Game Thread: Cotton Bowl, CFP Semi : (8) Ohio State vs. (5) Texas, 7:30pm ET, ESPN, 1-10-25

[AlexanderFan]

Nah.

He's great but no.

Never heard of her.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

Early odds: Ohio State -9.5 over Notre Dame.

 

[BamaBoySince89]

Early odds: Ohio State -9.5 over Notre Dame.

Probably bumped up to -13.5 before the game. This can easily be a 2-score victory for Ohio St.

 

[teamplayer]

We get it, you don't care. Except you do or you wouldn't be posting here.

It's okay. You can admit it. You still love college football.

I still love college football. It just doesn't exist any longer.

 

[CB72]

Bond

1 catch
8 yards

 

[Ledsteplin]

Bond

1 catch
8 yards

And one drop.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

Bond

1 catch
8 yards

The grass isn't always greener...............Sark is catching alot of flak for not letting Manning play the whole game

 

[BamaMoon]

The grass isn't always greener...............Sark is catching alot of flak for not letting Manning play the whole game

I was wondering how their fans are handling it.

I thought TOSU would win this game/playoff all along, but I was really surprised how UT's offense was stymied most of the game.

Sark never got a feel for what would work. That either means TOSU is that good on defense OR Sark's edge on imaginative plays has been figured out.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Early odds: Ohio State -9.5 over Notre Dame.

Makes sense. Last night felt like the national championship game to me

 

[BamaMoon]

Makes sense. Last night felt like the national championship game to me

What I thought too.

It was a weird game though. It felt like TOSU was 2 or 3 TDs better than Texas the whole game but in the first half they shot themselves in the foot on almost every drive.

It was a home game for UT and they could never get any momentum and soon as they did it seems TOSU just "tried harder" and erase it.

 

[81usaf92]

Bond

1 catch
8 yards

The funniest one is Niblack went to Texas to catch only 3 passes total all year.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Hahahahahaha

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1877939276366688536

 

[denver]

I still can't believe on 2nd and goal, Sark, the genius, went toss play from the shotgun from the 1-yard line..... It has to be one of the worst calls in CFP history...

 

[TideEngineer08]

2nd straight season no SEC team makes the final.

2nd straight season the Big Ten is likely to have the NC.

The shift is occurring, thanks to the portal and NIL being abused as pay for play.

 

[BamaDMD]

Bond

1 catch
8 yards

Should have promised the Lamborghini IF he made x number of catches for the year.

 

[BamaMoon]

2nd straight season no SEC team makes the final.

2nd straight season the Big Ten is likely to have the NC.

The shift is occurring, thanks to the portal and NIL being abused as pay for play.

Shift to B1G being better?

Don't agree. UM was a "team" formed of 4 and 5 years players in 2023.

TOSU is a 20 million team but put together better than most in the new NIL era.

It's two years of B1G NC for different reasons and the common denominator is top to bottom they have an easier road to the playoffs than the current SEC does with our parity.

 

[Redwood Forrest]

We get it, you don't care. Except you do or you wouldn't be posting here.

It's okay. You can admit it. You still love college football.

Congratulations B1GTide. I'm proud your home team won for you. I am no tOSU fan but i certainly am NOT for any Independant team winning it all. Go Bucks!

 

[Redwood Forrest]

Shift to B1G being better?

Don't agree. UM was a "team" formed of 4 and 5 years players in 2023.

TOSU is a 20 million team but put together better than most in the new NIL era.

It's two years of B1G NC for different reasons and the common denominator is top to bottom they have an easier road to the playoffs than the current SEC does with our parity.

A shift has occurred. Standard recruiting is not nearly as critical as it used to be. Buy a really great QB and you are halfway there. Buy a few more playmakers and look out. Not saying recruiting does not matter any longer, but just not what it used to be.

 

[RammerJammer14]

Hahahahahaha

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1877939276366688536

That might be one of the greatest creations I’ve seen in sports memedom. Something that LSUFreak would be proud of if he was still doing his thing.

 

[oskie]

The funniest one is Niblack went to Texas to catch only 3 passes total all year.

Sadly, that's probably more than he would have caught from *The Artist Formerly Known as Quarterback*
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