NCAA/College Football - 2015 Discussion

polaris68

Two score game with 5 minutes left.

JaMarcusHustle

Great play by Jackson. What a player.

brinty

Mccaffrey at Stanford
Wow...
Ties barry sanders all yardage record and beats it
Clemson not looking good at North Carolina

polaris68

No surprises or shocks in the end. It's going to be Clemson, Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma in the playoffs.

Onecoolcookie

Who do you give the Heisman to at this stage, McCaffrey or Henry?

JaMarcusHustle

Onecoolcookie wrote: »

Who do you give the Heisman to at this stage, McCaffrey or Henry?

Personally I would have liked to have seen it given to McCaffrey due to his effectiveness in the passing game and on special teams, but I think it's a foregone conclusion that Henry will get it. New SEC record, playing for a playoff team, upper classman etc. It's Gerhart vs Ingram all over again, only it won't be as big of a robbery this time.

brinty

From what I saw last McCaffrey was outstanding and will be wanted by a lot of pro teams based on his all round abilities
But probably will be Henry,who was greT too

Bateman

Henry is a shoo-in for it alright. I can see him being fairly knackered for the playoffs though, there is no way he's going to be getting the amount of carries he has been in the last couple of games. He already looked a bit gassed last night.

polaris68

#1 Clemson vs #4 Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)
#2 Alabama vs #3 Michigan State (Cotton Bowl)

No surprises with the rankings.

Lirange

McCaffrey should win it. But won't. He was my pick before the Pac 12 championship way back in early November (see upthread) so all this game did was solidify it.

Pegasusbridge

Ohio State V Notre Dame in the fiesta bowl. That could be a great game. Go bucks

polaris68

Pegasusbridge wrote: »

Ohio State V Notre Dame in the fiesta bowl. That could be a great game. Go bucks

Great match up, was afraid Notre Dame was going to get Houston

mooreman09

Who wins this thing??

I think Oklahoma got the best matchup in Clemson. That'll be an exciting game but OK have the better defense.

Its hard to see Alabama losing to Michigan State.

Then in the final it'll be all down to whether OK's playmakers can get loose against that stingey Alabama defense!

Some good bowl matchups - but also some terrible ones!

polaris68

Read somewhere that they're adding more bowl games. Apparently 5 - 7 teams will be become bowl eligible.

No obligation on us to watch them, I suppose!

crapmanjoe

polaris68 wrote: »

Read somewhere that they're adding more bowl games. Apparently 5 - 7 teams will be become bowl eligible.

No obligation on us to watch them, I suppose!

Its not that they added more its just not that not enough teams got to 6 wins to fill all bowl games - so 3 5-7 teams also got invited.

One of which is my second team (Nebraska) - GBR - so happy enough to see them get a bowl game (even though its completely undeserved)

skippymac6

Lirange wrote: »

McCaffrey should win it. But won't. He was my pick before the Pac 12 championship way back in early November (see upthread) so all this game did was solidify it.

He's had some season alright. Didnt realise his Dad is Ed McCaffrey who played for the Giants and Broncos at wide receiver and has three SB rings. his Dad's siblings seemed very sporty as does his. His older bro is a WR for Duke, his younger brother is the second ranked QB in the country and the youngest is a freshman in that high school! :eek:

Realt Dearg Sec

Jesus they talk metric tonnes of horse**** before the army navy game.

polaris68

Usually end up watching this most years - I recall Verne and Gary talking about a 6 or 7 year losing streak! While they are competing well at the end of the first half of this game, it's hard to see Army breaking it at year 13.

polaris68

Last five army drives:

Missed FG.
Botched snap resulting in a turnover.
QB throws an interception with 3 minutes remaining.
Another interception on a trick play with 2 minutes remaining.
Hail Mary - no joy.

Navy looked undercooked tonight but the losing streak continues.

JaMarcusHustle

No surprise, Derrick Henry wins the Heisman. The margin of victory was a lot closer than I expected.

JaMarcusHustle

Idiotic football player strikes again.

You're Robert Nkimdeche. You're a former number 1 overall high school prospect. You're one game away from the end of a stellar college football career and are considered a potential top 5 pick in the NFL where you will go on to make millions of dollars.

Do you...

(a) Write a personal and humble letter to all 32 team owners in the NFL, introducing yourself and outlining what you hope to accomplish in your career.

(b) Break a hotel window while stoned and fall off a first floor balcony and be taken to hospital where you are in a stable condition. Allow the police to find your weed stash in the hotel room.

Take a guess.

polaris68

Browns will take him.

brinty

polaris68 wrote: »

Browns will take him.

Or the cowboys...
We love a nut case in need of redemption in the Big D....

