CFP Playoff Round 1: SMU @ Penn State - 11 am CT on TNT

[MontereyMX 952]

16 minutes ago, beer said:

Jackrabbits score, tied at 21 in the 4th.  It's 17 deg in Fargo and the crowd is in t-shirts and light jackets. 

no more beer for you 

[Pimphand 6,359]

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

It’s only a five-possession game right now.

4 TDs + 2 PT conversions and a field goal!!!!

BuT sMu Is StIlL iN tHe GaMe! --ztejas

[mdleast 8,521]

SMU getting TCU’d in this game

[hookem48 4,838]

Slow up and watch the ball sail over your head

[hookem48 4,838]

Nice job so far committee

[T-shirt Sip 2,205]

30 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

 

[oldhorn2 444]

Jeeze!!!  We are playing in our house against an opponent that has lost to the only 3 good teams they faced...and some folks are still worried

[Hawndoh 2,409]

Franklin needs to chill

[Stunns38 3,805]

Highland Park will at least have their high school football....oh wait

[David Dennison 19,519]

4 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Nice job so far committee

Yep. This game in particular.

[AUS-97HORN 12,050]

I see that SMU first down in other teams territory playcalling is looking strikingly similar to Sark  first down in other teams territory playcalling

[AUS-97HORN 12,050]

1 minute ago, oldhorn2 said:

Jeeze!!!  We are playing in our house against an opponent that has lost to the only 3 good teams they faced...and some folks are still worried

you do realize by definition... that also describes Texas right? except we lost to the "only" still-ranked team we faced, twice. 

[Steamboat1874 4,320]

Now do Ole Miss instead of SMU and Bama instead of IU.

How much better would those games have been?

[Laxtonto 13,268]

[heso 2,863]

Why have we not seen a replay of the roughing the passer even with a timeout? wtf tnt

[hookem48 4,838]

SMU running backs have left a lot of yards on the field because they just won't fucking go. 

[hookem48 4,838]

2 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Now do Ole Miss instead of SMU and Bama instead of IU.

How much better would those games have been?

Ole Miss and Bama would still be playing 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3,593]

SMU and Indiana are trash and shouldn't have been in the playoff. This will help for when they are selecting teams for next year. 

[ATXbronco 4,486]

Clemson's QB1 finally makes a play.

Clemson really should have gone to Arch Manning way back in the first quarter.

[Hank_Hill 19,996]

1 minute ago, ATXbronco said:

Clemson's QB1 finally makes a play.

Clemson really should have gone to Arch Manning way back in the first quarter.

A lot going on here

[David Dennison 19,519]

8 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Now do Ole Miss instead of SMU and Bama instead of IU.

How much better would those games have been?

Much.

[Valmy77 13,626]

13 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Nice job so far committee

SMU just kept fucking up. They were better than this score indicates.

Sometimes shit happens.

This happens everytime some non-helmet school gets blown out. Suddenly no upsets have ever happened in the history of CFB have ever happened ever and nobody who is not a helmet team should be forbidden from ever getting a chance. Very much just ignoring history.

[Valmy77 13,626]

5 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

SMU and Indiana are trash and shouldn't have been in the playoff. This will help for when they are selecting teams for next year. 

Yes. Teams in the future should be punished because of SMU and Indiana in 2024. That makes a ton of sense.

[Hank_Hill 19,996]

Just now, Valmy77 said:

Yes. Teams in the future should be punished because of SMU and Indiana in 2024. That makes a ton of sense.

Yea, so stupid. The whole point of expanding the playoff was to give fringe teams and G5 schools a chance to stop bitching. Let’s now knee jerk to only helmet schools getting in, cuz history (n of 2). Might as well just go back to 4 at that point. 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,803]

Why is QB play so down this year?

[The_Great_Hornsby 3,593]

3 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Yes. Teams in the future should be punished because of SMU and Indiana in 2024. That makes a ton of sense.

We shouldn't let on obvious pretenders because they played a trash schedule. If you SOS its horrific and you don't pass the eye test, you're out. 

[Hank_Hill 19,996]

Just now, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Why is QB play so down this year?

The vax

[heso 2,863]

1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yea, so stupid. The whole point of expanding the playoff was to give fringe teams and G5 schools a chance to stop bitching. Let’s now knee jerk to only helmet schools getting in, cuz history (n of 2). Might as well just go back to 4 at that point. 

For a team with 3 losses including Vanderbilt and a 6-6 OU where they got held to 3 points. 

[Hank_Hill 19,996]

Just now, heso said:

For a team with 3 losses including Vanderbilt and a 6-6 OU where they got held to 3 points. 

