NCAA Football 2021 Thread

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:52 pm

You stepped on your reverse jinx. Classic blunder.

Fun game, but for the abundance of injuries and the result.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:56 pm

Well...back to not watching football again. Utah just ran out of steam in the second half, and geez...they really couldn't cover tOSU's receivers.

My question is...how the hell did tOSU lose to Michigan?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:01 pm

What a fun game that was from just pure spectacle.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:24 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:56 pm Well...back to not watching football again. Utah just ran out of steam in the second half, and geez...they really couldn't cover tOSU's receivers.

My question is...how the hell did tOSU lose to Michigan?

That game was an ass whipping. Punch you in the mouth football.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:05 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:56 pm Well...back to not watching football again. Utah just ran out of steam in the second half, and geez...they really couldn't cover tOSU's receivers.

My question is...how the hell did tOSU lose to Michigan?

That game gave me major 1998 NCAA Final vs Kentucky vibes. Until that last freak TD for the Utes.

Easily the best football game I’ve ever been to though.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:00 am

Pretty happy right now.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:43 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:24 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:56 pm Well...back to not watching football again. Utah just ran out of steam in the second half, and geez...they really couldn't cover tOSU's receivers.

My question is...how the hell did tOSU lose to Michigan?
That game was an ass whipping. Punch you in the mouth football.

Well, I think the main reason that run-and-gun game occurred in the first place on Saturday illustrates how Michigan was able to win this year. OSU's defense is a mess.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:21 pm

Crazy that ESPN completely missed that recovery* until the Georgia player was almost in the end zone.

*we’ll see

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:22 pm

At least now I know what Dean’s number is

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:11 pm

Ahhh knee popped ahhh

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:14 pm

rass wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:11 pm Ahhh knee popped ahhh

Poor kid. Was he a potential first rounder?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:59 pm

Applebees appropriating the cheers theme song should be tried as a war crime.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:11 pm

The sportswriters on twitter are treating the arrival of Shrimp Cocktail like its manna from heaven.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:15 pm

Indianapolis Shrimp Cocktail sounds like Rocky Mountain Oysters

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:22 pm

Delivery here for a G. Costanza

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:42 pm

I feel like Georgia should have gone for two there up 7.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:53 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:42 pm I feel like Georgia should have gone for two there up 7.

That's a little too cute. Your defense is playing great. Make them get a TD plus the 2-point under pressure.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:09 am

not cute at all, especially when the penalty on the TD would have put the ball at the 1.5

the next frontier will be coaches choosing to go for 9 point leads over 8 point leads in the fourth quarter

Saban should also have gone for the TD instead of the field goal at the 3 down 13-9

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:05 am

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:59 pm Applebees appropriating the cheers theme song should be tried as a war crime.

Seconded

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:21 am

Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:09 am not cute at all, especially when the penalty on the TD would have put the ball at the 1.5

the next frontier will be coaches choosing to go for 9 point leads over 8 point leads in the fourth quarter

Saban should also have gone for the TD instead of the field goal at the 3 down 13-9

Yeah I just feel like there are a few scenarios:

#1 - Kick the PAT, up 8, Bama needs a TD and a successful two point conversion. GA wins if both don't happen.
#2/3 - Go for 2 and fail or miss the PAT. You're up 7, saban probably is going to go to OT even if they score. Bama can only tie it, but a blocked PAT wins it for GA. If Bama does go for 2 and the win, yes you can lose, but you can also win the game if they fail.
#4 - Go for 2, make it, you're up 9 with under four minutes so bama has to score twice.

Just seems like many more scenarios where UGA wins the game then and there and only one scenario where they lose, and you'd have to stop a 2 point conversion to win it either way if you're up 8 (game tied or you win if they fail) or 7 and Bama tries to win it with a 2-pt conversion. Yes you can lose here, but you can also win here. Added up I think the probabilities say go for two there, especially since you were getting half the distance as Bronto mentioned.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:15 am

I feel like I’ve seen data showing that the better move is to play for 1. Though it must be pretty context sensitive. At the very least, going up 9 seems like a good strategy when it’s Week 10 of the NFL season and you have a chance to take out your starters/avoid OT.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:25 am

You want to limit your chances of losing. Why even give Alabama the chance to win the game with a 2 point conversion if you fail?

You kick the PAT and 3 things need to happen for you to lose. TD + 2pt + OT. And remember, it's college OT not sudden death NFL OT.

Yes, the half the distance penalty made it tempting.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:48 am

you also want to increase your chances of winning the game. and 1.5 yards to essentially seal the national title game needs to be viewed through the prism of making it a two-score game rather than thinking of the what-if of giving up a 75-yard TD+2 drive to a team missing its two players with more than 35 catches on the season

*especially* when you are kicking that team's ass (as its coach said) in the fourth quarter

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:29 am

Not sure how I forgot how annoyed I'd be by all the fans of the other SEC teams who weren't there last night acting like they won a damn championship.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:35 am

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:29 am Not sure how I forgot how annoyed I'd be by all the fans of the other SEC teams who weren't there last night acting like they won a damn championship.

