Posted on 01/01/2022 4:41:50 AM PST by Cecily
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – After the game clock had finally ticked down to double zeroes Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium and Georgia’s 34-11 win over Michigan was official, Kirby Smart’s players sought to give him a Gatorade bath.
The Bulldogs’ coach was having none of it. He avoided the dunk and scolded those that tried to give it to him.
“I was wanting a real shower and not a Gatorade bath,” Smart explained after the College Football Playoff semifinal victory. “Because I want to get focused on Alabama. They have a five- or six-hour head start. To be honest, I’m not interested in celebrating that. We’ll look back on that win, and that’ll be great. But we’re focused on the task ahead.”
That’d be another matchup with Alabama (13-1) in the national championship. The No. 1-ranked Crimson Tide defeated No. 4 Cincinnati 27-6 on Friday afternoon in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas.
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I don’t. I hope Bama can pull it off but I still think the Dawgs are the best team in the NCAA right now.
I was very surprised GA won as handily as they did. That’s why I’m no expert in odds making.
They should just have Bama and GA play every year to save a lot of heartache. The rest can fight for #3.
Until there is a championship of champions it is just fantasy football.
Finally, somebody nailed the reason for Michigan's loss. Wear Mickey Mouse uniforms, play like a Mickey Mouse team!
Based on recent championships, Clemson and LSU might disagree.
Do you really think that those 4 schools would jump to the B1G from the ACC? Don’t forget, the B1G dissed Pitt when PSU joined. And the other 3 are unlikely to want to play more cold weather games in November.
PS: there are 14 teams in the B1G.
I think that’s the job Lane Kiffin is waiting for.
Bama lost in the regular season to LSU and Georgia and both times went on to beat them in the Championship Game.
I think Georgia is going to turn the tables on Bama this time. They will be playing with a huge chip on their shoulder.
I posted this a few months back, but this is my Proposal for Overhauling College Football.
Create 11 Divisions, which consist of two-tiers within each Division. The “Power” Tier, and the Lower tier. Each season One Team from the Lower Tier gets to play in the Power Tier based on a Playoff game at the end of the Previous Season.
First and Second Place finishers in Each Division Make the Playoffs.
Division Winners get a First Round Bye. The 11 second place teams play in the First Round, with a Play-In Game with the two lowest-seeded Second Place finishers, to get into the First Round.
The Winners of the 5 First Round Games, join the 11 Division Winners in the Round of 16.
The Play-In, First Round and Round of 16 games take place at the home field of the higher seeded team.
The Round of 8, will take place on New Years’ Day as the Traditional Bowl games (Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Rose). Then the following weeks, the Semi-Finals and National Championship Games.
Basically now, with all of the playoff games, plus the games between the Lower-Tier teams to determine who moves up the next season, December is chock full of games, so no need for all of those other meaningless bowl games. Every game matters.
Hahahahaha, Notre Dame’s going down, just like Buttigieg.
Michigan ranked ahead of Georgia?
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I think that was a playoff schedule deal. Bama just beat the Dawgs, so it didn’t make much sense for them to play each other again in the first round of the playoffs.
Mix it up a bit. Now there’s excitement over the rematch.
You might be right about that I wonder if Dabo would have interest since he played there
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