January 2, 20197 yr Author Two points to make here. A two-team playoff would have been plenty this season. Just because a team is a tough matchup for another team (i.e. Alabama) doesn’t mean that they should somehow automatically qualify for “the final four”. Georgia had their chance and blew it.
January 2, 20197 yr Ever since I got a chance to listen to and then talk to Tom Herman at a coaching clinic about 5 years ago. He has been one of my favorite coaches. I'm very happy to see them get the win. Edited January 2, 20197 yr by futurecoach
January 2, 20197 yr Georgia players should have been more concerned about Texas instead of complaining about being out of the playoff on Twitter the night of the semifinals.
January 2, 20197 yr Two points to make here. A two-team playoff would have been plenty this season. Just because a team is a tough matchup for another team (i.e. Alabama) doesn’t mean that they should somehow automatically qualify for “the final four”. Georgia had their chance and blew it. :thumb:
January 2, 20197 yr So what were the Texas players doing at the end of the game that was mentioned in the update thread? I caught most of the first half then fell asleep. Really seemed like Georgia just wasn't prepared or interested in the game.
January 2, 20197 yr So what were the Texas players doing at the end of the game that was mentioned in the update thread? I caught most of the first half then fell asleep. Really seemed like Georgia just wasn't prepared or interested in the game. 2 targeting calls and an unsportmanlike penalty at the end against Texas.
January 2, 20197 yr 2 targeting calls and an unsportmanlike penalty at the end against Texas. That seems a little unnecessary.
January 2, 20197 yr FWIW, there does seem to be some truth about teams that miss the CFP having a let down in their bowl games. The #5 ranked team is 1-4 in their bowls in the CFP era. Only Ohio St. last season won their bowl game after finishing 5th on selection day.
January 2, 20197 yr 2 targeting calls and an unsportmanlike penalty at the end against Texas. I thought the second targeting call was terrible. The refs embarrassed themselves in trying to sort that last one out.
January 2, 20197 yr FWIW, there does seem to be some truth about teams that miss the CFP having a let down in their bowl games. The #5 ranked team is 1-4 in their bowls in the CFP era. Only Ohio St. last season won their bowl game after finishing 5th on selection day. Nick Saban.... I will say this, I think when we created the playoff, which all of you wanted to do and all of you wanted to make it four teams. And now all of you want to make it eight teams and pretty soon all of you guys are going to want to make it 16 teams. And the only focus is on the playoff. But when we all started this, however many years ago it was, I said that you’re going to diminish the importance of other bowl games in college football, alright? Which has happened. That has happened. All anyone talks about is the playoff. Alright, we have a bunch of other bowl games that people don’t think are all that important so if you don’t think it’s important, all of the sudden some players don’t think it’s important. So you can’t really blame the players. We created this, OK? We created this. It used to be to go to the Rose Bowl — when you played in the Big Ten that was the ultimate of any experience that you could ever have. If you played in the SEC, going to the Sugar Bowl was that same thing. If you played in the Big 12, it was going to the Orange Bowl. So those things don’t exist anymore. We have a playoff, everyone’s interested in the playoff, no one is interested in anything else. So now that that’s trickled down to the players, how can you blame the players for that? I can’t blame the players for that. I think what every player has to decided — and I would say every player — is I think every player probably benefits from playing really, really well. So I think when you play in big games and you play really, really well, I think that enhances your value as a player. That’s what I think. Now every player would have to make the decision between is that more important relative to protecting yourself. And I think that’s every player’s choice and I think that’s every player’s decision and I don’t know that there’s much more to say about it than that.
January 2, 20197 yr That was the Fromm slide, right? That was the dirtiest of the 2 hits, but I don’t think it was quite a targeting foul. Could’ve gone either way. I will say I’m impressed Georgia players kept their composure for the most part after that hit.
January 2, 20197 yr That was the Fromm slide, right? That was the dirtiest of the 2 hits, but I don’t think it was quite a targeting foul. Could’ve gone either way. I will say I’m impressed Georgia players kept their composure for the most part after that hit.
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