2024 NCAA College Football News and Playoff Thread

[goreds2]

Credit to Roy Tucker who posted this in the previous thread.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/a...nnel-sites?amp

2024-25 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites

All times Eastern

Here's the full CFP schedule:

First round (Dec. 20-21)
Friday, Dec. 20: No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame | 8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN
Saturday, Dec. 21: No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State | 12 p.m. | TNT/MAX
Saturday, Dec. 21: No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas | 4 p.m. | TNT/MAX
Saturday, Dec. 21: No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State | 8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN

Quarterfinals (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)
Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Boise State vs. No. 6 Penn State/No. 11 SMU winner | 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 | ABC/ESPN
Peach Bowl: No. 4 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Texas/No. 12 Clemson winner | 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 | ABC/ESPN
Rose Bowl: No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Ohio State/No. 9 Tennessee winner | 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 | ABC/ESPN
Sugar Bowl: No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 7 Notre Dame/No. 10 Indiana winner | 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 | ABC/ESPN

Semifinals (Jan. 9-10)
Orange Bowl: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 | ESPN
Cotton Bowl: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 | ESPN

CFP National Championship
7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 | ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

[Boston Red]

First round lines:

Notre Dame -8 vs Indiana
Penn State -8.5 vs SMU
Texas -11 vs Clemson
Ohio State -7 vs Tennessee

[Boston Red]

Oddds to win the championship:

Georgia +360
Texas +360
Oregon +390
Ohio State +550
Penn State +650
Notre Dame +1200
Tennessee +2500
SMU +4000
Arizona State +4000
Indiana +4000
Boise State +4000
Clemson +5000

[Boston Red]

When I'm looking for a more objective measure of the relative strength of college football teams, I'll often use the Massey composite rankings. It takes 50+ separate ranking systems and builds a composite ranking from the averages of those separate rankings. Here is a link to the latest: https://masseyratings.com/ranks?s=cf

What I find surprising here is that according to the composite computer rankings, Alabama's beef on not getting into the playoffs shouldn't be with SMU. It should actually be with Tennessee. Granted, a pretty hard sell when they have a worse record than the Vols and lost to them straight up.

[Sea Ray]

Strength of schedule is not nearly as big a deal when you have head to head and common teams to look at. In doin that, Tenn wins the head to head argument as well as easy wins over OK and Van which beat Bama. Alabama can claim only a win over Georgia in their column. Alabama finished behind Tenn in the SEC standings. In no league does such a team make the playoffs over the higher finishing team. That makes the UT argument moot

[Boston Red]

By the way, the strength of schedule argument SEC weirdos were spewing yesterday made absolutely no sense. If stregth of schedule doesn't matter, why are 10-2 Ohio State and Tennessee in and 10-2 Miami and BYU out? And 11-1 Army?

Just because strength of schedule doesn't overcome horrendous losses to Vandy and Oklahoma (for teams that want to make the playoffs, those are horrendous losses) doesn't mean strength of schedule doesn't matter at all.

[Sea Ray]

By the way, the strength of schedule argument SEC weirdos were spewing yesterday made absolutely no sense. If stregth of schedule doesn't matter, why are 10-2 Ohio State and Tennessee in and 10-2 Miami and BYU out? And 11-1 Army?

Just because strength of schedule doesn't overcome horrendous losses to Vandy and Oklahoma (for teams that want to make the playoffs, those are horrendous losses) doesn't mean strength of schedule doesn't matter at all.

Strength of schedule mattered in those examples but not SMU vs Alabama. Seems inconsistent. Tenn fans love that Bama's not in it and the reason is that the Vols beat them. My guess is that Alabama would be a 7 pt favorite on a neutral field vs SMU

[Boston Red]

Of course it mattered in SMU vs. Alabama. That's why it was a close call. It just didn't matter enough to overcome 11-1 vs. 9-3 and losses to Vandy and Oklahoma.

Sagarin says it would be 4.

[RiverfrontRed]

Penn State has the easiest path to the Final Four.

Go Irish!

[Rojo Rijo]

The biggest disappointment here is Clemson making the CFP. Talk about hot garbage of a resume.

What an absolute fumble by Miami.

[Boston Red]

Good news for Kentucky fans given that it looks like they're going to be stuck with Mark Stoops for at least one more year. Jon Sumrall is taking an extension at Tulane instead of UNC, WV or another open job. That means Sumrall SHOULD still be available should Kentucky need him after next season.

[Kingspoint]

Oddds to win the championship:

Georgia +360
Texas +360
Oregon +390
Ohio State +550
Penn State +650
Notre Dame +1200
Tennessee +2500
SMU +4000
Arizona State +4000
Indiana +4000
Boise State +4000
Clemson +5000

Arizona State looks like the best bet here.

[Boston Red]

Arizona State looks like the best bet here.

Can't see them winning the championship, but I wouldn't be at all suprised to see them beat Texas or (especially) Clemson. I think Texas is relatively pedestrian. An Ohio State/Arizona State semifinal would not be at all surprising (to me).

[Kingspoint]

Can't see them winning the championship, but I wouldn't be at all suprised to see them beat Texas or (especially) Clemson. I think Texas is relatively pedestrian. An Ohio State/Arizona State semifinal would not be at all surprising (to me).

In your stated scenario, they would then likely face Oregon, a Pac-12 rival of whom they beat many, many times. While neither team would be seeing the same players, Oregon has never faced an Arizona State team this good. Nov. 19th, 2019, it was the Arizona State Sun Devils who knocked #6 Oregon from the National Playoffs. Through three quarters, Arizona State had held Oregon to only seven points and 268 yards of offense. Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert was 10-for-20 for 127 yards, while Arizona State's Jayden Daniels had already thrown for 298 yards. Then the fourth quarter started and things went off the rails.

They are then in the Championship game if they get by Oregon, which they easily could simply by being the better team, which they may be.

If they can beat Oregon, then they can easily beat Ohio State.

[Boston Red]

All that seems a bit too much from my perspective, but at 40-1 they probably ARE the best value on the board. They're playing great.

[Slyder]

Admins I'll leave this up to you. Do you want a separate thread for all the non-playoff stuff or just have 1 catch all thread here?

[Boss-Hog]

Admins I'll leave this up to you. Do you want a separate thread for all the non-playoff stuff or just have 1 catch all thread here?Let's keep it all in this thread for all things NCAA football related. Thank you.

[Slyder]

Coach Huff goes to Southern Miss. Former Mountaineer DC Tony Gibson to Marshall.

And as a Mountaineer fan I'm still not enjoying tailgating if Wren brings back a Fraud.

[goreds2]

Let's keep it all in this thread for all things NCAA football related. Thank you.

As the original poster, I changed the thread title to

2024 NCAA College Football News and Playoff Thread

[Kingspoint]

All that seems a bit too much from my perspective, but at 40-1 they probably ARE the best value on the board. They're playing great.

That's all I'm saying,..."best value".

[Sea Ray]

How'd this happen? Is he any good?

22163

[Boston Red]

UM is a great school, and Ann Arbor is a great college town. It's a great place to go to school and be a backup QB.

[Sea Ray]

UM is a great school, and Ann Arbor is a great college town. It's a great place to go to school and be a backup QB.

Is it a better place to be a backup QB than Columbus?

[Roy Tucker]

How'd this happen? Is he any good?

22163

A 3 star recruit playing at St X who gets lots of PR because he’s Herbstreit’s son and plays at a high level football high school. But he’s not a big star or anything. I certainly don’t see him being a college starter at a top 10 school. But he’s young still so who knows.

