• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    I wonder how much it cost Penn State to get the easiest path to the semi-finals in sports play off history.

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    8 days ago

    As for the Michigan-Alabama game earlier today, beating an Ohio State is obviously peak comedy (and my dad, a Michigan alum, says it was his favorite of the four-game streak), but it’s almost funnier the second time that they beat a ranked team as 3-score underdogs without their best players

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      8 days ago

      If Michigan played half as good at the beginning of the season as they have the end of it, they would probably be in the playoffs.

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        8 days ago

        Both teams deserve to be out of the playoffs. They both had talent (more on Bama) but they were annoyingly inconsistent (esp. Mich).

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          8 days ago

          I still would have chose Alabama ahead of Indiana, or SMU. They still may have lost, but it would have been a good game.

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            8 days ago

            I don’t disagree. Bama or Ole Miss would’ve been better. Both of them needed to get the wins against easier opponents and it cost them.

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      7 days ago

      Penn State getting help from refs smh. Clear offensive pass interference. No call.

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      8 days ago

      Boise has had 3 fumbles 2 lost already. They’ve just never played any of the tough physical teams. There is a talent discrepancy.

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        8 days ago

        Thank goodness. I don’t really care who wins, I just want it to be closeish through most of the game.

        Feels like Boise needs to keep funneling the ball to other players than Jeanty (not because of his 2 fumbles but because Penn State’s defense is glued onto him so he’s a great decoy)

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          8 days ago

          Yeah I don’t want another blow out. It’s absolutely been a big egg on CFB’s face so far.

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      8 days ago

      SMH. already 14-0 in 1st quarter. What was CFB thinking when they ranked Boise State this high?