Posted on 12/31/2022 9:50:33 PM PST by OrangeHoof
No. 3 TCU toppled No. 2 Michigan 51-45 for the biggest upset in College Football Playoff history and one of the most exhilarating semifinal games the format has seen since it made its debut in 2014. The Horned Frogs were eight-point underdogs at kickoff of the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, but the same DNA that helped them overcome more than a handful of second-half deficits during the regular season has the Frogs now sitting 6-1 in one-score games after eliminating the previously undefeated Wolverines.
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Lol. Time flies. What I don’t get about the expansion to a 12 team playoff is, how are teams going to play in multiple bowl games?
In other words, 12 teams will play in 6 bowl games, with the ultimate champion having played in 4 different bowl games. How is that going to work? Does the ultimate champion play in the Orange, Cotton, Sugar and the Fiesta Bowl final for example?? Makes no sense to me.
In CFP history? You mean the last 9 years? Or is it 10?
That’s not history.
Gas for less than $1.00 is history.
Eggs for less than $3.00 is history.
Self-defense is history.
Self-preservation is history.
Freedom is history.
Not a chance, 2/3 of America doesn't have a chance as they are eliminated otherwise things would be a bit different.
Certainly not America's biggest stadium, The Big House hosting the winningest team in college football where one might not even be able to see the field, oh things would turn out a little different with southern teams... They hosted a couple of hockey games there a few years back, boy was that something!
TCU? I had to verify. I am surprised that a university still has the word “Christian” in their name. Look at what they did to Jerry Falwell’s college. How long before TCU removes the Christian identifier?
The first round of the playoff in 2024 will take place the week ending Saturday, December 21, at either the home field of the higher-seeded team or at another site designated by the higher-seeded institution. (No. 12 at No. 5, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7, and No. 9 at No. 8.) The specific game dates, likely late in that week, will be announced later.
For the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the four quarterfinal games and two Playoff Semifinal games will be played in bowls on a rotating basis. The 2024 quarterfinals will take place in the Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, while the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl will host the Playoff Semifinals. The 2025 quarterfinals will take place in the Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, while the Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl will host the Playoff Semifinals. Specific dates for all quarterfinal and semifinal games will be announced at a later time.
The national championship games will be played January 20, 2025, in Atlanta, and January 19, 2026, in Miami.
https://collegefootballplayoff.com/news/2022/12/1/cfp12-2425.aspx
UConn gets it in the women’s tournament.
Michigan threw that game away. Georgia will crush TCU.
Georgia’s defensive back Javon Bullard is first on my worst person in the world list after his cheap headshot to a 100% vulnerable Marvin Harrison Jr. That changed the game. The refs did not call it and ESPN covered it up. Deplorable.
I was also happy to see Kirby Smart act like a complete horse’s patootie in his post-game interview. I had not fully realized what a jerk he is. If Stetson Bennett were my son I’d expect him to push back, publicly and HARD. Who would sign up to play for that guy?
With that written, Georgia was great and deserving of another national championship. The SEC still has a few years left, I think, of winning disproportionately.
Then you're in luck with the expansion to 12 teams in 2024, seeds 5-8 will host seeds 9-12 either at their home stadium or another (nearby) stadium of their choice then the winners will play teams 1-4 in their home stadiums. The surviving four teams then go back to the pre-selected neutral sites. Most of this will probably be outside the structure of the bowl system other than possibly the national semi-finals.
That sounds much better. Let’s see some December games in the snow, I would love to see how an SEC team does in the frozen tundra.
Did the refs suddenly forget about targeting yesterday?
It’s in a conservative part of Texas so you may have to wait awhile for them to capitulate to the WOKE (Wicked Obnoxious Kale Eaters) mob. Heck, they are a short ride away from White Settlement, TX. And, yes, the woke mob have been after them to change their name for ages even though the town’s name is regarding a man named White, not the race of the people who live there.
I love watching snow games. If it’s good enough for Division 3 playoffs, it ought to be good enough for Division 1.
They rarely use the word “Christian” anymore, it’s pretty much just “TCU”. Kind of like it’s “SMU” for Southern Methodist University.
I just wish North Dakota State didn’t play indoors.
I am thinking of going to watch ND State - SD State here in Frisco for the FCS Title Game.
I imagine the ending went about like this:
Ref: "I believe we have targeting on TCU"
Booth Replay: "Are you crazy? We've already delayed the kickoff of the Georgia game 15 minutes. ESPN's going to have our heads."
Ref: "In that case, upon further review, there was no foul for targeting. TCU ball."
Me too! Let Georgia or Alabama play Michigan or Ohio State in the cold. Now that would be a fun change!
Sure seemed that way.
Part of the team assignments to a particular location has to do with travel distance for the fans who’ll wish to attend. And they do seem to pick domed stadiums, or warm climates, for these games that will be played in the dead of winter.
Would it have really made more sense to send Kansas and Michigan to Atlanta and Georgia and OSU to Phoenix? And the advantage is not that great because equal numbers of tickets are made available to each school and these major programs have many fans who’ll make the trip.
Last year Alabama and Georgia played in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. If Michigan or ND could have made it to the final game, they’d have had the same “advantage”.
All this location issue is greatly exaggerated. And SEC teams have played in final four games far from home.
TCU and Michigan.
Spare me the whine about the refs.
They blew multiple calls against Michigan so bad, that by the second quarter our local football folks were, WTF?
Wasn’t targeting as the TCU player hit him in the back.
Truth is big media and Big 10 ignored TCU and thought they were a bye and didn’t take them seriously.
Harbaugh sucks post season.
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