That’s some goooood eye test right there

[Steamboat1874 4,320]

2 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yea, so stupid. The whole point of expanding the playoff was to give fringe teams and G5 schools a chance to stop bitching. Let’s now knee jerk to only helmet schools getting in, cuz history (n of 2). Might as well just go back to 4 at that point. 

This is why we need to go to 16 teams, no byes and no conference championship games.

This would still allow “fringe” teams to get in but more importantly, it would allow more “deserving” teams to also get in.

This is the way.

[South Austin 53,220]

19 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

I like butts in snow.

[Nivek 17,405]

This is why we need to go to 16 teams, no byes and no conference championship games.
This would still allow “fringe” teams to get in but more importantly, it would allow more “deserving” teams to also get in.
This is the way.

I am sure the new complainers won’t be 17 and 18 at that point.

[UTEE97 3,931]

Kevin Jennings in the pocket today

  

 

[heso 2,863]

3 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

This is why we need to go to 16 teams, no byes and no conference championship games.

This would still allow “fringe” teams to get in but more importantly, it would allow more “deserving” teams to also get in.

This is the way.

There were no “deserving” teams that got left out. Not one. 

[hookem48 4,838]

6 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

SMU just kept fucking up. They were better than this score indicates.

Sometimes shit happens.

This happens everytime some non-helmet school gets blown out. Suddenly no upsets have ever happened in the history of CFB have ever happened ever and nobody who is not a helmet team should be forbidden from ever getting a chance. Very much just ignoring history.

Ignoring history? Maybe  non-helmet  schools should quit proving they don't belong. 

[formermav43 4,622]

6 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

This is why we need to go to 16 teams, no byes and no conference championship games.

This would still allow “fringe” teams to get in but more importantly, it would allow more “deserving” teams to also get in.

This is the way.

If anything, what we’re seeing is that 12 is too many. 

[Steamboat1874 4,320]

Just now, heso said:

There were no “deserving” teams that got left out. Not one. 

You have not been paying very close attention have you ?

The committee would choose the best twelve teams (or 16 if expanded) regardless of conference bullshit.

[hookem48 4,838]

10 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yea, so stupid. The whole point of expanding the playoff was to give fringe teams and G5 schools a chance to stop bitching. Let’s now knee jerk to only helmet schools getting in, cuz history (n of 2). Might as well just go back to 4 at that point. 

Should have been 8 with no stupid byes and fuck Notre Dame because fuck Notre Dame, this ain't 1950, join a conference.

[Steamboat1874 4,320]

3 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

If anything, what we’re seeing is that 12 is too many. 

It is not that twelve is too many it is the process of choosing the said twelve is.

Edited 15 hours ago by Steamboat1874

[Hank_Hill 19,996]

4 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Ignoring history? Maybe  non-helmet  schools should quit proving they don't belong. 

The helmet schools that got left out proved they didn’t belong during the season.

[David Dennison 19,519]

3 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

If anything, what we’re seeing is that 12 is too many. 

[Valmy77 13,626]

5 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Ignoring history? Maybe  non-helmet  schools should quit proving they don't belong. 

They do...and then somebody gets blown out once and suddenly all those other things never happened.

[formermav43 4,622]

Just now, David Dennison said:

[formermav43 4,622]

2 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

It is not that twelve is too many it is the process of choosing the said twelve is.

Nah. You’re trying to argue that 3 loss mediocrities are “deserving.” That means there’s too many.

[David Dennison 19,519]

Just now, formermav43 said:

[Alien Octopus 664]

SMU embarrassed themselves and their fans. Made Indiana look worthy.

[Hank Kingsley 21,751]

I think 12 teems is too many as well, but the reality is we are in a new era of college football. 

All the things we used to love and what separated the college and pro game are mostly gone. 

 

[heso 2,863]

7 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

You have not been paying very close attention have you ?

The committee would choose the best twelve teams (or 16 if expanded) regardless of conference bullshit.

My stance is that I don’t give a fuck who gets left out at 13-16. They didn’t deserve to be there and they aren’t going to go on a run. If that’s SMU, or bama, or SC, or ole miss, or Miami. I don’t give a fuck because they showed multiple times how flawed they are. 

12 is fine because you get the top 3-4 teams from the big ten and sec. And you get the winner of the next 3 best conferences. Beyond that I don’t give a fuck. 

They just need to seed without having to be a conference champion so that asu and bsu aren’t pushed into the quarterfinals for winning a shit conference. 

Edited 15 hours ago by heso

[4th&Five 41,985]

Some of you just want a SEC/Big10 invitational. 

[David Dennison 19,519]

Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

I think 12 teems is too many as well, but the reality is we are in a new era of college football. 

All the things we used to love and what separated the college and pro game are mostly gone. 

 

It's going to be expanded and it's going to be glorious.