College Football - Bowl Games

[gflore34]

is TCU even trying on defense? This is way too easy

 

I think Georgia has overwhelmed them, probably trying too hard now, overrunning WR routes, tackle attempts, etc.

[UMFan83]

Had a feeling this wasn't going to be a competitive game tonight, which have preferred a Georgia - Michigan final.

 

Michigan would have lost too but I’d like to think they would have kept it a little closer. Who knows

[Ding Dong Johnson]

That missed PAT may come back to bite them.

[Cubswin11]

This seems like really poor architecture/design. Paying $5/7+ bil for a stadium that is allegedly domed and rain can get in.

 

[jersey cubs fan]

My multi year streak of forgetting there was a national championship game on tv remains intact

[Andy]

They keep trying to legislate some form of parity into this sport but it ain't happening. I don't know if Georgia has fully usurped Bama but they're definitely at least 1A to Bama's 1B right now.

[BigbadB]

My multi year streak of forgetting there was a national championship game on tv remains intact

 

I really miss Jan 1 being the ultimate college football day. Would have been a problem this year with NFL on the 1st, but I've missed a lot of Monday night championship games. Actually fell asleep to this one after a hard day of partying all day Sunday.

[Old Style]

Coaching can get you a long way but I think last night was the manifestation of a team full of 3* players running up against a team loaded with nothing but 4* and 5* talent.

[champaignchris]

They keep trying to legislate some form of parity into this sport but it ain't happening. I don't know if Georgia has fully usurped Bama but they're definitely at least 1A to Bama's 1B right now.

 

I think the expansion to 12 teams in the playoffs will help - more schools can credibly claim to have a shot. I think NIL keeping more kids in school longer will also help - fuller rosters will trickle some of that talent down to more programs.

 

We won’t see actual parity. But instead of maybe 2 or 3 schools with a legit title shot every year, we might get 5 or 6.

[Andy]

They keep trying to legislate some form of parity into this sport but it ain't happening. I don't know if Georgia has fully usurped Bama but they're definitely at least 1A to Bama's 1B right now.

 

I think the expansion to 12 teams in the playoffs will help - more schools can credibly claim to have a shot. I think NIL keeping more kids in school longer will also help - fuller rosters will trickle some of that talent down to more programs.

 

We won’t see actual parity. But instead of maybe 2 or 3 schools with a legit title shot every year, we might get 5 or 6.

Alabama just signed the #3-rated recruiting class in the Internet era and that came a full year after it became obvious the CFP would be expanding beyond 4.

 

NIL/transfer portal, not the CFP format, is the best chance to create some semblance of parity. That seems to be helping on the margins - TCU wouldn't have made it to the title game without the portal, for instance.

 

But any sports league that isn't run by owners who care more about profits than winning isn't going to have a meaningful amount of parity. The same teams pretty much always win at the high school level and the same teams are going to keep winning at the college level.

[soccer10k]

They keep trying to legislate some form of parity into this sport but it ain't happening. I don't know if Georgia has fully usurped Bama but they're definitely at least 1A to Bama's 1B right now.

 

Georgia still had to win the games and I get that injuries happen so I’m not trying to take away from what they’ve done, but Georgia is 2 (maybe 3) WR injuries away from potentially having no championships. Metchie and Williams last year and Harrison Jr this year.

[Cubswin11]

They keep trying to legislate some form of parity into this sport but it ain't happening. I don't know if Georgia has fully usurped Bama but they're definitely at least 1A to Bama's 1B right now.

 

I think the expansion to 12 teams in the playoffs will help - more schools can credibly claim to have a shot. I think NIL keeping more kids in school longer will also help - fuller rosters will trickle some of that talent down to more programs.

 

We won’t see actual parity. But instead of maybe 2 or 3 schools with a legit title shot every year, we might get 5 or 6.

I don’t think 12 teams does horsefeathers for any sort of parity. There’s always going to be like 2.5 teams that can win and that’s it. 12 teams just drags out the process and we get more blowouts. It will just be UM beating Tenn by 30 then losing to Bama by 30, OK beating UCF by 30 then losing to OSU by 30, USC beating ND by 30 then losing to Clemson by 30, LSU-Wisc winner losing to UGA by 30 then we get a Bama-OSU-UGA-Clemson final 4 a month later.

[Andy]

They keep trying to legislate some form of parity into this sport but it ain't happening. I don't know if Georgia has fully usurped Bama but they're definitely at least 1A to Bama's 1B right now.

 

I think the expansion to 12 teams in the playoffs will help - more schools can credibly claim to have a shot. I think NIL keeping more kids in school longer will also help - fuller rosters will trickle some of that talent down to more programs.

 

We won’t see actual parity. But instead of maybe 2 or 3 schools with a legit title shot every year, we might get 5 or 6.

I don’t think 12 teams does horsefeathers for any sort of parity. There’s always going to be like 2.5 teams that can win and that’s it. 12 teams just drags out the process and we get more blowouts. It will just be UM beating Tenn by 30 then losing to Bama by 30, OK beating UCF by 30 then losing to OSU by 30, USC beating ND by 30 then losing to Clemson by 30, LSU-Wisc winner losing to UGA by 30 then we get a Bama-OSU-UGA-Clemson final 4 a month later.

I think there will be fun games outside of the ones matching up an interloper with a death machine - think LSU/Penn State, ND/Oregon, Texas/Florida State, what have you, and maybe the G5 team gets a good matchup here and there that turns into a fun game. That's probably the selling point of this new CFP. But the final 4 is gonna be a whole lot of Georgia, Bama, Ohio State unless those 3 schools suddenly stop being good at recruiting and developing star players.

[Derwood]

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[Andy]

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He's going to go at least 11-1 next year too and I'm sure we'll do this same song and dance again.