WATCH PARTY: 2023-24 Bowl Thread

[Jiggafini19Deux]

eh, this FSU team is so far from what they fielded even in the ACC championship game that I don't think you can draw any conclusions from this. Full strength Georgia is probably a better team than full strength FSU, and no question that it's a deeper team, but gut feeling about relative strength shouldn't be how the committee picks playoff teams.

Exactly. None of this tonight really proves shit, especially to a bunch of ND fans harboring resentment over something that happened 30 years ago.

 

[stpeteirish]

Committee clearly made the right call and that was obvious IMO at the time. Moreso now.

But the Attorney General with the backing of the governor is investigating for possible anti trust violations. No titles should awarded until the courts have spoken, and virtually every judge in the state has been appointed by the current governor so it ain't over till its over.

 

[calvegas04]

fsu is a fraud team

 

[Dizzyphil]

It wouldn't matter who they had at QB. This is not one of the four best teams in the country.

yup

 

[Dizzyphil]

FSU would have been better off boycotting the bowl... they wouldn't be losing as bad.

 

[stlnd01]

I want one to come up to NW Indiana in December. Honestly looking forward to it to the point I'd overpay to see it live.

Was thinking about this last night. How fun a home playoff game would be. A lot more fun than these watered-down, portaled and opted-out NY6 games have been. I flat fell asleep watching Ohio State-Mizzou.

 

[Dizzyphil]

FSU running the ball to run the clock....trying to stop the bleeding.

 

[KPENN]

Just got home from work and turned on the game. Yikes

 

[rikkitikki08]

I hate FSU for 93 as much as the next guy and even with how bad of an ass kicking they’re taking tonight they still deserve to have been in the playoff. Regular season still has to mean something.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Advanced Stats loved PSU this year. Have to wonder if the Big 10 style of play skews some of the metrics.

Which leads me to believe scUM is about to get rolled.

 

[BeauBenken]

Their third string QB didn't give up 35 points.

They have one starter still playing on their defensive line. All other rotational guys are out.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

https://www.si.com/college/fsu/football/espn-upset-by-fsu-footballs-opt-outs-ahead-of-orange-bowl-against-georgia-bulldogs

 

[Dizzyphil]

Which leads me to believe scUM is about to get rolled.

They beat nobody this year.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

 

[rikkitikki08]

Amen

 

[Dizzyphil]

Why am I still watching this game??????????

 

[zelezo vlk]

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[NDPhilly]

Hoping embarrassments like OSU and FSU force coaches to lay the hammer down on opt outs. Just totally unfair to the rest of the team to have to getting murdered by UGA like this.

 

[Dizzyphil]

Hoping embarrassments like OSU and FSU force coaches to lay the hammer down on opt outs. Just totally unfair to the rest of the team to have to getting murdered by UGA like this.

How?

 

[jpachuta33]

 

[Bishop2b5]

It's a character issue in my book. You abandon your teammates and your school for selfish reasons.

 

[Huntr]

It's a character issue in my book. You abandon your teammates and your school for selfish reasons.

Do you consider it a character issue when a coach leaves for a new job, like Parker did, for instance?

 

[stlnd01]

Hoping embarrassments like OSU and FSU force coaches to lay the hammer down on opt outs. Just totally unfair to the rest of the team to have to getting murdered by UGA like this.

What are the coaches supposed to do? The guys who are opting out are gone. Criticizing them just makes you (millionaire football coach) look like an asshole and potentially alienates the rest of the team that'll still be there next year. A lot of those guys would like, in 12 months, to be in position to opt out themselves.

They need to shift the transfer portal later, to after the bowl games. That would help. The expanded playoff will keep more of the draft opt-outs playing as well. ESPN/bowls paying guys to play in these games would help too.

 

[Dizzyphil]

It's a character issue in my book. You abandon your teammates and your school for selfish reasons.

I get that... but it's all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[OKCDomer23]

Which leads me to believe scUM is about to get rolled.

Saban's playoff success and Harbaugh's lack thereof make me think they might. Imagine it will be reasonably close though.

 

[stlnd01]

It's a character issue in my book. You abandon your teammates and your school for selfish reasons.

OK. What about the character of Parker and Mike Brown and Mike Elko and Jonathan Smith?

 

[Bishop2b5]

Do you consider it a character issue when a coach leaves for a new job, like Parker did, for instance?

OK. What about the character of Parker and Mike Brown and Mike Elko and Jonathan Smith?

No respect for a coach who abandons the team before the bowl. I believe in commitment, loyalty, character, and keeping your word... player or coach.

 

[irishff1014]

It's a character issue in my book. You abandon your teammates and your school for selfish reasons.

SEC fan speaking about character. Now that’s a joke. 😂😂

 

[Me2SouthBend]

I would be pissed if I’m an FSU fan. What a shit show. F them if they think they should be in playoff. Show up and prove you deserve to be there by beating this team or shut your pie hole.

 

[IrishinSyria]

It's a character issue in my book. You abandon your teammates and your school for selfish reasons.

Only way to make that matter is for NFL teams to bump guys down their draft lists for this. But you know that’s not going to happen.