TCU getting their ass beat BAD. I thought it would be at least a little competitive...

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Yeah this looks bad against SOS for a 12 team playoff setup.

Josh Newton (former ULM CB) just got beat on that last TD. He fought for it, but in the end gave up the TD. TCU is flat out out-classed.

Said this before and I mean this earnestly and not out of spite, but I don't see why so many people think Texas is some great college football state. It's got 2 P5 programs with monster budgets that never win national titles and all the G5 programs collectively don't really have a whole lot of success to speak of.

There's at least several teams in the southeast that could give UGA a better game than TCU.

The over under is 62. Georgia may get that themselves..

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(01-09-2023 09:54 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Said this before and I mean this earnestly and not out of spite, but I don't see why so many people think Texas is some great college football state. It's got 2 P5 programs with monster budgets that never win national titles and all the G5 programs collectively don't really have a whole lot of success to speak of.

There's at least several teams in the southeast that could give UGA a better game than TCU.

Kent State gave them a better game.

If anything this makes the big 12 look weak as hell and they aren't getting stronger.

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Four team playoff just took a kick to the groin. Awful.

Man, this is just bad. I normally don't like the idea of holding your offense back to for the good sportsmanship people, but it might be about time to start kneeling the ball.

I think Herbie just called them Kansas State.

(01-09-2023 10:21 PM)ODUMONARCHZ1 Wrote:  If anything this makes the big 12 look weak as hell and they aren't getting stronger.

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the bottom line ... TCU couldn't handle the speed and size of Jaw-ja on both sides of the ball ... nobody could this year ... and Bennett proved he's the next Tom Brady/Drew Brees/Steve Young ... what an off-the-chain performance...

(01-09-2023 10:36 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  Four team playoff just took a kick to the groin. Awful.

They letting freshmen destroy them. Georgia literally covered the over/under on their own.

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Never stopped the clock the last 5 minutes.

I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but the problem with a 4 team playoff is situations like this. Sometimes 'deserving' teams get in over 'best' teams. TCU and Michigan both were deserving. But I think if either of them went up against Alabama or Tennessee that 'bama and TN would win 6-7 out of 10 or better. Ohio State was the only team outside of the SEC, in my opinion, that would have held their own against Alabama or Tennessee this year. Once we go to 12, then we will hopefully have a better mix of 'deserving' and 'best'. With unbalanced schedules, not equal conferences, etc etc, this kind of a night can happen. If 3 of the 'best' 4 teams in the country happen to be in the same conference, then often 2 of the best will be left out of a 4 team playoff, which is what happened this year in my opinion. I know others will disagree, and that's part of the fun. My hope is that with going to 12 that sure, we will have some blowouts still, but hopefully by the time we are left with 2 teams playing for the championship, the 'deserving' teams will have been already eliminated and we can be left with 2 of the actual best teams.

(01-09-2023 11:19 PM)forphase1 Wrote:  I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but the problem with a 4 team playoff is situations like this. Sometimes 'deserving' teams get in over 'best' teams. TCU and Michigan both were deserving. But I think if either of them went up against Alabama or Tennessee that 'bama and TN would win 6-7 out of 10 or better. Ohio State was the only team outside of the SEC, in my opinion, that would have held their own against Alabama or Tennessee this year. Once we go to 12, then we will hopefully have a better mix of 'deserving' and 'best'. With unbalanced schedules, not equal conferences, etc etc, this kind of a night can happen. If 3 of the 'best' 4 teams in the country happen to be in the same conference, then often 2 of the best will be left out of a 4 team playoff, which is what happened this year in my opinion. I know others will disagree, and that's part of the fun. My hope is that with going to 12 that sure, we will have some blowouts still, but hopefully by the time we are left with 2 teams playing for the championship, the 'deserving' teams will have been already eliminated and we can be left with 2 of the actual best teams.

it's just a matchup issue. Michigan whipped OSU. Whipped them. TCU beat Mich in a close game. And Georgia/OSU was a close game. They were all pretty evenly matched. TCU just doesn't matchup well with Georgia. That happens. And there's no way to predict that till you play the game. At least they won one game. OSU didn't, again. Mich didn't. Cincy got crushed last year. All of them not only deserved it but were good enough to be there. In the end one team is the winner, every time. They aren't all going to go into overtime. This happens in basketball, too, with a 64 team field. Sometimes the best two teams just don't matchup well.