[Boston Red]

Is it a better place to be a backup QB than Columbus?

I don't know that he had an offer from Ohio State, but he may perceive it to be a better place to go to school. He may like the Michigan coaches better.

Kids aren't their parents.

[Sea Ray]

Looks like OSU wasn't interested. The only schools I can see that he visited were Mich, Penn State and UC.

[RedTeamGo!]

How'd this happen? Is he any good?

22163

According to 247 hes a 0 star recruit that literally had no offers until Michigan offered him on Dec 8th.

No, he’s not good.

It happened because the kid got one offer and it was to a prestigious school and his dad loathes OSU.

[Sea Ray]

According to 247 hes a 0 star recruit that literally had no offers until Michigan offered him on Dec 8th.

No, he’s not good.

It happened because the kid got one offer and it was to a prestigious school and his dad loathes OSU.

He is a 3 star recruit

https://247sports.com/player/chase-herbstreit-46140648/

[Sea Ray]

I don't see Belichick as a fit in college


New England Patriots legend Bill Belichick has reportedly agreed to become North Carolina's next head coach.

https://www.si.com/nfl/patriots/news/conflicting-reports-new-england-patriots-bill-belichick-accepts-north-carolina-job

edit:

Looks like UNC has to agree to all these demands. I think they'd be idiots to agree to all that

https://x.com/OllieConnolly/status/1866522057791668538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1866522057791668538%7Ctwgr% 5E8fc716291ce3acb65edd1541199cd0863d321ba3%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnfl%2Fpatriots% 2Fnews%2Fconflicting-reports-new-england-patriots-bill-belichick-accepts-north-carolina-job

[Boston Red]

I don't see Belichick as a fit in college



https://www.si.com/nfl/patriots/news/conflicting-reports-new-england-patriots-bill-belichick-accepts-north-carolina-job

I suspect he'll do about as well as Bill Walsh did in his post-NFL stint at Stanford.

[Sea Ray]

I suspect he'll do about as well as Bill Walsh did in his post-NFL stint at Stanford.

He'll be lucky to do that well

[RedTeamGo!]

He is a 3 star recruit

https://247sports.com/player/chase-herbstreit-46140648/

They just have just added that because he was 0 star on Sunday

[medford]

My son played St X/Herbstriet in football. Son of Kirk looked like a decent QB, not an all world talent, but good enough to generate interest and offers from more than what has been reported (perhaps he let it be known that he was only interested in a very small number of schools and would walk on at one of those schools vs take a scholarship from a MAC level school. Seemed kind of like a MAC level talent (meaning there was lots of development left before he could be considered top tier). Anyhoo, was surprised to see him pick Michigan. Michigan signed (? did he sign or just verbal) a top flight QB in this class as well, so clearly being looked at as a developmental kid. I would imagine Kirk is as plugged in as anybody; personally Id have a hard time (OSU fanship aside) from supporting my kid from going to a school with such a potentially big punishement coming down the pike. Perhaps the punishment won't be much and Kirk knows that, or perhaps it will be huge and lots of kids will transfer out leaving his son a reasonable shot at starting in the BIG and showcasing development towards an NFL career.

Anyhoo, interesting case.

I can't see Bill doing college, when was the last time he had to recruit a full roster of kids? Certainly he has never had to keep them happy and drum up NIL money to keep them on campus every off season. Coaching college has to be a huge PITA ass compared to the NFL. Sure the NFL if tougher to get to and stay on top, but there is so much uncertainity that you can't ever "tune out" the job for a week or 2 in the off season. Even during bowl/playoff prep college coaches are forced to recruit transfers in the same tight 3 week window.

[Sea Ray]

I suggest UNC quit their practice of hiring over the hill coaches on Medicare. Given today's realities, coaching in Div 1 college football is a young man's game

[Chip R]

I don't see Belichick as a fit in college



https://www.si.com/nfl/patriots/news/conflicting-reports-new-england-patriots-bill-belichick-accepts-north-carolina-job

edit:

Looks like UNC has to agree to all these demands. I think they'd be idiots to agree to all that

https://x.com/OllieConnolly/status/1866522057791668538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1866522057791668538%7Ctwgr% 5E8fc716291ce3acb65edd1541199cd0863d321ba3%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnfl%2Fpatriots% 2Fnews%2Fconflicting-reports-new-england-patriots-bill-belichick-accepts-north-carolina-job

The thing about Belichick is that he wants total control over the operation and his son in place to succeed him. That's going to be a hard no from most NFL teams. Jerry Jones sure isn't going to cede any power in Dallas. It would be easier in college. He can control everything like most coaches do. And he can have his son in place to take over for him.

[KronoRed]

Seems like UNC could do better then a past his prime NFL legend and his unqualified kids.

[Assembly Hall]

Hmmmmm

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-redesign-could-come-soon-including-supercharged-championship-saturday-with-play-ins/

[Sea Ray]

Hmmmmm

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-redesign-could-come-soon-including-supercharged-championship-saturday-with-play-ins/

Yeah, can't wait to see that Illinois-Ohio State play in game. Sign me up

[RiverfrontRed]

Let's keep it all in this thread for all things NCAA football related. Thank you.

I'm looking forward to the first real playoffs. As for the other bowls, it's ridiculous to open the transfer portal while teams are trying to prepare for bowl games. While they're largely meaningless, why even have them if half the team can jump ship beforehand. The NCAA is a complete and total joke.

[RedTeamGo!]

I'm looking forward to the first real playoffs. As for the other bowls, it's ridiculous to open the transfer portal while teams are trying to prepare for bowl games. While they're largely meaningless, why even have them if half the team can jump ship beforehand. The NCAA is a complete and total joke.

The bowls are getting to be terrible watches for the fans, however, they are a big deal for the teams. It allows them more practices and they get a chance to see bench players play meaningful snaps.

[WVRed]

WVU is hiring RichRod back. That is going to completely split the fanbase. And the first game will be against Pitt.

I can see Belichick being a John Calipari type before handing the reins over to his son. Also wouldn't be surprised if he placed a priority on the portal over high school and UNC is basically a hotbed of players using it as a one and done to get to the NFL.

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[Slyder]

WVU is hiring RichRod back. That is going to completely split the fanbase. And the first game will be against Pitt.

3/4 of the fan base is cheering this. I'm not enjoying the tailgating. If all we're doing is bring the same followers that RR has had for 20 years this is going to end HORRIBLY. I'm hoping Hartline was interviewed to be OC and bring in some coaches for 2025 not 2005.

Ken Kendrick better write a check big enough to fund the entire university for the next decade for this.


I can see Belichick being a John Calipari type before handing the reins over to his son. Also wouldn't be surprised if he placed a priority on the portal over high school and UNC is basically a hotbed of players using it as a one and done to get to the NFL.

This is about getting his son a foot in the door. Head coaches don't do a lot of the recruiting and with the portal you can really "recruit"/"sign" free agents. If a NFL team calls he can leave with his son to take his place.

[*BaseClogger*]

Hartline is only going to leave to become a HC. Hes already paid more than most OCs.

[WVRed]

Hartline is only going to leave to become a HC. Hes already paid more than most OCs.He was interviewed for the head coaching job but it was a foregone conclusion it would be RichRod (or Fisher).

This is a 100% pure nostalgia hire. Problem is RichRod caught lightning in a bottle with White, Slaton and Devine and hasn't been able to replicate it since. I don't think it's 3/4 of the fanbase as Slyder suggested but there's still a fragment of the fanbase who won't forgive and still believe he threw the Pitt game so he could leave for Michigan.

