CFP: First Round Games

[Pitt2009]

Who you got?

• Penn State over SMU - I’d love to see SMU win, and I think they can, but PSU gets it done.
• Clemson over Texas - Been going back and forth. Texas is better, but Dabo has so much big game experience and will have Clemson ready to play.
• Tennessee over Ohio State - OSU is a $20 million roster that couldn’t care less about the program. Tennessee has more fight. Give me the Vols.

 

[Blue Goose]

herbstreet busting on indiana about their schedule that they did not play anyone and did not belong in the playoffs!!!! how the HELL did the PED staters play????? do they have a love for them and franklin????? very frustrating to wake up and hear the kind if bull..............sorry for the rant.

 

[Gep Dawg]

Also tired about hearing the three 9-3 SEC teams. They act like their 3 loses were to each other or better. How about don't lose to Kentucky - Ole Miss? Or Oklahoma and Vanderbillt - Alabama?

If you didn't and only lost two games, you would have been in.

 

[Pitt2009]

herbstreet busting on indiana about their schedule that they did not play anyone and did not belong in the playoffs!!!! how the HELL did the PED staters play????? do they have a love for them and franklin????? very frustrating to wake up and hear the kind if bull..............sorry for the rant.

Networks are in it to make money, so makes sense they push for the bigger brands.

 

[HailtoPitt]

Hilarious that State Penn fans are complaining about the TV chosen start time. It's not like the other games are Pitt vs Kansas State. Penn State simply isn't as prestigious as Texas and OSU.

 

[Pitt2009]

Well that one sucked.

 

[Burgh15]

Tennessee wasn't joking about taking over The Shoe. A TON of orange in the stadium.

 

[S.R.M.]

Tennessee wasn't joking about taking over The Shoe. A TON of orange in the stadium.

A ton of orange. More opposing fans than I've ever seen at the horseshoe.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Tennessee wasn't joking about taking over The Shoe. A TON of orange in the stadium.

Herbstreit just estimated 40,000. There are a lot, but that's some WVU math. I'd say 20,000.

 

[S.R.M.]

Herbstreit just estimated 40,000. There are a lot, but that's some WVU math. I'd say 20,000.

Yeah probably about 20-25% of the stadium or about 25K

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

I saw pictures as well and 40k is a fair estimate. There’s over 100k there so OSU still has the majority.

 

[DruidTM]

Fast start for Ohio State

Could be a blowout

 

[DruidTM]

Yeah probably about 20-25% of the stadium or about 25K

75% of the stadium are WVU fans

 

[Pap45]

Fast start for Ohio State

Could be a blowout

Yea the fact that every single first rounder could be a rout is kind of a bummer. Tbh a lot of the 2nd round games look like potential blowouts too

 

[cbpitt2]

Hilarious that State Penn fans are complaining about the TV chosen start time. It's not like the other games are Pitt vs Kansas State. Penn State simply isn't as prestigious as Texas and OSU.

The game was at noon to not go against the Steelers-Ravens. Texas played at four to not go against Chiefs-Texans.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

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I saw pictures as well and 40k is a fair estimate. There’s over 100k there so OSU still has the majority.

No. 40,000 is a hilariously awful estimate, which is why he is getting clowned on X.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Yea the fact that every single first rounder could be a rout is kind of a bummer. Tbh a lot of the 2nd round games look like potential blowouts too

As much as I want this game to be entertaining, a blowout might be good for ACC fans. It will take some attention off the "these teams don't belong and it should have been Alabama" angle.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

No. 40,000 is a hilariously awful estimate, which is why he is getting clowned on X.

Multiple OSU guys on TV have commented about how many UT fans are there and this is the largest number of visitors that have been there. But yet you know better from your couch. Got it.

 

[OKLionFan]

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Multiple OSU guys on TV have commented about how many UT fans are there and this is the largest number of visitors that have been there. But yet you know better from your couch. Got it.

It isn’t helping much. Tennessee is out of their league tonight.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

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Multiple OSU guys on TV have commented about how many UT fans are there and this is the largest number of visitors that have been there. But yet you know better from your couch. Got it.

Lmao, are the aerial shots they keep showing on TV doctored? About 18 - 20k.

 

[Phillypanther2]

Wow! I thought at least 1 of the 4 games might be watchable. Maybe the non CFP bowl games will be more entertaining.

 

[DruidTM]

So I guess it’s ok to say the SEC sucks and didn’t deserve a spot in the playoffs?

 

[steelcurtain55.]

This is a classic example of not having a flexible offense. Tennessee was completely out schemed by OSU's defense. You can spread people out all day, but if you can't move people in the trenches you'll eventually find your maker.

Give me an offense that bases in a multiple pro-style with the flexibility to spread out, not the other way around.

 

[happjack]

They should have only expanded to 8 or maybe 10.

 

[Pitt2009]

They should have only expanded to 8 or maybe 10.

At the rate these games are going we might as well go back to the BCS.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Well at least the real powerhouses, Boise State and Arizona State, get to come out of hibernation for next week's slate.

 

[TD_6082]

Of all the first round mismatches, the talent gap difference was probably the the largest between Tennessee & Ohio State. The Vols are void of playmakers.

 

[Burgh15]

Of all the first round mismatches, the talent gap difference was probably the the largest between Tennessee & Ohio State. The Vols are void of playmakers.

Ohio State and Oregon are the two most talented and best teams in the playoffs. They have to meet next week.

 

[Chairman Moe]

Well at least the real powerhouses, Boise State and Arizona State, get to come out of hibernation for next week's slate.

Well, I sure hope those games are more competitive

 

[pittbb80]

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I saw pictures as well and 40k is a fair estimate. There’s over 100k there so OSU still has the majority.

Might have been good if their football team showed up

So when does the SEC is over rated talk start. Ha

 

[cbpitt2]

They should have only expanded to 8 or maybe 10.

It will be up to 16 in a few years. Money talks.

 

[kma0043]

Bring back the old BCS. The playoff sucks. Kidding, kind of

 

[forbesfield]

Ohio State and Oregon are the two most talented and best teams in the playoffs. They have to meet next week.

Weird that PSU, OSU, and Oregon have all played each other already.