Guest Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Incredible game. I know think Darnold is a big pro prospect. His arm strength is better than I realized and plenty good, and his vision, instincts and accuracy are great. And this was his first action in college this year. Not sure there's a QB in college I'd take over him if I had one game to win tomorrow. Penn State was very impressive with stuffing Ronald Jones up for the most part and a lot of tight coverage in the secondary. McSorley had many positive plays but a few huge mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Man that was a hellishly fun fourth quarter to watch. am I correct that overturning the results of a pile up (on the flimsy evidence of a hand scrabbling haphazardly at a ball before the pileup) has never been done before in the pros or in college? That was just stunningly bizarre to me on a more curiosity level of pileup never being overturned than anger or disbelief. Just bizarre. Man it's a shame Alabama is too cowardly to schedule home and home in their ooc games, I'd love to open next years season with USC Alabama even if the existence of such a game is probably bad for the playoff prospects of both teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperry Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 1 hour ago, lokisnow said: Man that was a hellishly fun fourth quarter to watch. am I correct that overturning the results of a pile up (on the flimsy evidence of a hand scrabbling haphazardly at a ball before the pileup) has never been done before in the pros or in college? That was just stunningly bizarre to me on a more curiosity level of pileup never being overturned than anger or disbelief. Just bizarre. Man it's a shame Alabama is too cowardly to schedule home and home in their ooc games, I'd love to open next years season with USC Alabama even if the existence of such a game is probably bad for the playoff prospects of both teams. It's not a matter of cowardice, tehy're gaming the system for recruiting. They play those games in Southern cities with a bunch of football talent every year, usually Dallas or Houston. Gets them in front of the Texas talent. And then they complain when other schools host camps in southern states during the offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pesci Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 1 minute ago, sperry said: It's not a matter of cowardice, tehy're gaming the system for recruiting. They play those games in Southern cities with a bunch of football talent every year, usually Dallas or Houston. Gets them in front of the Texas talent. Yup, Saban uses every advantage he can get. Can't knock him for that. Your boy Mayfield is balling in this Sugar Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperry Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 7 minutes ago, Joe Pesci said: Yup, Saban uses every advantage he can get. Can't knock him for that. Your boy Mayfield is balling in this Sugar Bowl. He's having a nice game. Auburn can't throw the ball, so they couldn't exploit OU's weaknesses in the secondary. Disappointing that there wasn't a good second team from the SEC to give a better matchup for this game. Still, will always take a bowl win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 11 hours ago, lokisnow said: am I correct that overturning the results of a pile up (on the flimsy evidence of a hand scrabbling haphazardly at a ball before the pileup) has never been done before in the pros or in college? That was just stunningly bizarre to me on a more curiosity level of pileup never being overturned than anger or disbelief. Just bizarre. I have never seen anything like it. I don't watch as much college football as pro, but in the NFL I've seen recoveries that were a lot more probable than that which didn't get overturned on review. How many times have we seen a football player fall on the ball, seemingly to have it for sure, only to have it squirt out? Just crazy to assume a guy definitely has it, just because his hand is on the ball. It was a stunning break for PSU to get that call reversed. It was a good game. Always nice to see Penn State lose in gut wrenching fashion, I hope it continues for another century. The Big Ten really sold the narrative that they were back this year, based on limited evidence in the early year. In the end, only two of those wins are particularly impressive - Ohio State over Oklahoma and Michigan over Colorado. Wins over LSU, Oregon and ND sounded good at the time, but in the end were nothing special. The Bowl season went terribly for them, the only decent Big 10 team to win was Wisconsin over Central Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperry Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Alabama with two blatant and viscious hits to the head in the first 8 minutes of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 ^^^Yup. I don't know why Clemson tried to go deep on 3rd and 3 before. Dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokieStone Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 ACC = best conference in college football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 What. A. Game. Hats off to Clemson for the hard earned dramatic victory, the sequel was just as good as the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ded As Ned Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I fell asleep in 3Q!! WTG Clemson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Sincere congratulations to Clemson. That said as a fan of the University of South Carolina we, the fans of the University of South Carolina sports teams, expect to have Clemson's second national championship rubbed in our (collective) faces until the day we've died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrum Aeternum Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Ded As Ned said: I fell asleep in 3Q!! Same, hate that I missed that ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ded As Ned Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Now that the season's over, and Clemson is the national champion over the great hope that was Alabama of the SEC... we can finally put the long and heated debate to rest, and conclude that yes, the ACC is the best conference in football right now Lane Kiffin has been the secret to Saban's success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Who, other than Clemson, has been competitive nationally, from the ACC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ded As Ned Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Please, no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Seswatha Jordan Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Yea, no. The ACC bowl record outside of Clemson was 5-4 (i believe). Florida State is a perennial contender and always will be. I'd like to think Dabo has really built a program at Clemson, but we'll see next year how much of their success rested on #4 shoulders (i think a whole lot of it). I mean I don't even know how you can set and say this conference is the best or that one is. Just because the team who won the NC is from that conf doesnt mean a thing. Its what was so frustrating about all of the S-E-C!!!!!! B.S. for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, Michael Seswatha Jordan said: Yea, no. The ACC bowl record outside of Clemson was 5-4 (i believe). Florida State is a perennial contender and always will be. I'd like to think Dabo has really built a program at Clemson, but we'll see next year how much of their success rested on #4 shoulders (i think a whole lot of it). I mean I don't even know how you can set and say this conference is the best or that one is. Just because the team who won the NC is from that conf doesnt mean a thing. Its what was so frustrating about all of the S-E-C!!!!!! B.S. for so long. The SEC's dominance rests, recently, on Alabama's shoulders. LSU, Auburn, and Florida are nothing to sneeze at but Alabama is the monster in the SEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Seswatha Jordan Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: The SEC's dominance rests, recently, on Alabama's shoulders. LSU, Auburn, and Florida are nothing to sneeze at but Alabama is the monster in the SEC. Yea, I understand that. Talking top to bottom who has the best conf. A lot of the years the SEC won the NC the Conf as a whole wasn't dominate top to bottom. Neither is the ACC this year. I just dont get why there is even a thing about who the best conf is. If you go by bowl games the BIGXII was 5-1, but that doesn't mean their the best conf. Hell, we wasn't even represented in the CFP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 1 minute ago, Michael Seswatha Jordan said: Yea, I understand that. Talking top to bottom who has the best conf. A lot of the years the SEC won the NC the Conf as a whole wasn't dominate top to bottom. Neither is the ACC this year. I just dont get why there is even a thing about who the best conf is. If you go by bowl games the BIGXII was 5-1, but that doesn't mean their the best conf. Hell, we wasn't even represented in the CFP. The playoffs need more than 4 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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