He’s ballin. Too bad for them they got a Moody clone
Ballgame
Happy New Year College Football fans!
Penn St waltzs into the semis with two joke games.
My sneaky pick for the championship is still UGA. They always seem to find a way and you can count on their defense. But Penn St. still catches a break.
They got to fix the seeding.
Should be a wild day today
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Happy New Year to you as well!
I still feel like the winner of the OSU/Oregon game will win the Natty. I think they are the best two teams in the playoffs.
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In the event that Oregon wins today, I’m probably going to root for them the rest of the playoffs.
Until then:
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OSU will have to prove it can play consistently with a chip on their should like it played vs Tenn. I have my doubts, but hopeful.
I think it’ll be Penn St for me.
I definitely think they will be the favorite.
Here’s hoping for some close fun games today.
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The 5,6,7, and 8 seeds will all win…PSU, OSU, ND, Texas
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If UGA doesn’t make it to the title game I’m more rooting against teams than for teams…lol.
No OSU
No ND
No PSU
But really just want tight fun games coming down to last two minutes
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I did think the poor showing by Boise, SMU and Clemson would be used by the SEC/B1G to make a push for changes.
Then again, the poor showing by TN, IU, and AL offers a counterpoint
# Boise State wasn’t exposed in Fiesta Bowl loss, but College Football Playoff seeding was
Full article at Link
For the other CFP teams that weren’t on the field Tuesday, or fans of college football at-large — an admittedly hard-to-satisfy lot — the matchup underscored a crucial flaw in a system meant to reward conference champions, but designed before realignment thinned the Power 5 to a top-heavy Power 4.
The fault in this Playoff formula, with byes going to the four highest-ranked conference champions, was obvious well before the teams were splashed across ESPN on Selection Sunday, including ninth-ranked Boise State jumping all the way to the No. 3 seed courtesy of a Mountain West championship. It created a bracket where No. 1 Oregon is set to face sixth-ranked Ohio State, which is seeded eighth, and No. 2 Georgia meets fifth-ranked Notre Dame, which is seeded seventh, on New Year’s Day.
Those who understood the format have been warning of these unintended consequences for months. But seeing is believing, and Penn State drove that reality home in the Fiesta Bowl as the fourth-ranked team but No. 6 seed against the ninth-ranked but No. 3 seed Broncos. In a multi-billion-dollar tournament that was years in the making, it was simple negligence (or maybe stubbornness?) that allowed a higher-ranked but lower-seeded team to enter a neutral site, national championship quarterfinal as an 11.5-point favorite — a game the Nittany Lions ultimately won by 17.
To follow up on the above article and post, another article from theAthletic.
# Penn State powers into CFP semis to carry Big Ten flag, while SEC no longer looks untouchable
Full article at link.
For about 15 years, the SEC ruled postseason college football, but so far in 2024 postseason games, the Big Ten has owned the SEC. So much so that Michigan managed to beat Alabama in two different bowl games in the same calendar year.
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…Earlier on New Year’s Eve, 16.5-point underdog Michigan upset No. 11 Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl and nine-point underdog Illinois surprised 15th-ranked South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl, moving the Big Ten to 4-1 vs. the SEC in this year’s CFP/bowl games.
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Not bad for a second-rate conference that, according to SEC Network analyst Peter Burns, plays a “PGA Championship course”-caliber schedule compared with the SEC’s U.S. Open-caliber schedules.
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https://x.com/PeterBurnsESPN/status/1870559468960043038
A conference that took a lot of heat after Notre Dame trucked Indiana, a team Kirk Herbstreit said should have been left out of the Playoff in favor of “other teams that could have been there.” Two of which were presumably Alabama and South Carolina.
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If the Dawgs do beat the Irish in New Orleans, and if Texas beats Arizona State in the Peach Bowl, we’ll have ourselves an all-Big Ten/SEC final four. Which would be fitting given the way those leagues dominated the TV ratings and national media coverage all season. They’ve been dubbed the Power 2 for a reason.
Even then, there’s long been a perceived drop-off from the SEC to the Big Ten — and oftentimes, it’s been indisputable.
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If the Dawgs do beat the Irish in New Orleans, and if Texas beats Arizona State in the Peach Bowl, we’ll have ourselves an all-Big Ten/SEC final four. Which would be fitting given the way those leagues dominated the TV ratings and national media coverage all season. They’ve been dubbed the Power 2 for a reason.
Even then, there’s long been a perceived drop-off from the SEC to the Big Ten — and oftentimes, it’s been indisputable.
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rooting for them, too.
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But when I light up the muni golf course it feels good so I am going to keep doing that!
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Speaking of golf, funny thing. I moved to Florida when i was 26, prior to that I played golf 3-5x a week in Grand Rapids area. Played year round.
I move to FL in 91 and I have been on one golf course since. New consulting role I’m negotiating right now will mean I have to buy golf clubs.
Look out for the slice coming your way!!!
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I think the problem now is that conference champions don’t matter like they used to. They are so huge. You basically combined the PAC and B1G. SEC took in the best of the old Big 12. I honestly don’t even know what conference Boise is even in, but I do know it isn’t nearly as competitive as the B1G or SEC. Winning a conference chuck full of UNLV, Colorado St., San Jose St. it ain’t the same as what these other teams run.
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Mountain west
In my opinion the original format, prior to all the conference changes, was attempting to make sure conf champs did matter. Then, the great realignment happened, and, as a result, the seeding/format is screwed up.
One of the Boise coaches, in the article, stated he knew they weren’t one of the top four, yet, he didn’t set up the format.
I think at some point you just give a bye to the 1-4 ranked teams and seen the rest per the final poll. Which will still have it’s issues but there is no perfect format whether 4, 8, 12 or however many teams. Closest is the FCS playoff format.
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I think my issue is with Boise and SMU(to a lesser extent) getting byes mainly. I don’t need absolute perfection, but this is absurd. I haven’t really thought out what the best alternative would be. My two biggest issues with the current set up is not having a quarterfinal match near the midwest and this issue of byes. But even so, far better than anything I’ve seen. Love that they went to twelve.
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Slight correction, SMU didn’t get a bye, neither did the ACC champion
Allar? Nah. Day 2 for sure. But I agree that it’s a good decision.