2018 College Football Thread - Page 18

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 04:26 PM

Bama hasn't played more than one good half in a game since LSU back on 11/3.

I'm not ready to panic yet but they are pushing the whole "flip the switch" thing toward it's limit I'm afraid.

Atocep · 12-01-2018, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

If this holds,

Clemson
ND
GA
ALA

?

Depending on how this one goes Alabama may be in trouble. Their strength of schedule doesn't really separate them from OU or OSU and with nothing really separating these teams you have a very difficult time justifying 2 teams from the same conference.

JPhillips · 12-01-2018, 04:29 PM

I thought you couldn't advance the ball on a fumble.

cuervo72 · 12-01-2018, 04:32 PM

538 drops Alabama to an 16% chance of getting in if they lose and OSU wins. In that scenario, ND/OSU/OU are all in the 60% range to get in. So...no idea.

cuervo72 · 12-01-2018, 04:39 PM

dola: I think it's probably academic anyway, I figure Bama comes back.

bob · 12-01-2018, 04:44 PM

Assuming Clemson wins, probably so.

Could kick start the drive to 8 teams with three conferences left out.

cuervo72 · 12-01-2018, 04:54 PM

Right, all that was assuming Clemson wins. In any event they have 1-loss UGA in and 1-loss OU/OSU over Bama.

bob · 12-01-2018, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cuervo72

538 drops Alabama to an 16% chance of getting in if they lose and OSU wins. In that scenario, ND/OSU/OU are all in the 60% range to get in. So...no idea.

I think 538 already came out and said their model doesn’t deal with ND/independents properly and they can’t really see a way that ND doesn’t make it.

PilotMan · 12-01-2018, 05:00 PM

The NDSU Bison roll 52-10 in their first playoff game against Montana St. (last week was a bye).

They move on to the quarterfinals next week against the 8 seed Colgate, who knocked of James Madison today. James Madison was the last team to beat the Bison in the playoffs, and in the dome, and they were the runner up last year in the finals.

bob · 12-01-2018, 05:25 PM

CBS sure does love their commercials

HerRealName · 12-01-2018, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by PilotMan

The NDSU Bison roll 52-10 in their first playoff game against Montana St. (last week was a bye).

They move on to the quarterfinals next week against the 8 seed Colgate, who knocked of James Madison today. James Madison was the last team to beat the Bison in the playoffs, and in the dome, and they were the runner up last year in the finals.

Your South Campus Stadium in Frisco is looking nice. They've added the Soccer Hall of Fame to the front of the stadium and have added other decorations as well. The green people will be pleased.

Butter · 12-01-2018, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

If this holds,

Clemson
ND
GA
ALA

?

Let's not count our chickens before they hatch

Lathum · 12-01-2018, 05:38 PM

Wife told me I can go to the rose bowl. Trying to figure out if it’s a trap.

bob · 12-01-2018, 05:54 PM

Who is more nervous - Alabama, Georgia, or Oklahoma fans?

Atocep · 12-01-2018, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bob

Who is more nervous - Alabama, Georgia, or Oklahoma fans?

Yes

cuervo72 · 12-01-2018, 06:23 PM

Or the game can go to quadruple overtime and the committee has to let them both in regardless of winner.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 06:24 PM

Murray thanks the University of Georgia for his Heisman Trophy

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 06:28 PM

Tiger High did Tiger High things #smdh

Atocep · 12-01-2018, 06:30 PM

What hell was that?

JPhillips · 12-01-2018, 06:30 PM

Georgia just gave away the game.

bhlloy · 12-01-2018, 06:31 PM

They deserve to be out of the playoffs just for how terrible that play call was

BYU 14 · 12-01-2018, 06:32 PM

4th and 11 and Bama is in punt safe and you still run the fake, stupid!

bhlloy · 12-01-2018, 06:35 PM

Bama was probably still coming back to win that game in OT or even still in regulation, but whoever made that call just absolutely let those kids down. What an utterly insane thing to do in that situation and with the way the game was going.

kingfc22 · 12-01-2018, 06:35 PM

Another 4th quarter meltdown for Georgia

NobodyHere · 12-01-2018, 06:38 PM

Get off your knees Georgia! You're blowing the game!

