Bowl Games (Non-UConn)

[Vowelguy]

HATE Miami. At least SEC won’t win title again. Finebahm must be catatonic.,

 

[UConnDan97]

No SEC team in the final. 5 teams out of 12, and none them could even make it to the Final. I don't like Miami, but it's always nice to see the SEC fail...

 

[superjohn]

Happy Miami won but it's all about Indiana and Cignetti.

Cristobal forgot to congratulate Ole Miss on a great game and season.

 

[How Sway?!]

And people were complaining about the 12 team playoff...

 

[UConnDan97]

And people were complaining about the 12 team playoff...

They should complain. It should be 16 teams. FCS has had that right for decades...

 

[FightOnCT]

I hate both the SEC and ACC so I’m neutral. Expanded playoffs was the right move

 

[AllHusky]

ZERO SEC=PLUS
NO MORE KIFFIN $ FROM OLE MISS=PLUS

 

[superjohn]

Close competitive game but wasn't impressed with either team compared to teams from the past.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

The U!!!!!!!!

What a game!

Man. There is something about Miami being in the Championship game. Makes it extra fun to watch. I'm not even a fan of the program. But it just makes it enticing to watch.


Now we need Indiana to win it all!!!! At Hard Rock!

 

[Scoe]

They should complain. It should be 16 teams. FCS has had that right for decades...

It should be a 45-50 team tournament.

 

[UConnDan97]

It should be a 45-50 team tournament.

It's not March Madness. Just make it 16 teams like the "other division" has had for years. Nobody gets a bye, seeing as almost everyone loses when they get a bye anyways...

 

[Scoe]

Think the Indiana-Oregon winner destroys Miami.

 

[traitor71]

Happy Miami won but it's all about Indiana and Cignetti.

Cristobal forgot to congratulate Ole Miss on a great game and season.

He will. He isn't some jerk. Conservative and strange at some times, but he is a guy who respects the game and his opponent.

 

[Scoe]

It's not March Madness. Just make it 16 teams like the "other division" has had for years. Nobody gets a bye, seeing as almost everyone loses when they get a bye anyways...

I have it all figured out a receiving votes tournament, winner of that plays the 25th ranked team, then you have play in rds to make into a 16 team field, top 16 teams get a bye.

Here's my idea, 2025 44 team college football playoff, UConn gets a rematch against Duke

With this format UConn would've had a shot at winning the national championship albeit very impossible odds but a chance nonetheless. I reseed every round thus the regular season is meaningful.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well, FCS does have byes. I don't know how long they've been doing it, but a while now. Field is 24, not 16.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Third year of the SEC out of the Championship game.

How much longer until they finally start losing some of that "Equity"?

 

[UConnDan97]

Well, FCS does have byes. I don't know how long they've been doing it, but a while now. Field is 24, not 16.

Yeah, they did back in 2013 or 2014 I think. They had about 30 years of doing it right.

Not sure why they expanded, but they had it right for a very long time...

 

[traitor71]

Third year of the SEC out of the Championship game.

How much longer until they finally start losing some of that "Equity"?

As long as ESPN is around? Probably never.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Third year of the SEC out of the Championship game.

How much longer until they finally start losing some of that "Equity"?

Strangely coincides with about the time everybody else could start paying their players, like the SEC had been doing all along (we all know this is true, Shaq and Barkley brag on the air about how they were "taken care of" back in the day, and basketball was just a hobby compared to football).

 

[ScottVib]

Not sure why they expanded, but they had it right for a very long time...

They expanded when they started giving all the conference champions automatic bids (previously only select conferences got them). (The NEC & Big South gained their autobids when it went to 20; the Pioneer league when it went to 24

 

[Purple Stein]

Just a friendly reminder that our win over Duke essentially makes us ACC champions.

 

[KryHavok]

He will. He isn't some jerk. Conservative and strange at some times, but he is a guy who respects the game and his opponent.

Aye, I hate the ACC and its teams, so for me to give any compliment is a big ask; when Miami scored the go-ahead TD, Christobal pushed off and got mad that he was bear hugged from behind by one of his assistants. He knew that the game wasn't over. I think that showed he did respect Ole Miss, even if the chances of them scoring a TD with +30 seconds left were remote.

That being said, ahem, I am declaring my intent to root for the BIG in the championship game. All glory to the ACC's tears, and f the U (can't believe one of my kids wants to go there 😫, although it is a very pretty campus).

 

[Hoophound]

If Miami would put a complete game together, they’d be a top 3 team. They have a lot of talent and a big payroll. I won’t be surprised if they put a B+/A- performance together for once and win the title. So many dropped balls, dropped picks, dumb penalties etc. Clean it up for once and they can win. I guess that’s a big ask, but it’s doable.

 

[AllHusky]

Agree with poster who said Miami being good is good for the game. My kid almost went there also, he said too hot! Ended up at UConn. Thank the lord

 

[buddy]

Ehhh I don’t think ESPN will let Miami win. It will cause them to many problems if Miami wins.

I disagree. They want Miami. It will set up a home game for them in the championship and give them more of a chance and save face for the ACC for ND debacle. Remember ESPN started the destruction of the old Big East with Miami and BC. Screw ESPN.