I created a new thread so as not to rain on the parade in the College Bowl thread. Trying to be nice, because according to the rules going in, Alabama won the championship fair and square...and I don't want to take anything away from that. But if someone wants to merge this somewhere...I don't really care.
In all the years I've been watching college footall, I would have to say this is the least satisfying season I've ever seen. It's never perfect in college football, there are always 'what-if's'...but something was wrong this year. It just seems incomplete or something.
You have a champion who not only was not champion of their own conference...because they are in the same division as LSU, they didn't even play in the conference championship game...they sat home and got a virtual bye. Not good.
Now they've split with LSU, losing at home and winning at a neutral site. At least a rubber game might make it seem less incomplete for me. But PLEASE...for the love of all that is holy, no more Alabama-LSU games this year! Enough already.
Yeah, great defense, all the numbers would give Rex Ryan a you-know-what...but even that seems fake. I mean, they played LSU and Arkansas at home, Penn State probably looked like a tough game when they scheduled it but it didn't turn out that way, and you get the feeling the entire SEC is offensively challenged.
And Georgia Southern running up 300 yards rushing on Alabama in November still bugs me. I know Georgia Southern has an unusual offense, but if you want to be considered an all-time great defense, you have to be able to stop unusual offenses too...and Alabama couldn't.
And I'm sorry, this is just my opinion, but that was ugly football. My goodness. If it worked for you, that's awesome. It didn't work for me.
I never EVER miss a championship game...but in all honesty I switched to ESPN 2 during a commercial, which was showing a documentary about Chris Herren, and didn't switch back right away like I normally would. I didn't even bother to pause the game and catch up. I got back to the game at 10:30, when the documentary ended.
If a championship game cannot hold the attention for a sports junkie like me for the entire game, when the game is tight...that's really bad.
Bring on March Madness. I need college closure.
Sandra
In all the years I've been watching college footall, I would have to say this is the least satisfying season I've ever seen. It's never perfect in college football, there are always 'what-if's'...but something was wrong this year. It just seems incomplete or something.
You have a champion who not only was not champion of their own conference...because they are in the same division as LSU, they didn't even play in the conference championship game...they sat home and got a virtual bye. Not good.
Now they've split with LSU, losing at home and winning at a neutral site. At least a rubber game might make it seem less incomplete for me. But PLEASE...for the love of all that is holy, no more Alabama-LSU games this year! Enough already.
Yeah, great defense, all the numbers would give Rex Ryan a you-know-what...but even that seems fake. I mean, they played LSU and Arkansas at home, Penn State probably looked like a tough game when they scheduled it but it didn't turn out that way, and you get the feeling the entire SEC is offensively challenged.
And Georgia Southern running up 300 yards rushing on Alabama in November still bugs me. I know Georgia Southern has an unusual offense, but if you want to be considered an all-time great defense, you have to be able to stop unusual offenses too...and Alabama couldn't.
And I'm sorry, this is just my opinion, but that was ugly football. My goodness. If it worked for you, that's awesome. It didn't work for me.
I never EVER miss a championship game...but in all honesty I switched to ESPN 2 during a commercial, which was showing a documentary about Chris Herren, and didn't switch back right away like I normally would. I didn't even bother to pause the game and catch up. I got back to the game at 10:30, when the documentary ended.
If a championship game cannot hold the attention for a sports junkie like me for the entire game, when the game is tight...that's really bad.
Bring on March Madness. I need college closure.
Sandra
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I think what MIGHT has added to the disatisfaction to you or didn't help was the fact that your team(as well as mine) went through coaching change, scandal, NCAA investigation and consequent NCAA BS. Couple that the BCS garbage of putting 2 teams that more than likely only a pocket of people WANTED to see... a perfect recipe for you post above.
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