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 06:50 PM

Kirby Smart rips off his disguise to reveal that he's ... Paul Johnson

Butter · 12-01-2018, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Bama hasn't played more than one good half in a game since LSU back on 11/3.

I'm not ready to panic yet but they are pushing the whole "flip the switch" thing toward it's limit I'm afraid.

So how many SEC teams are you a fan of? Like 11?

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Butter

So how many SEC teams are you a fan of? Like 11?

Any of them that play UGAg.

The only two I have a positive rooting interest in are Tennessee (by marriage) and Ole Miss (by offspring). Everything else is entirely situational / matchup related.

edit to add: Except LSU (as previously noted). Then I pull for an inbound meteor.

CU Tiger · 12-01-2018, 07:04 PM

I was a HUGE fan of Bama tonight.

I think Clemson matches up well with Bama. But I don't want them with Saban having a month to prepare.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 07:05 PM

Note to CU Tiger: do NOT shit the bed over the next 4 hours or so.

Do NOT open that #$%#@$ door.

bob · 12-01-2018, 07:05 PM

So I assume we are set unless Clemson gets boat raced, right?

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 07:29 PM

Off hand, I can't come up with a coaching decision / play call in college football to rival Smart's blunder.

The NFL gives us not having Piscarcik kneel/handing off to Csonka as well as Seattle throwing the ball, but for college I'm struggling to find one to top that (didn't fake anyone out) fake punt.

Ben E Lou · 12-01-2018, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Off hand, I can't come up with a coaching decision / play call in college football to rival Smart's blunder.

The NFL gives us not having Piscarcik kneel/handing off to Csonka as well as Seattle throwing the ball, but for college I'm struggling to find one to top that (didn't fake anyone out) fake punt.

An ex-Tucker Tiger player posted that it was "Top Ten Worst Ever." When pressed, of course he couldn't come up with anything worse.

On the one hand, I was surprised and thrilled to be able to hang with 'em at all. I was expecting something like 24-7. But of course on the other, once you see that your team CAN play with them, the loss hurts.

It's absurd how young both of those offenses are.

Haven't verified this, but even if not 100% accurate in the details, the sentiment is correct.

Seriously, this is classic #GeorgiaSportsCurse

Last 3 years:
2016 - largest blown lead in Super Bowl history
2017 - largest blown lead in #CFBPlayoff history
Tonight - largest blown lead in #SECChampionship history
— Doctor Bonzo (@DoctorBonzo) December 2, 2018

JPhillips · 12-01-2018, 07:47 PM

What are those garbage uniforms Pitt is wearing?

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

An ex-Tucker Tiger player posted that it was "Top Ten Worst Ever." When pressed, of course he couldn't come up with anything worse.

I tried, I googled, I've pondered. So far I got nothing.

Other than the requisite "we've replaced Kirby Smart with Paul Johnson, let's see if anyone notices" joke, I haven't even been able to gloat properly. That was Reggie Ball dumb, but with a headset instead of a helmet.

henry296 · 12-01-2018, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

What are those garbage uniforms Pitt is wearing?

Those are there throwback uniforms from the 70s and 80s. Most people from that era want to go back to them full time. The darker blue started in the 90s.

henry296 · 12-01-2018, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPhillips

What are those garbage uniforms Pitt is wearing?

Those are there throwback uniforms from the 70s and 80s. Most people from that era want to go back to them full time. The darker blue started in the 90s.

JPhillips · 12-01-2018, 08:49 PM

Dwayne Haskins reminds me of Roethlesberger.

Warhammer · 12-01-2018, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CU Tiger

I was a HUGE fan of Bama tonight.

I think Clemson matches up well with Bama. But I don't want them with Saban having a month to prepare.

Word has it, the devil went down to Georgia tonight. Thought he found a soul, but realized he already had Saban’s.

JPhillips · 12-01-2018, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by henry296

Those are there throwback uniforms from the 70s and 80s. Most people from that era want to go back to them full time. The darker blue started in the 90s.

Yikes. I guess whatever floats your boat.

larrymcg421 · 12-01-2018, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I tried, I googled, I've pondered. So far I got nothing.

