National championship game

[AllHusky]

South to North... or Up, as on the map.

You mean South to North yes??

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Game sucked, agree with you all.
To change gears, I thought Kirby pulled a real Richard move late in the 4th with Stetson out. He went for it on 4th and 5 when he either should have punted or tried a field goal. They ultimately scored another TD after converting the 4th down. I thought a little sportsmanship was the right call.

 

[Chin Diesel]

South to North... or Up, as on the map.

Whoops.

Mixed that up. Plenty flow south to north.

 

[Chin Diesel]

You mean South to North yes??

he was correcting my screw up using north to south instead of south to north such as the Genesee and St. Johns River.

 

[billybud]

Jeez...don't let a bit of geographic fact get in the way of good rivalry smack...

To Florida Gators...the St. Johns flows north because Georgia sucks like a Hoover.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Jeez...don't let a bit of geographic fact get in the way of good rivalry smack...

To Florida Gators...the St. Johns flows north because Georgia sucks like a Hoover.

Now you're talking. No need for hyperbole when straight smack does the job.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

It always made me chuckle that Va Tech lost in the Orange Bowl to Stanford 40-12 (same score differential) and nobody said a word about VaTech. I still remember the feeling when it was 34-20 and UConn had the ball in Oklahoma territory in the but stalled and punted.

Yep I was there screaming my head off ,we were driving down 2 TD‘s . Sitting with a bunch of Oklahoma fans , I don’t think they were worried but they were disturbed every time they thought they put us away we did something to hang in. Very Pesky .
A TD and it’s anyones game instead it’s intercepted.
the Below totals don’t reflect the return yardage

Statistics[30]	Connecticut	Oklahoma
First Downs	19	27
Total offense, plays – yards	60–335	64–524
Rushes-yards (net)	41–112	30–95
Passing yards (net)	223	429
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	19–39–2	34–50–1
Time of Possession	31:49	28:11

 

[superjohn]

Lowest TV ratings since BCS era began in 1999, '21 is second lowest.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Lowest TV ratings since BCS era began in 1999, '21 is second lowest.

Second most populous state and eighth most populous state with 40 million residents combined.

Throw in DFW and Atlanta metros as fourth and eighth most populous metros with about 14 million.

Fort Worth and Atlanta have about 1.5 million.

UGA is a national brand name and has had recent high level success. TCU is the new kid on the block.

Regardless of all those numbers and factors Americans knew it was going to be a snooze fest.

I'd love to see a chart of how quickly viewership went from beginning of the game to the end of the first quarter, halftime.....until the end of the game.

 

[Dizzy21]

I don't know how they calculate a viewer, but if the time spent watching the game matters, then I imagine a lot of people were like me and tuned in until it basically was obvious that Georgia was going to roll them very early in the game.

 

[billybud]

Still...

17.2 million watched the game on ESPN...a lower number for sure...but more the March Madness final in 2018, 2021...and very close to 2016 and 2022.

And it was a horrible game for continuos watching....

 

[Scoe]

I wonder what the ratings were for the Mcafee broadcast vs the regular broadcast.

 

[huskymedic]

I don't know how they calculate a viewer, but if the time spent watching the game matters, then I imagine a lot of people were like me and tuned in until it basically was obvious that Georgia was going to roll them very early in the game.

 

[Nostical]

This won't happen once it's a 12 team playoff. That switch to 12 will be the saving grace of college football. The weaker teams will get beat along the way. The final will be massive.

 

[ScottVib]

This won't happen once it's a 12 team playoff. That switch to 12 will be the saving grace of college football. The weaker teams will get beat along the way. The final will be massive.

12 teams wouldn't have mattered this year. Ohio State playing that close to Georgia was a fluke. No one was coming close to the Bulldogs if/when they were focused.

 

[billybud]

I thought when Kirby said "we're going hunting", that was a telling attitude.

“We wanted our kids to play without fear,” Smart said. “And all year, I told them ‘we ain’t getting hunted, guys. We’re doing the hunting. And hunting season is almost over. We only got one more chance to hunt.’ We hunted tonight.

The hunt became clubbing baby seals until all that was left was red blotches in the snow.

Agressiveness.

 

[Nostical]

Here's what the 12 team playoff would have looked like this year. The 4 teams with a bye are Conference Champions. That's why TCU is ranked #5. Think TCU would have made the final game? No way!

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[Scoe]

Here's what the 12 team playoff would have looked like this year. The 4 teams with a bye are Conference Champions. That's why TCU is ranked #5. Think TCU would have made the final game? No way!

View attachment 82954

I’ll run a simulation

9 Kansas State vs 8 Tennessee

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

8 Tennessee wins 34-21


12 Tulane vs 5 TCU

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

5 TCU wins 39-30

11 Penn State vs 6 Ohio State

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

6 Ohio State wins 43-35

10 USC vs 7 Alabama

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

7 Alabama wins 38-37

quarter final matchups

8 Tennessee vs 1 Georgia
5 TCU vs 4 Utah
6 Ohio State vs 3 Clemson
7 Alabama vs 2 Michigan

8 Tennessee vs 1 Georgia

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

1 Georgia wins 43-16

5 TCU vs 4 Utah

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

5 TCU wins 30-16

6 Ohio State vs 3 Clemson

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

6 Ohio State wins 47-25

7 Alabama vs 2 Michigan

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

7 Alabama wins 47-25

Final four

5 TCU vs 1 Georgia

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

1 Georgia wins 45-41 in OT


7 Alabama vs 6 Ohio State

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

7 Alabama wins 38-34 in OT

National Championship

7 Alabama vs 1 Georgia

WhatIfSports.com: College Football Boxscore

7 Alabama wins national championship 34-17

 

[billybud]

The truth is that the SEC has some very good teams...that shows up in the CFP when a 13-0 Cincinnati is held to 7 points by Bama...When 12-2 Michigan gets thumped 34-11 by Georgia, when 12-1 Oklahoma gets annihilated 63-28 by LSU, when Alabama beats 12-1 Michigan State 38-0...

It is not that other conferences haven't had a shot...

 

[Nostical]

I’ll run a simulation
National Championship
7 Alabama vs 1 Georgia
7 Alabama wins national championship 34-17

So TCU didn‘t make the NC game. Before you knew the lopsided outcome last week, would you have rather seen TCU v GA—or—AL v GA in NC game?
One would became a beat down. The other would have been “not those same two again”.