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[Chip R]

This is about getting his son a foot in the door. Head coaches don't do a lot of the recruiting and with the portal you can really "recruit"/"sign" free agents. If a NFL team calls he can leave with his son to take his place.

Definitely. A lot of players are going to come there because of him. Kind of like Deion.

[*BaseClogger*]

I think RichRod can be successful at WVU.

[Slyder]

I think RichRod can be successful at WVU.

It's been almost 20 years since he was at WVU. There's a reason why he hasn't sniffed a major program since he got canned at Arizona. I hope for Bill Snyder type 2nd act, expect for Johnny Majors at Pitt.

[Boston Red]

These return engagements rarely go well. Bill Walsh had one good year in his second try at Stanford, but ultimately it was not good. Bobby Petrino was looking good for a while at Louisville (for as long as Lamar Jackson made him look good), but it turned into a debacle. Johnny Majors was a flop in his return engagement at Pitt. John Robinson was okay until he wasn't in the second time through at USC. Greg Schiano's second tour of duty at Rutgers has been a whole lot of "meh" (which, I guess, is an improvement for them).

The only time it really worked out from my recollection was Bill Snyder at K-State, and that was a bit different in that he never left. He just retired and unretired when his hand-picked succesor flopped.

We get to follow two more of these with RichRod and Scott Frost starting next year.

[Slyder]

These return engagements rarely go well. Bill Walsh had one good year in his second try at Stanford, but ultimately it was not good. Bobby Petrino was looking good for a while at Louisville (for as long as Lamar Jackson made him look good), but it turned into a debacle. Johnny Majors was a flop in his return engagement at Pitt. John Robinson was okay until he wasn't in the second time through at USC. Greg Schiano's second tour of duty at Rutgers has been a whole lot of "meh" (which, I guess, is an improvement for them).

The only time it really worked out from my recollection was Bill Snyder at K-State, and that was a bit different in that he never left. He just retired and unretired when his hand-picked succesor flopped.

We get to follow two more of these with RichRod and Scott Frost starting next year.

You're preaching to the choir in terms of RichRod. He'd have to basically take a pay cut from what he was making at Jax St. with bonuses making up the difference for results. I'm old enough to remember how he left, I still believe he in preparation for Pitt basically threw everything away to take Meatchicken job, sued the school, put us on violation. Now he's saying "I've come to make it right"...

[Boston Red]

RichRod leaving and the resulting stress basically killed Bill Stewart, too, who had a really successful run at WV that just couldn't match up to what RichRod had done.

[WVRed]

RichRod leaving and the resulting stress basically killed Bill Stewart, too, who had a really successful run at WV that just couldn't match up to what RichRod had done.Plus trying to stab Dana Holgorsen in the back.

I think it's going to be extremely difficult for West Virginia to be relevant in an NIL landscape regardless of who is the coach.

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[RichRed]

Gotta hand it to UNC going with a youth movement, replacing a 73-year-old coach with a 72-year-old one.

[Slyder]

RichRod leaving and the resulting stress basically killed Bill Stewart, too, who had a really successful run at WV that just couldn't match up to what RichRod had done.

Stew was a great guy to have on staff. He should have NEVER been named head coach. The fact he took Slaton, White, and the rest of that offense and went 9-4 was criminal with losses to 5-7 Colorado, 24-3 to East Carolina (I'm sure Skip Holtz loved that). The only saving grace for him was the Big lEast sucked in the later stages of the 2000s. He set the football program back with his lack of recruiting. I don't think WVU was at a full complement of scholarships again until like 2015 in Big 12.

[BlackPete Ibold]

I am a Tar Heel, and I literally cannot believe Bill Belichick is now the UNC football coach.

Not fully confident it will work, but damn if they are not going all in...

[Kingspoint]

A sneak peak at 2025

Oregon's 2025 schedule...

Aug. 30 - Montana State
Sept. 6 - Oklahoma State
Sept. 13 - at Northwestern*
Sept. 20 - Oregon State
Sept. 27 - at Penn State*
Oct. 11 - Indiana*
Oct. 18 - at Rutgers*
Oct. 25 - Wisconsin*
Nov. 8 - at Iowa*
Nov. 15 - Minnesota*
Nov. 22 - USC*
Nov. 29 - at Washington*

Home games at Autzen stadium in bold
*Big Ten Conference game

[WVRed]

Stew was a great guy to have on staff. He should have NEVER been named head coach. The fact he took Slaton, White, and the rest of that offense and went 9-4 was criminal with losses to 5-7 Colorado, 24-3 to East Carolina (I'm sure Skip Holtz loved that). The only saving grace for him was the Big lEast sucked in the later stages of the 2000s. He set the football program back with his lack of recruiting. I don't think WVU was at a full complement of scholarships again until like 2015 in Big 12.They overreacted to a bowl game that WVU was playing with full emotion after RichRod left.

One thing that might be a sell moving forward is having Pat McAfee promoting the program. His show is live at the press conference today.

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[goreds2]

Saturday, Dec. 14

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/college-football-tv-schedule-game-times-preview

South Carolina State vs. Jackson State (Celebration Bowl in Atlanta) | 12 p.m. | ABC

UIW at South Dakota State (FCS quarterfinals) | 12 p.m. | ESPN

Minnesota State at Valdosta State (DII semifinals) | 12 p.m. | ESPN+

Bethel (MN) at Susquehanna (DIII quarterfinals) | 12 p.m. | ESPN+

Mount Union at Salisbury (DIII quarterfinals) | 12 p.m. | ESPN+

Mary Hardin-Baylor at Johns Hopkins (DIII quarterfinals) | 12 p.m. | ESPN+

Springfield at North Central (Ill.) (DIII quarterfinals) | 1 p.m. | ESPN+

No. 22 Army vs. Navy (Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland) | 3 p.m. | CBS

UC Davis at South Dakota (FCS quarterfinals) | 3 p.m. | ESPN+

Mercer at North Dakota State (FCS quarterfinals) | 3:30 p.m. | ABC

Slippery Rock at Ferris State (DII semifinals) | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+

South Alabama vs. Western Michigan (Salute to Veterans Bowl) | 9 p.m. | ESPN

[Slyder]

They overreacted to a bowl game that WVU was playing with full emotion after RichRod left.

One thing that might be a sell moving forward is having Pat McAfee promoting the program. His show is live at the press conference today.

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One thing that Rich said that made sense for me was none of the red meat. It was the comment about learning. I’ll take him at his word about learning and that he’s a better coach now.


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[Reds Freak]

This has probably been answered somewhere. Watching the Army/Navy game...what would have happened with this game if Army would have beat Notre Dame and ended up making the CFP?

[paintmered]

This has probably been answered somewhere. Watching the Army/Navy game...what would have happened with this game if Army would have beat Notre Dame and ended up making the CFP?

Because it occurs afterward, the Army/Navy game does not impact the playoff selection or seeding.

[Boston Red]

This has probably been answered somewhere. Watching the Army/Navy game...what would have happened with this game if Army would have beat Notre Dame and ended up making the CFP?

Nothing. It would have been an exhibition game same as it is now.

A very meaningful exhibition for the players, though!

[Sea Ray]

Because it occurs afterward, the Army/Navy game does not impact the playoff selection or seeding.

But it would have been a huge disadvantage for Army to have to play a game the week before the playoff.


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[Chip R]

But it would have been a huge disadvantage for Army to have to play a game the week before the playoff.


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I hate to say it but I think Notre Dame saved us from having Army in the playoff cause they had a stinker of a game on Saturday.

