The OFFICIAL 2017 College Football Talking Smack Thread!

[JStewart]

Not an NFL fan so really missed a solid line-up of games on Saturday. SEC fan and Alabama in particular despite living in Gator country. Feels like forever until the playoff games.

 

[tripplej]

Latest ranking from espn,

 

[tripplej]

from landof10,

 

[tripplej]

A few bowl games started already.

from google,

 

[tripplej]

A few bowl games yesterday.

from google,

 

[Tonto]

Hey Hey Hey! FSU actually showed up today, taking care of business so far with S. Miss! Nice to see Neon Deon on the sidelines. Rumors he is considering becoming a coach at FSU. Truly the best corner in history!

 

[tripplej]

Couple more bowl games.

from mercurynews,

Hawaii Bowl, Dec. 24: Fresno State 33, Houston 27

Heart of Dallas Bowl, Dec. 26: Utah 30, West Virginia 14

Quick Lane Bowl, Dec. 26: Duke 36, Northern Illinois 14

Cactus Bowl, Dec. 26: Kansas State 35, UCLA 17

 

[tripplej]

... More bowl games that were played recently.

Independence Bowl, Dec. 27: Florida State 42, Southern Miss 13

Pinstripe Bowl, Dec. 27: Iowa 27, Boston College 20

Foster Farms Bowl, Dec. 27: Purdue 38, Arizona 35

Texas Bowl, Dec. 27: Texas 33, Missouri 16

 

[tripplej]

More bowls were done yesterday..

Military Bowl, Dec. 28: Navy 49, Virginia 7

Camping World Bowl, Dec. 28: No. 19 Oklahoma State 30, No. 22 Virginia Tech 21

Alamo Bowl, Dec. 28: No. 15 TCU 39, No. 13 Stanford 37

Holiday Bowl, Dec. 28: No. 16 Michigan State 42, No. 18 Washington State 17

 

[tripplej]

Lot of good bowl games yesterday.

Belk Bowl, Dec 29: Wake Forest 55, Texas A&M 52

Sun Bowl, Dec 29: No. 24 NC State 52, Arizona State 31

Music City Bowl, Dec 29: No. 21 Northwestern 24, Kentucky 23

Arizona Bowl, Dec 29: New Mexico State 26, Utah State 20

Cotton Bowl, Dec 29: No. 5 Ohio State 24, No. 8 USC 7

 

[tripplej]

great games yesterday.

Taxslayer Bowl, Dec. 30: Louisville 27 vs. No. 23 Mississippi State 31

Liberty Bowl, Dec. 30: Iowa State 21 vs. No. 20 Memphis 20

Fiesta Bowl, Dec. 30: No. 11 Washington 28 vs. No. 9 Penn State 35

Orange Bowl, Dec. 30: No. 6 Wisconsin 34 vs. No. 10 Miami 24

 

[tripplej]

More bowl games from earlier today..

Outback Bowl, Jan. 1: Michigan 19 vs. South Carolina 26

Peach Bowl, Jan. 1: No. 7 Auburn 27 vs. No. 12 UCF 34

Citrus Bowl, Jan. 1: No. 14 Notre Dame 21 vs. No. 17 LSU 17

 

[tripplej]

and of course the big games today.

College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual
Matchup: Oklahoma vs. Georgia
Location: Pasadena, California
Date: Monday, Jan. 1
Time: 5:00 p.m. EST


College Football Playoff at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Matchup: Clemson vs. Alabama
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: Monday, Jan. 1
Time: 8:45 p.m. EST

Anybody watching???

 

[tripplej]

For those who are not watching, Georgia just won their game, 54-48 details below...

from yahoo,

"It took 54 points, 527 yards of offense and two overtimes in a Rose Bowl for the ages, but Georgia is headed to the College Football Playoff National Championship."

 

[tripplej]

For those who are not watching, Alabama won their game, 24 - 6.

Now, the championship game is an SEC battle.

College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T
Matchup: Alabama vs Georgia
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Date: Monday, Jan. 8
Time: 8:00 p.m. EST

 

[Todd Anderson]

I don't know folks... sure seems like UCF should have been in the playoff. I guess money talks.

 

[tripplej]

Yeah, money does talk.. Even thou they did go undefeated (13-0) this year but since they don't play in the power 5 conferences, they got 12th ranking in the playoff systems..

On the plus side, they are raising their own National Championship banner to celebrate their 13-0 season.. That has to count for something, right?

 

[Todd Anderson]

They beat some decent teams this year...

They beat a ranked South Florida team, they beat a ranked Memphis team, they beat Navy, Maryland, and Cinci. And then they beat #7 Auburn.

It's silly that they weren't put in a position to play for that top spot.

 

[tripplej]

Yeah, in the end, it is all about the business not the game and as such money controls Football to keep making that Money!

 

[tripplej]

Anybody watching the championship game?

At halftime, Georgia leads Alabama 13 to 0.

 

[tripplej]

Alabama beat Georgia 26 to 23 in OT..

 

[tripplej]

The Final AP poll is out and as expected, Alabama is #1 and Georgia is #2.

from sbnation

1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Clemson
5. Ohio State
6. UCF
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. TCU
10. Auburn
11. Notre Dame
12. USC
13. Miami
14. Oklahoma State
15. Michigan State
16. Washington
17. Northwestern
18. LSU
19. Mississippi State
20. Stanford
21. USF
22. Boise State
23. NC State
24. Virginia Tech
25. Memphis