NCAA 2024/25 - NCAA - Bowl Season

[aussiedude]

Saturday, December 21 @ 12PM
College Football Playoff First Round
#10 Indiana @ #7 Notre Dame
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Sunday, December 22 @ 4AM
College Football Playoff First Round
#11 SMU @ #6 Penn State
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Sunday, December 22 @ 8AM
College Football Playoff First Round
#12 Clemson @ #5 Texas
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Sunday, December 22 @ 12PM
College Football Playoff First Round
#9 Tennessee @ #8 Ohio State
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Wednesday, January 1 @ 11:30AM
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
#6 Penn St Vs #3 Boise State
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Thursday, January 2 @ 4AM
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
#5 Texas Vs #4 Arizona State
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Thursday, January 2 @ 9AM
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
#8 Ohio St Vs #1 Oregon
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Thursday, January 2 @ 12:45PM
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the AllState Sugar bowl
Caesars Stadium, New Orleans Louisiana
#7 Notre Dame Vs #2 Georgia
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Friday, January 10 @ 11:30AM
College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida
XXX Vs XXX
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Saturday, January 11 @11:30AM
College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
XXX Vs XXX
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Tuesday, January 21 @ 11:30AM
College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
XXX Vs XXX
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[aussiedude]

That will be overturned. Heck of a play but dont see it as an INT

 

[TRUMAN#1]

I'd say no interception.

A game of millimetres

 

[aussiedude]

I didnt see it as an INT. but i guess swings and roundabouts. both teams have copped bad calls, and will still cop more.

 

[TRUMAN#1]

5 minutes into 2nd quarter - Vols get first reception.

Over 250 yards offense for Ohio State.

Vols 20 yards, up until the first catch.

 

[aussiedude]

This is the best Ohio St have looked since that playoff game 2 years ago vs Georgia that they would of won if Harrison didnt get KOd

 

[aussiedude]

false start several players

Not quite the everyone but the center but still, You know refs love calling a false start on multiple players at once.

 

[AJ_2000]

Big close out to the half. Vols get points hereto close out the half and start with the ball in the 3rd they can close the game right up

 

[aussiedude]

 

[aussiedude]

big TD for the Vols. now they can make this a game if they open the 2nd half with another score

 

[aussiedude]

Not sure why Tennessee didnt have someone deep to try and return. kick was returnable

 

[aussiedude]

Smith is going to be a monster in a few years at the NFL level

 

[TRUMAN#1]

LOL what was that little shovel pass into a scrum of players? not playing well today.

 

[Dirty Bird]

What do you mean?

His arguement "debunking" that more games will matter..........

'no they dont, it just shifts to x vs y instead of a vs b as a or b now have a safety net below them to let them in'

So, how'd that safety net go for Alabama and Michigan?

Year 1 and his argument from 9 months ago already debunked.

 

[aussiedude]

 

[Dirty Bird]

Well how do expect the NFL playoffs to work? Just 8 Div winners where sometimes you get a team or two that can barely get to .500?

I'd rather a 8-9 team NFC South Champ (even if it is the Saints) who's the best of the group that played a similar schedule make it than a 15-2 NFC North side who got swept by a 17-0 NFC North Champ.

It isn't college football where there's massive gulfs in schedules within divisions/conferences (like we see with Indiana getting a cupcake schedule and making it over South Carolina who had a gauntlet) - That's why I've got no problem with at-large in the CFP schedules vary in CF. Though, I do wish they changed the setup to try and stop this shit happening.

But tell me with a straigth face that Green Bay deserve another shot at Detroit when Detroit's already proven they're better.

 

[aussiedude]

So Tennessee are going to be slaughtered by the media and should never even think about trying to compete again.
and given they were the lowest ranked loser and lost to the worst ranked team and it was the biggest margin of the weekend it must be 10x what SMU and Indiana got right?

That would only be fair.

 

[aussiedude]

I know it wont change but we have to do something about all the TV timeouts and extended ones. its as bad as the NBC games 3.5-4hrs a game

The NFL game kicked off 25mins after the Texas/Clemson game and finished early, its not like the NFL doesnt drag games out with commercial breaks for national games.

 

[gaskin]

Lol Tennessee. EAD mustard ****s.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

But tell me with a straigth face that Green Bay deserve another shot at Detroit when Detroit's already proven they're better.

In ‘99 Jags finished 14-2 both losses coming against Titans who finished 13-3. So Jags did not deserve another shot at the Titans? Btw Titans beat the Jags again in the playoffs

 

[Dirty Bird]

Oregon def Ohio State - Ohio State is inconsistent, they had their good game, now for their sloppy game
Georgia def Notre Dame - Injuries vs Choke, Injuries vs Choke. No matter how banged up Georgia are, Notre Dame will find a way to lose
Texas def Arizona State - It'll be a shootout. But Texas will get a few more stops than Arizona State
Boise State def Penn State - Sure, Boise State have some weaknesses. Lucky Penn State doesn't have the weapons to exploit it. Thank god they knocked off SMU, we match up badly vs them.

Texas def Oregon - IMHO - This is the national championship game. Whether it's Oregon or Ohio State, the winner of that game vs Texas wins it all. And I can't split it. Going Texas beacuse of a feeling.
Boise State def Georgia - Georgia has been flakey all year. Can beat everyone, can lose to everyone. Will they be able to stop the greatest ever RB? Who knows.

Texas def Boise State - Look, unless Arizona State flukes a run, the Oregon/Texas/Ohio State rep is winning it all unless Georgia gets injuries right AND everything clicks. Not even gonna waste my time explaining it. Boise State will have to play the game of their lives to even stick with Oregon again, but the mathcups vs Texas or Ohio State? Not even our best would get that unless they implode. (Though, Texas is known to do that....)

 

[juddy_Like]

His arguement "debunking" that more games will matter..........

'no they dont, it just shifts to x vs y instead of a vs b as a or b now have a safety net below them to let them in'

So, how'd that safety net go for Alabama and Michigan?

Year 1 and his argument from 9 months ago already debunked.

I still have no idea what point you are trying to make.

Michigan had no safety net last year as a loss vs Ohio state would of ended our season.

Bama only made the playoffs last year by being sec champs in a game Georgia was expected to win. Lose and they are out.

Same scenarios this year, Penn State losses they are out of the playoffs in a 4 team comp. Ditto for Texas. Winning or losing these games don’t matter as everyone’s in the playoffs.

Bama and Michigan shouldn’t even be a talking point this year as they are clearly not amongst the best… in their own conferences let alone playoffs.

 

[AJ_2000]

What makes things a little screwy is the actual rankings over the match ups with the conference champs all being seeded 1-4 like Texas / Clemson was a 3 v 16 in the rankings but 5 v 12 re-ranked. Creating a perceived easy and hard side of the bracket is another quirk.

Having all 4 teams comfortably blasted in the first round isn't a great start - double figures (Indiana nabbing 2 junk time TDs makes it look much closer than it was).

It does need to be given a few seasons before we over react and make changes though. Let's see how it plays out over time rather than making changes after 1 year.

Eyes will be on Boise and Arizona state in a few weeks, let's hope they punch above their weight.

 

[AJ_2000]

Some quality zingers

 

[Paul Kersey]

Some quality zingers

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Been getting worse and worse. Not at Swift levels but I’m certain no one ****ing cares.

 

[AJ_2000]

On the blowouts, 20/30 previous CFP games were double digit wins, And they were the BEST 4 teams in the country competing.