WATCH PARTY: 2023-24 Bowl Thread

[Bishop2b5]

Maybe fsu does belong in the sec with all the opt outs

Not sure where you're coming from with this. I think the SEC has generally had fewer opt outs than most. I know Bama has never had a starter opt out. Last year we played in a meaningless bowl game and Bryce Young and Will Anderson, both top three picks with zero chance to improve their draft stock, chose to play. This year lots of non-starters heading to the transfer portal opted out for lots of teams, but as for starters, I think LSU, Tenn, and Ole Miss each had only one opt out. All of the other SEC teams had none to the best of my knowledge.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

It does speak to the injury risk factor that their QB1 did his ACL at the end of the regular season in November, right? Not only was Jordan Travis basically finished, but it was the season ending injury that ultimately made a group of people decide that their unbeaten season still would not provide the best matchup for the general public to see. I can't imagine a guy like Verse who is projected to go in the first round of the NFL Draft is looking at playing UGA on one hand, seeing his QB1 teammate hobbling on crutches on the other and thinking playing in that game was a good idea. Even if FSU wins beats UGA, what comes of that? Some nice op eds and pats on the back? Nice story for the grandkids?

At least with 12 teams next year, this won't be an issue. An unbeaten ACC Champion is going to be one of the 12. I'd assume anyway.

I know UGA kicked FSU's ass. Did they quit? Hard to say. I suspect some of those guys did at a certain point that night. You get told 13-0 isn't good enough, a third of your team decides to sit this one out, you show up against the Almighty Pissed off SEC Team that had a point to prove....recipe for disaster. Harsh take calling all those guys quitters, but whatever. We're looking at unprecedented situations now considering in 1997 there were 20 bowl games and now there are over 40 with NIL, The Portal and player leverage we've never really seen up until now.

I guess if you're sore about ND losing to BC in 1993 you could really care less.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Not sure where you're coming from with this. I think the SEC has generally had fewer opt outs than most. I know Bama has never had a starter opt out. Last year we played in a meaningless bowl game and Bryce Young and Will Anderson, both top three picks with zero chance to improve their draft stock, chose to play. This year lots of non-starters heading to the transfer portal opted out for lots of teams, but as for starters, I think LSU, Tenn, and Ole Miss each had only one opt out. All of the other SEC teams had none to the best of my knowledge.

I think I read that UGA had 19 guys out against FSU for varying reasons.

Again, we're living in an unprecedented era of college football. Some of those December games had G5 teams with skeleton crew coaches, players opted out in the Portal, etc. Playing for mayonnaise, pop tarts and love of the game ain't what it used to be.

 

[Circa]

I disagree. A Natural Disaster should have and apparently did not have an impact on the selections.

Cool to disagree, but There are a lot, and I mean a Country full of MEN willing to understand the full extent of the reality WE American's/World have been living in.... Why did the Houston Astro's win after cheating?
Disagree all ya want...

but, The Patriots won after 9/11, the New Orleans Saints won after Katrina.... and there's been numerous other occasions of this dimension.

Bush even won after nothing but cheating and Cheney having/owning Halliburton, which had payed enough money to the Florida Supreme court to stop the vote.


We just keep losing after Catholicism.... Wonders of the free world are always interesting.

 

[Giddyup]

Bush even won after nothing but cheating and Cheney having/owning Halliburton, which had payed enough money to the Florida Supreme court to stop the vote.

Pffft. The chad guy is back. Voting was not stopped. It was democrat run counties trying to “find” more votes after the date the whole state needed to certify results.

 

[Fbolt]

Cool to disagree, but There are a lot, and I mean a Country full of MEN willing to understand the full extent of the reality WE American's/World have been living in.... Why did the Houston Astro's win after cheating?
Disagree all ya want...

but, The Patriots won after 9/11, the New Orleans Saints won after Katrina.... and there's been numerous other occasions of this dimension.

Bush even won after nothing but cheating and Cheney having/owning Halliburton, which had payed enough money to the Florida Supreme court to stop the vote.


