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College Football Weekend

Pitts defense has been beyond terrible all year
 
I'll say this about the Michigan vs Ohio State Game. That's 4th & 1 when OSU had the ball and the QB tried to sneak it....he was given an early Christmas Present! He was almost a yard short of that First Down Marker and it was 4th & 1. That should have been a Michigan win! HOW THE **** do you blow a call that is so obvious on a replay that he didn't even come close. He ran right into the DL who had him almost a yard short of the first down marker. A complete screw job! Should go down in history as one of the worst officiating calls ever!
 
I would have to see a better replay of that 4th down. I did not have a good angle where I was watching and wasn't very close to my television. From where I was sitting, I figured replays would be inconclusive and it sounded like the announcers may have felt the same way.
 
Chicoman said:
I'll say this about the Michigan vs Ohio State Game. That's 4th & 1 when OSU had the ball and the QB tried to sneak it....he was given an early Christmas Present! He was almost a yard short of that First Down Marker and it was 4th & 1. That should have been a Michigan win! HOW THE **** do you blow a call that is so obvious on a replay that he didn't even come close. He ran right into the DL who had him almost a yard short of the first down marker. A complete screw job! Should go down in history as one of the worst officiating calls ever!
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No he wasn't. The replay showed he had it. He hit his own man in the back who was standing just past the 1st down marker. But, if they would have marked him short, they wouldn't have overturned it either. I didn't see enough to overturn it either way but do feel the spot was just about perfect.
 
Penn State up 38-12. Game over and Penn State is going to the Big 10 Championship!
 
congrats to the Nittany Lions, they've had a helluva season thus far. Good luck to all you Penn Staters on here, in the B10 Championship game
 
45-12 Penn State... boy the second half of this game was a tale of two games
 
Chicoman said:
I'll say this about the Michigan vs Ohio State Game. That's 4th & 1 when OSU had the ball and the QB tried to sneak it....he was given an early Christmas Present! He was almost a yard short of that First Down Marker and it was 4th & 1. That should have been a Michigan win! HOW THE **** do you blow a call that is so obvious on a replay that he didn't even come close. He ran right into the DL who had him almost a yard short of the first down marker. A complete screw job! Should go down in history as one of the worst officiating calls ever!
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I agree he was short. Didn't really look close. That said, glad they gave him the 1st. That win by OSU put PSU in the Big 10 championship.
 
Michigan got flat out ripped, that was pure trash, I don't care for PSU,OSU, or Michigan, but even OSU fans know they were given a gift there.
So PSU has a great chance to win the Big 10 after beating OSU earlier, but will still be ranked behind them?
 
Michigan should have taken care of business. They were dominating that game, but with the exception of turnovers and penalties I believe the stats ended up being pretty even. The pick 6 and fumbling on the goal line hurt them, but they were gifted a stupidly ballsy fake punt.
 
I hope PSU can win the BIG10. That Pitt game was a basketball score. Damn! Usc/notre dame was an ugly game. Usc's rb got KO'd
 
Chicoman said:
I'll say this about the Michigan vs Ohio State Game. That's 4th & 1 when OSU had the ball and the QB tried to sneak it....he was given an early Christmas Present! He was almost a yard short of that First Down Marker and it was 4th & 1. That should have been a Michigan win! HOW THE **** do you blow a call that is so obvious on a replay that he didn't even come close. He ran right into the DL who had him almost a yard short of the first down marker. A complete screw job! Should go down in history as one of the worst officiating calls ever!
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Forward progress. It was a first down.
 
Congrats James Franklin and Penn State. I wanted to run Coach Franklin out of town after the Pitt game. I was so wrong. Enjoy what you've earned, and go beat Whiskey!
 
coryea said:
Michigan got flat out ripped, that was pure trash, I don't care for PSU,OSU, or Michigan, but even OSU fans know they were given a gift there.
So PSU has a great chance to win the Big 10 after beating OSU earlier, but will still be ranked behind them?
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Based on how they each played Michigan State. I'd rank PSU ahead of Ohio State.

Heard someone saying if PSU lost, OSU should opt out of playing the Big 10 Champiinship. That should count as a forfeit and a loss, IMO.
 
