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The Irish play a very aggressive man defense. They're going to have to bracket Jeremiah like Texas did.

It's fun to watch a close game when you have no emotional investment in it. Franklin the turtle and Sark the shark made critical errors that cost us the joy of overtime.

The Beavis as Charles calls them got more than enough from you already. They are like IBS, you think it's gone and then it comes back like a migraine. One more year of payouts.

Penn State controlled the lines, why they decided to let that QB throw is beyond me. They don't have a receiver that can break a defense. Franklin the turtle did what he does best. He has one big win in his tenure and it came in 2016. Beating SMU and Boise aren't big wins.

Does Oregon get extra if a B1G team goes further? Trying to justify some of my fellow SEC fans for going for Texas. I can't become a fan of another team because of conference affiliation. I was hoping you guys would get your first title. Now I have to pick between Notre Dame and Ohio State? I'll just say good luck to either fan base. Maybe I'll switch to college basketball. Oregon got a big win over Ohio State last night and Florida crushed the undefeated and number one ranked Tennessee by thirty a couple nights ago.

Seeding should be consistent with playoff rankings. Lowest remaining seed should bracket with highest and so fourth. None of this should effect ticket sales since all first round participants don't need to purchase Bowl tickets until the winner is determined. You could also keep the two bracket system and achieve the scenario of Oregon not facing the true highest seed in the quarters.

He won't have the defense to back up his erratic play down in My-Amy land. Maybe Tony Montana left some treasure troves to make up for all the pressure he'll assume down there. Cam Ward had to have 2019 Joe Burrow like numbers just to finish 10-3 in the ACC.

Beavis lol. Florida State tried to force their way out of the ACC but they were dumb enough to sign a grant of rights deal through the 30's.

Did the Big 12 get anything close to this when Colorado left the first time to join the then PAC 10? How come Oregon has to agree to this when they and everybody else were leaving with no tethers? Was it to get the playoffs deal approved? It won't hurt those that left but it does prop up a worthless league who are putting those millions of dollars into their corrupt hands. It's not going into building a structure or the student athletes pockets.

Ohio State 34-24 0 turnovers 4 sacks 312 passing yards

Notre Dame 24-17 1 turnovers 2 sacks 260 yards passing

I think your 2001 squad was your best. 11-1 and you obliterated that hot Colorado squad in the Fiesta.

The Blake Simms Quarterbacked, Lane Kiffin Offensive Coordinated squad. I remember the "We want Bama!!" chants that lasted for about five years.

If this were the BCS it would've been Oregon vs Georgia for the title. If it were the four team playoff it would've been Oregon vs Texas and Georgia vs Notre Dame in the semifinals right now. Ohio State has a niche for making runs in innagural events.

Me thinks thou doth protest too much Kirkland.

Klatt works for FOX. I take his words the same way I do those from Kirk Herbstreit. It's been my view that the B1G has the better top three this year. With Michigan and Washington matching up in the championship last year, I think the top programs in the B1G could win the SEC going forward. I don't think you could say that even four years ago. NIL has made Notre Dame a real threat as well. Recall the last time Notre Dame looked as physical as a SEC heavyweight. In the south the general feeling is college football just means more. There aren't any pro teams in many of the southern states. So Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn and South Carolina and Clemson are the only games in town.

I tuned in to the Locked on Ducks podcast after the game. The two guys seemed to agree that Oregon seemed to think it best to try and just duplicate the gameplay from October. The defense still couldn't stop number four, but they couldn't even generate a pass rush due to Chip deciding to use his quick passing routes instead of of runs up the middle. There were two coaching staff that took away two different mindsets after the first game. One decided the victory was a sign that everything was okay and that all that needed to be done was clean up on some red zone trips. The other saw a chance to flip the script and bring a level of aggressiveness to match their talent level. Don't run into the teeth of a talented line littered with NFL guys. Throw to a guy who is bigger, stronger and faster than anybody on the other side.

Bucky the Buccaneer. Bo the Bronco. Justin the Super-Charger. Penei the Lion. Any other prominent ex Ducks heading to the playoffs?

One more year of subsidizing that .

They got the revenue from the Fiesta as well. Maybe a reason to tank next year.

