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College Football Championship Week

Drove the entire length of the field after the ill-advised fair catch inside the 5. Heck of a drive by UVA.
 
I don't understand the rule about receiver going out of bounds and then they always say he has to "re-establish himself" in bounds. What does that even mean. Apparently it just means come back in bounds and catch the ball like nothing happened. Why even throw your hat to mark that he stepped out?
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
I don't understand the rule about receiver going out of bounds and then they always say he has to "re-establish himself" in bounds. What does that even mean. Apparently it just means come back in bounds and catch the ball like nothing happened. Why even throw your hat to mark that he stepped out?
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If they're forced out they can be the first to touch the ball, if they run out on their own they can't be. The Virginia WR ran out on his own, but the refs didn't call it that way. It should've been an illegal touch.
 
ACC right now

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tapeANaspirin2it said:
ACC right now

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As the top seed in the ACC Championship game, since a loss in conference championship games doesn't matter, they should still be in the playoffs, right? Or does that only apply to SEC teams that lose the game?

Legitimately, tomorrow's discussion will be should championship games still exist (Alabama gets in) or not (Alabama does not get in).
 
these playoff discussion and previously, the BCS discussions are always a joke. They know which teams they want in there and they reverse engineer the reasons. The next year they do the exact opposite.

BYU lost Championship game - this one matters. No way they can get in the playoff even though their only losses are to the #3 team.
Virginia lost Championship game - too bad Virginia, this one counts against you. better luck next year
Duke - won a Championship game. Yeah, we always say winning a P4 conference is an automatic, but we didn't mean you Duke

Bama - hey you're conference title loss where you rushed for negative 3 yards doesn't count at all. Welcome to the playoffs

Championship games need to be ended. We will learn this year that winning one doesn't help (Duke) and losing one hurts (Virginia, BYU) unless you're in the SEC.
 
College playoff rankings ******* suck. If they put 3 loss Bama in over 2 loss ND or Miami, they should just do away with the playoffs and Natty because we all know that it is just a ******* popularity contest not a fair playoff system.
 
what was it a couple years ago when undefeated FL got left out only so Alabama could get in, and the excuse was that FL QB was hurt? WTF They still went undefeated. just bullshit. Takes the enjoyment out of even watching the playoffs.
 
That was when Florida State's QB got injured so they left them out. The made up playoff rules say that they can hold it against a team if a key player or COACH leaves the team. By their own precedent and rules, Ole Miss should be out without Kifffin, but SEC so no biggie.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
these playoff discussion and previously, the BCS discussions are always a joke. They know which teams they want in there and they reverse engineer the reasons. The next year they do the exact opposite.

BYU lost Championship game - this one matters. No way they can get in the playoff even though their only losses are to the #3 team.
Virginia lost Championship game - too bad Virginia, this one counts against you. better luck next year
Duke - won a Championship game. Yeah, we always say winning a P4 conference is an automatic, but we didn't mean you Duke

Bama - hey you're conference title loss where you rushed for negative 3 yards doesn't count at all. Welcome to the playoffs

Championship games need to be ended. We will learn this year that winning one doesn't help (Duke) and losing one hurts (Virginia, BYU) unless you're in the SEC.
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Settle down, squeaky. Bama aint getting in
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
I don't understand the rule about receiver going out of bounds and then they always say he has to "re-establish himself" in bounds. What does that even mean. Apparently it just means come back in bounds and catch the ball like nothing happened. Why even throw your hat to mark that he stepped out?
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I believe that only applies if the ref determined that the receiver was forced out by the defender. If he's deemed to have gone out of bounds of his own accord, he is ineligible to touch the ball when he's back within the field of play.
 
I only checked the score on the Indiana vs Ohio State game before I went to bed at the start of the 4th qtr. 13-10. Wow. I didn't see that coming.

We should have some great playoff games this year.
 
If they are going to put the team that has best chance if making noise in the playoffs it's Notre Dame. That is clear. They've rattled off 10 straight. Most of them big. They had a rookie Q. That had a couple struggles at beginning but is one of the best in college football now. Deboer keeps talking about They shouldn't be punished for getting their dicks knocked off last night. Ok. But Notre Dame doesn't lose like that ladt night right now. Not first week in Sept. They can run the ball against anyone. That was the problem last night. Bama couldn't run the ball. I think Notre Dame would smoke Alabama in a very similar manner. I think Notre Dame is gonna get screwed today, but they are the best of the three.
 
SteelerSask2 said:
If they are going to put the team that has best chance if making noise in the playoffs it's Notre Dame. That is clear. They've rattled off 10 straight. Most of them big. They had a rookie Q. That had a couple struggles at beginning but is one of the best in college football now. Deboer keeps talking about They shouldn't be punished for getting their dicks knocked off last night. Ok. But Notre Dame doesn't lose like that ladt night right now. Not first week in Sept. They can run the ball against anyone. That was the problem last night. Bama couldn't run the ball. I think Notre Dame would smoke Alabama in a very similar manner. I think Notre Dame is gonna get screwed today, but they are the best of the three.
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Agreed. Bama is NOT playoff-worthy.
 
They should expand the playoff to 16 teams with the top 12 teams decided by strictly objective criteria (winning %, strength of schedule, etc.) The subjective committee should be deciding which other 4 teams will also be included.
 
Steelr4evr said:
It was sarcasm in jest of the silly no losing seasons of the Steelers so many hang their hat on for Tomlin.

It's not the standard and certainly isn't the standard of most big programs in college football.
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I Knew what you meant :)
My two teams have mediocre coaches but luckily one can get fired!
 
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