Bowl Games Schedule

[joseephuss]

If they play that well next year they'll get there. They were robbed this year I think.

Robbed? Debatable or at least politely discussed. I can see it both ways. It isn't difficult to make the case that they were deserving of a playoff spot. Really the blame falls on them. They blew the big lead over Baylor. That was huge and totally a circumstance they controlled.

 

[big dog cowboy]

TCU just came into that game pissed off.

I've been wondering what their mindset would be like and how interested they were in playing today. Impressive win.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

I've been wondering what their mindset would be like and how interested they were in playing today. Impressive win.

I like watching their games. When they get going they just steamroll teams & they play hard on defense. And I like their head coach.

Very impressive today.

 

[DFWJC]

Ga Tech is just killing Miss St
42-20 in the 3rd

They're really fun to watch.

Alabama is on alert.....their SEC West mates keep losing.
LSU, Ole Miss, Miss St

Fwiw, this game is far from over though

 

[viman96]

Bad day for SEC West.

TCU showed up big time. Big 12 needs a Conference Championship game so their teams are on a level playing field.

 

[Phoenix]

Loved watching the Frogs then the Ramblin' Wreck look good yesterday! Today I'm rooting for Baylor, Oregon, and AGAINST Alabama

 

[DFWJC]

Jan 1 is back for football fans!
What a lineup of games!

 

[Seabo]

TCU is without a doubt one of the best 4 teams in the country.
What's said is the committee knew that.
They had them 3 and only moved them down once politics and money came into play.

So way a team should win by 40 but move down 2 spots... that's absurd.
Especially when one of the teams who passed it won by 2 versus a team TCU beat by 60+.

But it is a great way to start staking a claim for next year.
TCU probably finishes the year ranked 3rd.


Ole Miss wasn't much overrated. They beat Bama and have a 5 star laden talent pool.
TCU was just much, much better.

The problem with TCU is they did not do enough to prove themselves as a top 4 team. The Big 12 was incredibly weak this year and TCU's only important game was a loss at Baylor. I think TCU might be the best team right now, but their best two wins were against #11 Kansas State and #25 Minnesota. The four teams that made it had more wins against top 25 opponents.

We can talk about scores, but trying to use transitivite properties (TCU beat OkSt by 60 and FSU won by 2 therefore TCU is better) is futile. A&M just beat West Virginia by 8 and TCU won by 1, we all know the Aggies are an average team that would lose to TCU.

TCU should probably be in the playoffs, but the Big 12 has to get better if they want it to happen. OkSt, Texas, Kansas St, and Texas Tech played against quality Power 5 opponents during the regular season and lost. They have to continue to play those games and win to lift their own teams up and knock the other conferences down.

But Ole Miss was overrated. They won against Alabama but lost to Auburn, LSU, and Arkansas. West Virginia beat Baylor but lost to Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas St. Virginia Tech beat Ohio State but lost to Wake Forest. The point here is one huge win doesn't suddenly make a team great. Ole Miss had a great year but are probably third or fourth best if they play in the Big 12.

 

[DFWJC]

Good game between Wisconsin and Auburn.
Wisconsin turned it over too many times in the redzone to keep this close.
Auburn may pull it out.

Baylor putting a tail-whoop in' on a good Michigan State team.
Brice Petty brought his A+ game today!

 

[Phoenix]

Ahhh ha ha ha!

I know well about Baylor Guard McGowan...he was at my alma mater high school, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, and I've been kind of keeping an eye on the kid. I've known his number was 60, and today I've been scratching my head the whole game wondering WHY is he wearing #80 today? He is a backup Guard, and comes in for extra points, FG attempts, goal line / short runs...he led earlier in the game on a short TD rush by Baylor.

And the kid just caught a TD pass lol...THAT'S why he came in today wearing 80! Happy for him

 

[Seabo]

One of the biggest reasons for an expanded playoff is this.
In a playoff everyone has the same motivations.

Gotta get to the top 8 or 12 teams and sooner rather than later.

TCU played today to win a spot int he final 4 for NEXT year. Patterson sold it that way to his team and they are so young they bought it.

I personally feel that 8 teams is too many. No matter how big a field you create there will always be someone who deserved a spot but was left out. It happened when it was just two and again now that it is 4. If we had 8 teams how do you pick between all of the 2 and 3 loss teams to fill the final two spots? I think 6 teams is the right number, 1 from each power 5 conference and an at-large. Give the top two a first round bye to control the total number of games a team will play.

 

[joseephuss]

The Baylor kicker is going to be very sore after this game. He took a helmet to the knee early in the game and then gets blasted late in the game following a blocked FG attempt.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Baylor choking...they had it in the bag but this is the perfect example of how NOT to finish a game

 

[TheCoolFan]

What a choke job!

 

[HeavyBarrel]

If I was the Baylor AD, I'd slam the locker room door shut behind me and absolutely go ape S on that team and coaches, I know it's not the NFL but there is no excuse for that garbage choke job

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Thanks Baylor... Are they going to start calling him Big Game Briles?

 

[DFWJC]

Won't remotely surprise me if Florida State wins.
But the proper bet would be just to take them to cover and maybe Oregon to win

 

[viman96]

Ducks rolling.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I obviously missed something. I dont see how ohio state made the playoffs. I couldve swore the werent even ranked at one point!?

 

[jterrell]

I personally feel that 8 teams is too many. No matter how big a field you create there will always be someone who deserved a spot but was left out. It happened when it was just two and again now that it is 4. If we had 8 teams how do you pick between all of the 2 and 3 loss teams to fill the final two spots? I think 6 teams is the right number, 1 from each power 5 conference and an at-large. Give the top two a first round bye to control the total number of games a team will play.

As Bama just proved what we "assume" going into a playoffs can be very wrong.
1 loss is 1 loss and all the P5 schools with 1 loss should get in.
That might work with 6 most times but it would work with 8 every time.
6 would have been fine this year but 8 would have been fairly glorious.
And if there were 6 or 8 TCU would have been slotted 3rd where they deserved to be and FSU would have been 5 or 6 where they deserved to be but everyone would have gotten in.

The "problem" with the old system was we'd have seen Bama and FSU play for the title. So we KNOW now we'd have crowned a champ who couldn't beat their semi-final opponent.
Not sure we didn't see the best or 2nd best team miss out in TCU.

If you are worried about game totals then tell teams they can only schedule 10 regular season games as was the rule for 20 years.
120 teams playing 2 extra games is the issue not 2 playing 1 extra game.