We just keep losing after Catholicism.... Wonders of the free world are always interesting.

Don't know where this came from-apparently touching a nerve. So, I'm un-American...? Not a man?

 

[Circa]

Don't know where this came from-apparently touching a nerve. So, I'm un-American...? Not a man?

Maybe too deep for ya atm. Nothing personal at all. Not a man? Are you capping?

I meant nothing harmful.


Wish you nothing but Love and Prosperity in your future endeavours.

 

[IAIrish]

I can't be the only one who saw the lady flashing her boobs when the camera back from break going down bourbon street, right?

Totally caught that as well. My wife was on her phone and i go, they totally caught a titty on bourbon st! She made me rewind it 😂

 

[Fbolt]

Maybe too deep for ya atm. Nothing personal at all. Not a man? Are you capping?

I meant nothing harmful.


Wish you nothing but Love and Prosperity in your future endeavours.

Certainly came across as personal. Still does. Try harder-or rather, stop trying.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

I think I read that UGA had 19 guys out against FSU for varying reasons.

Again, we're living in an unprecedented era of college football. Some of those December games had G5 teams with skeleton crew coaches, players opted out in the Portal, etc. Playing for mayonnaise, pop tarts and love of the game ain't what it used to be.

I ask this tongue-in-cheek but if one of the top 12 playoff teams wins their opening round game despite their QB going down w/ an injury that prevents him from playing the remainder of the playoffs, does the committee swoop in and replace them w/ the 13th ranked team who was standing by as an alternate?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I ask this tongue-in-cheek but if one of the top 12 playoff teams wins their opening round game despite their QB going down w/ an injury that prevents him from playing the remainder of the playoffs, does the committee swoop in and replace them w/ the 13th ranked team who was standing by as an alternate?

If the alternate is an SEC team, stay tuned.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

I think I read that UGA had 19 guys out against FSU for varying reasons.

Again, we're living in an unprecedented era of college football. Some of those December games had G5 teams with skeleton crew coaches, players opted out in the Portal, etc. Playing for mayonnaise, pop tarts and love of the game ain't what it used to be.

They guys Georgia had out were non-players


The guys FSU had opt-out were big (and there's a splash of injury in the pic too)

 

[forkbeard3777]

Tonight, let us all don the purple and gold ... Tonight, we are all Huskies.

 

[ACamp1900]

So this might be the seventh or eighth time in ten years I won’t be watching the natty,… I’ll get home from my daughter’s softball practice and check the score,… if Washingtons leading I’ll watch but yeah. There’s like five teams in cfb that would get me to completely tune out and they’ve been the ones in this thing for the last decade unfortunately.

I’m honestly really close to checking out on cfb entirely if I’m honest,… watched so little the last two years compared to the average year where I’m glued every Saturday from morning til midnight

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

LFG U Dub
Fuck Michigan

 

[dublinirish]

This is spot on


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[dublinirish]

Also the Herbstreit dog thing makes me think he’s about to get divorced and his wife has already left him


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[thekid33]

Go Huskies
Muck Fichigan

 

[greyhammer90]

This is spot on


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Cringe

 

[irishff1014]

Ugh terrible defense

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Washington might be in big trouble.


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[tussin]

Boys this isn’t good.

 

[NDPhilly]

Worst start imaginable really. Just couldn’t stop anything and ate clock.

 

[SaltyND24]

Fuuuuuuuck, all hope lost after that first possession....might be a long night/year

 

[Giddyup]

If Michigan does win it means it’s game on. No more time for us to sit around and not win a natty. Use it as fuel.

 

[arrowryan]

This game is over

 

[IrishSteelhead]

If Michigan does win it means it’s game on. No more time for us to sit around and not win a natty. Use it as fuel.

If it works, yay, but if they need fuel to win a natty, then I really don’t know what to tell them at this point, and I question what fueled them previously.


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[Circa]

How about illegal hands to the face? UM gonna get all the calls...

 

[irishff1014]

Washington better start running routes to the first down line. Michigan ain’t going to miss tackles all night

 

[IA4irish]

I really hate Michigan. That is all