NCAA Football 2019 (2 Viewers)

Great game between Liberty and Coastal Carolina in their bowl game.

I get it, the Power 5 rules all but that doesn’t mean they have a monopoly on exciting, even-matched college football.
 
Panzer ace said:
College Football continually touts that the money they make pays for other, less popular (profitable) college sports.

This is a fantastic article that refutes those claims:

https://www.si.com/college/2020/12/29/global-pandemic-exposed-ncaa-inc

It is an eye opening read even for a huge college football fan like myself.
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Usually not a huge fan of SI, but having been part of a division 1 program and seeing a lot of the behind administrative side, I can tell you that only 2 sports really matter and that the other ones are just there. Sad as that statement is, it is true. Winning, recruiting and revenue from football and basketball are the only goals, which is why I have argued for years for the following:

A. Pay the kids to play by offering them a stipend that is equal to a scholarship.
B. The kids who are only there for the stepping stone to the pros will be there 1 - 2 years and pocket the money. IF they wash out of the pros, allow them to come back to school with whatever money they didn't use and give them aid to get a degree if needed. (They earned it).
C. The kids who know that sports is an avenue to a degree will use the stipend to pay and enroll in school and earn a degree. (In other words, the ones who were always going to get the degree will do so)
D. Have a morality clause attached to all stipends - if you are arrested, violate rules, etc. you are gone and lose your stipend.


Have always been my thoughts on amateur athletics. I am also a fan or reorganizing the NCAA and redoing the rules.

TD
 
Time for some predicts. I'm going with Bama in a minor butt kicking. I think ND will score some points on Bama but not enough to make it interesting.

Bama 48
ND 31


Clemson will destroy the Buckeyes unless Dabo lit a fire under them by not picking them in the top ten.

Clemson 52
Ohio St. 17
 
I’m not going to say the Ala ND game is a mismatch but it’s pretty clear who’s going to win.
 
I think Clemson got what was coming.

However any joy in watching them lose was lost among Kirk Herbsreit’s constant fawning over Ohio State.

He could have at least tried to hide the fact that he is the ultimate homer.

I’ll try and find some other broadcast audio for the championship game.
 
I was impressed by OSU against Clemson. Didn't think OSU had it in them. IF they can keep it going, they are the type of offense that can give Bama a game. Bama gave up a lot of points on occasion this season and won shootouts twice. OSU just might give them trouble. Still, Bama averages almost 50 ppg, a tall order to outscore. Think Bama wins, although OSU appears better than I thought. -- Al
 
Panzer ace said:
I think Clemson got what was coming.

However any joy in watching them lose was lost among Kirk Herbsreit’s constant fawning over Ohio State.

He could have at least tried to hide the fact that he is the ultimate homer.

I’ll try and find some other broadcast audio for the championship game.
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Well, it will not prove interesting to see if Darth Saban can come up with a scheme to humble the Buckeyes. Big confidence booster for OSU last night in dismantling Dumbo and the Clowns and sending them back to the circus. Sorry I could not resist it, just not a Clemson fan. Anyhow, if both teams play their game on the 11th, could be a good championship game, we shall see. Always a lot of talent and both teams will be well coached.

TD
 
I was surprised at how the Ohio St. offense blew up Clemson's D. That was embarrassing at some point. Ohio St. was down 10-6 at halftime to NW in the prior game and looked completely inept on offense. Not sure what happened to Clemson's D but they were spanked. And I hate to see players get disqualified for "targeting". Particularly on those bang-bang type plays where there is no obvious intent to injure or the O-player ducks into such a hit. Make it a 20-yard penalty or have some intent rule before an ejection.
 
Combat said:
I was surprised at how the Ohio St. offense blew up Clemson's D. That was embarrassing at some point. Ohio St. was down 10-6 at halftime to NW in the prior game and looked completely inept on offense. Not sure what happened to Clemson's D but they were spanked. And I hate to see players get disqualified for "targeting". Particularly on those bang-bang type plays where there is no obvious intent to injure or the O-player ducks into such a hit. Make it a 20-yard penalty or have some intent rule before an ejection.
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Clemson's defense looked awful last night, especially their secondary.

Now Jacksonville has a dilemma; Fields or Lawrence?

