Game Thread: Bowl & CFP Games | Tues 12/31 | 4 games (starting at 1pm CST)

[BamaNation]

#6 Penn St 17
#3 Boise 14
3Q 11:08

 

[Krymsonman]

Every time State Penn gets a decent play, there's a Boise lineman down. By design?

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

BSU doing the old fake injury tonight.

 

[Krymsonman]

Like State Penn or not, their #44 is a hell of a tight end.

 

[Krymsonman]

Amazing how you can move the ball if you can throw and complete shorter passes.

 

[RdunawayTX]

This Boise/Penn St game is a shocker for me. I thought Boise would be blown out. It's turned into a surprisingly entertaining game.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

Boise kicker is poor. I guess they score so many TD's in their conference that the kicker doesn't get much game experience.

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

This Boise/Penn St game is a shocker for me. I thought Boise would be blown out. It's turned into a surprisingly entertaining game.

It feels like State Penn should be up by more than 10 points. I'm still waiting for Franklin to do something stupid to give Boise a chance to win in the end.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

And how many yards would Jeanty have if he had to face defenses like that every week? I’ll give you a hint: we wouldn’t be hearing his name as a Heisman Trophy candidate.

what would his rushing stats be if next week he had to go play in Tiger Stadium, and then follow that up with a home game against the team like Georgia?

That’s the reason I could not get behind his candidacy with a lot of fervor. The same reason I couldn’t get behind Steve McNair’s when he was at Alcorn State. That being said, McNair proved to be a talented pro and perhaps Jeanty will as well. But hopefully we won’t hear any more Derek Henry comparisons of the college careers.

 

[colbysullivan]

Penn State has zero ranked wins, and yet they earned a playoff spot with the easiest path possible. I hate college football now.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

One other point: despite the fact that state pin had a game last week and Boise pretty well could’ve begun their preparation the day they got the buy, they still couldn’t really make a contest of it say for a brief period of time.

And they would’ve had to win two more games after that.

Cinderella cannot happen in college football, particularly when they actually have to play the playoff games rather than hope they can win a poll vote.

 

[colbysullivan]

One other point: despite the fact that state pin had a game last week and Boise pretty well could’ve begun their preparation the day they got the buy, they still couldn’t really make a contest of it say for a brief period of time.

And they would’ve had to win two more games after that.

Cinderella cannot happen in college football, particularly when they actually have to play the playoff games rather than hope they can win a poll vote.

Yep, football ain’t basketball

 

[TideEngineer08]

Penn State has zero ranked wins, and yet they earned a playoff spot with the easiest path possible. I hate college football now.

There must be changes, not only to schedules, but also to the playoff selection process.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Penn State has zero ranked wins, and yet they earned a playoff spot with the easiest path possible. I hate college football now.

Also, Penn State is going to get either a Georgia without its starting QB, or Notre Dame. Far easier path than Ohio State/Oregon/Texas.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

There must be changes, not only to schedules, but also to the playoff selection process.

Definitely so. Tomorrow could be the de facto NCG when Ohio State plays Oregon. That shouldn't happen in the quarterfinals.

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

One other point: despite the fact that state pin had a game last week and Boise pretty well could’ve begun their preparation the day they got the buy, they still couldn’t really make a contest of it say for a brief period of time.

And they would’ve had to win two more games after that.

Cinderella cannot happen in college football, particularly when they actually have to play the playoff games rather than hope they can win a poll vote.

Teams like Indiana, SMU, Clemson, BSU, and, after tomorrow, Arizona State can all say they received their participation trophy for whatever that is worth.

 

[colbysullivan]

Definitely so. Tomorrow could be the de facto NCG when Ohio State plays Oregon. That shouldn't happen in the quarterfinals.

They have to reseed after each round

 

[tusks_n_raider]

They have to reseed after each round

I'm fine with not re-seeding but for god's sake get rid of the P4/G5 Conf Champ Auto Bids and Auto Byes.

Rank the Top 12 and seed them based on those rankings.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Neither Boise nor Arizona State should have gotten byes.

Oregon, Georgia, Penn State, and Texas probably should have been your byes.

SMU should have been the 12 seed playing at 5 seed Notre Dame
Clemson the 11 seed playing at 6 seed Ohio State
Boise State the 10 seed playing at 7 seed Tennessee
Indiana the 9 seed playing at 8 seed Arizona State

 

[russtang]

There must be changes, not only to schedules, but also to the playoff selection process.

Agreed. But with portal and NIL, teams can drastically change year to year. You can schedule a "good team" now but in two years when you play they could be terrible and vice versa.
The SOS has to mean more. Also no automatic qualifiers. And while we're at it go ahead and make it 16 teams with no bye cause they ain't going back to 8 teams.