[Sea Ray]

Yes, us Tennessee fans are a special breed

Tennessee Fans Troll Ohio State’s Stadium Wikipedia Page


Ohio Stadium’s list of nicknames now reads, “The Horseshoe, The Shoe, The House That Harley Built, Neyland North.”

The reference comes from Tennessee’s rallying cry online to try to get as much orange mixed into Ohio State’s “Scarlet Out” on Saturday night in Ohio Stadium.

https://www.rockytopinsider.com/2024/12/16/tennessee-fans-troll-ohio-states-stadium-wikipedia-page/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHNrUpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQIOqX19POyP pSpet-IAH2IRnNbJJQwe-vrVdeW2Y1TnMNAwiN6Unl3JuQ_aem_hGULc5R1UbN5bpvhPTw8 QA

[Assembly Hall]

Snow in South Bend for Friday's battle for Indiana.

[GAC]

I've already prepared myself for the Buckeyes getting eliminated in the first round (lol). The Vol's run D is second in the nation (79 yds/game). third in the nation in total D (259 yds/game). And they are led by All-SEC defensive end James Pearce Jr. In fact, they have an experienced defensive line that features 11 defensive linemen who played at least 100 snaps (more than any other SEC program).

And then there's the Buckeye's offensive line (which is the heart of your team), and has it's issues with the loss of C McLaughlin.

If the Bucks win this game then, IMO, they can go all the way. But it's just getting past this game. ;)

I'm sorry. I have no faith whatsoever with Day in big games. Other then the NC game with Georgia a few years ago, he's a huge disappointment.

I'm over in Germany for the Holidays, so the game won't come on (as well as many others) until 2 AM. But I'll be up to watch it lol

[KronoRed]

Snow in South Bend for Friday's battle for Indiana.

The way playoff football should be.

[RedTeamGo!]

I've already prepared myself for the Buckeyes getting eliminated in the first round (lol). The Vol's run D is second in the nation (79 yds/game). third in the nation in total D (259 yds/game). And they are led by All-SEC defensive end James Pearce Jr. In fact, they have an experienced defensive line that features 11 defensive linemen who played at least 100 snaps (more than any other SEC program).

And then there's the Buckeye's offensive line (which is the heart of your team), and has it's issues with the loss of C McLaughlin.

If the Bucks win this game then, IMO, they can go all the way. But it's just getting past this game. ;)

I'm sorry. I have no faith whatsoever with Day in big games. Other then the NC game with Georgia a few years ago, he's a huge disappointment.

I'm over in Germany for the Holidays, so the game won't come on (as well as many others) until 2 AM. But I'll be up to watch it lol

OSU is also losing expected first round draft pick LT Josh Simmons. Just brutal injury luck on the OL this year.

[Chip R]

Huge news: Junior College seasons do not count towards a student/athlete's NCAA eligibility. :eek:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43048561/vanderbilt-qb-diego-pavia-granted-injunction-allowing-extra-year-eligibility

[GAC]

https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/43025157/2024-college-football-playoff-betting-storylines-public-heavily-invested-ohio-state


The betting public is the most invested in Ohio State to win the national championship.

More bets have been placed and more money wagered on the Buckeyes to the win the CFP than any other team at multiple sportsbooks, and oddsmakers say Ohio State remains at or near the top of their power ratings -- even after their stunning loss to Michigan.

In one of the biggest upsets of the season, the Buckeyes lost as three-touchdown home favorites to the Wolverines. It didn't slow the betting public interest in Ohio State, though. In the first 24 hours after the Michigan loss, ESPN BET reported receiving more action on the Buckeyes than any other team.

:eek:

[RichRed]

I know it’s one of the “who cares” bowls for most people, but your James Madison Dukes picked up their first bowl win in program history last night, beating Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl 27-17 to finish 9-4. All this despite that jerk Cignetti taking most of our best players to Bloomington with him. ;) In their first three seasons in FBS, the Dukes are 28-9.

[Assembly Hall]

I know it’s one of the “who cares” bowls for most people, but your James Madison Dukes picked up their first bowl win in program history last night, beating Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl 27-17 to finish 9-4. All this despite that jerk Cignetti taking most of our best players to Bloomington with him. ;) In their first three seasons in FBS, the Dukes are 28-9.

Calling Cignetti a jerk doesn't sit well with this Hoosier fan. lol Congrats to the Dukes for the bowl win.

[Boston Red]

Saw this headline in the Wall Street Journal this morning and IMMEDIATELY thought of RTG! :)

"Ohio State Is Back in the Playoff. Ohio State Fans Are Completely Furious."

[Chip R]

Saw this headline in the Wall Street Journal this morning and IMMEDIATELY thought of RTG! :)

"Ohio State Is Back in the Playoff. Ohio State Fans Are Completely Furious."

Sounds like a headline from The Onion. :laugh:

[RedTeamGo!]

Saw this headline in the Wall Street Journal this morning and IMMEDIATELY thought of RTG! :)

"Ohio State Is Back in the Playoff. Ohio State Fans Are Completely Furious."

https://media.tenor.com/ps730gymP3EAAAAM/umm-ok.gif

[GAC]

Alabama AD tells Tide fans to 'fight back,' help fund NIL ....https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43046805/alabama-ad-tells-tide-fans-fight-back-help-fund-nil

I'm sure there will be that segment of the fan base who will. That's their business. But the whole reasoning for paying these amateur athletes was because these wealthy universities could easily afford it since they're making the $$$$$ off them. Now they're trying to pass the buck onto the working class fanatical fans. Not this one. ;)

[Assembly Hall]

Go Hoosiers!

[goreds2]

Reminder of the times and channels:

Friday, Dec. 20

(10) Indiana at (7) Notre Dame: 8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN
Notre Dame Stadium -- South Bend, Indiana

Saturday, Dec. 21

(11) SMU at (6) Penn State: Noon | TNT
Beaver Stadium -- State College, Pennsylvania

(12) Clemson vs. (5) Texas: 4 p.m. | TNT
Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium -- Austin, Texas

(9) Tennessee vs. (8) Ohio State: 8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN
Ohio Stadium -- Columbus, Ohio

[Assembly Hall]

Ugh

[goreds2]

Crowd Not very loud understandably cold.

A 20 percent chance of snow after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

[RedTeamGo!]

I’m not convinced ND is a great team and they are stuffing Indiana into a locker. This is like watching a power team push a MAC team around. Sorry Hoosier bros, but your team looks fraudulent.

[Roy Tucker]

I’m not convinced ND is a great team and they are stuffing Indiana into a locker. This is like watching a power team push a MAC team around. Sorry Hoosier bros, but your team looks fraudulent.

Looks like the same thing when Indiana played OSU. They are coached well but just don’t have the elite athletes.

[KronoRed]

Punting at this point is giving up.

Lame.

[Roy Tucker]

Punting at this point is giving up.

Lame.

And with 2 late Indiana TDs and a tip of a pass on a 2 point conversion that could have brought them within one score.

Not to mention ND was a 8.5 point favorite and if they had converted the 2 point try, it would have an 8 point gap.

[GAC]

Being over here in Germany visiting daughter, where they are 6 hours ahead, is making it rough watching Bowl games LOL

SMU vs Penn State comes on at 6PM, no problem there. But then Clemson-Texas is at 10 PM, and Tenn-OSU at 2 AM OUCH!

Might have to take a nap at some point because I will be up for that OSU game lol

[goreds2]

Ugh

Indiana still had a great year to build on. Who would have thought….

22200

[RedTeamGo!]

Way more Vol fans than OSU fans at gameday this morning. How embarrassing for OSU.

[Sea Ray]

Way more Vol fans than OSU fans at gameday this morning. How embarrassing for OSU.