Other than the requisite "we've replaced Kirby Smart with Paul Johnson, let's see if anyone notices" joke, I haven't even been able to gloat properly. That was Reggie Ball dumb, but with a headset instead of a helmet.

Kevin Steele. Baylor vs UNLV.

cuervo72 · 12-01-2018, 08:55 PM

Garbage?? Those are fantastic.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Kevin Steele. Baylor vs UNLV.

For raw boneheadedness, that's a legit contender. But in the bigger picture, there was little on the line between two very bad football teams that day.

I think the stakes factor into the final stupidity score somehow.

Butter · 12-01-2018, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Any of them that play UGAg.

The only two I have a positive rooting interest in are Tennessee (by marriage) and Ole Miss (by offspring). Everything else is entirely situational / matchup related.

edit to add: Except LSU (as previously noted). Then I pull for an inbound meteor.

Yeah, I forgot about the pull against Georgia. That's fair

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Butter

Yeah, I forgot about the pull against Georgia. That's fair

Plus, I follow Random SEC Team X more closely due to having UT in the East and Ole Miss in the West. It's not like I get to take half the conference off in terms of awareness, trendings, etc.

Plus, I'm sitting in enemy HQ AND it's a 365 day a year topic statewide. (Sports talk call-ins about HS sophomores that might be recruited someday -- even during Super Bowl week or World Series or whatever -- are a long running joke in these parts)

I don't have to like someone to be conscious of bits & bobs about them. I can't stand the Pens but I know about their current season struggles. I loathe at least two high school rivalry opponents, but I'm probably better versed on their bits & pieces than half their hometown fans. That's just how I roll fandom wise.

edit: If I lived 3,000 miles west, I'd probably know Wazzu and ASU about the same way.

EagleFan · 12-01-2018, 10:01 PM

Why did they review the play to see if there were too many men on the field for Northwestern? It wasted time to determine if a penalty occurred which was never going to be accepted.

Ksyrup · 12-01-2018, 10:04 PM

Did you see them review a Texas INT on a play in which Texas got called for defensive holding? It didn't matter whether the INT was good or not, OU was taking the penalty. Some dumb ass refs out there...

Ksyrup · 12-01-2018, 10:05 PM

I really REALLY hate the college playoff. If they told us we could keep the BCS or get a 4 team playoff with a committee, I would have said "stick with the BCS." I can deal with screwy results based on numbers. People deciding who is "best" as a way to determine a champion sucks.

Atocep · 12-01-2018, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I really REALLY hate the college playoff. If they told us we could keep the BCS or get a 4 team playoff with a committee, I would have said "stick with the BCS." I can deal with screwy results based on numbers. People deciding who is "best" as a way to determine a champion sucks.

And expanding to 8 teams pushes college football closer and closer to being a 1 month sport like college basketball.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-01-2018, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I really REALLY hate the college playoff. If they told us we could keep the BCS or get a 4 team playoff with a committee, I would have said "stick with the BCS." I can deal with screwy results based on numbers. People deciding who is "best" as a way to determine a champion sucks.

Okay, I get that sentiment to a fair extent but ... humans were always 2/3rds of the BCS anyway.

And, look at last week (Colley still puts together a mock BCS every week) ... 5 of the 6 computer polls in use have the same top 4 as both the writers & the coaches poll (surely those are a reasonable comparison point for the current committee, humans:humans after all)

And the only outlier in the whole thing is Sagarin having ND at 7 replaced by Ohio State ... which, IIRC, would have been dumped by the BCS as a low outlier anyway.

My point is that, what tends to happen (and frequently gets overlooked) is that in the end the humans & the computers tend to come together quite neatly, especially once you use the fairly normal matter of tossing out high & low scores on the computers.

12-01-2018, 04:26 PM	#851
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Bama hasn't played more than one good half in a game since LSU back on 11/3. I'm not ready to panic yet but they are pushing the whole "flip the switch" thing toward it's limit I'm afraid. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-01-2018, 04:29 PM	#853
JPhillips General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	I thought you couldn't advance the ball on a fumble. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

12-01-2018, 04:32 PM	#854
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	538 drops Alabama to an 16% chance of getting in if they lose and OSU wins. In that scenario, ND/OSU/OU are all in the 60% range to get in. So...no idea. __________________ null

12-01-2018, 04:39 PM	#855
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	dola: I think it's probably academic anyway, I figure Bama comes back. __________________ null

12-01-2018, 04:54 PM	#857
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Right, all that was assuming Clemson wins. In any event they have 1-loss UGA in and 1-loss OU/OSU over Bama. __________________ null

12-01-2018, 04:44 PM	#856
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	Assuming Clemson wins, probably so. Could kick start the drive to 8 teams with three conferences left out.

