If you thought our play calling was bad..

[UConnRock]

How the hell is Indiana 11-1?

There were 7 teams above .500 conference record in the B1G. Indiana play 2. Lost to Ohio st 38-15 and beat Michigan 20-15. Very unbalanced schedule. Also no challenging OOC games. They are a 3 or 4 loss team with a “normal” schedule

 

[tiger paw]

Only thing more boring. League championship games. Most are either mis-matches or re-matches. Get rid of them. At this point they serve no purpose. Playoff should be 8 teams. The top 7 ranked in the final poll plus save spot #8 for highest ranked Group of 5. No byes. 1vs8 2vs7 3vs6 4vs5.

 

[Chin Diesel]

You really think Sean McDonough is a corporate shill?

Yes

 

[Vowelguy]

Yes

I would agree with you but then we’d both be wrong.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Another snoozer of a game. CFP kind of sucks so far.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

No one can convince me that Indiana and SMU are better than Alabama. I know Alabama had a bad loss or 2…but the eye test said they should have been in the playoff.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

No one can convince me that Indiana and SMU are better than Alabama. I know Alabama had a bad loss or 2…but the eye test said they should have been in the playoff.

I don’t think they should even play the regular season, just pick the 12 biggest names and have them play a bracket.

 

[Vowelguy]

No one can convince me that Indiana and SMU are better than Alabama. I know Alabama had a bad loss or 2…but the eye test said they should have been in the playoff.

Bama got smoked by a mediocre (if that) Oklahoma team. Next time, don’t get blowed out.

 

[Scoe]

No one can convince me that Indiana and SMU are better than Alabama. I know Alabama had a bad loss or 2…but the eye test said they should have been in the playoff.

Maybe but don't lose to Vanderbilt and a .500 OU team.

 

[Scoe]

Btw this is good for UConn.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Bama got smoked by a mediocre (if that) Oklahoma team. Next time, don’t get blowed out.

Not to start this conversation again…and I know this board is all about the underdog and hating on the SEC. But…what do you think the point spread would be if Alabama played SMU or Indiana? They would rightfully be favored against both. And so would Ole Miss.

Yes…the loss to OK was bad….and I can understand why people say you can only play the schedule you are given. But anyone who watched these teams knew that SMU and Indiana were not better teams than Alabama or Ole Miss.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Not to start this conversation again…and I know this board is all about the underdog and hating on the SEC. But…what do you think the point spread would be if Alabama played SMU or Indiana? They would rightfully be favored against both. And so would Ole Miss.

Yes…the loss to OK was bad….and I can understand why people say you can only play the schedule you are given. But anyone who watched these teams knew that SMU and Indiana were not better teams than Alabama or Ole Miss.

There are two options: 1) the regular season matters and teams need to actually win to play in the CFP, or 2) the regular season is all exhibition games because everyone knows who should go to the playoffs before the season starts.

I actually agree with you that the answer is 2. I think many of us convinced ourselves that this was a sport and not just an exhibition. At the highest level, college football is mostly just a series of blowouts, and has been for most of its existence. The upsets stand out because they are so rare. 2/3's of the CFP games prior to this year were decided by 10+ points, and we are 3-0 so far this year. These are boring games that are usually decided by halftime,

 

[Scoe]

Not to start this conversation again…and I know this board is all about the underdog and hating on the SEC. But…what do you think the point spread would be if Alabama played SMU or Indiana? They would rightfully be favored against both. And so would Ole Miss.

Yes…the loss to OK was bad….and I can understand why people say you can only play the schedule you are given. But anyone who watched these teams knew that SMU and Indiana were not better teams than Alabama or Ole Miss.

But and yes you did say it, and I agree with you, it also shows the regular isn't meaningless.

 

[buddy]

For years UConn was mocked for its appearance in the Fiesta Bowl that some thought was undeserved. UConn got demoted to G5. Indiana had no business being in that playoff game. Will they now be booted from the Big Ten? They should be.

 

[TheDrifter75]

For years UConn was mocked for its appearance in the Fiesta Bowl that some thought was undeserved. UConn got demoted to G5. Indiana had no business being in that playoff game. Will they now be booted from the Big Ten? They should be.