It’s not going to be the home field advantage that PSU is enjoying right now. On that note, SMU looks really overmatched.


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[kaldaniels]

IU had a year better than they could ever have hoped. Good days ahead and seems like Cig is the right guy.

But

1) Hopefully they’ll play a tougher schedule soon. (I understand you are at the whim of the conference…I just hope this year and next perhaps are one-offs.)

2) Cig needs to pipe down a tad bit. Let the on-field action speak for itself.

[GAC]

That SMU quarterback is his own worst than enemy

[*BaseClogger*]

I don’t think the cold weather will matter much to Tennessee but I do think it’s hurting SMU.

[GAC]

Way more Vol fans than OSU fans at gameday this morning. How embarrassing for OSU.

Who cares about Game Day? it won’t be that way at the Shoe. ;)

[GAC]

SMU had it first and goal on the 2 yard line …. Self-inflicted penalties and clown play and it’s 4th any goal from the 29. Then they miss the FG. LOL

[GAC]

Indiana has nothing to be ashamed of. IMO they have a bright future

[UKFlounder]

Indiana has nothing to be ashamed of. IMO they have a bright future

Quite possibly, but they won't have 13 more transfers coming from their old coach's program again, and other teams will be more focused on them, especially early in the year. They avoided Penn St and Oregon this year also.

They have a good coach and are certainly better than they have been, but they're about to be the hunted not the hunter. Will that change how they do?

[Roy Tucker]

Clemson opens the game with an almost 7 minute drive to take a 7-0 lead. But Texas has roared back and it’s 21-7. Clemson defense is totally ineffective.

[Playadlc]

I was at the IU/ND game last night. Playing on the road is incredibly difficult.

Great season for the Hoosiers. They still have some work to do.

[Boston Red]

Tennessee looked dead and buried. It's a game now.

[RedTeamGo!]

Sheesh this is a Buckeye beatdown

[Boston Red]

The first weekend of the expanded playoff was really a bust. Good for the teams that won, but none of the games were much to watch for the neutral observer. Feels like we might get two more of those types of games next week, but at least Georgia/ND and Ohio State/Oregon should be good.

[Playadlc]

Kirk Herbstreit on IU losing by 10: This was an embarrassment. IU didn't deserve to be in.

Kirk Herbstreit with Tennessee down by 32: Wow, the resilience by the Vols to not quit is impressive.

[goreds2]

Way more Vol fans than OSU fans at gameday this morning. How embarrassing for OSU.

Game time matters. :)

[RedTeamGo!]

OSU up 42-10 and Herbstreit using the 4th quarter to crap all over OSU and the OSU fanbase. What in the absolute hell is this???

[Slyder]

NOTE: I know this will NEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER come to fruition*

After watching these blood baths...
To reward the "conference champs"
Round 1: Bowls
Round 2: Home games for the higher seed.
Round 3: Bowls
Finals: Championship game.

Homefield has loomed large in this.

[KronoRed]

Some are going to blame the weather for these beat downs, those people are ridiculous.

[Reds Freak]

I know I'm an old traditionalist, but I like the Rose Bowl worked out to be between a Big 10 school and an old Pac 10 school.

[kaldaniels]

OSU up 42-10 and Herbstreit using the 4th quarter to crap all over OSU and the OSU fanbase. What in the absolute hell is this???

He was a loser QB from the Cooper era so I take his Buckeye cred with a grain of salt anyways. I think at this point there are hard feelings all the way around but it is what it is. Just another bloviating talking head now as far as I’m concerned.

[*BaseClogger*]

Kirk was really projecting a bunch of his own baggage onto Day to try and paint him as a pariah IMO.

[Kingspoint]

Monday, Dec. 23
Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA (Myrtle Beach Bowl) | 11 a.m. | ESPN
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl) | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 24
South Florida vs. San Jose State (Hawai'i Bowl) | 8 p.m. | ESPN

Thursday, Dec. 26
Pitt vs. Toledo (GameAbove Sports Bowl) | 2 p.m. | ESPN
Rutgers vs. Kansas State (Rate Bowl) | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN
Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green (68 Ventures Bowl) | 9 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Dec. 27
Navy vs. Oklahoma (Armed Forces Bowl) | 12 p.m. | ESPN
Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt (Birmingham Bowl) | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
Arkansas vs. Texas Tech (Liberty Bowl) | 7 p.m. | ESPN
No. 21 Syracuse vs. Washington State (Holiday Bowl) | 8 p.m. | FOX
USC vs. Texas A&M (Las Vegas Bowl) | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, Dec. 28
UConn vs. North Carolina (Fenway Bowl) | 11 a.m. | ESPN
Boston College vs. Nebraska (Pinstripe Bowl) | 12 p.m. | ABC
TCU vs. Louisiana (New Mexico Bowl) | 2:15 p.m. | ESPN
No. 13 Miami (Fla.) vs. No. 18 Iowa State (Pop-Tarts Bowl) | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
Colorado State vs. Miami (Ohio) (Arizona Bowl) | 4:30 p.m. | CW Network
NC State vs. East Carolina (Military Bowl) | 5:45 p.m. | ESPN
No. 17 BYU vs. No. 23 Colorado (Alamo Bowl) | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
No. 22 Army vs. Louisiana Tech (Independence Bowl) | 9:15 p.m. | ESPN

Monday, Dec. 30
No. 19 Missouri vs. Iowa (Music City Bowl) | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 31
No. 11 Alabama vs. Michigan (ReliaQuest Bowl) | 12 p.m. | ESPN
Louisville vs. Washington (Sun Bowl) | 2 p.m. | CBS
No. 15 South Carolina vs. No. 20 Illinois (Citrus Bowl) | 3 p.m. | ABC
LSU vs. Baylor (Texas Bowl) | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 9 Boise State (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Fiesta Bowl) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Wednesday, Jan. 1
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 12 Arizona State (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Peach Bowl) | 1 p.m. | ESPN
No. 1 Oregon vs. TBD (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Rose Bowl) | 5 p.m. | ESPN
No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 5 Notre Dame (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Sugar Bowl) | 8:45 p.m. | ESPN

Thursday, Jan. 2
No. 14 Ole Miss vs. Duke (Gator Bowl) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Jan. 3
North Texas vs. Texas State (First Responder Bowl) | 4 p.m. | ESPN
Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech (Duke's Mayo Bowl) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, Jan. 4
Liberty vs. Buffalo (Bahamas Bowl) | 11 a.m. | ESPN2

Sunday, Jan. 5
North Central (IL) vs. Mount Union (Stagg Bowl for the DIII championship game in Houston) | TBA | ESPN

Monday, Jan. 6
Montana State vs. North Dakota State (FCS championship game in Frisco, Texas) | 7 p.m. | ESPN

Thursday, Jan. 9
TBD vs. TBD (College Football Playoff Semifinal Game — Orange Bowl) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Friday, Jan. 10
TBD vs. TBD (College Football Playoff Semifinal Game — Cotton Bowl) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Monday, Jan. 20
TBD vs. TBD (College Football Playoff National Championship Game — in Atlanta) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

[Boston Red]

Looking at this post was the first time I realized they were playing the semifinals on separate nights. That sucks (particularly the fact that one of the games will be on a Thursday night). I get that they have to avoid competing with the NFL playoffs on Saturday, but it still sucks.

[Sea Ray]

Sheesh this is a Buckeye beatdown

I was out and about Sat night and didn't see a play of the game but it appears you are 100% correct. From what I've read Tennessee was undermanned from a talent standpoint at every position. They're going to need to up their recruiting/personnel in order to compete for an NC. They did well to make the playoff but that was their ceiling this year. As for next year, it won't get better unless they hit the transfer portal big

On to basketball...