(01-10-2023 12:54 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 11:19 PM)forphase1 Wrote:  I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but the problem with a 4 team playoff is situations like this. Sometimes 'deserving' teams get in over 'best' teams. TCU and Michigan both were deserving. But I think if either of them went up against Alabama or Tennessee that 'bama and TN would win 6-7 out of 10 or better. Ohio State was the only team outside of the SEC, in my opinion, that would have held their own against Alabama or Tennessee this year. Once we go to 12, then we will hopefully have a better mix of 'deserving' and 'best'. With unbalanced schedules, not equal conferences, etc etc, this kind of a night can happen. If 3 of the 'best' 4 teams in the country happen to be in the same conference, then often 2 of the best will be left out of a 4 team playoff, which is what happened this year in my opinion. I know others will disagree, and that's part of the fun. My hope is that with going to 12 that sure, we will have some blowouts still, but hopefully by the time we are left with 2 teams playing for the championship, the 'deserving' teams will have been already eliminated and we can be left with 2 of the actual best teams.

it's just a matchup issue. Michigan whipped OSU. Whipped them. TCU beat Mich in a close game. And Georgia/OSU was a close game. They were all pretty evenly matched. TCU just doesn't matchup well with Georgia. That happens. And there's no way to predict that till you play the game. At least they won one game. OSU didn't, again. Mich didn't. Cincy got crushed last year. All of them not only deserved it but were good enough to be there. In the end one team is the winner, every time. They aren't all going to go into overtime. This happens in basketball, too, with a 64 team field. Sometimes the best two teams just don't matchup well.

that's correct, MUther ... go back to the 80s-90s super bowls ... the majority were decided by 14+ pts...

however, in reality, this proves forphase1's point ... look what has happened to the NFL/MLB since they expanded their respective playoff formats ... it's no longer surprising for a WC to go all the way...

more teams + more surprises = more fan interest

that's a bang-bang winning formula in my book...

that's why ya play the games...

(01-10-2023 05:35 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(01-10-2023 12:54 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 11:19 PM)forphase1 Wrote:  I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but the problem with a 4 team playoff is situations like this. Sometimes 'deserving' teams get in over 'best' teams. TCU and Michigan both were deserving. But I think if either of them went up against Alabama or Tennessee that 'bama and TN would win 6-7 out of 10 or better. Ohio State was the only team outside of the SEC, in my opinion, that would have held their own against Alabama or Tennessee this year. Once we go to 12, then we will hopefully have a better mix of 'deserving' and 'best'. With unbalanced schedules, not equal conferences, etc etc, this kind of a night can happen. If 3 of the 'best' 4 teams in the country happen to be in the same conference, then often 2 of the best will be left out of a 4 team playoff, which is what happened this year in my opinion. I know others will disagree, and that's part of the fun. My hope is that with going to 12 that sure, we will have some blowouts still, but hopefully by the time we are left with 2 teams playing for the championship, the 'deserving' teams will have been already eliminated and we can be left with 2 of the actual best teams.

it's just a matchup issue. Michigan whipped OSU. Whipped them. TCU beat Mich in a close game. And Georgia/OSU was a close game. They were all pretty evenly matched. TCU just doesn't matchup well with Georgia. That happens. And there's no way to predict that till you play the game. At least they won one game. OSU didn't, again. Mich didn't. Cincy got crushed last year. All of them not only deserved it but were good enough to be there. In the end one team is the winner, every time. They aren't all going to go into overtime. This happens in basketball, too, with a 64 team field. Sometimes the best two teams just don't matchup well.

that's correct, MUther ... go back to the 80s-90s super bowls ... the majority were decided by 14+ pts...

however, in reality, this proves forphase1's point ... look what has happened to the NFL/MLB since they expanded their respective playoff formats ... it's no longer surprising for a WC to go all the way...

more teams + more surprises = more fan interest

that's a bang-bang winning formula in my book...

that's why ya play the games...

Stink, did you make a new year's resolution to run your posts through an editor of some sort? I am suddenly finding your messages quite clear, and I'm not sure if it should worry me (for your sake or mine).

I think they're both good takes, honestly. Yeah, you'll never completely get away from the matchup issue, but additional rounds and teams do make it more difficult for a flash in the pan to make it through to the end with a consistently powerful team.

At least they weren’t both 6-6 right?

(01-09-2023 09:54 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Said this before and I mean this earnestly and not out of spite, but I don't see why so many people think Texas is some great college football state. It's got 2 P5 programs with monster budgets that never win national titles and all the G5 programs collectively don't really have a whole lot of success to speak of.

There's at least several teams in the southeast that could give UGA a better game than TCU.

Seriously? That’s your argument?

Texas (along with Florida and Georgia) are defined by their recruiting prospects, not necessarily their teams in any one year. You might want to look at where some of Georgia’s players played their HS FB. You’ll find some Texas kids on their rosters, as you will on many of those SEC teams.

I didn't watch the game last night.

When TCU played Michigan, it was TCU's night.

The UGA and OSU game, Georgia just couldn't get going and Kirby Smart said as much and acknowledged they needed to play better and tighten up.

It appears it did.

While it was a blow out, I don't suspect anyone was more prepared for a game than Smart's team. You have to think that TCU thought because they handled Michigan with slight ease and UGA struggled with Ohio State, they might've been over confident.