2023 NCAA Football Thread

[MichiganCardinal]

12 minutes ago, buddha said:

if jj throws multiple pick 6s and michigan turns the ball over like they did against tcu, they can lose to anyone.  if they play like that again this year washington will murder them.

Yep. Michigan lost that game more than TCU won it.

[romad1]

The Team Turmoil nature of this Michigan season really has been beyond anything I've experienced in my life as a Michigan fan.  It will be a very interesting book when it comes out. 

 

And by Team Turmoil I mean just the number of things that have happened.  The actual team seems pretty focused through all of it.

Edited December 2, 2023 by romad1

[MichiganCardinal]

Texas up early on Okie State. A Texas win likely eliminates Ohio State from playoff contention.

[buddha]

9 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Texas up early on Okie State. A Texas win likely eliminates Ohio State from playoff contention.

if texas wins i dont think there is any way osu makes it.

if bama beats georgia they will jump osu.  wins over lsu and georgia and winning the sec trumps osu beating penn state and ghost of lou holtz.

[casimir]

26 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Texas up early on Okie State. A Texas win likely eliminates Ohio State from playoff contention.

This is the game that seems like the least likely to go OSU’s way.

[MichiganCardinal]

3 minutes ago, casimir said:

This is the game that seems like the least likely to go OSU’s way.

21-7 now. I would agree.

[MichiganCardinal]

Texas is probably very thankful to be seeing Okie State instead of a rematch against Oklahoma.

[MichiganCardinal]

What an ass. “Don’t look at this year, or at the fact we got embarrassed out of conference, just look at our past success and put us in anyway!”

At the same time, he’s standing up for his conference instead of picking sides among his member schools’ quarrels, so good on him I suppose.

 

[buddha]

30 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

What an ass. “Don’t look at this year, or at the fact we got embarrassed out of conference, just look at our past success and put us in anyway!”

At the same time, he’s standing up for his conference instead of picking sides among his member schools’ quarrels, so good on him I suppose.

 

that's exactly what he's supposed to say.  unlike tony pettiti's strange decision to throw his conferences co-#1 brand to the wolves so illinois will be happy.

[casimir]

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

What an ass. “Don’t look at this year, or at the fact we got embarrassed out of conference, just look at our past success and put us in anyway!”

At the same time, he’s standing up for his conference instead of picking sides among his member schools’ quarrels, so good on him I suppose.

 

Part of the job as commish is to promote your product.  Once the games are over, let’s evaluate resumes and go from there.

Its too bad Alabama converted that 4th down last week.  Hearing him bark for a 2 loss champion (if they beat Georgia) would’ve been good theatre.

[lordstanley]

54 minutes ago, buddha said:

that's exactly what he's supposed to say.  unlike tony pettiti's strange decision to throw his conferences co-#1 brand to the wolves so illinois will be happy.

Hell, after this Texas blowout, if Alabama beats Georgia, FSU wins decisively but Michigan only wins unimpressively against Iowa, maybe Sankey will use Pettiti's own words to argue that Michigan is the odd team out. Michigan cheated, biggest scandal in history of college football, blatant disregard of sportsmanship, threatens the integrity of the sport, urgent action needed to be taken and still needs to be taken, blah blah blah, postseason ban must be implemented immediately! ESPN would be pushing that narrative by midnight today.

 

[MIguy]

If Florida State comes out and looks like garbage but manages to eek out a win, there's going to be a lot of people calling for Texas to be in over them.  

 

[romad1]

Holy crap...I don't get the SEC championship game in the DC market because of some CBS or local channel crapola with Directv.  If I were a fan of either team I'd be losing my mind.

[MichiganCardinal]

17 minutes ago, MIguy said:

If Florida State comes out and looks like garbage but manages to eek out a win, there's going to be a lot of people calling for Texas to be in over them.  

 

For as much as the committee claims that their job is to name the four best teams, I think it's disingenuous to not acknowledge that part of their job is political. While I think a survey of college football fans as to who's better between a 13-0 FSU and a 12-1 Texas would be overwhelmingly Texas, I still don't think the committee even seriously entertains the thought of leaving a 13-0 ACC Champion out of the playoff.

When UCF goes 13-0 and claims some fraudulent National Championship, it's cute. When Florida State does it, it's an asterisk. The original BCS was derived to prevent having undefeated Nebraska and Michigan from both claiming a 1997 National Championship. Then it was expanded to four to prevent the 2003 USC/LSU debacle, and to prevent 2004 Auburn, 2008 Utah, or 2010 TCU from decrying that they didn't get their shot despite being undefeated (even though the latter two were Mountain West at the time).

With four teams now, the CFP is just lucky there was never a year where all five conferences had their champion finish 13-0. I don't see how they can open the door to Florida State winning the Fiesta Bowl over Tulane or the Cotton Bowl over Missouri and finishing 14-0... You're right back to 1997 with that, even if the polls don't split.

[MichiganCardinal]

Bama takes the lead. I don't know if I have ever wanted Alabama to win as much as I do now.

[buddha]

each of these sec teams would smoke michigan.

[MichiganCardinal]

15 minutes ago, buddha said:

each of these sec teams would smoke michigan.

Two years ago, yes. I think it would be a competitive playoff game.

[MIguy]

Looks like chaos might be on the menu for tomorrow!  😳

[lordstanley]

The committee wil! be praying for a FSU or Michigan loss. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

They fumble was so crucial. Georgia is in trouble now. 

[MichiganCardinal]

Bama up 10. Feels like they’ve had opportunities to give a kill shot and are keeping UGA in it

[buddha]

1 hour ago, lordstanley said:

The committee wil! be praying for a FSU or Michigan loss. 

i wonder if michigan gets in with a loss?  i doubt it.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

13 minutes ago, buddha said:

i wonder if michigan gets in with a loss?  i doubt it.

I wouldn't think so. If Bama wins this and then both FSU and Michigan lose I think it's Washington, Texas, Alabama, and Georgia that are in. 

[gehringer_2]

Georgia should have started playing no-huddle after the 1st drive.

[MichiganCardinal]

Bama is probably one first down away