The most Jetsian thing ever would be if Lawrence falls to them and he turns into Rick Mirer..................
 
Big time college coaches rarely succeed in the NFL because in college you get to pick your players. In the NFL you get what you get via the draft and free agency isn’t college recruiting. It simply isn’t based on ra-ra alma mater, college cheerleader garbage.

Your “schemes” are irrelevant, players, which again you don’t get to hand pick, matter most.
 
Texas has hired Bama OC Steve Sarkisian as their HC. They must be truly desperate. It just goes to show that there is no such thing as failure as a college football coach. Sark has left every place that ever coached a smoldering ruin. At best, an 8 or 9 win HC even with superior talent. USC fired him after he showed up drunk on multiple occassions. He then sued USC claiming his alcoholism was a "disability" for which he could not be held responsible. You can't make that sort of thing up. Good luck Austin. Not since Charles Whitman has a bigger loser been on campus.
 
Combat said:
Texas has hired Bama OC Steve Sarkisian as their HC. They must be truly desperate. It just goes to show that there is no such thing as failure as a college football coach. Sark has left every place that ever coached a smoldering ruin. At best, an 8 or 9 win HC even with superior talent. USC fired him after he showed up drunk on multiple occassions. He then sued USC claiming his alcoholism was a "disability" for which he could not be held responsible. You can't make that sort of thing up. Good luck Austin. Not since Charles Whitman has a bigger loser been on campus.
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When Auburn canned Malzahn, Sark and Hugh Freeze were "rumored" to be two of the candidates to replace him, Lord knows I'm glad neither made the cut. I'm actually very pleased and surprised that Auburn hired Harsin, he looks good on paper and he talks the talk but we all know he's going to have to walk that walk as well. I don't think I've been this eager for Auburn to start a new regime and season in the 16 some years I've been a fan. Harsin made his first move today by firing the strength and conditioning coach, more to come in the next few weeks.
 
Sark is a terrific Offensive Coordinator as proven at Alabama, he has done a great job. I think that is where he should have stayed, the Dark Lord would have paid him well, but end of day a head coaching job is mega money. He has nothing to lose, all money to gain, if he fails, there are a ton of Offensive Coordinator openings every year and he will be fine. Nothing about his personal issues, my comments are only about his coaching offense.

TD
 
Combat said:
Texas has hired Bama OC Steve Sarkisian as their HC. They must be truly desperate. It just goes to show that there is no such thing as failure as a college football coach. Sark has left every place that ever coached a smoldering ruin. At best, an 8 or 9 win HC even with superior talent. USC fired him after he showed up drunk on multiple occassions. He then sued USC claiming his alcoholism was a "disability" for which he could not be held responsible. You can't make that sort of thing up. Good luck Austin. Not since Charles Whitman has a bigger loser been on campus.
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Sarkisian has experience with being a loser when you consider the timing of his USC stint, after all not since OJ Simpson had there been a bigger loser on the Trojan’s campus.
 
We all should have gone into coaching. Michigan just extended Harbaugh for another five years! Incredible. He is making millions for abject failure. That's only the second worst coaching decision, though, with Texas hiring the drunkard Sark. And paying them millions. The age of Idiocracy is upon us. There is apparently no such thing as failure. You can get fired but someone is always waiting to rehire you. The new American way.
 
So much football! I'm going with Bama tonight. Ohio St. played the perfect game against Clemson. I can't see them doing that again. So my predict:

Bama 41
Ohio St. 34
 
Combat said:
We all should have gone into coaching. Michigan just extended Harbaugh for another five years! Incredible. He is making millions for abject failure. That's only the second worst coaching decision, though, with Texas hiring the drunkard Sark. And paying them millions. The age of Idiocracy is upon us. There is apparently no such thing as failure. You can get fired but someone is always waiting to rehire you. The new American way.
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Coaches get hired to get fired as I said elsewhere, it is what it is and also, the same ones seem to float from job to job to job.

Hired, fired, rinse, lather, repeat.

That said; what on earth is Michigan thinking?

Five year extension........for what, he's been a miserable failure.

Wow.
 
Well, it's Bama 52-24 with 12 minutes left. No surprises and about what was expected. Hard to beat a team that scores 50+ per game. Bama is an offensive juggernaut. -- Al
 
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