If it makes you feel any better, I don't feel this way. But if Bama had won I might. But fuck the rest of the SEC east!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:54 am

It does. It really does.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:14 am

the feeling of superiority from SEC fans should be from the other conferences' inability to figure out what kind of expanded playoff they want

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:48 am

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:50 am

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:29 am Not sure how I forgot how annoyed I'd be by all the fans of the other SEC teams who weren't there last night acting like they won a damn championship.

Is that a Deep South vs. the world thing? Like if a Big East team makes the Final Four, my first reaction is “Oh fuck those guys”.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:54 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:50 am
Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:29 am Not sure how I forgot how annoyed I'd be by all the fans of the other SEC teams who weren't there last night acting like they won a damn championship.
Is that a Deep South vs. the world thing? Like if a Big East team makes the Final Four, my first reaction is “Oh fuck those guys”.

It just means more.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:55 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:50 am
Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:29 am Not sure how I forgot how annoyed I'd be by all the fans of the other SEC teams who weren't there last night acting like they won a damn championship.
Is that a Deep South vs. the world thing? Like if a Big East team makes the Final Four, my first reaction is “Oh fuck those guys”.

I don't know, but it's sad as fuck.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:33 pm

Hey, Dsafe... Looks like 'cuse pulled in a pretty good QB from the portal. Former M guy Dan Villari... https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/rec ... o-syracuse

No shame in transferring out of that room in Ann Arbor. 5 star trying to take over from a guy that just accomplished things hadn't been done in two decades, plus some tough competition coming in.

Villari has 4 years of eligibility left, I'm not mistaken.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:20 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:33 pm Hey, Dsafe... Looks like 'cuse pulled in a pretty good QB from the portal. Former M guy Dan Villari... https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/rec ... o-syracuse

No shame in transferring out of that room in Ann Arbor. 5 star trying to take over from a guy that just accomplished things hadn't been done in two decades, plus some tough competition coming in.

Villari has 4 years of eligibility left, I'm not mistaken.

Dropping the mic after the update. Not bad.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:30 pm

Look, I'm about as parochial as you're going to find on this board. Of course I made it about MI's stacked QB room. :D

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:37 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:55 am
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:50 am
Giff wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:29 am Not sure how I forgot how annoyed I'd be by all the fans of the other SEC teams who weren't there last night acting like they won a damn championship.
Is that a Deep South vs. the world thing? Like if a Big East team makes the Final Four, my first reaction is “Oh fuck those guys”.
I don't know, but it's sad as fuck.

I for sure root for the Atlantic 10 (aside from St. Joe's) in the tourney, but I think its different since we're an underdog conference. I don't root for the AL East once the Yankees are eliminated.

(And I wouldn't root for most other PL teams in Champions League, although I'm not quite sure how that works?)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:52 pm

All else equal, I generally root for any college team from west of the Mississippi River against teams from the other side. Especially the Mountain West, since they usually lose.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:44 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:33 pm Hey, Dsafe... Looks like 'cuse pulled in a pretty good QB from the portal. Former M guy Dan Villari... https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/rec ... o-syracuse

No shame in transferring out of that room in Ann Arbor. 5 star trying to take over from a guy that just accomplished things hadn't been done in two decades, plus some tough competition coming in.

Villari has 4 years of eligibility left, I'm not mistaken.

Saw Villari was a 3-star kid out of Long Island. His transfer breaking last night was way more exciting than the Syracuse basketball game that was gong on at the time.

I'm a little more excited about getting a new OC and QB coach from Virginia.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:14 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:44 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:33 pm Hey, Dsafe... Looks like 'cuse pulled in a pretty good QB from the portal. Former M guy Dan Villari... https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/rec ... o-syracuse

No shame in transferring out of that room in Ann Arbor. 5 star trying to take over from a guy that just accomplished things hadn't been done in two decades, plus some tough competition coming in.

Villari has 4 years of eligibility left, I'm not mistaken.
Saw Villari was a 3-star kid out of Long Island. His transfer breaking last night was way more exciting than the Syracuse basketball game that was gong on at the time.

I'm a little more excited about getting a new OC and QB coach from Virginia.

The OC will drive you crazy, but the QB coach was incredible at UVA.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:08 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:05 am
A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:59 pm Applebees appropriating the cheers theme song should be tried as a war crime.
Seconded

Motherfrigging Magary again is me:

"I shouldn’t be appalled by Applebee’s using the Cheers theme song for one of their big ad campaigns, but here we are. They unleashed the boomer in me and now he’s running wild. I can’t think of another restaurant where FEWER people would know your name than a fucking Applebee’s. Even the servers don’t know each other’s names at that grease trap."

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:26 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:14 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:44 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:33 pm Hey, Dsafe... Looks like 'cuse pulled in a pretty good QB from the portal. Former M guy Dan Villari... https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/rec ... o-syracuse

No shame in transferring out of that room in Ann Arbor. 5 star trying to take over from a guy that just accomplished things hadn't been done in two decades, plus some tough competition coming in.

Villari has 4 years of eligibility left, I'm not mistaken.
Saw Villari was a 3-star kid out of Long Island. His transfer breaking last night was way more exciting than the Syracuse basketball game that was gong on at the time.

I'm a little more excited about getting a new OC and QB coach from Virginia.
The OC will drive you crazy, but the QB coach was incredible at UVA.

You are clearly unfamiliar with the work of Sterlin Gilbert, the OC/QB coach who was fired after this past season.