CFP National Championship: Alabama vs Ohio State

[Parliament 14255]

I haven't checked espn, but I assume Alabama is still scoring touchdowns against Ohio State linebackers in single coverage?

[Huckleberry 32851]

3 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Yeah, well, move the game from Monday night at 8:00pm with enough commercials to drag it 4 hours.

You really think that was the problem?

It's because it was a blowout at the end of a weird season where lots and lots of casual fans never got into college football. Texas-USC was at 8ET on a Wednesday night. It drew record ratings.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Ending up 5th was the best thing that happened to A&M in decades. They can bitch and moan about how unfair the system is and blah blah blah, win the Orange Bowl and end their season on a high note. It's way better than getting buttfucked by Alabama again.

aggy

[MrPhlegm 3413]

You mean the same system that kept out a undefeated Auburn team in 2004 to match up OU and USC? Or how about in 2008 where Texas was left out for a team they beat by 11 months before. I'm trying to think of any sport where an undefeated team has no chance for a title shot because of some computer or dorky  voters in a room. It's also the same system that allowed Florida St over Miami in 2000. Nebraska to go the next year. OU  in 2003. 
With your logic, we would have gotten Bama/Clemson this year. Yet, Ohio St bum fucked Clemson.But we would have never found that out because the computers would not have added them. And so many would assume Bama/Clemson were the 2 best.
Imagine other sports using the method FBS uses to pick their "playoff" teams lmao. Or the BCS. It's all crap. OU was better than Notre Dame this year and would have proved that in a real playoff. Cinderellas get zero shot. Everyone loves an underdog and to watch them.

16 teams

[MrPhlegm 3413]

The amount of Aggy people asking to be ranked #2 is WAY TOO HIGH

aggy

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Aggy reminds me of when Daingerfield won state in 83.  Daingerfield beat Robinson 22-0 in Area.  It was the closest game that the Tigers played on their way to the state championship.  At the State Championship game, there were a couple of Robinson kids walking around with a banner in the stands basically proclaiming Robinson should be number 2 in the state because they only lost by 22.

aggy

[MrPhlegm 3413]

So apparently Sark landed a WR recruit for Texas during halftime!
Steve Wiltfong: Top247 WR committed to Texas at halftime of National Title game after watching Tide's offensive explosion

As Steve Sarkisian was suiting up for Monday night’s National Title game as Alabama’s offensive coordinator, he was putting in work for his next gig making recruiting calls as the head coach of Texas. One of the prospects he chatted up was Lewisville (Texas) High Top247 2022 receiver Armani Winfield. “He had his suit and tie on about to leave the hotel,” Winfield said. “We were really chopping it up about the new era at Texas.”
Sarkisian told Winfield he needed players like him to have the explosive offense he wants to have in Austin. The type of offense that ranked first nationally in passing efficiency this year and second in scoring against an all-SEC schedule and College Football Playoff opponents. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Winfield then witnessed in the first half Heisman Trophy winner Devonta Smith hauling in 12 passes for 215 yards and three touchdowns in an eventual 52-24 win over Ohio State.
“I saw what he did in the first half and I called (Longhorns receivers) Coach (Andre) Coleman and told him I wanted to commit," Winfield said. "He got back to Coach Sark and it was up from there.”
Winfield announced his college plans Tuesday afternoon becoming the first prospect to commit to Sarkisian at his new post, choosing to stay home over the likes of Ohio State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. He had close to 40 scholarships total. “Just the offense, the type of offensive mind he has, how Coach Sark really uses his playmakers, he gets the matches he wants,” Winfield said. He is tabbed by the 247Sports Composite as the country’s No. 12 receiver and No. 79 prospect overall.
Beyond Sarkisian, Winfield is excited to put on for the Lone Star State. “Growing up in Texas I always wanted to play in Texas and stay loyal to the soil,” Winfield said. Through three seasons Winfield has caught 128 passes for 1,730 yards and 16 touchdowns. He also shines in the offseason for True Buzz Athletics and has competed with them since the seventh grade. “They’re getting a polished route runner, someone who has the desire to be special,” True Buzz’s DeMarquis Brooks said.
“He really wants to be great. He’s committed to his work ethic and committed to the game. He brings a savviness to the position. He’s bringing the confidence that the Longhorns nation needs and he’s definitely a gifted athlete. I think after a year or two polishing him up he’ll be a great college guy. His frame can carry another 20 pounds easily and he can develop elite speed. I think that’s the underrated part of his game, his speed. You can’t see it because he’s a long-strider so you don’t know how much top-end speed he has but he can definitely get better with a strength and conditioning program."
“He has very fluid hands," Brooks continued. "Has always been a hand catcher. He can torque his body. He can make those difficult catches because he has good body control. He’s a polished receiver, he can run any route on the route tree. You can put him in the slot, if you want to put him outside you can put him outside. He’s a technician.”
 

 
aggy

[MrPhlegm 3413]

That's what we should have had under the bowl system.  Notre Dame vs A&M would have been one of those Cotton Bowl classics before Playoff Mongers distorted everything.  A&M had a dramatic victory over a UNC team that had some starters sitting out.  ND stepped on those Tar Heels at full strength.

aggy aggy

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

7 hours ago, MrPhlegm said:

On 1/12/2021 at 8:45 AM, Cheeseweasel said:

The amount of Aggy people asking to be ranked #2 is WAY TOO HIGH

aggy

Good to have you back you crazy bastard. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

13 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

You really think that was the problem?

I think it contributed to it. Put that game on a Saturday night and it increases the viewership. No doubt in my mind.

The fact that it was the "same teams / blowout at halftime" contributed more, no question.