Looks like I wont need to watch this Bama ND game much longer.
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Looks like I wont need to watch this Bama ND game much longer.
Yeah, as long as you are comfortable seeing all the highlight reel plays later.Quote:
Originally Posted by No_Skill
Ohio State up 28-14 late in 1st half over Clemson
35-14. Ohio St using TEs like NDSU.
Fields is leaving it all out there tonight.
Lawrence playing like he would rather be anywhere besides in this game. Terrible so far.
Clemson DBacks getting their asses shredded.
Looks like he’s playing for the #11 team.Quote:
Originally Posted by NDSUSR
And tOSU opens up the largest lead of the night 49-21 with another heroic throw by Fields
Everything about Clemson tonight seems a bit off.
Trey Sermon is a beast.
yea baby! didnt senator jim tressel pull something like that in the polls before michigan game and lloyd carr said "that was pretty slick" lmfao the good old days...happy for LJ SR that guy is the best!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bisonguy
Here is my thoughts on the day...for whatever low value they have.
Notre Dame today would have done just fine against Alabama 4 or 5 years ago. Did fine in the trenches all things considered. But...Alabama is dirty in the skill positions. Tough to deal with a good running game and that sort of passing game. Easy to Ian Book is a fine QB for a regular run of the mill P5 school, but the best thing that could happen for ND is for him to graduate. He's the guy who won't fuck up too much and get you to 10 wins but he ain't a playoff QB. They fixed all the LOS problems from past years it seems like but they gotta get better at skill positions. As it stands now, defenses don't gotta defend the whole field, they could have everyone in the box and it doesn't matter because the QB wasn't any good.
Bama's offense is terrifying. By the time ND remotely adjusted it was 21-7 and the offense in South Bend is not equipped to get behind. Ohio State has a good enough offense to get in a shootout with them.
Clemson looked an awful lot like they did in the first ND/Clemson game. Got themselves lit up at the LOS and thats hard to overcome. I dont think Ohio State is 21 points better than any of the playoff teams but this seems to be a playoff theme, one team is either much better or they come in hot. Poor T Law was getting hit a lot. Kudos to Ohio State on handling their business up front. Nice to see Clemson get dunked on a bit.
I still don't think they should have let Ohio State in. They sure seem to be among the best teams in the country but...6 games man. Still chaps my ass a bit. Should've let Cincy in.
Theme seems to be in the playoff you need to be able to score points and have at least a competent defense. Not a big fan of where college football is heading, but it is what it is. Not sure we'll be seeing many defensive 24-17 type games in the high profile games anymore.
Cincy losing sucked. I really wanted the g5 to have a valid argument. That loss will be mentioned for years to come.
Trey Sermon should have been the featured back all year at OSU. Master Teague is over rated and a terrible name for a human being.
Fields silenced a lot of critics tonight. OSU did in general. Bama still whoops that ass though.
For me an example of the dumbest thing in sports is how Georgia’s kicker making the longest field goal of his career now means that Cincy was rightfully left out of the CFP. Like if the GEORGIA kicker would’ve missed the field goal, analysts and fans would be crying right now about how Cincy should’ve been let into the playoff. It’s just stupid.
In all reality the thing that should be hurting the argument for expansion/inclusion of other teams in the playoff is the fact that these semifinal games usually seem to be borderline blowouts. The argument is “If Bama’s going to do that against #4, what are they going to do against #8?” I don’t agree with it, but it is what it is. Frustrating.
Yeah, in theory expansion should result in spreading out the 5 star recruits but the semi-final results really haven't helped out much. Honestly starting to think the playoff has hurt more than helped college football.Quote:
Originally Posted by NDSU92
In 2018, AL, Clemson, and Ohio State got like 50% of the top 100 recruits in America. If you expand it to 8 teams, I'm pretty sure that would spread out the talent a bit more which looks sorely needed.
Recruits are rated by who recruits them not recruited because of their high rating. Because of that the top teams will always have the highest rated recruits.Quote:
Originally Posted by ByeSonBusiness
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G5 schools usually best the P5 in these games because it's their Super Bowl and the P5 is let down not playing in a higher game. And they usually have players that opt out. And the isn't a huge gap between the top G5 schools and teams in the top 15 of P5. The biggest difference is depth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
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Right, but those guys aren't a top 100 recruit because they chose Alabama, or Ohio State, or Notre Dame. They are top 100 because everyone wants them (for whatever reason) and I'm assuming there is some scouting stuff that goes into it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by IndyBison
We saw Ole Miss a few years back shoot up to recruiting top 5 classes and...lo and behold, a couple years later they were pretty good.
Doesn’t change the fact that “yeah but Cincy lost to Georgia” is going to be invoked when a g5 team makes a run at the top 4 next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by IndyBison
Yet no one holds NDs 0-8 run in ny6 or cfp games against them.
XII is where ndsu belongs.