In fairness he's an absolute monster he will likely still go top 15 unless he does some more stupid stuff

Bateman

There have always been plenty of teams in the past who haven't been put off by all that nonsense, and there will still be plenty this time round. It never changes. It will affect his earning power though, no doubt.

mooreman09

It was only weed in fairness... Hardly shocking for a 20 year old to smoke weed. Once he's still performing I doubt any Pro team will care.

eagle eye

Watching Western Kentucky v South Florida. Bulls were up 14-10 at halftime but the Hilltoppers have turned it around and now lead 38-21 at the end of the third quarter.

I've seen Brandon Doughty a few times and he just looks so good every time I see him play. I don't understand how he is not rated the no.1 QB prospect of the 2016 draft class. He is just so accurate and looks so comfortable with his throws.

Paully D

What a surprise. :rolleyes:

https://twitter.com/tomdangelo44/status/680811024296075264

polaris68

Paully D wrote: »

What a surprise. :rolleyes:

https://twitter.com/tomdangelo44/status/680811024296075264

Marriages of convenience normally don't end well!

JaMarcusHustle

To be fair, there's reports that a family member passed away.

Paully D

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

To be fair, there's reports that a family member passed away.

Apologies if so. I jumped the gun.

JaMarcusHustle

Paully D wrote: »

Apologies if so. I jumped the gun.

Too late, just confirms what we already knew. Paully hates Everett Golson and likes it when people die. Disgusting!

slimpickens

A Florida State fan met a Florida fan.

Florida State fan: See you later Gator.
Florida fan: You will in your hole Seminole

polaris68

Attractive looking Russell Athletic Bowl tonight between North Carolina and Baylor.

Plus a great slate of games coming up for the rest of this week.

polaris68

Baylor using the wildcat and running all over the Tar Heels.

28—10 to the Bears.

polaris68

Two quick touchdowns at both sides of half time have North Carolina back in this game.

polaris68

Don't poke the bear.

49 - 31 to Baylor with over 600 rushing yards.

eagle eye

Johnny Jefferson has 20 carries for 289 yards and3 tds.

I think Shock Linwood might be better heading to the NFL rather than coming back to Baylor because he might be seeing a lot of the bench if he does come back.

brinty

polaris68 wrote: »

Don't poke the bear.

49 - 31 to Baylor with over 600 rushing yards.

600 rushing
That's more than some teams in a season....
And Nebraska were supposed to be a run centric team... <400 in their bowl game at the weekend

eagle eye

299 on the night for Jefferson to have exactly 1000 yards on the season. Horta give credit to Art Briles for giving him the opportunities to make the 1k right at the end of the game.

Lirange

Two notoriously gunning offences and two feeble defences. Surprised these teams combined for less than 100 points even with Baylor's injuries.

Whosthis

Anybody watching LSU v TTech

mooreman09

In fairness

Its been a poor bowl season so far. Not finding anything gripping.

Bateman

There haven't been too many gripping games, it's true, but the best is yet to come I would have thought. Trevon Boykin has injected a bit of entertainment into proceedings anyway...

...and then there were 4...

I actually think the first game, which has the larger point spread (currently 10) actually has marginally the greater chance of an upset. It's a big "what if", but if Connor Cook can avoid getting sacked and make some intermediate/long plays, Sparty can hang right until the end and maybe even nick the game. Or he could get knocked out of the game in the first half by that frightening Tide D. I hesitate to pick the upset on the field so I'll go with Alabama by 7.

The other game I don't see as being much of a contest I'm afraid. A high-scoring affair, but one that I think Oklahoma wins by between 10 and 15.

In the early game, I think you have to bet Houston getting 7; mainly from a motivational standpoint.

Lirange

The circus must be salivating. This is going to be a strong draft class for clowns.

polaris68

FSU were terrible in the first half of the Peach bowl. Down 21-3 to Houston but looking more lively in the 3rd quarter.

Nice enough drive brings it back to 21 - 10.

polaris68

FSU quarterback, Sean Maguire, who to be fair has a bad ankle is throwing pick after pick.

JaMarcusHustle

Hearing rumours that Kevin Sumlin might be shown the door at A&M. Seemed destined for the NFL a couple of years ago, I wonder where he'll end up now that the hype cooled slightly. I also wonder do A&M think they have a chance at landing Chip Kelly.

polaris68

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Hearing rumours that Kevin Sumlin might be shown the door at A&M. Seemed destined for the NFL a couple of years ago, I wonder where he'll end up now that the hype cooled slightly. I also wonder do A&M think they have a chance at landing Chip Kelly.

Maybe the Aggies want to make a move for Tom Hermon!

Edit

He's certainly doing a fine job with some of Sumlin's recruits. Houston now up 31 - 17 on Florida State. 6 minutes to go.

polaris68

Another Sean Maguire pick, that will do it.

38 - 24 to Houston. Another ACC team knocked off in a bowl game, let's see how Clemson do!