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Topic: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)

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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #112 on: January 01, 2025, 08:57:30 PM »
Never saw this coming,course they were not at home but down 3 O-linemen and the Ducks D-Line evidently was full strength
No- you didn’t. You have been pissy all week. 
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« Reply #113 on: January 01, 2025, 09:05:06 PM »
Thin oline specially when one was the Rimington award winner well ask any coach and he'd rather have that depth back. But the boys seized the initiative and never looked back
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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #114 on: January 01, 2025, 09:07:26 PM »
Just looking at the path for any of the 5-12 seeds, this gauntlet after a normal regular season is the toughest SOS ever, right?  Honestly, aside from Penn State, this exceeds 2020 Alabama, which has that brag imo (zero layups). 
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Take OSU....their regular season included @Oregon, @Penn St, #5 at the time IU....then basically 4 straight games vs top 8 teams (if they win the NC).  That's 13 straight games vs P4 teams, including 7 top 10 teams.  That's nuts.
Every future NC will have a harder schedule than any team prior to the CFP.

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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #115 on: January 01, 2025, 09:10:06 PM »
If you think about it, prior to 2014 it was RARE for any team to play more than two top-10 teams in a season. From 2014-2023 it was almost always what four or five for the NC. Now it will be half a dozen or more.

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« Reply #116 on: January 01, 2025, 10:24:37 PM »
Every future NC will have a harder schedule than any team prior to the CFP.
I think a team with a bye and a weak schedule wouldn't qualify.  But a team that has to play a 1st round game and had a normal schedule does.
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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #117 on: January 01, 2025, 10:27:28 PM »
I think they are going to 14 teams, with the Big Ten and SEC champs getting the 2 byes, but even if you want to reward conference champs with byes in the current format, which Im ok with, just to add some meaning to those games, then I still think you need to reseed each round

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« Reply #118 on: January 01, 2025, 10:33:05 PM »
So this playoff has been 6 terrible games, and arguably the greatest game in college football history?

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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #119 on: January 01, 2025, 11:47:01 PM »
If the final 4 is 2 SEC and 2 B1G, they're definitely going to hold everyone else hostage even moreso in altering the playoff for next year.
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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #120 on: January 02, 2025, 01:49:25 AM »
If the final 4 is 2 SEC and 2 B1G, they're definitely going to hold everyone else hostage even moreso in altering the playoff for next year.
as they should. ACC is god awful and B12 isn't much better. 

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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #121 on: January 02, 2025, 01:55:07 AM »
If the final 4 is 2 SEC and 2 B1G, they're definitely going to hold everyone else hostage even moreso in altering the playoff for next year.
Correct, but results have nothing to do with it.  ASU could have pulled it out, and ND wins tomorrow, and it wouldnt mean a thing

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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #122 on: January 02, 2025, 07:36:26 AM »
Why?
Tale of two halves.

You should be proud of your team. They deserved to win and probably would have if that obvious targeting was called.
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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #123 on: January 02, 2025, 07:57:44 AM »
I think they are going to 14 teams, with the Big Ten and SEC champs getting the 2 byes, but even if you want to reward conference champs with byes in the current format, which Im ok with, just to add some meaning to those games, then I still think you need to reseed each round
They should have only went to 6 and that's it.Not that the powers that be care what we/I think they go to 14 they can eat me. I wonder what the viewing audience was last night w/o ABC showing the OSU/Ore Game
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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #124 on: January 02, 2025, 08:41:29 AM »
I preferred six as well, but whatever, $$$$$.  

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Re: Revenge Tour for the Law Firm of Franklin & Day (SOC Rd. 2)
« Reply #125 on: January 02, 2025, 08:44:02 AM »
I don’t think anybody knows, including the college football officials what targeting is.

It is completely 100% random
IMO that hit was incidental and not intended DB was coming in to stop receiver. It was certainly a bang-bang collision and there was helmet to helmet and the receiver was defenseless. It's really hard to avoid those collisions as players are naturally leaning forward with their head. What does a DB do? Stop and wait until the ball is caught then wrap up? Players have to be coached/taught to slide their helmets to the side instead of lead with it.
« Last Edit: January 02, 2025, 08:50:08 AM by MrNubbz »
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