I had high hopes for football this weekend. Friday night, all day on Saturday, and there was even 2 NFL games on. Could this be the best football weekend of the year? It didn't turn out that way.
All the CFP First Round games were bad and I do have some thoughts on why.
1. Is homefield too much of an advantage? These teams didn't do anything to deserve homefield, except be picked higher by the committee. The teams with a Bye have to play at a neutral field.
2. The cold (outside of the Texas game) was a big factor.
3. The students are already on break. Maybe play these games indoors in the region so its better football and a better fan experience.
I know college football coaches are not stupid and have a ton of football knowledge. I just don't understand what I was watching on Friday and Saturday. Case in point:
-Indiana's head coach talks shit on a pre-game show and then his team doesn't execute against an ND defense that gave up a ton of points to USC's back-up QB in their last game. Tell me again why you were trying to establish the run?
-James Franklin tried to keep SMU in the game and the Mustangs had some of the worst QB play I've ever seen. That game was hard to watch as it was soo bad.
-Tennessee had a script and a game plan on how to beat the wounded Buckeyes. They completely ignored it and left their corners on an island against the best freshman WR we have seen in a long time. What in the world were they doing? I know they didn't have Graham or Grant but that game plan was pure stupidity. Anyone think that facemask penalty on OSU's first drive changed the game completely?
Anyone trust that Warde can fix this? Sorry, stupid question.
- Michigan DE Stewart has declared for the NFL Draft congratulations and best of luck!
- Michigan Basketball dominated Purdue Ft. Wayne and got their 9th win of the season.
- Michigan had lots of important transfer prospects on campus this weekend including a top ranked OT, Bama transfer RB, and 2 QB's.
- Kris Jenkins had 2 sacks on Sunday, Haskins a TD on Thursday, and Jourdan Lewis had a nice pick on Sunday night.
- Michigan is welcoming back OL analyst Juan Castillo who was UCLA's OL coach last year. Juan was at Michigan in the same role back in 2018 for Jim.
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Thought all 4 CFP games were bad and why they should of limited the expansion to 8 teams. I personally wouldn't of expanded it at all and left it at 4 teams. Even with only 4 teams there were bad teams that made the playoffs. It's just more corporate greed and devolving of college football.
Holy crap. Ditto ditto ditto. Post of the year....
Horrible playoff games. We can all agree on that. 1.) Too many games? This year, yes. 2.) Home field advantage? Yes. 3.) Now this is where things turn into black ops territory. Who exactly is on this playoff committee picking these teams? We know Warde is on the committee, but he's low hanging fruit. What does a college athletic director know about handicapping and ranking other teams? Teams that he probably hasn't even watched? Are these panel members business executives? They dont know football. Are they media nerds that never played the game? They definitely dont know football. If we want the top 10 or 12 or whatever the amount of teams, have the panel be made up of Vegas bookies. I guarantee you, the top teams will get selected with the best matchups.
I heard one time that Condoleeza Rice was on the playoff committee. With as messed up as Washington already is, you think having her on the committee is going to be any better? Smh
Glad we didn't go after Kurt Cignetti. Give the guy a spotlight and a microphone and proceed to embarrass yourself. Smh What a duche.
Cignetti is the 2nd coming of Allen...that didn't end well either. As for the suckeyes; probably like most UM fans, I don't root for them. In fact, I prefer they lose. But I don't lose a wink of sleep over them, unlike how suckeye people feel about UM. Regardless of whether they win or not, their program is broken, their psyche is broken. Day is garbage and there's a reason why he's never mentioned as a potential NFL coach.
Good points. Totally agree! Looks like OSU is stuck with Day for the time being. Much of the OSU board and administration is having a civil war with half supporting Day and half not. Reminds me of R.R., and look how that ended. I anticipate the same sort of demise for Day. Heard Mike Vrabel has already spoken w OSU and is a possible replacement for Cryin Ryan. It's win it all or goodbye for Day.
It was a bad year to expand. In previous years it might have worked better, but not for teams this year with so many losses. When I cant watch more than a first half of these games, you know they are BAD.
Michigan has its 'bridge' QB. Mikey Keene is on board!
Why i like this- Keene is an experienced QB that is familiar to Chip Lindsey's offense. Keene is not physically imposing, nor will he beat you with his legs. That's fine. As a former coach, I preferred QBs to be able to make reads and check downs, and not have the instincts to take off and scramble all the time. Keene makes the perfect mentor for Bryce, and is a consumate team player (talking to you, Cade). Finn grew up in Detroit, but for whatever reason told the local schools to kick rocks, and bolted to Baylor. Coaches don't forget that, trust me. Keene is a solid gap fill QB until Bryce is ready.
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