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So is there going to be drama if PSU wins the Big 10? Do they deserve to go to the CF Playoffs? Based on two of the three criteria (conference champions and head-to-head) PSU should go if they win.

direct from the selection protocol:

"How to select the four best teams
To compete for the College Football National Championship
(Adopted unanimously by the BCS Group June 20, 2012)

Ranking football teams is an art, not a science. Football is popular in some measure because the outcome of a game between reasonably matched teams is so often decided by emotional commitment,
momentum, injuries and the “unexpected bounce of the ball.” In any ranking system, perfection or consensus is not possible and the physical impact of the game on student athletes prevents elaborate
playoff systems of multiple games. For purposes of any four team playoff, the process will inevitably need to select the four best teams from among several with legitimate claims to participate.

Proposed Selection Process:
Establish a committee that will be instructed to place an emphasis on winning conference championships, strength of schedule and head-to-head competition when comparing teams with similar records and pedigree (treat final determination like a tie-breaker; apply specific guidelines).

The criteria to be provided to the selection committee must be aligned with the ideals of the commissioners, Presidents, athletic directors and coaches to honor regular season success while at the same time providing enough flexibility and discretion to select a non-champion or independent under circumstances where that particular non-champion or independent is unequivocally one of the four best teams in the country.
 
coryea said:
Michigan got flat out ripped, that was pure trash, I don't care for PSU,OSU, or Michigan, but even OSU fans know they were given a gift there.
So PSU has a great chance to win the Big 10 after beating OSU earlier, but will still be ranked behind them?
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I'm not sure if they'll be ranked behind them. They still have a game next week and the other two will be sitting at home watching them. A big win vs Wisc could leapfrog the Lions into the top 4.
 
Turd Ferguson said:
So is there going to be drama if PSU wins the Big 10? Do they deserve to go to the CF Playoffs? Based on two of the three criteria (conference champions and head-to-head) PSU should go if they win.

direct from the selection protocol:

"How to select the four best teams
To compete for the College Football National Championship
(Adopted unanimously by the BCS Group June 20, 2012)

Ranking football teams is an art, not a science. Football is popular in some measure because the outcome of a game between reasonably matched teams is so often decided by emotional commitment,
momentum, injuries and the “unexpected bounce of the ball.” In any ranking system, perfection or consensus is not possible and the physical impact of the game on student athletes prevents elaborate
playoff systems of multiple games. For purposes of any four team playoff, the process will inevitably need to select the four best teams from among several with legitimate claims to participate.

Proposed Selection Process:
Establish a committee that will be instructed to place an emphasis on winning conference championships, strength of schedule and head-to-head competition when comparing teams with similar records and pedigree (treat final determination like a tie-breaker; apply specific guidelines).

The criteria to be provided to the selection committee must be aligned with the ideals of the commissioners, Presidents, athletic directors and coaches to honor regular season success while at the same time providing enough flexibility and discretion to select a non-champion or independent under circumstances where that particular non-champion or independent is unequivocally one of the four best teams in the country.
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If penn state wins i don't see how you can keep them out. If they are left out no way you can let osu in. What will get really ugly is if Alabama loses. Would they put two SEC teams in there with psu and ?
 
Good to see the refs are keeping their **** officiating up, FSU 3rd and long, the FSU LT gets bull rushed as he's talking on his *** he reaches up grabs the Florida DLinemen by the collar of his jersey and pulls him down with him, clear as day in full speed. The FSU qb takes off right through where the hold created a hole for the first
 
I don't see how Ohio State can not be in the playoffs. Actually, they should be the #1 seed because Bama has no big quality wins. Ohio State has several, OSU has beaten 14 Oklahoma on the road, 8 Wisconsin on the road, 10 Nebraska, and 3 Michigan.

Ohio state was already ranked 2 and just beat 3. They are in. They have to be in.

Conference Champ was meant to be a tie breaker type criteria, not a prerequisite.

We are not talking about Ohio State OR Penn State/Wisconsin. We are talking Ohio State AND Penn State/Wisconsin. The question is whether PSU/Wisc as B1G champ, the toughest conference this year, gets in ahead of Clemson or Washington if they are also conference champs.
 
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