UT wasn’t a legit team and TCU beat scUM,… screw them both. I saw UgA and everyone else this season
Eh, Michigan didn't play anyone except OSU, which they match up well with. I was really looking forward to the playoffs because we could finally find out what Michigan was made of.
I get it. I was over the moon that TCU beat them. I am just talking about who I think the best teams were. Upsets happen. Was I bitter an overrated UM got such an easy playoff draw when we get generational teams? Absolutely. Especially when I always hear from UM fans about how ND didn't deserve to be there in their playoff years.
Hard to say that. My varsity team would look great against my 7th graders too. I think the semis proved Michigan was not GREAT. Top 5, likely. I think ND would have given them a game at the end of the year.
This Michigan team dropped multiple games against our schedule,… fuck them
Writing off Bama and OSU seems pretty premature. If OSU's kicker doesn't shank it, they beat UGA. Bama lost 2 games by a combined 4 points.
Writing them off as programs
I’m so tired of hearing how great UT was this season b/c they finally eked out a win over Bama after one million consecutive losses to the Tide. They put up zero fight vs UGA & got boat raced by Spencer Rattler & the Cocks.
Well, they played UGA a whole lot tougher than TCU did, therefore I would have them at 3. They also looked good against Clemson. They did have a bad game against SC, but I think they would beat UM and OSU.
Agreed but if we just went by recruiting rankings & recent success, why even play the games? Just put OSU/UGA/Bama/Clemson in the final four before the season starts. Teams shouldn’t be allowed to lose multiple games with zero impressive wins and then claim they‘re still the best team in the nation.
Really went out on a limb predicting TCU wouldn't win this one.
Who are you talking about? Everybody? lol. I have said TCU didn't belong in the playoffs ever since it was announced.
No doubt on your first statement but you could say that about a lot of teams. You think they’d beat OSU after Georgia survived a last second missed FG? Georgia was never in doubt of losing to UT. Clemson? Hell, ND looked great against Clemson…LOL. Vols “bad game“ was against an 8-5 So Carolina while OSU’s “bad game” was against 13-1 CFP semi-finalist scUM. I‘m no OSU fan by a stretch but I’d take them all day vs the Vols.
Who said anything about ranking teams based on recruiting rankings or recent success? That (and returning talent) is only good as a starting point for preseason polls. My point is that resume, stats, and being deserving are a very poor substitute for watching teams play and intelligently and knowledgeably assessing them based on how they perform. Resume and stats are just a small part of that. The rest is knowing enough about the game to be able to look at a team play and accurately determine how they'd likely perform against other teams.
I strongly agree with most of this. I think my guys would beat TCU 9 times out of 10, but I didn't really want to make the playoffs this year. We came up short in a couple of critical moments and weren't a championship caliber team. I don't know who the four best teams were, but I don't think TCU was one of them. This was just Georgia's year and, as you point out, they were probably a level or two above everyone else.
They probably should have beaten TCU if they were a few scores better, huh?
