Bowl Games

[Arkpony]

In OT now. 45-45

[mrydel]

I am afraid Arkansas fans have legitimate complaints about the officiating in this one. A non fumble fumble and a non targeting targeting.

[Caballo]

I am afraid Arkansas fans have legitimate complaints about the officiating in this one. A non fumble fumble and a non targeting targeting.

Those two calls had to be the worst that I have seen since the inception of instant replay since they were not overturned. Clearly, there was bias and the Arkansas fans usual claim that the refs were out to get them had merit in these situations.

It is interesting that the Hogs came back from that to win by 2, and Kansas was catching 2 1/2 points. I had Arkansas and was giving the points. But I'm not bitter. Well, not much.

[GHammond]

Not sure they still require this class at Arkie U, but a friend of mine who was there in the 70’s - 80’s shared that there was a Refs Blaming 101 class in the Humanities Dept....and a 200 series class called Peter Pan Syndrome.

[Arkpony]

GHammond nic reminds me that when Gary Hammond was our QB, the Razorback football team voted him as the best and toughest QB they faced.

[Arkpony]

Watching the Texas Washington game, it’s easy to believe the refs are favoring Texas (as they did when SMU played them) so far they overlooked a clear pass interference call (defender was holding the receivers shoulder) and no call when the Washington player fair catching the punt was run into and knocked down.

[Charleston Pony]

Alabama playing like a team with a chip on their shoulder and blowing K-State out just like Tennessee did to Clemson last night. I think either of those teams could have competed for the title if they had made the Final Four and may well be among the best 4 teams in the country. I think I read somewhere that Tennessee had by far the largest collective for NIL purposes so they aren't going away any time soon. Expanding the playoffs to 12 teams is going to be good for college football.

It will be interesting to see if TCU can compete with Michigan today. Seems like most "experts" think Ohio State is better than Michigan and that tonight's game vs Georgia is really the championship game but all I can say is that Michigan went into Columbus and whipped the Buckeyes to earn their spot and as far as I'm concerned TCU is getting an opportunity to show what they can do against the best team the Big 10 has to offer.

[Charleston Pony]

Bored awaiting the Michigan/TCU game and looking at bowl results so far. I know it's all about matchups but Big 10 remains undefeated at 4-0 with 5 teams still to play their games. Big XII is 1-6 with TCU still alive. PAC 12 is 3-2 with 2 teams yet to play their games. AAC is 3-3 with Tulane yet to play (should be noted that the departing teams went 1-3 with UCF and Cincy showing poorly although the latter was dealing with a coaching change and we can attest to how that goes). SunBelt is looking good as they finished 4-1 although I admit I'm not sure who is in the SunBelt vs CUSA these days so that might be wrong but suffice it to say the SunBelt has really made some noise the past 2 seasons. The mighty SEC is 3-5 with 3 teams yet to play and MWC went 4-4 and ACC went 5-4 with it's champion Clemson getting whipped by Tennessee who was probably the 2nd best team in the SEC (Alabama might dispute this)

Missed the boat on SunBelt comments above

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... ll-playoff

[Charleston Pony]

So the question is: Do we pull for TCU to win, be competitive or get curb stomped by Michigan? I know I've got some nervous in-laws in Michigan and the consensus is nobody really knows what to make of this TCU team.

Don't know that I really care but I do not want a Michigan/Ohio State rematch for the title. Michigan went into Columbus and beat Ohio State convincingly so the Buckeyes do not deserve a rematch

[BUS]

So far, three ref abuses of the toads.

Their d is doing well.
Go toads

[Charleston Pony]

TCU proving they belong. I'm jealous

[Mustangs_Maroons]

I was wrong about the toads not about how bad their conference is though. They’re beating a Michigan team that had been solid all year long. Shows you what god leadership can do. Sadly for SMU they’re showing what could have been for SMU with good leadership (academically and with the athletic department).

[Charleston Pony]

Did not take long for Michigan to get right back in this game. Duggan is going to have to work his magic for toads to hang on but I expect Michigan defense to key on his running because he's not that accurate a passer and is not getting much help from his WRs

[Charleston Pony]

Just as I say Duggan is not the most accurate, he throws a perfect deep ball to help TCU regain momentum and they just run over Michigan to get the lead back to 12. Very entertaining game

[SMUguy]

Forget the names on the backs of the jerseys. If you knew nothing about either QB or either team, and were watching both for the first time, would you want Duggan or McCarthy?

I don't care if TCU wins the whole thing (yes I do -- I'll puke), but by the eyeball test, it's clearly McCarthy.

Also, this game is making me sick.