College Gameday Thread: Week 14

[MassNole]

Rose Bowl game presented by VIZIO: Wisconsin vs. Stanford
Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs. Georgia
Outback Bowl: Michigan vs. South Carolina
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl: Northwestern vs. Mississippi State
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: Michigan State vs. TCU
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Minnesota vs. Texas Tech
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Purdue vs. Oklahoma State

Will the B1G team be favored in any of these games?

[iowatreat54]

Originally Posted by 49erNation85

Florida is playing a crap team dam it bcs you suck!Why do we have to Louisville when we are now ranked 3rd?Stupid bowl system sucks ass!!!!!!!I would rather play some one different.It is going to be a big sloppy blow out win because of that dam system!!!

Shoulda beat Georgia.

Originally Posted by MassNole

Will the B1G team be favored in any of these games?

Nope. And a very good chance the Big Ten goes winless. Best part? Iowa still gets their $17M or whatever it is. That's right, we're getting $4.5M per win this year.

[BeerBaron]

Originally Posted by MassNole

Will the B1G team be favored in any of these games?

I'd guess not a damn one...Northwestern might have the best change to actually win, but I'd be surprised if any are favorites.

[MassNole]

Bryan Fischer ‏@BryanDFischer
Crazy to think that the AVERAGE Baylor game features over 1,000 yards of offense. Bears average 578 yds, give up 513

[Babylon]

Originally Posted by 49erNation85

Florida is playing a crap team dam it bcs you suck!Why do we have to Louisville when we are now ranked 3rd?Stupid bowl system sucks ass!!!!!!!I would rather play some one different.It is going to be a big sloppy blow out win because of that dam system!!!

Well you played Cincinatti a couple of years ago so not sure this is all that much differant.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing how Louisville stacks up against that defense.

Then there is the matchup of probably the top two QBs for 2014 in Bridgewater and Driskel.

[BeerBaron]

Originally Posted by MassNole

Bryan Fischer ‏@BryanDFischer
Crazy to think that the AVERAGE Baylor game features over 1,000 yards of offense. Bears average 578 yds, give up 513

Such is the direction college football is headed I'm afraid.

[brat316]

I just don't understand how you can be THAT bad at defense. I thought Temple was terrible.

I was thinking they maybe playing really good offenses, but noway can every team you play avg 513 yards on you.

I"m sure at some point, a coach that has a terrible team, is going to do something drastic like start putting the best athletes on defense. and teaching them how to tackle and just ball hawk.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

Such is the direction college football is headed I'm afraid.

I don't think so. Look at all the teams that actually win. All of them play good defense.

On this point I actually agree with SEC homers.

[BeerBaron]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

I don't think so. Look at all the teams that actually win. All of them play good defense.

On this point I actually agree with SEC homers.

But for how much longer? Originally, the spread offense was a means for the less-talented schools to keep up with the more talented ones by forcing them to play to your (originally) unusual style. Whereas they could punch you in the mouth with their tough front 7, you've now forced their nickel and dime corners onto the field to cover your guys running quick slants and screens.

Outside of a pocket of schools in the SEC, and few other oddballs like Notre Dame and Stanford, a good portion of the nation is running some form of attacking offense while just trying to bend-but-not-break on defense enough to keep up.

You are right in that the teams doing most of the winning right now are still playing good defense. But look at what Texas A&M did to Alabama. If you get a talented enough team running a high tempo offense, they can knock off the best defenses in college.

[jrdrylie]

Originally Posted by MassNole

Bryan Fischer ‏@BryanDFischer
Crazy to think that the AVERAGE Baylor game features over 1,000 yards of offense. Bears average 578 yds, give up 513

Teams like Baylor and West Virginia should just onside kick every time. 80-yards or 50 yards, the other team is still going to score. At least with the onside kick, you'll get consecutive possessions every now and then.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

You are right in that the teams doing most of the winning right now are still playing good defense. But look at what Texas A&M did to Alabama. If you get a talented enough team running a high tempo offense, they can knock off the best defenses in college.

The real story of that game was that Alabama turned the ball over 3 times and A&M didn't turn it over once. Manziel had a wonderful game, but he only threw for 253 yards.

The spread is a fad, just like every offense. It has certainly sped the game up a bit, but I don't think it has fundamentally changed much of anything. If you look at the BCS schools this year, only Oregon is a high-tempo offense.

The game is still won on fundamentals and ball control.

[Docta]

The B1G actually are underdogs in every game. While the SEC are favorites in all of their games..

I don't even know Purdue was bowl-eligible. Yet, they still fire their coach.

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by Docta

The B1G actually are underdogs in every game. While the SEC are favorites in all of their games..

I don't even know Purdue was bowl-eligible. Yet, they still fire their coach.

They lost to Minnesota. It's pretty much a rule that if you lose to us, you have to fire your coach. Unless you're Kirk Ferentz and you have a 20 million dollar buyout.

[iowatreat54]

Originally Posted by bearsfan_51

They lost to Minnesota. It's pretty much a rule that if you lose to us, you have to fire your coach. Unless you're Kirk Ferentz and you have a 20 million dollar buyout.

$21 million, thank you. And signed through 2020 to boot!

At least we finally beat Minnesota this year... :/

[MetSox17]

Originally Posted by jrdrylie

Teams like Baylor and West Virginia should just onside kick every time. 80-yards or 50 yards, the other team is still going to score. At least with the onside kick, you'll get consecutive possessions every now and then.

Even if you didn't wanna be a complete asshole to your defense, at least try it 2-3 times a game. I don't understand it either.

[Notredameleo]

Originally Posted by Babylon

Well you played Cincinatti a couple of years ago so not sure this is all that much differant.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing how Louisville stacks up against that defense.

Then there is the matchup of probably the top two QBs for 2014 in Bridgewater and Driskel.

Not saying Louisville will win, but they can definitely make it a game. We have arguably a top 3 qb in football and a great young receiving core. The loss of perry hurt. I think florida will win bc of experience, but I wouldn't automatically assume a Florida blowout.

[darknight]

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