*****Conference Championship Games Thread*****

[NEOkHorn]

My guess is they drop to 3 with LSU and Clemson moving up. Maybe even 4th since a lot of people seem to want to see an LSU/OSU game one way or the other. That scenario helps OU imo since I believe OSU and LSU have the best defenses at this point in time.

[lshorn79]

8 minutes ago, Baron said:

So it's early but Wisconsin has a 7-0 lead. What happens if Wisconsin wins?

Does Ohio St still get in?

There will be a huge party in Madison!

[Baron]

4 minutes ago, Sirhornsalot said:

If so, it's a very bad look, IMO. You diss the conference champ for 2nd place in the CFP? Very odd.

But that's the way they present the process. The 4 best teams get in. Not necessarily the best performers during championship week.

[MikeV73]

Apparently Georgia wasn’t interested in playing today and that’s why they lost...just like the Sugar Bowl last year.  I guess as long as they get “curb stomped” by an sec team it is legitimate.

[Sirhornsalot]

19 minutes ago, Baron said:

But that's the way they present the process. The 4 best teams get in. Not necessarily the best performers during championship week.

Yes, but the emphasis that you win your conference was almost instituted as a qualifier. How can you be a national champion when you weren't even the best in your conference?

[Sirhornsalot]

13 minutes ago, MikeV73 said:

Apparently Georgia wasn’t interested in playing today and that’s why they lost...just like the Sugar Bowl last year.  I guess as long as they get “curb stomped” by an sec team it is legitimate.

I'm beginning to believe Georgia was part of our problem. We beat a Georgia team that wasn't as good as the hype. We thought we'd really done something beating them. Expectations got jacked up when really, half our conference could have beaten them.

[Baron]

It's the thought process they use to justify two SEC teams. Luckily they haven't been given that chance.

The committee (and their master, ESPN) has never said that the conference championships are play in games.

[MikeV73]

20 minutes ago, Sirhornsalot said:

I'm beginning to believe Georgia was part of our problem. We beat a Georgia team that wasn't as good as the hype. We thought we'd really done something beating them. Expectations got jacked up when really, half our conference could have beaten them.

No, the problem this season was definitely the defense...and the offense...and the special teams

[NEOkHorn]

Part of the problem is that everyone in the media still believes that the $ec is a dominant conference top to bottom. They have a couple of good teams and the rest are middle of the pack or worse. 

[java]

I think there is a whole lot of parity in college football. 

imo, our problem, I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, Herman has had 2 full recruiting classes here. That first recruiting class they barely held together, with the exception of a few special players like Sam. 

This year, we were playing a lot of talented youth, and then the talented youth got hurt during the heart of the season. We don’t have the depth for that. 

[NEOkHorn]

I know the game is different now but there used to be a belief that every freshman that started equaled a loss during the season. That may not be the exact verbiage but the point seems to always hold true, inexperience costs at some point.  

[primal defense]

12 minutes ago, java said:

I think there is a whole lot of parity in college football. 

imo, our problem, I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, Herman has had 2 full recruiting classes here. That first recruiting class they barely held together, with the exception of a few special players like Sam. 

This year, we were playing a lot of talented youth, and then the talented youth got hurt during the heart of the season. We don’t have the depth for that. 

You forgot the most important part. Bad coaching hires.

[TheContractor]

1 LSU 

2 Ohio St

3 Clemson

4 Ou 

then

LSU vs Ohio St 

[Drb522]

13 hours ago, Aaron Carrara said:

Not impressed with Georgia tonight.  I thought for sure the #4 team would give the Tigers a better game....  but they did lose to South Carolina.

Georgia is a product of sec hype.  

[Drb522]

11 hours ago, MikeV73 said:

Apparently Georgia wasn’t interested in playing today and that’s why they lost...just like the Sugar Bowl last year.  I guess as long as they get “curb stomped” by an sec team it is legitimate.

Nah.....  LSU is baaaaccckkk

[tejasrulz]

Only conference championship game I didn't pick correctly was Utah vs Oregon. I really thought the Utes would take it. That and I was hoping they would make the playoffs over ou.