When was UConn booted from a conference?

 

[KryHavok]

When was UConn booted from a conference?

I think the feeling is that back when we were in the original Big East, we were part of the BCS autobids and considered a P6, but the collapse of the old Big East relegated us to G5 status in the AAC.

Fast forward over a decade, and we see CFP teams getting manhandled. So that old rhetoric that UConn didn't belong in the Fiesta Bowl should be put to rest considering the charlatan teams now that show up for a bowl but get destroyed on the field.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

There may have been a good reason there was never a college football playoff before. 4 train wreck games.

 

[LIUCHusky]

For years UConn was mocked for its appearance in the Fiesta Bowl that some thought was undeserved. UConn got demoted to G5. Indiana had no business being in that playoff game. Will they now be booted from the Big Ten? They should be.

Why should they be? Should every team from the Big Ten beaten by Indiana this year be booted also?

 

[maple]

There may have been a good reason there was never a college football playoff before. 4 train wreck games.

Yep. Just dreadful game after dreadful game. Maybe next week will be better. But this ugly product isn’t convincing anyone that there’s 12 top teams in the country.

 

[TheDrifter75]

I think the feeling is that back when we were in the original Big East, we were part of the BCS autobids and considered a P6, but the collapse of the old Big East relegated us to G5 status in the AAC.

Fast forward over a decade, and we see CFP teams getting manhandled. So that old rhetoric that UConn didn't belong in the Fiesta Bowl should be put to rest considering the charlatan teams now that show up for a bowl but get destroyed on the field.

I realize the guy just has sour grapes, that's the real "feeling", not what you just said.
If UConn had been 11-1 and lost that game in the same fashion, it would have just been a shrug of the shoulders. Furthermore, at 11-1 Indiana was the 3rd place team in a conference and ranked in the top 12 that lost by 10 pts, not a conference winner at 8-4 that was blown out by 3 touchdowns. The comparisons aren't even close to the same.

For the record, the big east was raided, which is why they lost status. They were a better conference than the ACC in the BCS era based on their win record in the BCS bowls. The ACC just had more money., Granted, the ACC won 2 Natty's but that was in the first year and last year by FSU. If memory serves me correctly those 2 Natty's were the only wins in BCS games during that era, they possibly had a 3rd. The Big East had 7 or 8 wins in the same time frame.

 

[buddy]

I realize the guy just has sour grapes, that's the real "feeling", not what you just said.
If UConn had been 11-1 and lost that game in the same fashion, it would have just been a shrug of the shoulders. Furthermore, at 11-1 Indiana was the 3rd place team in a conference and ranked in the top 12 that lost by 10 pts, not a conference winner at 8-4 that was blown out by 3 touchdowns. The comparisons aren't even close to the same.

For the record, the big east was raided, which is why they lost status. They were a better conference than the ACC in the BCS era based on their win record in the BCS bowls. The ACC just had more money., Granted, the ACC won 2 Natty's but that was in the first year and last year by FSU. If memory serves me correctly those 2 Natty's were the only wins in BCS games during that era, they possibly had a 3rd. The Big East had 7 or 8 wins in the same time frame.

Anger and frustration is more like it.

 

[Purple Stein]

But anyone who watched these teams knew that SMU and Indiana were not better teams than Alabama or Ole Miss.

Tennessee was the third place team in the SEC. Did they look deserving to you?

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Tennessee was the third place team in the SEC. Did they look deserving to you?

They are better than SMU and Indiana.

 

[BigTenFan]

Nil and TV contracts will enhance the gap between the haves and have nots....mostly in football. 6-8 teams will be stacked while the others will fight for scraps. I think men's and women's bb will continue to be super competitive. 2 or 3 key players can change the course of a season. Football is more like an aircraft carrier. Hundreds of personnel to make it work. Also- on line gambling changes the optics of college sports.

Hard to get excited as money takes over college athletics.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

There may have been a good reason there was never a college football playoff before. 4 train wreck games.

Better back in the Old Days: New Year Bowl games, an upset or two, an emergent NC, and debate for years to follow.