Bingo. Notre Dame isn’t P5 and they shouldn’t be treated as such. Fuckem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
Unfortunately, as long as the true believers keep lending their eyeballs to the process, Notre Dame will keep getting selected for games they're unqualified for.Quote:
Originally Posted by heffray
It is interesting ND consistently ranks in the top 10 in recruiting every year but has no 5 star recruits. In the past 8 years or so, their average recruiting ranking has been something like 10.5. They have the 6th best class this past year. No 5 stars.
They are also consistently outrecruited by Alabama, LSU, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and surprisingly Texas for example. Those programs all have 5 star recruits mixed in.
The Irish are the best of the next group after about 6 or 7 teams. You can't consistently recruit that well and not be good but you can't compete with the top 6 or 7 schools with 5 star recruits on their rosters being coached by guys who know how to use them. Texas has been exceptional for a long time. Incredible recruiting classes with either an issue with coaching or something. New coach next year so many they will have different outcomes to their seasons.
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ND has 5 star guys. They get fewer than other blue bloods... but lol... let's not go around fabricating things.Quote:
Originally Posted by td577
But yeah, I'm with you mostly.
Texas will keep being Texas lol, paying $25 million in a buyout to get a clone of the guy they are paying a buyout to. Nothing says Texas like doing that. Sark will be back on the sauce by year 2.
Who was better qualified this year to play against Alabama?Quote:
Originally Posted by bisonaudit
Who was better qualified to play Clemson in 2018?
I'll wait.
ND is perfectly fine. They are obviously a top ten program. They are basically Clemson pre-Watson right now.
Notre Dame doesn’t need people sticking up for them on this site... Besides, who cares? The whole system is fucked, and the only way to crown a legit FBS champ is to expand the playoff and give auto bids to conference champs and 1-3 at larges.Quote:
Originally Posted by ByeSonBusiness
Anecdotally, every other year, Notre Dame starts the year over rated and ends it unrated or still overrated. They are 0-8 in NY6 games. What more is there to know? They are not in a P5 conference so they shouldn’t be considered a blue blood and given the special considerations they are given.
Name them.Quote:
Originally Posted by ByeSonBusiness
They have exactly zero five star recruits on their roster with 1 in the upcoming recruiting class. Nothing fabricated here. Sorry.
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I'm thinking the committee might have gotten it right after everything played out. ND didn't look great but I didn't exactly see anything from TAMU that showed they would have done any better against bama. With hindsight maybe the play this year was to give Cincy a shot (even though they crapped the bed against Georgia).
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There weren't 2 obvious choices beyond Clemson and Alabama. And once Notre Dame calmed down it was a fairly competitive game. The final result this year would probably still be an Alabama championship but a 16-game playoff would have had some exciting games. Florida doesn't have their entire receiving corp opt out. Cincinnati and Coastal can possibly get a big upset in the first round.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldmantutters
16 BYU at 1 Alabama
15 Iowa at 2 Clemson
14 Northwestern at 3 Ohio State
13 North Carolina at 4 Notre Dame
12 Coastal Carolina at 5 Texas A&M
11 Indiana at 6 Oklahoma
10 Iowa State at 7 Florida
9 Georgia at 8 Cincinnati
I'd love to see Iowa State at Clemson and Coastal Carolina at Notre Dame in round 2. 3-16 could all be competitive teams.
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The thing I think people don’t think about is that injuries to important players and a costly turnover at the most crucial time could make for some exciting upsets. Never mind the regular unforeseen upset. Things happen and that’s what the CFBPlayoff is missing. Bring in a dark horse G5 or two and see what happens. The results may not change much but the excitement level would go up for sure.
Yep. There’s too much guessing as to who deserves to get in with the current system. You play the games because this shit can happen and does. The best stories coming out of every March Madness tourney is the Cinderella story. Would be no different for football, even if it’s less likely to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by 23Bison
I'm guessing there's one poster here that isn't going to like this week's SEC Short. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwi82bpJD3Q
Brilliant brilliant brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammersmith
I must say I actually enjoyed that. Well done.
Montana State Head Coach Jeff Choate one of top candidates for Boise State job.
https://www.montanasports.com/sports...oise-state-job
Boise State updateQuote:
Originally Posted by bruinbison
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Craig HaleyQuote:
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Quite the coaching hire update. Thumbs up
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B.J. Rains
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A private plane flew this morning from Boise to Bozeman, MT, where Montana State is (Jeff Choate).
That same plane is scheduled to fly directly this afternoon to Eugene, Oregon, where the University of Oregon is (Andy Avalos).
Interesting to say the least...
Craig Hailey’s article on possible next Montana State head coach, if Choate were to land the Boise State job.
Plus, other FCS assistants who could be future Head Coaches, including a Bison assistant.....
http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.as...ea&tm=&src=FCS
Knew who it was going to be before even clicking. He's a good one for sure. Though I think the BSU job would be Avalos' to turn down.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruinbison
Had to chuckle a bit at this line "The Big Sky, CAA and Missouri Valley conferences are the big three in the FCS, having produced the last 12 national champions" At least they are expanding it past the last nine now. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bruinbison
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...rong-question/
What if the committee tried to select the 4 teams most likely to be the top team, rather than the 4 best teams?