• @ToasterOverlordOPM
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    69 days ago

    Cheez-It Citrus Bowl

    This just got interesting with Bielema taunting Beamer. Like, why even do that?

      • @ToasterOverlordOPM
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        29 days ago

        Thank goodness. I don’t really care who wins, I just want it to be closeish through most of the game.

        Feels like Boise needs to keep funneling the ball to other players than Jeanty (not because of his 2 fumbles but because Penn State’s defense is glued onto him so he’s a great decoy)

        • @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
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          19 days ago

          Yeah I don’t want another blow out. It’s absolutely been a big egg on CFB’s face so far.

    • @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
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      29 days ago

      Boise has had 3 fumbles 2 lost already. They’ve just never played any of the tough physical teams. There is a talent discrepancy.

    • @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
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      19 days ago

      SMH. already 14-0 in 1st quarter. What was CFB thinking when they ranked Boise State this high?

    • Sal
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      19 days ago

      @RandAlThor @ToasterOverlord The first big upset of the expanded CFP being Boise State at the Fiesta Bowl would just be so cool (if you’re not rooting for Penn State). Hoping the Broncos can keep it close.

      • @ToasterOverlordOPM
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        19 days ago

        Well if there’s going to be a big upset in this playoff, I would much rather it be this game than the only other option. It would be pretty embarrassing for my Longhorns to lose to the same Arizona State team that I watched struggle with Texas State

  • @ToasterOverlordOPM
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    29 days ago

    As for the Michigan-Alabama game earlier today, beating an Ohio State is obviously peak comedy (and my dad, a Michigan alum, says it was his favorite of the four-game streak), but it’s almost funnier the second time that they beat a ranked team as 3-score underdogs without their best players

    • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      If Michigan played half as good at the beginning of the season as they have the end of it, they would probably be in the playoffs.

      • @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
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        29 days ago

        Both teams deserve to be out of the playoffs. They both had talent (more on Bama) but they were annoyingly inconsistent (esp. Mich).

        • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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          -19 days ago

          I still would have chose Alabama ahead of Indiana, or SMU. They still may have lost, but it would have been a good game.

          • @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
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            -19 days ago

            I don’t disagree. Bama or Ole Miss would’ve been better. Both of them needed to get the wins against easier opponents and it cost them.

    • @ToasterOverlordOPM
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      29 days ago

      I just hope this game isn’t another blowout, buuuuut as I write this Penn State extends the early lead to 2 scores…