College Football

Same here. I am not sure if Bama takes an L in the Big Ten but there would have been some better games. I am not sure anyone can score enough to beat Bama but there are a couple of defenses that would give the Bama O some fits.

I think Bama is the class of the field. Deshaun Watson is mobile enough, strong enough arm and big/fast receviers which is the combination that gives Bama the most trouble. Bama's team speed on defense may be the best I have ever seen and they are ultra aggressive. Misdirection and cutting back is the only thing that really hurts them. Clemson is the only offensive team in the running that can meet their speed across the board. The opposite is also true. Clemson's defense can't hold up to the Alabama pounding.

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I agree. The play off is better than we have ever had. And I am not for more games. 13-14 games to win it all is too much.

My first thought is to lessen the cupcake games. But the cupcake games generate the revenue that keep some of the smaller schools in the game. A necessary evil.

8 would be easier to get right than 4 but adding to the schedule is not good for the kids, easier for me, better for the money making, media whore universities, but harder on the kids.

I understand every year is different. I just wish the criteria were more open and pre-specified. I use the eye test but I can't say the eye test should trump head to head competition. I think OSU is better than Penn State. But when giving the opportunity to prove that on the field Penn State said otherwise. In turn Penn State finished the season on a tear and won their division. If they beat Wisconsin I just see the eye test trumping the conference title and the head to head.

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I agree 6 would be a better format for limiting games played. My point as it is easier to separate 8 and 9/10 than it is 6 and 7/8.

I understand it can't be a tournament as broad ad basketball and I am really appreciative of the play off we have now. Even back in the days of the AP/Coaches poll, and even to the BCS, there was a lot of subjective influence on who got to play.

I am not anti-OSU no more than I am pro-Penn State. The entire premise of having a play off is to settle things on the field of play. That criteria and mind set should apply to getting in the playoff as well. If Penn State wins the Big 10 they should go in front of OSU.

I just get the feeling the choices will be made as Alabama is #1 and who are the next 3 teams that could possibly beat Alabama? not so much who did what to get here, if that makes sense.

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I read that last year. They could not afford to pay the buyout on Miles and bring in a top notch guy...Fisher then, Fisher or Herman now.

I think Alabama is #1. USC is better now that at the beginning of the year, but so is Bama and everyone else. This is the best Alabama defense I have ever seen. Other years may have had better numbers in different areas but the team speed may be the best in the history of college football. Their defensive line can run RB's to the boundaries. They do not turn the corner because the lineman eliminate the corner before they get there. There have been faster and better corners at Bama, even better linebackers, but this defense is something special No one in the country gets to the ball in numbers like they do.

Of the teams Clemson has a mobile and fast QB with an NFL mind and arm talent. He has big and fast receivers. Their line is a little off run blocking but they hold blocks long enough for the quick receivers to come out of a break and Watson's quick delivery will be hard to handle. Bama's best attribute can be made into a weakness with misdirection and cutbacks. Clemson's offensive team speed can score on Alabama. I just do not see Clemson stopping Alabama at all. Their best hope (and scroll back to my anti-Lane Kiffen posts) is Lane Kiffin get pass happy early.

Sorry for babbling. Worked 12 hours last night. Got rear ended on the way home. Stopped by the lumber yard to pick up the metal that was suppose to be ready and it was the wrong color and wrong length. Waiting now to turn the roofers away when they get here. Time to kill.

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I would say the same thing, except drop THE OSU and plug in Clemson.

OSU has struggled all year against big and fast defenses and no one is bigger and faster than Alabama. Michigan has the size but not the speed and they beat up OSU, just did not score enough. OSU would run on Alabama early but it would fade after the continual onslaught of 1st and 2nd round future NFL'ers.

Clemson has the speed and size on the outside with Watson, they can score. It would be a high scoring affair, closer on the scoreboard than on the field.

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I would pick LSU over a lot of teams especially with Coach O. at the Helm. LSU recruits with the best of them every year and Coach Miles should have won more than he did with the kids he had on the field. When an average run of the mill fan like myself can see all his plays coming it should be a walk in the park for a D-1 defensive coordinator, and it has been.

LF would have been a Heisman winner and LSU would have been in contention for titles with 10 more passes per game, even if they were incomplete.

I have never been a Miles fan per se, I am a fan of the run game but at some point you gotta throw the ball to get them out of the box. The Miles LSU teams saw 9-10 in the box all the time.

Coach O will make a difference.

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