LSU is good boys. I hope the Texas team that played them earlier shows up for the bowl game.

[63_Texas_1]

9 hours ago, NEOkHorn said:

I know the game is different now but there used to be a belief that every freshman that started equaled a loss during the season. That may not be the exact verbiage but the point seems to always hold true, inexperience costs at some point.  

Al McGuire, basketball coach of Marquette (won a national championship in 1977) said: "The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores." I remember him saying that later as a broadcaster.

He had a lot of colorful remarks during his broadcasts. Other quotes include:

"The only mystery in life is why kamikaze pilots sore helmets."

"if the waitress has dirty ankles, you know the chilli is good."

"All love affairs end. Eventually the girl puts curlers in her hair."

"Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him." Hmmm, I wonder if he read OB.

 

[Drb522]

16 minutes ago, tejasrulz said:

Only conference championship game I didn't pick correctly was Utah vs Oregon. I really thought the Utes would take it. That and I was hoping they would make the playoffs over ou.

LSU is good boys. I hope the Texas team that played them earlier shows up for the bowl game.

That team will need to show up or Notre Dame will kill us in the camping world bowl

[TheContractor]

Oregon scheduled Auburn(9-3,top 20 team) at neutral site and lost on last play of the game. They are pac12 champs with 2 loses. If committee isn’t going to reward good scheduling then teams should schedule like Baylor. Ou has 1 loss but played a 4-8 usc team OOC. Lost to 8-4. Oregon lost to 7-5 team. 
 

System is messed up and doesn’t reward good scheduling. We shouldn’t schedule LSU and Bama bc we don’t get rewarded for it.

yes it’s fun for the fans but u want to make playoffs or no? 

[primal defense]

24 minutes ago, TheContractor said:

Oregon scheduled Auburn(9-3,top 20 team) at neutral site and lost on last play of the game. They are pac12 champs with 2 loses. If committee isn’t going to reward good scheduling then teams should schedule like Baylor. Ou has 1 loss but played a 4-8 usc team OOC. Lost to 8-4. Oregon lost to 7-5 team. 
 

System is messed up and doesn’t reward good scheduling. We shouldn’t schedule LSU and Bama bc we don’t get rewarded for it.

yes it’s fun for the fans but u want to make playoffs or no? 

Texas has always had a pattern of scheduling their three non conference games. Two teams that we should beat if were Texas and then one team that should be a national power. The problem is that teams have to schedule years in advance. This year it was Louisiana Tech, Rice, and LSU.

I like that we schedule one national power or hopefully national power every year. The problem is that we need to be a national power also.

[TheContractor]

50 minutes ago, primal defense said:

Texas has always had a pattern of scheduling their three non conference games. Two teams that we should beat if were Texas and then one team that should be a national power. The problem is that teams have to schedule years in advance. This year it was Louisiana Tech, Rice, and LSU.

I like that we schedule one national power or hopefully national power every year. The problem is that we need to be a national power also.

Oh I like it as a fan but don’t complain if we lose and get left out with 2 losses. 

[PTA]

1) LSU v  4) OU(sux)

2)tOSU v 3) Clemson

[Eastexhorn]

If Texas wants to play for NCS they have to beat OU first Nd win conference.

[Sirhornsalot]

On 12/8/2019 at 10:15 AM, TheContractor said:

Oregon scheduled Auburn(9-3,top 20 team) at neutral site and lost on last play of the game. They are pac12 champs with 2 loses. If committee isn’t going to reward good scheduling then teams should schedule like Baylor. Ou has 1 loss but played a 4-8 usc team OOC. Lost to 8-4. Oregon lost to 7-5 team. 
 

System is messed up and doesn’t reward good scheduling. We shouldn’t schedule LSU and Bama bc we don’t get rewarded for it.

yes it’s fun for the fans but u want to make playoffs or no? 

You should think a little more about this.

We played LSU. Prime Time TV. The nation watched. DKR sold out. Stars dotted the sidelines.

Nobody watched Baylor play SFA. Nobody cared.

We showed well against LSU. But the defense was M*A*S*H unit after that and the bottom fell out.