2019 College Football Thread

el Fenomeno · 28-12-2019 11:25pm

That is a sensational throw.

ScrubsfanChris · 28-12-2019 11:26pm

I know the commentary keeps going on about all the injuries on Oklahoma defense, but christ their secondary is hopeless.

Amazing throw though

28-12-2019 11:31pm

That’s some play on the interception.

jack presley · 28-12-2019 11:35pm

3rd and 18. No bother.

ScrubsfanChris · 28-12-2019 11:35pm

Blowout before half time.

28-12-2019 11:35pm

This is unreal stuff.

el Fenomeno · 29-12-2019 12:06am

Horrible spectacle though, the gulf in class is just too much. This is why there shouldn't be an 8 or 16 team playoff. There'll be too many blowouts.

theoneeyedman · 29-12-2019 12:20am

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Horrible spectacle though, the gulf in class is just too much. This is why there shouldn't be an 8 or 16 team playoff. There'll be too many blowouts.

Huge difference in standards alright. There does be bitching in media about favouritism towards the Sec compared to the other organisations {big 10 etc) in the rankings, but the likes of today would suggest there could be 3 SEC teams in the top 4 - Alabama might be beaten today, but wouldn't concede 50 by HT.

jack presley · 29-12-2019 12:43am

Up 35 but still going for it on 4th down. No letting up here.

ScrubsfanChris · 29-12-2019 12:54am

Has the mercy rule ever been used in the finals? :pac:

mooreman09 · 29-12-2019 2:11am

That was incredible by LSU. They did that in 3rd gear.

Hoping for a great game here between Ohio State and Clemson.

eagle eye · 29-12-2019 6:25am

Tigers somehow manage to pull out the win. I don't think they have any hope of beating LSU though.
That LSU offense is as good as I've ever seen in college football. Burrow is the certain no.1 pick in the draft.

LuckyGent88 · 29-12-2019 9:26am

Burrow had the same amount of TD’s yesterday at the stadium as Matt Ryan all season!!!

theoneeyedman · 29-12-2019 12:23pm

Clemson beat Ohio in the second semifinal, a tight game with Trevor Lawrence playing a big part going by the highlights only.
Couple of big calls going Clemsons way though at important times, especially a call for targeting Lawrence and a call for an incomplete pass that was fumbled for a TD return for Ohio.

Interesting to see what Clemson have in store for Joe and the LSU offence in a couple of weeks time.

el Fenomeno · 29-12-2019 3:56pm

Latest example of why ESPN is a trash, classless network across all their media formats.

https://streamable.com/1pw3x

ScrubsfanChris · 29-12-2019 6:40pm

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Latest example of why ESPN is a trash, classless network across all their media formats.

https://streamable.com/1pw3x

"Hey I know what to ask a 23 year old kid coming off one of the biggest highs of his life...."

They also only mentioned it about 8 times during the game just randomly.

Tom Mann Centuria · 30-12-2019 10:15pm

Love the catchy title for this one The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Trips off the tongue.

Tom Mann Centuria · 31-12-2019 9:39pm

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl today.

jack presley · 31-12-2019 9:40pm

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl today.

I thought you were joking until I actually checked.

Tom Mann Centuria · 31-12-2019 9:43pm

jack presley wrote: »

I thought you were joking until I actually checked.

No, Tony there grinning in the centre of the pitch, and on all the shirts.

Enjoying most of these bowl games though, very entertaining, most have been pretty good close.

jack presley · 01-01-2020 12:44am

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

No, Tony there grinning in the centre of the pitch, and on all the shirts.

Enjoying most of these bowl games though, very entertaining, most have been pretty good close.

I see they replaced the Gatorade shower with a Frosties shower at the end.

jack presley · 01-01-2020 12:59am

Wow, a trick play from Navy (a forward pass) and they win it.

Tom Mann Centuria · 01-01-2020 12:59pm

jack presley wrote: »

Wow, a trick play from Navy (a forward pass) and they win it.

It was another good game, always felt Navy would probably sneak it but Kansas kept it interesting all game.

MileHighGuy · 14-01-2020 2:18am

Got a feeling the Tigers will take this easily.

Realt Dearg Sec · 14-01-2020 3:09am

MileHighGuy wrote: »

Got a feeling the Tigers will take this easily.

Kinda weird how quiet the build up has been after all the hype going into the last four. Kinda hard to call, been fun first quarter though.

Realt Dearg Sec · 14-01-2020 3:10am

MileHighGuy wrote: »

Got a feeling the Tigers will take this easily.

God I'm slow on the uptake.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 14-01-2020 3:26am

good game so far. i love this game in the middle of january when nothing else on

MileHighGuy · 14-01-2020 3:28am

I thought I'd try my hand and picking a winner after the game, seems to be a new boards tradition.

Don't follow NCAAF much any more, but I thought LSU looked unbeatable after what they did to Oklahoma.

MileHighGuy · 14-01-2020 4:00am

Lawrence starting to miss on a lot of passes, overthrowing and high. Clemson D will have to step up to keep them in the game now.

mooreman09 · 14-01-2020 4:54am

Stressful game.