[RedTeamGo!]

I was out and about Sat night and didn't see a play of the game but it appears you are 100% correct. From what I've read Tennessee was undermanned from a talent standpoint at every position. They're going to need to up their recruiting/personnel in order to compete for an NC. They did well to make the playoff but that was their ceiling this year. As for next year, it won't get better unless they hit the transfer portal big

On to basketball...

I honestly think UT isn't that much worse than OSU, I think they walked into a really bad situation. You have a very talented OSU team that was watching everyone in the media, social media, their own fanbase crap all over them for 3 weeks leading up to the game after a devastating and embarrassing loss to Michigan for the 4th time in a row. They were pissed and motivated. Tenn walked into a buzzsaw.

When UT came out before the game with their shirts off running around acting like the cold wasn't bothering them I knew it was over.

[Hillsdale87]

I honestly think UT isn't that much worse than OSU, I think they walked into a really bad situation. You have a very talented OSU team that was watching everyone in the media, social media, their own fanbase crap all over them for 3 weeks leading up to the game after a devastating and embarrassing loss to Michigan for the 4th time in a row. They were pissed and motivated. Tenn walked into a buzzsaw.

When UT came out before the game with their shirts off running around acting like the cold wasn't bothering them I knew it was over.

I disagree. I think OSU is significantly better than Tennessee. Not even close. And that's not a shot at Tennessee. This Ohio State team should be one or the best teams all time, and Saturday night it showed why.

OSU was better at every position except OL and DL coming into the game, and then OSU's OL and DL both outplayed Tennessee. IMO there's a big gap between tier 1 and tier 2. Tennessee was tier 2 this year, and I think Sea Ray is right about what it'll take to get up a level.


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[Assembly Hall]

I honestly think UT isn't that much worse than OSU, I think they walked into a really bad situation. You have a very talented OSU team that was watching everyone in the media, social media, their own fanbase crap all over them for 3 weeks leading up to the game after a devastating and embarrassing loss to Michigan for the 4th time in a row. They were pissed and motivated. Tenn walked into a buzzsaw.

When UT came out before the game with their shirts off running around acting like the cold wasn't bothering them I knew it was over.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did IU walk into a buzzsaw in Columbus? The Vols got beat by a far superior team.

[GAC]

Paul Finnebaum - I never listened to the man, and I don't know why anyone would (unless you're in the SEC). He complains that Indiana and SMU had no business being in the CFP (he also said the same thing about Penn State at one time). Indiana only ended up losing by 10. But not a peep from the man, nothing but crickets, when the #3 team in the SEC got destroyed by Ohio State. Did they deserve to be there? Did the committee get it wrong?

Same thing with Lane Kifflin.

https://athlonsports.com/college/tennessee-volunteers/paul-finebaum-under-fire-for-cfp-comments-after-tennessees-loss

Just like the article mentions .... I think the SEC (and I'll include the B10 too) are worried that the NIL and transer portal is going to bring better parity in the distribution of talent and threaten their "reign".

There were blow outs under the old system. Whether in the NC game or Bowl Games. It all comes down to match-ups.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did IU walk into a buzzsaw in Columbus? The Vols got beat by a far superior team.

:thumbup:

[RedTeamGo!]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did IU walk into a buzzsaw in Columbus? The Vols got beat by a far superior team.

IU played the Buckeyes tougher than the Vols

The thing is the Vols have far superior talent than the Hoosiers, though. They have an $8 million 5 star elite QB and an NFL defense line and CBs.

Let's be honest - the Hoosier was basically James Madisdon and OU's (that's Ohio U) QB.

They just weren't very talented. I think IU was very good this year, but they were fraudulent. Their schedule was a joke this year. With that said, they deserved to play ND in that game Friday.

[GAC]

Of course it mattered in SMU vs. Alabama. That's why it was a close call. It just didn't matter enough to overcome 11-1 vs. 9-3 and losses to Vandy and Oklahoma.

Sagarin says it would be 4.

SoS is only one variable of several that the committee utilizes.

[Boston Red]

SoS is only one variable of several that the committee utilizes.

Of course. If they ONLY used SoS, Kentucky would have made the playoff and UCLA would have been the #1 seed.

[GAC]

IU played the Buckeyes tougher than the Vols

The thing is the Vols have far superior talent than the Hoosiers, though. They have an $8 million 5 star elite QB and an NFL defense line and CBs.

Let's be honest - the Hoosier was basically James Madisdon and OU's (that's Ohio U) QB.

They just weren't very talented. I think IU was very good this year, but they were fraudulent. Their schedule was a joke this year. With that said, they deserved to play ND in that game Friday.

I don’t think they were fraudulent. Terrible word IMO. They did what they had to do, and ended up losing to ND by only 10 points. if Notre Dame gets blown out by Georgia are we gonna say the same thing about them?

Under the old system teams were getting blown out in the national championship game and also a bowl games. It all comes down to how teams are matched up.

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Of course. If they ONLY used SoS, Kentucky would have made the playoff and UCLA would have been the #1 seed.

:thumbup:

[RedTeamGo!]

I don’t think they were fraudulent. Terrible word IMO. They did what they had to do, and ended up losing to ND by only 10 points.

I know they lost by 10, but did you watch the game? That wasn't even a game, they were dominated.

[Assembly Hall]

I know they lost by 10, but did you watch the game? That wasn't even a game, they were dominated.

Meh. 2 plays.

[GAC]

I know they lost by 10, but did you watch the game? That wasn't even a game, they were dominated.

I was only able to watch the second half, and I know at one point they were down 27-3; But they fought back to make themselves look somewhat respectable with the final score of 27-17. It wasn’t a blowout. In my opinion, they deserved to be there far more than SMU or Tennessee.

[bucksfan2]

IU played the Buckeyes tougher than the Vols

The thing is the Vols have far superior talent than the Hoosiers, though. They have an $8 million 5 star elite QB and an NFL defense line and CBs.

Let's be honest - the Hoosier was basically James Madisdon and OU's (that's Ohio U) QB.

They just weren't very talented. I think IU was very good this year, but they were fraudulent. Their schedule was a joke this year. With that said, they deserved to play ND in that game Friday.

Nico may be an 8M QB, but he isn't an elite QB now, and may never be that way. Losing their RB hurt, and I do think the cold played into that, but when OSU focuses on a particular part of a game, they tend to shut it down.

Tennessee needed to throw to beat them, and they couldn't.

The idea that IU was a fraud is getting too much play. Yea their schedule broke for them, but you could say the same for PSU, Texas and even Oregon for that matter. They took care of business all season long, and when you have a well disciplined, older team, you can avoid the pitfalls that many in college football suffer. But they didn't have the talent to compete against a good team when that team plays well. Its not a knock, just reality.

As for the SEC crying foul, they only play 8 conference games comparted to 9 in the B1G. And if you are upset about being left out, don't lose three games. UK, Vandy, OU were the teams that kept Alabama and Ole Miss out of the playoffs, not Indiana. And if Bama didn't get boat raced by a bad OU team who couldn't throw the ball, they would have been in the CFP.

[Boston Red]

I mean, it was a blowout. It was 27-3 with about 4 minutes to play.

[goreds2]

There is a game tonight:

Tuesday, Dec. 24
South Florida vs. San Jose State (Hawai'i Bowl) | 8 p.m. | ESPN

[KronoRed]

Twice Toledo thinks they have won and storm the field but nope...going to OT number 5 in the whatever bowl.

