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Chaos said: I stan for Bo Nix the rest of the season as long as he remains in the Heisman/Title picture! I feel like if he plays well and they win tonight, he definitely wins it, otherwise it's probably Daniels. Unless Penix goes for like 500 yards and 6 touchdowns tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Well Washington came to play. I don't think they much liked the idea they are 9.5 point underdogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Rumors of Bo Nix playing like his usual self in the biggest games may have been incorrect. Slow start but starting to cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 I still can't quite wrap my head around the fact that this will be a Big Ten game next year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 I guess they're called the Huskies because that's how all their fans sound after screaming about every last-minute victory they manage. I got no dog in the fight, so I'm hoping these dogs are the ones that win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Alma and Cortland knotted up at halftime 34-34. Defense optional in Scotland, USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Quinn Ewers has been cooking other than one bad interception and a couple missed throws, Texas is rolling and could be up by more. And if you’re watching, that late defensive substitution leading to a delay of game is a BS loophole and needs to be fixed in the off-season. Someone pointed out that technically, any time the offense substitutes, the defense could force a penalty or a timeout if the ref lets them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) I don’t even know what to expect out of my Seminoles later. The closest thing to an opinion that I could drum up is that it will be a blowout 1 way or the other. Us getting blown out needs no explanation. Us blowing them out might happen for the simple reason that our 3rd quarterback has ice for blood and wants to play like a mfer. He might just go crazy. Just winning the game by running the ball and tackling well is out. We don’t do that. I don’t know why we don’t do that but we don’t do that. Edited December 2, 2023 by BloodyChamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Longhorns took care of business, Brett Yormark got booed relentlessly and had to basically eat shit publicly handing Steve Sarkisian the championship trophy. Now time to go to Macy’s for some Christmas gawking and then the oldest continuously operating pub in Philly for some holiday libations. Let’s go Louisville!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Well, I'll have to settle for best season in school history and knowing that the QB is a sophomore and most of the o-line are sophomores and juniors and hope to see Alma press even further onward next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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