Play-Off Game Thread: #9 UcheaT at #8 OSU -- December 21, 2024 -- 8 PM [ESPN/ABC]

I still pull for SEC over other teams because I think it serves us well to be in the strongest football conference in the country.
BUT, more and more when watching our conference brethren play I find myself pulling for other teams or kind of neutral. I was conflicted yesterday watching Texas vs Clemson. Even though Georgia is SEC it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if ND beat them. And as much as I dislike Ohio State, I can’t shed any tears for Tennessee even though I preferred that they would win. I really dislike Heupel.
I rarely pull outright for the Big Ten. Only way I could pull for Ohio State, Michigan or Penn State is if they were playing FSU.

 

Yeah, that was my whole point. I think you probably expressed it better than I did.

 

This will also end the discussion of so many SEC teams in the CFP from here on out. We should have no more than any other Power 4 conference and I could see the Big 10 having more than us. We have to prove we deserve more slots. Tennessee was overrated, Texas most likely won't make it past Arizona St, and Georgia definitely won't beat Notre Dame. Indiana should have never been in the CFP.

When you look at the field of 12, it becomes glaringly apparent the 12 team format is 20x worse than the 4 team playoff. All road teams in round one were thrashed, with Tennessee providing the exclamation point. It remains to be seen if an 8 seeded Ohio St proves me wrong, but if so, then maybe we should have stuck with an 8 team format. In round one, the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th seeded teams were dismantled leaving the Top 8 seeds. Maybe we should have started out with the Top 8 playoff. No 9th - 12th ranked team needs to be considered for a title.

 

We were at the NC game, too. They did have a distinctive ''we're better than you' attitude that didn't last very long. I still call them bucknuts.

 

I'd rather had seen Ole Miss in this game.

 

Can't wait to see the dawgs get a pounding.

 

A 3-loss team probably isn’t deserving of a run at a national championship.
12 teams is too many. 8 is more credible

 

or Georgia

 

^This

 

You and I don’t have quite the same level of hatred for Georgia……but I’m getting there.