[Boston Red]

I may turn out to be way wrong, but I'm pretty shocked that Texas is a 13.5 point favorite over Arizona State. I just don't think Texas is that good, and Arizona State has been playing absolutely lights out of late. Seems like a crazy number.

[RedTeamGo!]

I may turn out to be way wrong, but I'm pretty shocked that Texas is a 13.5 point favorite over Arizona State. I just don't think Texas is that good, and Arizona State has been playing absolutely lights out of late. Seems like a crazy number.

Texas’s defense is that good. The question with them is will their offense show up. If they put up 28 points I could see the cover.

[Boston Red]

Texas’s defense is that good. The question with them is will their offense show up. If they put up 28 points I could see the cover.

Clemson ran up and down the field on them, and they're not even that good.

Guess we'll see!

[Boston Red]

This Oklahoma backup QB is just painfully terrible.

[KronoRed]

Most of these bowl games have been close fun games to watch.

[goreds2]

Friday, Dec. 27

Navy 21, Oklahoma 20 (Armed Forces Bowl)

Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt (Birmingham Bowl) | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN

Arkansas vs. Texas Tech (Liberty Bowl) | 7 p.m. | ESPN

No. 21 Syracuse vs. Washington State (Holiday Bowl) | 8 p.m. | FOX

USC vs. Texas A&M (Las Vegas Bowl) | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN

[redhawkfish]

Getting ready to watch the RedHawks in the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, and see Thom Brenemann is one of the announcers. Yippee!

[goreds2]

Tuesday, Dec. 31

No. 11 Alabama vs. Michigan (ReliaQuest Bowl) | 12 p.m. | ESPN

Louisville vs. Washington (Sun Bowl) | 2 p.m. | CBS

No. 15 South Carolina vs. No. 20 Illinois (Citrus Bowl) | 3 p.m. | ABC

LSU vs. Baylor (Texas Bowl) | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN

No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 9 Boise State (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Fiesta Bowl) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/college-football-tv-schedule-game-times-preview

[GAC]

Michigan put it to Alabama in the first quarter. Wow! After one quarter ‘Bama had -1 yd of offense :eek:

[RedTeamGo!]

Lmao Bama is awful. Wonder how Herbie and eSECpn is going to spin this to show Bama should have made the CFP?

[texasdave]

The American Athletic Conference are 6-1 in bowls with one game left to play.

[GAC]

Both Michigan and ‘Bama need QBs. lol

[RedTeamGo!]

If Jalen Milroe was QB at any other school nobody would ever say “NFL” in same sentence as his name.

[RedTeamGo!]

Hahaha SEC! SEC! SEC! Hahahahaha

[Hillsdale87]

Bama and South Carolina losing to mid B10 teams after complaining for two weeks about Indiana getting in is hilarious


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[RedTeamGo!]

Sec! Sec! Sec!

[Boston Red]

Boise competed okay after falling behind 14-0, but their QB is absolutely terrified out there. Not a recipe for success.

[Roy Tucker]

Penn State seems to look really good and then something happens and the game remains close.

I think they have to quit throwing long to the #5. He’s fast but Allard can’t connect.

[GAC]

Does anyone know Finebaum's hotline number? I'd really like to talk to Paul and console him LOL

[Kingspoint]

The Oregon Ducks’ fast-growing rivalry with the Ohio State Buckeyes reached a new level on Tuesday.

The landmark “O” sitting atop Skinner Butte above the University of Oregon campus in Eugene was painted red, just a day before the top-ranked Ducks take on the Buckeyes at the Rose Bowl in a quarterfinal matchup of the College Football Playoff.

https://www.registerguard.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/12/31/NREG/77354610007-eug-123124-red-o-2.jpg?crop=5327,2996,x0,y0&width=660&height=371&format=pjpg&auto=webp

[Kingspoint]

Ohio State hasn't lost twice in the same season to the same team since 1894.

That juggernaut Wittenberg University.

1894 is also the last time any College Football team finished the season 16-0 (That was Yale. Boola-Boola!)

Oregon looking to win the next two and go to 16-0.

[kaldaniels]

So weird that the NCAA doesn’t adjust and let Barry Sanders bowl yardage count.

[Assembly Hall]

The Oregon Ducks’ fast-growing rivalry with the Ohio State Buckeyes reached a new level on Tuesday.

The landmark “O” sitting atop Skinner Butte above the University of Oregon campus in Eugene was painted red, just a day before the top-ranked Ducks take on the Buckeyes at the Rose Bowl in a quarterfinal matchup of the College Football Playoff.

https://www.registerguard.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/12/31/NREG/77354610007-eug-123124-red-o-2.jpg?crop=5327,2996,x0,y0&width=660&height=371&format=pjpg&auto=webp

I likey!!!!!

[goreds2]

Wednesday, Jan. 1
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 12 Arizona State (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Peach Bowl) | 1 p.m. | ESPN

No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 6 Ohio State (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Rose Bowl) | 5 p.m. | ESPN

No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 5 Notre Dame (College Football Playoff quarterfinals — Sugar Bowl) | 8:45 p.m. | ESPN

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/college-football-tv-schedule-game-times-preview

[Roy Tucker]

From Lance on FB: WDSU News in New Orleans reports tonight's Sugar Bowl game between Notre Dame and Georgia will be postponed amid investigation into this morning's terror attack. The game will tentatively be played Thursday night.

[GAC]

Arizona State offensive line is gonna get their quarterback killed lol

[RedTeamGo!]

Texas’s D is too good for ASU

[Roy Tucker]

This game is a bit like the Penn St-Boise St game. Both teams are skilled and well coached but one team has a lot better athletes.

[kaldaniels]

ASU with an and-goal to pull within 7. Can they?

They’ve left a ton of points off the board.

[kaldaniels]

ASU with an and-goal to pull within 7. Can they?

They’ve left a ton of points off the board.

There needs to be a ton of reflection for ASU. They could have won this.

[GAC]

There needs to be a ton of reflection for ASU. They could have won this.

Simply stupid play calling by a head coach trying to run the ball through the heart of the Texas defense.

[RedTeamGo!]

ASU cheerleaders are fun

[GAC]

Total yardage for Texas right now is 163 yards, while total yardage for Arizona State is 303 yards. Arizona State’s play calling once they’re in the red zone is ridiculous.

[Boston Red]

Our first one possession playoff game in the last 7 minutes!

[Boston Red]

And now we TRULY have a game!

[dabvu2498]

Brutal targeting.

[Boston Red]

If they call targeting here, the fix is in.

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This Skattebo guy is amazing.

[Boston Red]

What a football game!

[GAC]

What an ending to this game. Wow! 24 -24

[goreds2]

If they call targeting here, the fix is in.

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This Skattebo guy is amazing.

Agreed. Looks like a good ending to the game.

[GAC]

Not impressed with Ewers at all

[KronoRed]

Stats say this should be an ASU blowout.

[Boston Red]

Stats say this should be an ASU blowout.

Just a terrible start.

[GAC]

How many times was Arizona State in the red zone and didn’t get nothing?

[Boston Red]

Texas is melting.

[RichRed]

Fantastic game but all of Tessitore’s yelling borders on noise pollution.

[KronoRed]

Definitely targeting but man it sucks that a penalty is going to decide this.


WOW..they didn't call it

[Boston Red]

Definitely targeting but man it sucks that a penalty is going to decide this.

They can't call that here. As much as I want them to!

[Roy Tucker]

I don’t know how that wasn’t targeting.

[Reds Freak]

Fantastic game but all of Tessitore’s yelling borders on noise pollution.

