Game Thread: CFP Semi #1 | LSU vs OU (4p ET | ESPN)

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Who are you pulling for?

  • OU

    Votes: 32 51.6%
  • LSU

    Votes: 18 29.0%
  • The Referees

    Votes: 12 19.4%

  • Total voters
    62
  • Poll closed .

TideEngineer08

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I have to dispute Todd Blackledge's pregame comment that the 4 playoff teams have the 4 best QB's. A healthy Tua is among the Top 4. Jalen is showing some of the flaws today he had at Bama and why he lost the job to Tua.
A healthy Tua is rivaled only by Burrow right now (and its still insane how good he's become in the course of one season).

I think Jalen is a really good college QB. He's very athletic, a great runner, and a decent thrower. But he's not surrounded by the kind of talent any of these other teams have. I wonder if someone would ask him how different it is to play LSU than it was when he was at Alabama.
 

Relayer

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I have to dispute Todd Blackledge's pregame comment that the 4 playoff teams have the 4 best QB's. A healthy Tua is among the Top 4. Jalen is showing some of the flaws today he had at Bama and why he lost the job to Tua.
Yep, that was just self-serving foolishness.
 

editder

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I have to dispute Todd Blackledge's pregame comment that the 4 playoff teams have the 4 best QB's. A healthy Tua is among the Top 4. Jalen is showing some of the flaws today he had at Bama and why he lost the job to Tua.

Yeah, that little backhand to Bama wasn't lost on me either. The whole narrative that Jalen was wronged and all he needed was a real coach like Lincoln Riley to flourish under has been squelched.