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Tag Archives: Playoff
Lessons from March Madness
College football is new to this selection committee and playoff thing. It can learn from the mistakes and shortcomings of basketball’s March Madness. Tournament results do not rectify selection mistakes. The College Football Playoff Committee should have already learned this … Continue reading
The Most Important Play of the National Championship
There is one play, more than any other, whose success will affect the outcome of the national championship game. The play is a designed run for Deshaun Watson, the quarterback power. Clemson’s offense works off a relatively simple formula: outside, … Continue reading
Post Hoc, Ergo …
Monday night’s winner of the Clemson – Alabama game will be the undisputed national champion of college football. That team will be the winner of a four team playoff which is part of a system that every FBS conference and … Continue reading
Orange Bowl
Clemson plays Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, part of the college football playoff. The Sooners are currently 3.5 point favorites to win the game. Advantage Clemson? Teams don’t always play the same in bowl games as they played at the … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion, Schemes
Tagged Clemson, Deshaun Watson, Oklahoma, Orange Bowl, Playoff, Power
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In Defense of Meaningless Bowls
College football’s bowl season is odd. Compared to every other sport, it’s very odd. In what other sport is an entire season played and ended with an exhibition game? I can’t think of another like it. In most sports the … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Bowl Alliance, Bowl Coalition, Bowls, Playoff
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What We Learned: Week 12
The Committee Loves Blowouts. Remember when the BCS instructed the computer rankings to take out margin of victory? Remember how they didn’t want to see teams run up the score? The Playoff Committee isn’t like that. Last year Ohio State … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ACC, Big Ten, Butch Jones, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Playoff, SEC, SEC East, South Carolina, Tennessee
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Notre Dame Must Lose
The Committee is going to have hard decisions to make when they choose the last two participants for the playoff. The first two will be easy. Undefeated Clemson will be in the playoff, and SEC Champion Alabama will be there. … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Alabama, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Clemson, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Playoff
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Paper Tigers
2006 Ohio State. 2012 Notre Dame. 2014 Florida State. What do those teams have in common? They all went undefeated and were granted a chance to play for the national title. In each instance the zero in the loss column … Continue reading
Bravo Big Ten
Conference commissioners and coaches have been talking about what teams’ schedules should look like for years. At its media days event the B1G took the lead in scheduling. Beginning with the 2016 season, all Big Ten members will be required … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Big Ten, Jim Delaney, Money, Out of Conference, Playoff, Recruiting, Scheduling, Strength of Schedule
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Alabama – Louisville and “True Road Games”
On Friday morning ESPN reported Alabama and Louisville have agreed to play a 2018 game in Orlando to open the season. Immediately many on twitter derided the fact that the game was not a true road game. Some expanded their … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Alabama, ESPN, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Orlando, Out of Conference, Playoff, Scheduling, SEC, Texas
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Third Down Draw 