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Let's just be happy we had a proper Big XII championship game with Texas vs AzSt
Oregon got their first snap in Ohio State territory with 40 seconds in the first half
IIRC they did review that
Never expected Ohio State to run roughshod over Oregon. 😳
Correction:
I don't know if i've seen worse
defensethanAzSt's 4th and 13 defense
I don't know if i've seen worse than ALL OF WHAT OREGON IS DOING
Conference championships truly mean nothing anymore. They might as well just do away with those games honestly. The Big Ten champ who already beat Ohio State head to head and is 13-0 is currently getting boat raced by the best team on paper in the Big Ten. The conferences have gotten so big you don't even play half of the teams in your league, how can you call anyone a true champion?
Either do away with conference championships and put the top 12 ranked teams in, no championship auto bids. Or incorporate the conference races into the playoffs so there's a true elimination aspect. But that's going to require smaller conferences.
Exactly. The BYE for Oregon didn't even result in them playing fewer football games (potentially):
Oregon: (1) B1G championship (neutral), (2) Quarterfinal, (3) Semifinal, (4) Final.
Ohio State: (1) Home game Rd1, (2) Quarterfinal, (3) Semifinal, 4 (Final)
The only benefit for Oregon is that the B1G CCG is not technically an elimination game, so they only have to play 3 elimination games, but it's the same number of games, and when you factor in the revenue/economic impact on the town and surrounding area of a home game, it's really a no brainer.
The worst situation you can be in: Making and then losing your conference championship, but still making the playoff. Then you have to play (5) total games to finish the season.
The defenseless route is the only way to make the argument for targeting, and that's sort of the problem here, that definition is not so clear. Obviously whoever was in the booth saw it the way I did, not defenseless, but it also raises the question on the Isaiah Bond hit on the ASU pick, who seemed much more "defenseless" by any definition I can think of, and they didn't even review it.
Ohio State straight blowing the doors off of Oregon.
At this point, I'm pretty much down to this:
Please Lord, anyone but Penn State.
Yeah I've been talking about this with a buddy of mine. I think the first round bye is actually way worse. There's just way too much time off (3.5 weeks) between the conference championship game and your first playoff game. And it's a neutral site game. You're basically going cold into a traditional bowl game, whereas your opponent just played 1.5 weeks ago and is more at game speed. Being a 5-8 seed honestly is where it's at, and you get that home game and the additional revenue to boot.
Interesting. I don't see how he's not defenseless he could do nothing to protect himself as he hadn't even finished turning around. IMO the way the rule is written it was targeting (defenseless + forceable contact) but the rule is terrible and that was a textbook tackle.
Yeah that blitz was miserably bad they sent 3 guys through the A gap and managed 0 pressure.
If they win it all, they will be the perfect example of what I warned about in the lead up to the 12 team playoff. It won't result in underdog national championships, the 12 team playoff will result in that super elite team who disappointingly lost two games, in this case, a respectable loss to Oregon and a not so respectable loss to a 6-5 Michigan team who could go band for band with some of our worst offenses at VT.
In the 12 team playoff era, they were punished with a home game, millions and millions of dollars of revenue and economic impact for Ohio State/Columbus, and as good a shot as anyone to win a national title.
Ohio St. looking like that "best team money can buy" that was promised.
I think the no call Targeting on the ASU receiver was 100% right. He caught the ball and turned as a ball carrier with possession, while the tackle was NOT a lunch, NOT with the crown, textbook facemask up to protect the neck, a wrap up tackle rather than, again, a launch. etc. I think the ASU pick in the 4th where the guy absolutely cleaned Bond's clock from the opposite direction was a real defenseless receiver situation, and they didn't even review that one.
Well that was fun while it lasted...
Maybe ASU should have tried running it up the gut with Skippedeedoodah again.
Deliberately deciding not to cover Golden is definitely an interesting choice.
You must not be comparing it to Marve's 3rd and anything defense.
I have no idea why they blitz there. Maybe hired Marve as an analyst??
Also, no idea what #7 was doing there, he bit up like the receiver was going to stop short of the sticks....
I don't know if i've seen worse defense than AzSt's 4th and 13 defense
wow, that was a ballsy play call, AND a 2 PT conversion
Holy shit. Go ASU!
I thought they showed a replay on the broadcast but didn't go to the booth. I could be mistaken on that part.