Orange Bowl Game Thread/Bowl Season Thread

[MikeIsGood]

Honestly, I am yet to meet anyone in Georgia that really cares about the Falcons. I'm sure they have fans, obviously, but the care like we care for Green Bay isn't a thing.

But UGA...they're crazy. The state will be in rough shape.

[MikeIsGood]

Fromm is a moron but how does Chubb have 4 more carries than Michel? 18 carries for 25 yards vs 14 carries for 98 yards. So dumb.

I was relatively even keeled all game, because I only peripherally care, but I was yelling about this. It was so obvious they needed to utilize Michel more and stop giving Chubb the ball.

[trwi7]

Chubb is like the worst back to have against the Alabama defense and it was obvious from the first few carries for each which one was going to be more productive.

[MikeIsGood]

Chubb is a **** diety down here which I am assuming plays into it at some level.

[Mags FTW]

Fromm is a moron but how does Chubb have 4 more carries than Michel? 18 carries for 25 yards vs 14 carries for 98 yards. So dumb.

I was relatively even keeled all game, because I only peripherally care, but I was yelling about this. It was so obvious they needed to utilize Michel more and stop giving Chubb the ball.

It’s like having your coach stop giving the ball to your RB who is averaging 13 yards a carry, so that he can let your garbage QB throw 30 times.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=332570009

[Mags FTW]

25-1 odds to win it all next year. Tied for 7th best.

http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/22009682/alabama-crimson-tide-installed-las-vegas-favorite-2018-championship

[trwi7]

[MikeIsGood]

UCF jumped Wisconsin for #6 in the final AP poll.

[Kerb Hohl]

UCF jumped Wisconsin for #6 in the final AP poll.

I don't have much of an issue with it. I think that OSU and Alabama generally deserve the ratings bump in playoff scenarios and such because they truly are just better a lot of the time, but I do think that if OSU and Wisconsin were flipped, OSU probably hangs on at #5 or #6 if they had the season the Badgers did.

But I can't complain with those rankings (nor is it a huge deal). The playoff teams are top 4, OSU looked dominant in their bowl and beat the Badgers, and UCF can have their consolation rise in the rankings. It's fine.

[El Duderino]

Fromm is a moron but how does Chubb have 4 more carries than Michel? 18 carries for 25 yards vs 14 carries for 98 yards. So dumb.

That was so baffling. Chubb didn't have the quickness to be productive vs that Bama defense and it was obvious, yet he kept getting the ball. How does that happen?

The Georgia coaches choked. Besides giving Chubb so many carries, they got so conservative in the 2nd half and OT. In the 2nd half they were just praying that they could bleed out the clock, but it should have been clear that they needed more points and to do so, it had to be how they scored in the first half by throwing the ball on early downs.

[Kerb Hohl]

Fromm is a moron but how does Chubb have 4 more carries than Michel? 18 carries for 25 yards vs 14 carries for 98 yards. So dumb.

That was so baffling. Chubb didn't have the quickness to be productive vs that Bama defense and it was obvious, yet he kept getting the ball. How does that happen?

The Georgia coaches choked. Besides giving Chubb so many carries, they got so conservative in the 2nd half and OT. In the 2nd half they were just praying that they could bleed out the clock, but it should have been clear that they needed more points and to do so, it had to be how they scored in the first half by throwing the ball on early downs.

Most of their success in the first half did not come from passing on early downs. Their TD drive in the 1st half did have one nice pass on a 1st down. Most of their scoring in the 1st half came from running the ball on 3rd and long or long-developing passing plays working out on 3rd and long (and their long TD in the 3rd quarter also came from this).

It was a mixed bag but I think they ran out of luck on sneaking big plays past Alabama. Basically all of their scoring came from big plays on 3rd downs, much of it was long runs.

[midranger]

Fromm is a moron but how does Chubb have 4 more carries than Michel? 18 carries for 25 yards vs 14 carries for 98 yards. So dumb.

I was relatively even keeled all game, because I only peripherally care, but I was yelling about this. It was so obvious they needed to utilize Michel more and stop giving Chubb the ball.

It’s like having your coach stop giving the ball to your RB who is averaging 13 yards a carry, so that he can let your garbage QB throw 30 times.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=332570009

I figured that link was to the 2014 LSU game. Works just as well.

Andersen was a **** coach.

[darklotus66]

Hey, I was at that game!