I used to like him but when did he start over embellishing every play like this?

[The Operator]

That’s targeting all day long.

Major incompetence by the officials.

[Boston Red]

Terrible punt

[KronoRed]

Doink....OT

[RichRed]

A doink!

[Roy Tucker]

Poetic justice that the Texas FG gets missed at the buzzer.

[The Operator]

Hahahaha serves them right

[Boston Red]

Oh. My. God.

[dabvu2498]

This is Bengal-esque

[GAC]

OMG LOL

[KronoRed]

Finally one of these playoffs games doesn't suck.

[RichRed]

I used to like him but when did he start over embellishing every play like this?

I think he’s trying to be Gus Johnson but all I’m getting is Thom B. vibes.

[kaldaniels]

Fantastic game but all of Tessitore’s yelling borders on noise pollution.

Before I read this - during that missed kick the way he talked over it annoyed me.

[kaldaniels]

Oh by the way…

Bert Auburn is a stupid name.

[KronoRed]

Oh by the way…

Bert Auburn is a stupid name.

But he has fabulous hair.

[kaldaniels]

I think he’s trying to be Gus Johnson but all I’m getting is Thom B. vibes.

Acting like he was needed to point out that incomplete pass in the end zone just know. “Watch it hit the ground….RIGHT THERE!”

[Roy Tucker]

But he has fabulous hair.

70’s metal band hair.

[kaldaniels]

Does the Rose Bowl have to wait for this game to end to start?

[KronoRed]

Does the Rose Bowl have to wait for this game to end to start?

Nope, it's on ESPN2 like it's a MAC game.

[The Operator]

Back to back runs for little or no gain when you’re behind the sticks.


A bold strategy.

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WOW

[Roy Tucker]

The fireworks at the Rose Bowl looked like they were shooting at the B2. Yikes.

[KronoRed]

Tessitore gonna have a stroke

[The Operator]

I’m definitely hearing the Thom B comparisons here, haha.


Great game though.

[Boston Red]

Weren't Herm Edwards and Marvin Lewis coaching these guys like last year?

[Boston Red]

How does a guy get THAT open on 4th down?!?

[The Operator]

4th and 13 and you let their best player get wide open in the end zone. Oof.


Did Cam Taylor Britt and Geno Stone show up to play for AZ State today?

[KronoRed]

Man...ASU letting guys run free all of a sudden

[The Operator]

Jeebus

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ASU’s secondary is just over it. Lol

[Boston Red]

Weren't Herm Edwards and Marvin Lewis coaching these guys like last year?

Marvin Lewis might be back.

[RichRed]

How does a guy get THAT open on 4th down?!?

What a critical lapse.

[Roy Tucker]

How does a guy get THAT open on 4th down?!?

An all out blitz didn’t get there and man to man DB got toasted.

[The Operator]

An all out blitz didn’t get there and man to man DB got toasted.

If you’re calling an all out blitz on 4th and 13, you damn well better get there.

With that much cushion before the down marker I’m shocked they didn’t drop more guys back in coverage.

[KronoRed]

Game Over....victory for Bevo

[Roy Tucker]

Aaaaannnd the Buckeyes score in 3 plays. 7-0 OSU.

[Roy Tucker]

If you’re calling an all out blitz on 4th and 13, you damn well better get there.

With that much cushion before the down marker I’m shocked they didn’t drop more guys back in coverage.

I don’t disagree about the blitz. Their scheme was flawed. No scheme actually.

[goreds2]

On to the Buckeyes game….

[kaldaniels]

That non-targeting call…I hope that doesn’t get lost in the ether. It needs to be looked at.

Doesn’t matter the game situation. It was targeting.

[The Operator]

That non-targeting call…I hope that doesn’t get lost in the ether. It needs to be looked at.

Doesn’t matter the game situation. It was targeting.

Yea, that was brutal. Targeting all day every day.

[Roy Tucker]

Buckeyes 14-0.

[GAC]

Bucks are playing like they got a chip on her shoulder

[Roy Tucker]

A helmet doink.

[goreds2]

Bucks are playing like they got a chip on her shoulder

No pun intended? ( Kelly )

[GAC]

17-0 Bucks beginning of 2Q

[Boston Red]

Maybe Tennessee doesn't suck that much after all.

[GAC]

24-0 Buckeyes!

[Reds Freak]

Ryan Day needs to go.

[Sea Ray]

24-0 Buckeyes!

This is a championship team


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[GAC]

Will Howard has thrown for 255 yards and three TDs and we just started the second quarter

[GAC]

This is a championship team


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if you go over on our thread, I picked Oregon to win to jinx them lol

[GAC]

It just pees me off they didn’t use this same gameplan vs Michigan

31-0 Bucks now.

[KronoRed]

This one is over.

[The Operator]

Absolute insanity.

Ryan Day making a statement. Homie wants to keep that job and shut people like me up.


They’re playing inspired. 31-0 Buckeyes

[Roy Tucker]

I thought OSU would win but not like this.

Game isn’t over though.

[GAC]

I’m beginning to think Oregon shouldn’t have been in the CFP lol

[The Operator]

I thought OSU would win but not like this.

Game isn’t over though.

Yea. I was optimistic after seeing them take it to Tennessee.


But I definitely did not see them blowing the doors off and having a 4-score advantage halfway thru the second quarter. This is wild.

[Kingspoint]

I likey!!!!!

You've got to love College Sports.

[dubc47834]

OSU BEATING THE BRAKES OFF THE DUCKS...HFC!!!

Congrats OSU fans today!

[Sea Ray]

I thought OSU would win but not like this.

Game isn’t over though.

Oh, it’s 100% over


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[RedTeamGo!]

The sleeper has awoken

[*BaseClogger*]

Reminds me a lot of the 2014 run with Cardale Jones stretching the field vertically.

[Roy Tucker]

Oregon scores at the buzzer 34-8.

[goreds2]

Ducks get the ball to start second half.

[Hillsdale87]

I'm a skittish fan, so I'm still not ready to relax, but that was maybe the best half of football I've ever seen.


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[*BaseClogger*]

I'm a skittish fan, so I'm still not ready to relax, but that was maybe the best half of football I've ever seen.


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I’ll never forget the first half against MSU in 2022 (Mel Tucker extension game). Made plans to go watch the game with an MSU fan here in Chicago and the game felt like it was over immediately.

[MWM]

I'm a skittish fan, so I'm still not ready to relax, but that was maybe the best half of football I've ever seen.


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You have every right to be skittish. If Oregon gets 8 on their first drive their big lead is now almost cu in half. They need a stop or hold them to a FG then put a drive together. An Oregon TD followed by a 3 and out and then it gets scary.

[RedTeamGo!]

This game is far from over

[texasdave]

Georgia-Notre Dame game has been postponed.

[goreds2]

One positive: Ducks took over 6 minutes off the clock.

[The Operator]

Well here we go. 34-15.


Bucks D pinned them back 3rd & 22 then gave up a 21 yard scramble to make it 4th & 1 which the Ducks converted. All business from that point out.


It ain’t over. Better answer this with a TD.

[Roy Tucker]

This game is far from over

I said that an hour ago.

Oregon scores off the opening kickoff. 34-15.

[The Operator]

Hoo boy.

Oregon forces a 3 & out.

[RedTeamGo!]

Not even close to over. Starting to look like Oregon is destined to come back.

[MWM]

Worst case scenario.

[Roy Tucker]

Buckeyes need to blitz more. A 3 man rush and playing zone won’t work now. Oregon will just chip away downfield.

[The Operator]

There we go!