Clemson not backing down. Slugfest.

eagle eye · 14-01-2020 4:56am

Burrow hasn't looked right since halftime. That shot on the td pass before halftime may have injured him.

el Fenomeno · 14-01-2020 8:48am

Absurdly long game - I woke up earlier this morning looking for highlights and there were none - there was still a minute and change left!

theoneeyedman · 14-01-2020 10:54am

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Absurdly long game - I woke up earlier this morning looking for highlights and there were none - there was still a minute and change left!

Yea, didn't stay up for it, but checking for highlights on YT etc, and only first half ones available.

Thought Clemson might do it, thought their defence might be ably for Joe and the boys, but fair play, they maintained their form for the whole season and deserve the title.

Where is he going next year, in the draft?

jack presley · 14-01-2020 12:16pm

No 1 to Cincinnati

eagle eye · 14-01-2020 12:24pm

Burrow is incredible, hope the Bengals use the rest of their draft picks on offensive linemen to give him a chance to be successful.

mooreman09 · 15-01-2020 12:59pm

Incredible season by lsu. I've been following about 10 years now and that's the best team I've seen...

The defense stood strong too.

eagle eye · 15-01-2020 1:03pm

mooreman09 wrote:

Incredible season by lsu. I've been following about 10 years now and that's the best team I've seen...

Its the best offense I've ever seen in all my time watching college football.

mooreman09 wrote:

The defense stood strong too.

Defense was great the other night, they got stronger as the season wore on.

MileHighGuy · 08-11-2020 2:45am

Pleasantly surprised to find Clemson v Notre Dame on sky sports tonight. Didn't realise they had an NCAAF. Great shoing from Notre Dame so far.

MileHighGuy · 08-11-2020 2:46am

ooops, used the 2019 thread........don't see a 2020 one though. Apols if I bumped a thread from the dead!

MileHighGuy · 08-11-2020 3:00am

TD-saving tackle by the punter after a missed long FG attempt at the half. The Returner tried to Antonio Brown-him to the face, but the punter was having none of it!!

MileHighGuy · 08-11-2020 5:08am

Well this has been the most enjoyable game of the year so far to watch.

MileHighGuy · 08-11-2020 5:44am

That was wild. Haven't watched a game like that for years. You'd have to think Clemson would win with a healthy Lawrence though.

The_Kew_Tour · 08-11-2020 5:46am

That was worth staying up for.

Great game and some celebrations at the end

Realt Dearg Sec · 08-11-2020 5:49am

Not sure I'd be too comfortable about the celebrations at the end, but that was a great win. Long overdue that nd did the business against a big time opponent. The Lawrence situation obviously changes things but it wasn't like Clemson didn't have a seriously good back performance at qb. That was a win worth remembering and should put them to no 1. Bet there'll be some reason not to of course.

MileHighGuy · 08-11-2020 5:54am

Agree on the celebrations, got to imagine they won't be allowing any fans for the next few home games after that.

eagle eye · 08-11-2020 6:21am

Will the Irish go number 1 after that is the question and how far do Clemson fall?
Obviously they'll likely face Notre Dame again in the ACC Championship game.

MileHighGuy · 08-11-2020 9:49am

eagle eye wrote:

Will the Irish go number 1 after that is the question and how far do Clemson fall? Obviously they'll likely face Notre Dame again in the ACC Championship game.

Without Lawrence and losing in double ot to the #4 ranked team, i could see them drop to #3 with ND rising to #2.

It would be great to see them face off again later in the year.

Mysterypunter · 09-11-2020 3:52am

MileHighGuy wrote: »

Without Lawrence and losing in double ot to the #4 ranked team, i could see them drop to #3 with ND rising to #2.

It would be great to see them face off again later in the year.

Alabama are number 1, but I'm not sure why, I know they are 6-0, but last Saturday week they beat a team 41-0, and the opposition quarterback was probably the worst I have ever seen, Mississippi State he was playing for, and I didn't check this but it said that he threw for 602 yards against LSU, if thats true, I have no idea how it happened and they must be complete rubbish. I can't rank anyone because I hardly ever watch it, but the Clemson Notre Dame game was amazing. Some drive at the end to tie it at 33 each.

Realt Dearg Sec · 09-11-2020 4:47am

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Alabama are number 1, but I'm not sure why, I know they are 6-0, but last Saturday week they beat a team 41-0, and the opposition quarterback was probably the worst I have ever seen, Mississippi State he was playing for, and I didn't check this but it said that he threw for 602 yards against LSU, if thats true, I have no idea how it happened and they must be complete rubbish. I can't rank anyone because I hardly ever watch it, but the Clemson Notre Dame game was amazing. Some drive at the end to tie it at 33 each.

I can understand it, Clemson losing meant they had to lose their spot, while ND's victory, even though it was a great game, has the asterisk beside it because Lawrence was out. So it makes sense. And Alabama's result against Georgia was of course very impressive as well.

BUT.

Does anyone seriously believe that if a no.3 ranked Bama or Ohio State had just beaten a no.1 Clemson, that they wouldn't have been placed number 1 themselves, regardless of who the QB was? Yeah I didn't think so either.

OldRio · 14-11-2020 10:40pm

Notre Dame v Boston College live on YouTube if anyone's interested.

2019 College Football Thread

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