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College Football '19 Championship Week |OT| A beacon of greatness in a sea of cheaters and bagmen
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"It doesnt matter because ohio state doesn't play sec teams" is always the stupid argument.
First time anyone has beaten 3 straight top 10 teams in 20 years.
I was saying Fox because those stats were cherry picked and Cincinnati is so garbage that the stats were skewed. I saw them live in Tampa and USF missed like 4 field goals and lost by 3.
Yeah this is why the second half play calling should have been more aggressive. Badgers lost two key linebackers on one play at the end of the first half, including their best defensive player. Needed to score points.
That second half was more like it
Predictions:
1 LSU
2. Ohio St
3. Clemson
4. Oklahoma
Rose: Oregon/Wisconsin
Cotton: Memphis/Utah
Sugar: Georgia/Baylor
Orange: Florida/Virginia
1. Joe Burrow
2. Justin Fields
3. Jalen Hurts
Sorry Chase Young :(
Predictions:
1 LSU
2. Ohio St
3. Clemson
4. Oklahoma
Rose: Oregon/Wisconsin
Cotton: Memphis/Utah
Sugar: Georgia/Baylor
Orange: Florida/Virginia
1. Joe Burrow
2. Justin Fields
3. Jalen Hurts
Sorry Chase Young :(
As badly as Ohio State played in the first half, it would be hard to argue that LSU is a demonstrably better team.
Offensively, the teams are comparable:
Scoring - Ohio State (1), LSU (2)
Total - LSU (2), Ohio State (5)
But there is a major difference on defense:
Scoring - Ohio State (3), LSU (31)
Total - Ohio State (1), LSU (35)
Offensively, the teams are comparable:
Scoring - Ohio State (1), LSU (2)
Total - LSU (2), Ohio State (5)
But there is a major difference on defense:
Scoring - Ohio State (3), LSU (31)
Total - Ohio State (1), LSU (35)
Yeah the "complete" team defense has been a point of discussion all year for that very reason. I think we keep #1 but if we didn't finish the way we did I wouldn't have been surprised at dropping to 2.
If you think Ohio state beat better teams then LSU then there is nothing I can say to convince you
Assuming the committee does the right thing and puts Wisconsin in the Rose, I think PSU goes to the Cotton. They'll probably end up with a higher rank than Utah, and they travel better.
Ohio State should be number one by virtue of playing nine conference games whereas LSU played 3-9 FCS Northwestern State
That would require ESPN and the committee surgically extracting their tongue from up inside the SEC's bunghole. Not happening.
Crazy how Bama is most likely getting left out of a New Years bowl. That team is coming back passed next year. Look out
Yea they should really discourage those FCS games. I get it that those games bring in a lot of money for the smaller schools by really at the end of the day, they don't even qualify as cupcake games.
LSU has played superior offenses. Both Texas and Alabama rank in the top 15 nationally in total offense.
What's the best offensive team OSU has played? Bucky? They're 35th, one dimensional, and no other OSU opponent ranks in the top 50 in total offense.
I just wish they'd expand to a real playoff already and put an end to this nonsensical farce.
With it being pretty easy for the committee this time around, an 8-team playoff (discussion) just got delayed again
And not a single one of their conference wins is as good as Georgia or Bama.
1. LSU
2. Ohio St
3. Clemson
4. Oklahoma
LSU > Clemson for the final. Go Tigahs.
Who wants this hypothetical playoff
(1) LSU v (8) Memphis
(2) Ohio State v (7) Florida
(3) Clemson v (6) Georgia
(4) Oklahoma v (5) Oregon
(1) LSU v (8) Memphis
(2) Ohio State v (7) Florida
(3) Clemson v (6) Georgia
(4) Oklahoma v (5) Oregon
Thank you for adding Memphis. Any expands should guarantee a group of 5 team a spot
Penn state could hold their own against this two teams. They did have the closest game of anyone against Ohio St.
Yeah, I figure 5 autos for P5 conf champs and 1 for highest ranked G5 team. At-large bids for Georgia and Florida as I'm guessing they will be the highest ranked non champs. Didn't put too much thought into the seeding so I guess some teams could be moved around.
A lot of people are saying LSU on the radio and other places, if style points matter… No matter how the top 4 shakes out looking forward to every one of the matchups
It's really hard to judge strength of schedule in college football because the teams mostly just play their own conference opponents, and we don't have context as to how strong that conference is most of the time, we just have to assume they're close.
I think the SEC has benefited from a massive amount of manufactured hype over the past 15 years, but of all the years this is probably the one time where it's actually warranted, Auburn is the 5th best team in the SEC and they beat the Pac-12 champ. That gave us context.
For whatever reason the committee isn't as impressed with the SEC as they should be, and they're equating wins against Michigan/Penn/Wisc as equal to wins over Alabama.How many TDs would Alabama be favored over Michigan/PennSt/Wisc on a neutral field even without Tua? 2 TDs at least? Maybe even more than that.
But it doesn't really matter, there's 3 teams that are clearly better than everyone else and they're all in.
I think the SEC has benefited from a massive amount of manufactured hype over the past 15 years, but of all the years this is probably the one time where it's actually warranted, Auburn is the 5th best team in the SEC and they beat the Pac-12 champ. That gave us context.
For whatever reason the committee isn't as impressed with the SEC as they should be, and they're equating wins against Michigan/Penn/Wisc as equal to wins over Alabama.How many TDs would Alabama be favored over Michigan/PennSt/Wisc on a neutral field even without Tua? 2 TDs at least? Maybe even more than that.
But it doesn't really matter, there's 3 teams that are clearly better than everyone else and they're all in.
Tua threw for 400 yards that game and played from start to finish.
Penn State did play against OSU with their backup in the second half.
Nah LSU's defense is swiss cheese. I actually think Clemson will win it all again
Clemson hasn't really played against a decent defense, and they surely haven't played against an offense like LSU.
I want this hypothetical playoff:
(1) LSU v (8) Appalachian State/(9) Florida Atlantic
(2) Ohio State v (7) Boise State/(10) Miami (OH)
(3) Clemson v (6) Memphis
(4) Oklahoma v (5) Oregon
OP
OP
Here is how the playoff games should happen for the first round all 4 teams play at once on two fields one going north and south and the other east and west. Then after those two teams win they play after a 60 minute half time. Then out of nowhere Bama comes out and wins the CFB championship.
Yeah, giving up 300 yards in one half to a one dimensional team is pretty embarrassing.
Oh wait, that was Ohio State.
But I agree with you that Clemson will probably win it all.
FAU lost to UCF by 34 points. They are horrible. I can't have any of this
The 8 team playoff idea doesn't make any sense to me. This year especially the top four seeds would blow out the bottom 4. Dont water down the season for some blowout first round games. College football is a regular season sport, they switched to the play off because some years the difference between the #1-4 teams is pretty small. No one seriously thinks Memphis is the best team in college football. Georgia got blown out yesterday.