Footballking16

Committee still punishing Michigan for a non-existent, non-conference schedule. Notre Dame win for OSU to open the year looking better every week.

Pretty good stab at it. Berglund at DB would get my vote.

Crazy that George Karlaftis didn't make it either.

When you have a RB in Travis Etienne and guys like Armani Rodgers and Justyn Ross out on the perimeter it makes life easier for any QB. As shocking as DJ's regression has been, I wasn't wowed with any of Clemson's skill position players. There's no Tee Higgins or Hunter Renfrow or Deon Cain on this years roster. And I think it's fair to say that Dabo needs coordinators Tony Elliott and Brent Venables a lot more than people went to lead on. No doubt Dabo is one hell of a program builder, but he was smart enough to surround himself with some of the best minds in football.

I think this is a year where there isn't a clear cut favorite nor a year where there was a heavy preseason favorite so that may play into favor for someone like Tibbs. Don't know about the exposure aspect and not really sure that it matters much. I would guess most 5A/6A previous winners from Central Indiana likely didn't have that kind of exposure either.

With a big game and a win, I would feel comfortable putting Tibbs in the conversation. Currently has modest numbers (compared to Bowen and Hansen) 54 catches 842 yards and 13 TD's but has also played two less games due to a bye week for Cathedral as well as 6A having one less playoff round. He's averaging a TD every 4th touch which is a stat that stands out the most to me. Jayden Whitaker Brownsburg QB probably deserves to be in the conversation so long as Brownsburg stays in the tournament.

Where Michigan and UT are slotted after tonight is a huge deal.

You would think.

I disagree. Tennessee will get shafted if LSU wins the SEC championship, unless the OSU/UM game is a total blowout. I think SEC championship in this scenario trumps H2H. Doesn't make it right but I just don't see three SEC teams making it to the playoffs.

NP in this scenario is New Palestine. New Prairie wouldn't be a candidate to join the MIC.

Because an unranked team with home losses to Marshall and Stanford isn’t going to jump all the way up to #12. Just not how the AP poll works this late in the season. In regards to Clemson, this type of loss has been building all year. They’ve been rather unimpressive all year and their initial #4 ranking in the CFP was on name brand alone. Offense is a mess and they’re getting average QB play at best. They severely lack playmakers out on the perimeter.

I think you can if that 2 loss LSU team is the SEC champion. To answer your second question, there isn’t, but thankfully to you’re point it doesn’t really matter as the OSU-UM game will be a de-facto play-in game. Bigger question for Tuesday night, is Michigan or UT #3. That may matter down the road especially if TCU doesn’t win out. My guess at the top 5 1. UGA 2. OSU 3. UM 4. UT 5. TCU

You get the feeling that Brohm already has one foot out the door? He had two weeks to prepare for Iowa and came up with that game plan? Something isn’t adding up. Purdue was gifted with such a dream schedule that anything less than 8-4 would have to feel like a major disappointment. Very real chance Purdue is .500 with two games left on the schedule after next week.

USC is going to have to score 50 points in each of those games to have a prayer. USC defense is absolutely atrocious.

If, and it’s a big if, does LSU get in if they win out? I know, 2 losses, but they’ll have wins over Georgia, Bama, and Ole Miss and will have the SEC champ tag and I just refuse to believe the committee will leave out the SEC champion.

Kelly is a phenomenal coach, in OT with Bama currently. He’ll win a national title there.

Notre Dame was a bigger underdog in 2020 than they were tonight, Lawrence or no Lawrence.

Define good team? The Clemson team Kelly beat 2 years ago was a hell of a lot better than the Clemson team on the field tonight. Clemson comically overrated.

He looked entirely in over his head when I made the comment almost 8 weeks ago. ND has rebounded nicely. When he consistently wins 10 games a year like Kelly he can join the conversation.

Marshall, Stanford?

Wait till next week…

If you can’t understand how Monrovia benefitted from a system that doesn’t recognize regular season success to the tune of drawing not only the worst team the sectional, but the worse team in 3A, on top of being on the opposite side of the bracket as the three best teams in that sectional, well I can’t help you.

Monrovia literally played the worst team in 3A in their first round matchup which unequivocally wouldn’t have happened in a format the appropriately seeded the sectionals, let alone implemented a qualifier. But congrats to Monrovia nonetheless.

Much better defensive effort tonight. Irish dominated the time of possession 2:1 and ran 75 plays to LC’s 43. Close game at half until Cathedral pulled away in the second half. Couple key guys went out injured but looked like everyone returned. On to Brownsburg.

Nothing else needs to be said. Product of a broken system. Good night.