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What I really wish happened in football in both college and pro….is after a game is over and the league/conference/refs “explain” what happened on a call…..that explanation was public info. Because you know sometimes the response is….well, we got that one wrong. I’d love to hear the explanation on the Mafah fumble. Clemson runs a play to the SC 20. They then blow the whistle after that play to go back to review the play before that. And they give SC the ball despite the fact that play was blown dead before SC “recovered” the ball. I mean you don’t even have to get into the was he down with possession argument/fumble/lateral part. No point arguing that component. How do you rewind the clock like that after a full play is off AND then how do you award possession for what happened after a play was blown dead.

well, every fanbase can argue if it wasn’t for the refs they would have won a game they lost. But aside from that, I’m good either way. SC or Bama. I think that will be far down the list of complaints when the dust settles. frankly I’m rooting for chaos so the CFP has to really show their hands and set precedence year 1 of the 12 team format. Or outrage is generated so they fix the format/criteria

Isn’t he hurt? Last week when he was kicking they said he had an injury that limited what he could kick out there I think

I think they are the same tier teams. I think most of the top 25 really is. I’d probably let head to head settle the differences. That OU loss would make me think long and hard though. With no dog in that fight, I could understand it either way

Well, coaches poll is out. It was pretty in-sync with the CFP poll last week. Think the top 12 was all the same outside of the Miami/UGA flip. Gamecocks 12. Bama at 11. that puts Gamecocks as first out as of right now. Lot of SEC fans pulling against Clemson and Iowa St this weekend. They would knock Bama out too

When that arm locked up stiff after….you know the brain ain’t right. and somehow that defender still was talking poo and acting a fool after. I get bang bang and making a mistake. Fug dudes who actually give zero poos after. His PR forced apology will be meaningless after

That unfairly punishes teams. Which I get a SEC fan having little sympathy or understanding. It’s a problem you are essentially uniquely immune to. Final poll was Michigan 1 and Washington 2 last year. Indiana had them both of them this year….they have no control of what they became. As a Clemson fan, every year when it was the final 4….everyone argued we didn’t belong because of SOS. Underdogs in every game, ever played in the CFP. 2nd most wins though and 2nd most nattys. I’m sure your model would have kept Clemson out almost every year. No control of what Auburn, A&M, SC, ND, UGA, etc would or wouldn’t be. Old model never guaranteed entry. New one should scrap it too. It will be silly for Clemson and Iowa St to make it in….way more so than Indiana IMO.

How do would you punish Indiana then?

How do you leave out an 11-1 BIG10 team in a 12 team format? Just this weekend, #2 and #6 just got beat by unranked teams. Took #4 8 OTs to beat an unranked ACC team. There just don’t to be any great teams this year. And non- great teams have bad weeks. 12 team format is just meh. I think the bigger argument is conference champs shouldn’t get an auto entry. I mean, imagine if Clemson and Iowa St win this weekend. Which both could happen. Coin flip games really. Spread think opened 1.5 or 2.5 on those. That would be 2 teams outside the top 15 in. If you can’t punish teams for losing, then you can’t really reward them either so they ain’t moving Columbia, SC going to have a stroke if Clemson gets in and they are on the outside and get sent to the Taco Bell Kmart Bowl vs Miami lol. Indiana won’t be talked about then really torn. I do want Clemson to win the ACC. That would be 8 of the last 10 and 2 of the last 3. That would feel good given the hate Dabo gets about the portal /NIL. I don’t care to see them in a CFP they don’t belong in though. Because they don’t. So Clemson would just get poo on for pulling off the ACC in the end. A win/lose.

This whole season feels weird. There doesn’t seem to be the standard 2-3 stud teams. I think there I still a top tier but it’s weaker than in the past. the middle of the top 25 I feel has better odds vs the top 5 than in years past. I and dislike the feel the new playoff system. Imagine if Clemson wins. You got the ACC and Big12 making the whole system a joke. Because you would have 2 teams not in the top 15 taking up multiple spots.

lot of post game flag planting fighting today…. UNC/ NC State going at it Michigan and OSU went at it

Syracuse, GT, VT, Cal…..the comfort wasn’t seen by outsiders vs them. That’s half the ACC slate.

No way to realistically make a run at a natty with that defense in Miami. They were on the ropes every week in the ACC because of it. I worry about Ward and Sanders at the NFL level given how they haven’t dealt with the repercussions of holding the ball like they have in college. Think it’s getting too much in their DNA…and NFL defenses will get home….

Bruh. There is no ACC team that realistically had a chance this year at a natty. That’s been known for some time. Miami isn’t a good team. They have shown that all season in ACC play. They just got a crazy good QB on a bad team.

a good day after all! if given the option of going to the ACC Championship or beating SC this am….I would have picked this option

Yeah, Miami has to win to get in. Syracuse has a chance to win. Miami settled for a FG. 42-38 Syracuse’s. 3 left. TD here would win it for them I think

Iowa kid post game had the killer line “Come to Iowa. Be a Hawk. See the difference.”

42-35 Syracuse. 9 to go

AND….there the refs go. They were short there. All the announcers agreed and then suddenly….refs say it’s good after review. More work to be done though. standard much much higher to overturn a call in this game than Clemson’s lol

Just a normal Saturday. They ain’t worried. They know help will come if needed. CFP needs Ward

Syracuse Miami 28- 28 in the 3rd. Every Miami game becomes must watch TV. If things get dicey refs going to have step in

2 of the 3 last 3 have been fun watches. I always prefer SC to be good. I do wonder if some of that talent in SC gets sniped. Quiet day for the DL of Carolina but I wouldn’t be surprised if someone doesn’t try to steal that freshman DE with a big ole check

Yes. Cade 100% tripped and pitched it to Mafah. That’s not in dispute. We agree on that. Mafah got the ball, fell to the ground and then attempted to complete the rest of the play….which was the lateral to the WR on the end around. You are calling the lateral from Mafah to the end around WR the ball popping up. It was whistled dead. Then they ran another play. the review then awarded the ball to SC after we ran another play for what happened after a play was whistled dead. How does that part work lol? How do you recover a ball if a play was whistled dead for a downed player prior to a recovery? I think the refs screwed Clemson twice. That’s not why they lost. Please don’t think that is my argument. They lost because Cade chocked and panicked at the end. They lost because Sellers should have been put on the ground for a loss countless times and they didn’t. They lost because our over loyal Dabo wouldn’t bench his favorite hurt RB. Clemson lost for lots of reasons. SC deserved to win. Those calls were bad though IMO. They exist in every game.

To me the call was always about Mafah. Not Cade. Mafah was ruled down while making the pitch to the WR. The ball didn’t just pop up. Mafah was making the lateral to the WR (which was the play). So they call him downed while he attempted to pitch the end around. They whistled it dead. Then Clemson ran another play. Then the review. call on the field was down. Whistled dead. Then they ran another play. I hate a huge % of overturns in college and pros. To me they never clear the bar required which is supposed to be huge. To me the call said Mafah caught the ball on the ground and Wesco caught it on the sideline…and there wasn’t the evidence needed to overturn them. you even got SEC guys like David Pollack calling that Mafah one criminal. So it ain’t just the Clemson homer

Maybe. That cuts both ways. a high level recuit knows Dabo isn’t going to treat him like a rental to make him look good or go. Which is college football now. Dabo still recruiting someone that wants to go to Clemson 4 years and be part of what they do. He still recruiting Christian parents. there is a place for what Dabo does. It just means instead of ever flirting with top 4 status like the ole days…..it’s being 15ish good looking for that auto bid