Good point. Getting a home playoff game in Autzen would be an incredible experience and recruiting tool. Just don't let Tennessee fans find out the pre-sale code and troll you with Rocky Top

I don't see why Oregon can't be an annual threat now that it's become about resources. If you need a piece like say offensive line, receiver, corner or QB. You can now miss out on more recruits because you can remedy it by taking a guy from a program like Boise or Oregon State. I mean look at Bo Nix, Cam Ward, Dillon Gabriel, Will Howard, Joe Burrow, Justin Fields, Jalen Hurts, Caleb William, Russell Williams, Kyler Murray or Baker Mayfield. Many of those guys were before the transfer portal free agency era began and cost them a year of eligibility. Now you just go get a guy like Kyle McCord and make him your day one starter. Most wrote McCord off after last year despite him being a quality starter. He completed over 65 percent of his throws and you saw how bad Ohio States offense looked in the Cotton Bowl vs Missouri without him. Oregon can roll with a guy like Moore or they could go after a guy like Rourke who really elevated the Indiana Hoosiers offense. Oregon could convince Ewers to skip the draft and try to raise his draft stock by coming to Oregon like Bo Nix did. Nix was considered a third or fourth round guy before his senior year and he's a potential rookie of the year for Denver who took him in the first round.

I think the majority of fans are rational and it's the lunatic fringe that is at most eight to ten percent that ruin it for everyone else. Just like most parts of everyday life. We generally agree it's much easier to be ourselves and be kind. Take away the logo, color scheme and whatever else we think that separates us in our fan hood and we're just people. I've been to several different states and a few different countries. Get past the superficial things like language, theological ideas or skin pigmentation and I've found most to share quite a bit in common with me. Amazing isn't it? I will say that the level of back and forth is mostly attributed to our competitive attitudes. Coke or Pepsi. Ford or Chevrolet. McDonalds vs Burger King. Nike vs Reebok.SEC vs B1G. It's fun as long as we don't take it past playful jibes.

I've ranted on the playoff seeding enough. What I saw tonight was one of two likely outcomes. I commented on another post where somebody had predicted a two score Oregon win. Their reasons were valid, but I don't use what ifs as variables. Oregon won by one at home in October. Ohio State was either going to start fast and win by multiple scores or they were going to lose a close one to Oregon. Ohio State has advantages like Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs that you just can't match. They have five stars that we don't even talk about like Carnell Tate, JT and Sonny Styles. Forget about Ebeka. I believe Oregon has the more consistent QB, better special teams and better head coach. Ohio State has a better defensive coordinator and Oregon has a better offensive coordinator. Chip Kelly just has more Aces that he can pull out regardless of scheme. I really thought Oregon was going to keep it close because the talent level was up to it and Day would choke. But A plus Ohio State came out and before Oregon knew the game had started it was over. I liked that Oregon kept playing tough but the mountain was too high. Disappointing end to a brilliant season. I don't know who I want to win it now. I can't root for Ohio State, Texas, Penn State or Georgia. Notre Dame? Lou Holtz will be insufferable.

Alabama got beaten by Vanderbilt and a bad Oklahoma squad. The hens at ESPN were crying that they got left out. They had three losses!!! Oregon was the only undefeated team and they played everybody who is anybody in the B1G. They beat Boise as well. Give Ohio State their credit, Oregon got beat up. But everyone knew Ohio State was better than everybody outside of Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame and Penn State. Clearly better. Oregon played their worst game in the worst moment. Not because of rust, overconfidence or Lanning imo. They just got beat by a team on a roll. What I would've like to have seen was Oregon get the worst team in the quarterfinals to work out whatever today was. Let them play Boise and punish Texas or Penn State for losing two games by giving them Ohio State. You gave the team that earned the top seed the toughest quarterfinal opponent. Texas and Penn State are still alive because they got home games vs a three loss ACC team and a two loss ACC squad with AAC level players. Then you gave them a G5 squad and a Big 12 squad with two losses and essentially the same talent level won 3 games the last two years and they were picked to finish last this year. Texas and Penn State would've been smoked today. Texas nearly lost to ASU and Boise missed two field goals that helped make the score look worse than it actually was. But Oregon would've beaten either of those teams worse than Texas or Penn State did. I don't know what will happen tomorrow night in New Orleans and the game is secondary to the tragedy that happened today. But Georgia got the second best team out of the first round winners as their prize for beating Texas twice. A champion has to be at the best, but there are rankings for a reason. Oregon got the best team in the country as it's reward for doing what nobody else did all year. Everybody else got two mulligans except Notre Dame who lost to a MAC team and plays a pretty soft schedule in comparison to Oregon. Oregon lost for the first time and doesn't get another game. That's a shame.