12-01-2018, 05:00 PM	#859
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The NDSU Bison roll 52-10 in their first playoff game against Montana St. (last week was a bye). They move on to the quarterfinals next week against the 8 seed Colgate, who knocked of James Madison today. James Madison was the last team to beat the Bison in the playoffs, and in the dome, and they were the runner up last year in the finals. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

12-01-2018, 05:25 PM	#860
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	CBS sure does love their commercials

12-01-2018, 05:38 PM	#863
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Wife told me I can go to the rose bowl. Trying to figure out if it’s a trap.

12-01-2018, 05:54 PM	#864
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	Who is more nervous - Alabama, Georgia, or Oklahoma fans?

12-01-2018, 06:23 PM	#866
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Or the game can go to quadruple overtime and the committee has to let them both in regardless of winner. __________________ null

12-01-2018, 06:24 PM	#867
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Murray thanks the University of Georgia for his Heisman Trophy __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-01-2018, 06:28 PM	#868
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Tiger High did Tiger High things #smdh __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-01-2018, 06:30 PM	#869
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	What hell was that? Last edited by Atocep : 12-01-2018 at 06:30 PM.

12-01-2018, 06:30 PM	#870
JPhillips General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Georgia just gave away the game. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

12-01-2018, 06:31 PM	#871
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	They deserve to be out of the playoffs just for how terrible that play call was

12-01-2018, 06:32 PM	#872
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	4th and 11 and Bama is in punt safe and you still run the fake, stupid!

12-01-2018, 06:35 PM	#873
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Bama was probably still coming back to win that game in OT or even still in regulation, but whoever made that call just absolutely let those kids down. What an utterly insane thing to do in that situation and with the way the game was going.

12-01-2018, 06:35 PM	#874
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	Another 4th quarter meltdown for Georgia __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

12-01-2018, 06:38 PM	#875
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	Get off your knees Georgia! You're blowing the game! __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

12-01-2018, 06:50 PM	#876
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Kirby Smart rips off his disguise to reveal that he's ... Paul Johnson __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-01-2018, 07:04 PM	#879
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	I was a HUGE fan of Bama tonight. I think Clemson matches up well with Bama. But I don't want them with Saban having a month to prepare.

12-01-2018, 07:05 PM	#880
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Note to CU Tiger: do NOT shit the bed over the next 4 hours or so. Do NOT open that #$%#@$ door. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-01-2018, 07:05 PM	#881
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	So I assume we are set unless Clemson gets boat raced, right?

12-01-2018, 07:29 PM	#882
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Off hand, I can't come up with a coaching decision / play call in college football to rival Smart's blunder. The NFL gives us not having Piscarcik kneel/handing off to Csonka as well as Seattle throwing the ball, but for college I'm struggling to find one to top that (didn't fake anyone out) fake punt. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-01-2018, 07:47 PM	#884
JPhillips General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	What are those garbage uniforms Pitt is wearing? __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

12-01-2018, 08:49 PM	#888
JPhillips General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Dwayne Haskins reminds me of Roethlesberger. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

12-01-2018, 08:55 PM	#892
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Garbage?? Those are fantastic. __________________ null

12-01-2018, 10:01 PM	#896
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12-01-2018, 10:04 PM	#897
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Did you see them review a Texas INT on a play in which Texas got called for defensive holding? It didn't matter whether the INT was good or not, OU was taking the penalty. Some dumb ass refs out there... __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 12-01-2018 at 10:05 PM.

12-01-2018, 10:05 PM	#898
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I really REALLY hate the college playoff. If they told us we could keep the BCS or get a 4 team playoff with a committee, I would have said "stick with the BCS." I can deal with screwy results based on numbers. People deciding who is "best" as a way to determine a champion sucks. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 12-01-2018 at 10:07 PM.

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