Bowl Games (other than ours) and associated silliness 2024 Plus the Playoffs

[cnbuff410]

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I don't think what I said is false. The talent difference is still obvious and Texas, despite of being outcoached and outplayed, still won only because of the talent.

I will say this though, the result of this game makes me even more depressing. ASU is a team that is a perfect fit for "smart, rough, discipline with character". The most well-coached team I have seen this year. I hope so much that this is the team we will eventually see under CP.

 

[Alfred91]

Ohio State is throttling the Ducks early.

My Buckeye alum friend who wants Day fired is probably feeling even more conflicted at the moment.

 

[Alfred91]

Oregon doesn’t deserve to anywhere near these playoffs

Alabama shoulda been in over them!

 

[Creebuzz]

I don't think what I said is false. The talent difference is still obvious and Texas, despite of being outcoached and outplayed, still won only because of the talent.

I will say this though, the result of this game makes me even more depressing. ASU is a team that is a perfect fit for "smart, rough, discipline with character". The most well-coached team I have seen this year. I hope so much that this is the team we will eventually see under CP.

I would add that the Longhorns won because the review booth refused to call an obvious targeting penalty because they were afraid of the Big Hats in Texas.

 

[Robert Sorell]

I don’t understand the ASU hate? Dillingham is a good dude, offensive wizard, and Skattebo is crazy but I don’t think he’s a hatable guy. In the big 12 I hate Arizona, Utah, UCF, Baylor, wayyyyy more. Oh and now BYU. The rest are pretty much on equal footing.

Skattebo took a cheap shot at one of our guys on a kickoff after the game was already decided last year.

I'll say he's fun to watch, but also actually pretty easy to hate. For some, he's probably the "love him on your team, hate him on your rival" type, but I generally hate guys that play that half step past the whistle and sell it as effort instead of just actually recognizing that it's dirty.

YMMV

Dillingham is easy to like though.

 

[Robert Sorell]

He's the JD Vance of coaching.

Lanning would **** a chaise lounge

 

[cnbuff410]

I would add that the Longhorns won because the review booth refused to call an obvious targeting penalty because they were afraid of the Big Hats in Texas.

Agree. Still, the talent gap is pretty obvious. Skattebo just decides to outplay the whole Texas team.

 

[Matt]

Ohio State has a chance to win it all it, but fans not happy because of the loss to Michigan. Peak college football fan behavior

 

[hokiehead]

Sugar Bowl tickets starting at $17 on StubHub rn

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Agree. Still, the talent gap is pretty obvious. Skattebo just decides to outplay the whole Texas team.

But again, it’s not “the Power 2” and everybody else. It’s about 4-5 programs in the B1G and 5-6 in the SEC

 

[Alfred91]

AI bots propping up ASU on twitter?

 

[Robert Sorell]

ASU represented the conference well. My irrational hope is that it’s noticed and maybe next year the conference gets in more than one team.

Unfortunately, I think the narrative will be ACC/XII went 0-3, and that the ASU game was just one special player who made it close.

 

[CarolinaBuff]

I will hold my nose and cheer for Ohio State over the Ducks.

I'm definitely rooting for Ohio State today, even though it's weird for a non-Ohio State fan to be rooting for them

 

[Duff Man]

Oregon looks disinterested.

 

[Not Sure]

We didn't really deserve more than one, did we?

If BYU, ISU, and we didn't all lose to KU, maybe, but the line was pretty clear at 2 or fewer losses.

It's certainly debatable. I think BYU has an argument that they were a better team than Indiana or SMU.

 

[Bread]

Skattebo took a cheap shot at one of our guys on a kickoff after the game was already decided last year.

I'll say he's fun to watch, but also actually pretty easy to hate. For some, he's probably the "love him on your team, hate him on your rival" type, but I generally hate guys that play that half step past the whistle and sell it as effort instead of just actually recognizing that it's dirty.

YMMV

Dillingham is easy to like though.

I know the “cheap shot” you’re talking about. I remember looking at videos of it after, it looked like he thought whoever had the ball was returning it and it was a live play.

 

[Alfred91]

Unfortunately, I think the narrative will be ACC/XII went 0-3, and that the ASU game was just one special player who made it close.

I don't think so. This Peach Bowl is going to go down as an instant classic that people are going to remember for a long time. That's going to be helpful for the Big 12.

Right now, the narrative is still being written, but through three games, the team that played in the first round has jumped up to 14 point first quarter leads in all three. The SEC might try to change the narrative to how BSU and ASU didn't deserve byes, but depending on how the rest of this game and the Sugar Bowl goes, it might be that teams won't want byes anyway.

 

[Robert Sorell]

I know the “cheap shot” you’re talking about. I remember looking at videos of it after, it looked like he thought whoever had the ball was returning it and it was a live play.

Yeah, it looked to me like a dirty player using that confusion to get his anger out; it's one of those things where we can't be inside his head (thank God) so I'm probably susceptible to imposing a preferred narrative onto it.

 

[cnbuff410]

But again, it’s not “the Power 2” and everybody else. It’s about 4-5 programs in the B1G and 5-6 in the SEC

ya, I think it's a more accurate way to describe it.

 

[ahoelsken]

17-0 tOSU. LOL

 

[Alfred91]

It's certainly debatable. I think BYU has an argument that they were a better team than Indiana or SMU.

Oh I absolutely think BYU was better than SMU - they beat them, after all, but if we're going to say Alabama and Ole Miss don't deserve to be in the playoff because they lost 3 games, we have to apply that same logic to BYU, CU, and ISU.

We all said if Alabama wanted to be in they shouldn't have lost to OU and Vandy. If those 3 Big 12 teams wanted to be in, they shouldn't have lost to KU.

 

[The Alabaster Yak]

Oregon looks disinterested.

I think ND beats Georgia to complete the sweep of the Bye week teams… the playoff will subsequently expand to 16 with no Byes because nobody wants to take a full ass month off from playing important games

 

[Birch1]

Ohio State is throttling the Ducks early.

My Buckeye alum friend who wants Day fired is probably feeling even more conflicted at the moment.

Number one teams should not lose by this much in the cfp. But it’s early.

I hope they lose by 100.

 

[Da Lama]

Oh yeah cause Texas fans, players and coaches are all gracious, humble and really cool people across all sports

Yes, but we have much less interaction with them than ASU.

 

[Hank]

I can’t wait to hear Oregon fans complain about the seeding.

 

[Da Lama]

Yeah, it looked to me like a dirty player using that confusion to get his anger out; it's one of those things where we can't be inside his head (thank God) so I'm probably susceptible to imposing a preferred narrative onto it.

Roid rage.

 

[Not Sure]

Oh I absolutely think BYU was better than SMU - they beat them, after all, but if we're going to say Alabama and Ole Miss don't deserve to be in the playoff because they lost 3 games, we have to apply that same logic to BYU, CU, and ISU.

We all said if Alabama wanted to be in they shouldn't have lost to OU and Vandy. If those 3 Big 12 teams wanted to be in, they shouldn't have lost to KU.

The difference being that Alabama only played 8 conference games, and the SEC already had three other teams in the field. I actually think BYU has a better case than Alabama does, but that's my bias showing.

All I'm really hoping for is that the game will raise the overall level of respect for the B12. If there's three teams all on the bubble next year, and one of them is a B12 team, I'm hoping that this game will be in the back of the minds of the committee and give the B12 team an edge. Probably won't mean a thing, but like I said, it's an irrational hope.

 

[Matt]

I think this game is over already

 

[Alfred91]

Holy crap.

 

[Tatanka™]