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GDT: NCAA football thread
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Boom Boom Apathy
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Just curious, why do you consider a #9 ranked team beating a #7 ranked team in a meaningless bowl game, an LOL? I can't stand Ohio State to it's not that, but was just curious.
HisIceness
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As excited as a lot of people are about the expanded playoff, you're still going to have a bunch of these bowl games that half the rosters aren't going to participate in.
But even say 10 years ago, who really wants to play in the "Fenway Bowl" or the "Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe bowl" in late December?
We've gotten to where dumping mayo on a coach or eating a giant pop-tart is more "exciting" than the actual bowl game. Bowl season jumped the shark.
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Im don’t believe Missouri is that good. Osu is supposed to be a top 5 team
Boom Boom Apathy
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That makes sense. I don't put much stock in bowl games these days. A team like OSU has a goal to make the playoffs and once they didn't, I'm guessing it's hard to get motivated for a game like this. Mizzou on the other hand, is probably trying to prove something.
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Bowl games have been bad for a long time and getting worse with guys sitting out. Im just silly and spreading my daily hate on the big 10 today/yesterday.
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The 2 guys at QB for the Buckeyes would have never suited up if not for the transfer BS
Derailed75
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I know my "get off my lawn" feelings on this won't change a damn thing but if you are a pro scout and see guys decline the option to play games shouldn't that show you something about their commitment level?
I mean I get it and feel bad for those in the past that got hurt and it ruined their chances to male the NFL but at the same time their are extremely talented guys that was out because they don't have the drive.
10 or so years go the Browns draft a CB in the first (dont remember his name) his talent was off the charts sure fire probowler but he had no drive, no desire. Talent alone won't cut it in the NFL.
So why don't teams drop the guys down that pass on playing games?
I mean I get it and feel bad for those in the past that got hurt and it ruined their chances to male the NFL but at the same time their are extremely talented guys that was out because they don't have the drive.
10 or so years go the Browns draft a CB in the first (dont remember his name) his talent was off the charts sure fire probowler but he had no drive, no desire. Talent alone won't cut it in the NFL.
So why don't teams drop the guys down that pass on playing games?
Exposure.. used to be the only time that the national audience could see them were bowl games now I can almost watch every game...and one game is not > then all the others
Those same teams will sit players in the last week of the season if they have clinched the playoffs (and aren't playing to earn a bye). They understand.
HisIceness
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I mean, yeah it sucks to not see your top guys play but I'm not sure I hold that against them. What does suck is how big the transfer portal has gotten and how many of these teams have to play 2nd and 3rd stringers.
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Derailed75
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Florida State fans should be pretty quiet for the rest of the month…
HisIceness
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Florida State had a lot of their players opt out but they also still have talent to win the ACC. Georgia is just better than they are.
And this also should be a preview of what an expanded playoff will look like most years. There's like 3-4 teams that have a legitimate shot, everyone else is small fries.
And this also should be a preview of what an expanded playoff will look like most years. There's like 3-4 teams that have a legitimate shot, everyone else is small fries.
Navin R Slavin
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The transfer BS? You mean, the BS of kids not being completely exploited by universities after more than a century of making shittons of money for them?
I had one good friend in college who played O-line for State while I was there. He might have been an NFL player had the breaks gone his way -- but instead, the breaks went the other way, and he could barely walk at 21 years old. That was the real BS. But hey, he got that super valuable communications degree! Oh, and no more medical care the day he stepped off the f***ing field.
I know that old school college football fans have some adjusting to do, but this is how it always should have been. The people with the talent, who put their bodies on the line, should get f***ing paid. if that means that players can go wherever they want, and the AD for Asshole State University has to take a few more Rolaids to get through the season, fine.
Also: LOL FSU. Keep crying about how you're special and contracts don't apply to you.
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Boom Boom Apathy
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So who y'all got for the National Championship game? I think the two 12-1 team knock off the two 13-0 teams.
Navin R Slavin
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I hope that happens, and then Georgia should still be rated #1 in the final AP poll so we can have two national champs, just like in the old days.
I’m rooting for the PAC-12 to win it, then have to sell the trophy when their house is foreclosed on this spring.
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Washington-Bama
Bama wins another all because Auburn couldn’t catch a dang punt.
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DaveG
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Who I want to win it is Washington, which means they have no f***ing chance and it will be Bama.
DaveG
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Holy shit, they killed the roach (for now)
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