Official 2024 College Football Thread

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I swear sometimes I would rather have just a terrible season rather then whatever this is.

Try watching a Neal Brown coached team for the past 6 years.

[GrantDawg]

I don't think Haynes King will be NFL quarterback, but that kid is going to be a hell of a coach one day. They will have an assistant wheel barrow his balls into the stadium every week.

[sovereignstar v2]

C'mon Georgia Institute of Technology!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I don't think Haynes King will be NFL quarterback, but that kid is going to be a hell of a coach one day. They will have an assistant wheel barrow his balls into the stadium every week.

He ain't the best QB on the planet, but by golly he gives you first rate effort.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

He ain't the best QB on the planet, but by golly he gives you first rate effort.

Kid has got a lot of "want it."

[GrantDawg]

These recievers have the worst hands that I have ever seen in my life. They couldn't catch a cold.

[larrymcg421]

Oooof, that's a brutal incorrect call on the PI. The game is almost over without that.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Refs are having to use an awfully big hose to get their desired outcome.

[GrantDawg]

I have been worried about this game all season. You could see the grit of this Tech team all year, and you can see the lack of toughness in this Dawg team all year.

[JPhillips]

Damn it, Tech.

[sovereignstar v2]

Hold on to your butts

[GrantDawg]

Arian Smith drops the ball in the endzone to end the game. Mark it.

[HerRealName]

So they didn't even review for targeting?

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by HerRealName

So they didn't even review for targeting?

Yeah that was targeting.

[GrantDawg]

Come on, Tech. I don't want you to win, but don't get sloppy now.

[JPhillips]

Sure seems like GT hasn't done well when they've blitzed.

[GrantDawg]

It is the year 2033. The GT-UGA game is on it's 1,437th overtime.

[RainMaker]

Someone should try running the ball.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Someone should try running the ball.

I honestly don't know how they haven't had King run it.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

It is the year 2033. The GT-UGA game is on it's 1,437th overtime.

In the year 2525 ...

[GrantDawg]

Seen on Bluesky:

This game will be decided by which players live the longest

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Arian Smith drops the ball in the endzone to end the game. Mark it.

cough cough

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Seen on Bluesky:

With Stetson gone, advantage UGA there I guess

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

cough cough

Predictable as the sun coming up in the East.

[GrantDawg]

They need to restrict the time outs. This is ridiculous.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

They need to restrict the time outs. This is ridiculous.

Was just saying the same thing.

[GrantDawg]

Mercy killing.

[cuervo72]

8OT is just dumb. Bring back ties.

[JonInMiddleGA]

1) Yes, got hosed repeatedly by the zebras .. but you can't leave the margin that thin on the road as an underdog. "Leave no doubt" is really the only chance you have in situations like those, and Tech failed to do that.

2a) I appreciate that Brent Key has gotten some players that give forth an effort / gets those players to do so.

2b) I also know that tonight illustrated how far the staff still has to go, the playcalling was beyond atrocious in OT, the decision making at multiple moments was lacking. Still a great deal of work to be done if actual relevance beyond occasional spoiler is to ever return.

3) Win lose or draw, #THWG 24/7/365

[Solecismic]

That game clocked in at about 4:35. There's got to be a better way to do overtime. I'm OK with ties. I wish they had ties in non-playoff baseball.

That mess was about as much like football as soccer shootouts are like soccer.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

That game clocked in at about 4:35. There's got to be a better way to do overtime. I'm OK with ties. I wish they had ties in non-playoff baseball.

That mess was about as much like football as soccer shootouts are like soccer.

I'm ok with ties in certain situations. I'll certainly take them over rules that are effectively coin flips anyway.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

12 teams remains just as fucking ridiculous as it was the first time it was mentioned.

Not NEARLY as ridiculous as penalty kick OT.

[Passacaglia]

I assume I've brought up how I would do OT on here at some point -- forget the coin flip, just turn off the game clock (or start an OT period if you prefer), and keep the ball where it was when regulation ended.

[Solecismic]

I couldn't resist a little messing around with the Big 12 tie-breakers. I'm not sure I have some of the scenarios correct where a 6-3 team reaches the championship, because my assumption is that if Kansas is the only common opponent for 5 or 6 teams, and 2 of them lost to Kansas while the others won, that eliminates the teams that lost to Kansas. It wasn't explicitly clear from the tie-breaker sheet if that's the case.

Colorado is in the most scenarios simply because the Buffs are already 7-2, even though they don't do well in tie-breakers.

Assuming a set of 64 results covering the six games tomorrow:

ASU vs. ISU, 12 of 64 scenarios, including the four-way tie at 7-2.
ASU vs. Colorado, 11
ISU vs. Colorado, 9
BYU vs. ASU, 8
BYU vs. ISU, 8
BYU vs. Colorado, 8
Colorado vs. KSU, 5
Colorado vs. Baylor, 3

TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia are all eliminated, even though they can finish 6-3. KSU and Baylor are the only potential 6-3 teams that win tie-breakers.

No one is master of its own destiny, though ASU is 31 for 32 with a win and ISU is 29 for 32. No one can get in with a loss today.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Mercy killing.

Didn't finish watching it.

But I did watch the Arkansas-Ole Miss 7-OT game in early 00's and I feel your pain. Back then, think it was the longest or tied for longest game. Regardless, it's in the Dawg's lore now to be remembered & celebrated for the next 20 years or so.

But hey, congrats to the Dawgs for fighting back from 2 scores down and eventually winning it.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Not NEARLY as ridiculous as penalty kick OT.

Yeah man just call it a tie at a certain point for non-playoff games.

[Thomkal]

For those of you who stayed up for the 8OT's go get some sleep you earned it. Also you are crazy to stay up for 8 OT's

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

For those of you who stayed up for the 8OT's go get some sleep you earned it. Also you are crazy to stay up for 8 OT's

Right here. I even started watching the game late at like 9:30, thinking "yeah it'll be a little late when it finishes, but it won't be so bad..."

[miked]

Watched the whole thing, the stupidest part is that after each OT they make them walk 100 yards to the other end of the field. You get 1 timeout for all the OTs, and stay in one spot.

Oh, and GT was jobbed by the refs.

[GrantDawg]

I love that this game was what Good Old Fashioned Hate used to be. It is a lot more fun when it is actually competitive.

[JPhillips]

Another year, another OSU disappointment.

[HerRealName]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Another year, another OSU disappointment.

Day is aggressive every other game of the year and then puckers up completely on the one that matters.

[JPhillips]

Day has to go after this.

[Ghost Econ]

I think every gamecock fan is saying only run the ball for the next 2 minutes.

[bronconick]

Ryan Day trying for the reverse Eberflus

[Edward64]

Oh yeah, cool helmet people. 45 secs left for a huge upset!

[bronconick]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

I think every gamecock fan is saying only run the ball for the next 2 minutes.

Their best play is best play is "LaNorris Sellers Does Something"

[Edward64]

Two nice upsets so far today!

[Solecismic]

Hard to believe it.

My next door neighbor has the OSU flag up, driveway lined with about 15-20 cars. It's been absolute silence this afternoon.

Definitely unexpected. A team without an offense going into Columbus and somehow hanging in there.

[Edward64]

Snowbowl in the Hogs-Missouri game.

I don’t remember the last time I saw the Hogs play in snow. Don’t know what to expect