Championship Week

[LinvilleGorge]

17 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

I don't really understand the playoff structure very well, how come Ohio State isn't playing another game like Georgia and Michigan?

Because they didn't qualify for their conference championship game. So just like Bama a few years ago, they essentially get an unearned bye week.

[Jackie Lee]

22 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Because they didn't qualify for their conference championship game. So just like Bama a few years ago, they essentially get an unearned bye week.

It's gonna be crazy when they expand the playoffs. I wonder how often guys declaring for the draft are going to opt out of those extra games. I think it would be a wild card round then an 8 team round, and then down to the 4 team system they have now?

[LinvilleGorge]

27 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

It's gonna be crazy when they expand the playoffs. I wonder how often guys declaring for the draft are going to opt out of those extra games. I think it would be a wild card round then an 8 team round, and then down to the 4 team system they have now?

I don't think it'll be an issue. You don't see guys sitting out of playoff games or conference championship games, just the also ran bowls. They just let the bowl system grow so massive that going to a bowl game lost all prestige. You have to flat out suck now to not qualify for a bowl. It doesn't mean anything anymore. Then they changed the names of most of the bowls to corporate sponsors and people kind of lost track of the "real" bowl games. So now you have the playoffs and then to a much lesser extent the New Year's Eve six bowls and nothing else matters. That's just the real truth. Some of these bowls look like they're attended at the level of a local HS game.

[Jackie Lee]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I don't think it'll be an issue. You don't see guys sitting out of playoff games or conference championship games, just the also ran bowls. They just let the bowl system grow so massive that going to a bowl game lost all prestige. You have to flat out suck now to not qualify for a bowl. It doesn't mean anything anymore. Then they changed the names of most of the bowls to corporate sponsors and people kind of lost track of the "real" bowl games. So now you have the playoffs and then to a much lesser extent the New Year's Eve six bowls and nothing else matters. That's just the real truth. Some of these bowls look like they're attended at the level of a local HS game.

Very true. Seems like every time I think I make up a random sponsor to make fun of a bowl game, I google it and it ends up actually existing. I just googled Cheez-It bowl and that's a real thing somewhere

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Very true. Seems like every time I think I make up a random sponsor to make fun of a bowl game, I google it and it ends up actually existing. I just googled Cheez-It bowl and that's a real thing somewhere

A lot of it comes down to idiotic match making too. The conference tie-ins need to stop. I mean, you end up with matchups like Wake Forest vs. South Carolina in say El Paso, TX. Who in the fug is going to that game? That makes no sense. But put that game in Charlotte and it's a different story.

[Popsickle]

25 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Very true. Seems like every time I think I make up a random sponsor to make fun of a bowl game, I google it and it ends up actually existing. I just googled Cheez-It bowl and that's a real thing somewhere

First:  I WOKE UP FEELING THE CHEESIEST COACH!

Second: Cheez-It is sponsoring two bowls this year! There are far too many bowls. 

[LinvilleGorge]

TCU vs. Kansas State about to kickoff.

I had no idea who Ashanti was prior to a couple of minutes ago, but now I know that she's wish.com Mariah Carey.

[jayboogieman]

K State's uniforms look like Cowboy knockoffs

[Popsickle]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

TCU vs. Kansas State about to kickoff.

I had no idea who Ashanti was prior to a couple of minutes ago, but now I know that she's wish.com Mariah Carey.

Ahhh I thought the anthem was good. 

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, Popsickle said:

Ahhh I thought the anthem was good. 

It wasn't bad at all.

[LinvilleGorge]

TCU's punt returner just fielded a punt at the 2 in a crowd. That could've been disastrous but luckily for them just amounted to a run of the mill dumb decision. They'll start on the 7.

 

[Catsfan69]

Perfect throw to open the game

[jayboogieman]

Duggan made that throw look easy

[LinvilleGorge]

TCU with an early bomb. Already close to FG range.