OT: College Football Playoffs Semifinal Games 1/9-1/10 Thurs-Fri
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The wide receivers are definitely weak, but notre dame’s secondary is elite. Would love to see strength vs strength in an Ohio State matchup
I’ll predict ND gets blown out in the championship game against OSU. PSU was the better team and should’ve won by 17 pts. The coaching was a -20 disadvantage. I love it.
Marcus Freeman has beaten more Top 5 teams in the last 8 days than James Franklin has in 13 years.
Talk about Penn state blowing a “golden” opportunity . They will never get an easier path than what they had this playoff
Even the Boise game could have been closer if they could make a few plays. It could've been as much a nail biter as ASU/Texas.
Ehhh, PSU has a real issue at WR. They had zero catches last night. PSU wasn't going to blow anyone out that was a quality team with a limited passing game. ND started slow and as reported was dealing with some stomach virus issues.
I tend to agree when it comes to OSU. If they play motivated, like they have against UT and UO, they would likely blow out ND and PSU. People are overrating how good PSU was relative to ND.
If you want to see some fun........... go to TigerDroppings, the LSU site.
They are having a civil war between their fans that think Kelly is great and built the ND team that Freeman just made the NC game with vs those that are realizing they may have hired a bum.
I agree ND gets blown out by OSU, but don't think PSU was the better team. PSU played nobody and never wins a big game. Plus ND team was suffering from the flu. Amazing they still won the game even though PSU choked. And I agree Franklin is a horrible coach. They will never win with him.
Their DL and OL were controlling ND. Better coaching and they would’ve won easily. But very happy they lost and Franklin being exposed.
But again ND lost two OL during the game and some were battling the flu.
PSU was not clearly a better team. Comparable is a better description.
And how bad would it have been if they didn't have the best TE in college football?
Weird flex by Freeman, IMO. Franklin was just being Franklin. He's a little douchey and that's part of his personality. Can't say if he was trying to talk down to Freeman or not. When I read the hairline comment, I thought he was being self-deprecating about being bald.
Have known people like this- the slightest bit of a remark that is intended to be fun and lighten the mood is perceived as an unholy insult and pisses the other person off. There may be more to this story, and maybe Freeman has a chip on his should as being a very young HC in the CFP.
Now, if Freeman was just ginning the situation up to give his players some more motivation or edge, it worked.
This story reminded me of Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago:
Did not end well for Apollo:
Humor didn’t translate. I see this all the time in work environments.Weird flex by Freeman, IMO. Franklin was just being Franklin. He's a little douchey and that's part of his personality. Can't say if he was trying to talk down to Freeman or not. When I read the hairline comment, I thought he was being self-deprecating about being bald.
Have known people like this- the slightest bit of a remark that is intended to be fun and lighten the mood is perceived as an unholy insult and pisses the other person off. There may be more to this story, and maybe Freeman has a chip on his should as being a very young HC in the CFP.
Now, if Freeman was just ginning the situation up to give his players some more motivation or edge, it worked.
This story reminded me of Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago:
Did not end well for Apollo:
Yeah, some people take the slightest attempt at a joke as a declaration of war.
"Lighten up, Francis" comes to mind.
Yes and no. Sometimes it’s just not funny and offensive.
I don’t think I’d call him a bum. Until this year, he has won 10 games for like 7 years in a row. If you don’t want to count the bowl games 9+ regular season games. That’s still pretty good.
He brought ND back to some relevance after a period of irrelevance. Freeman has taken them another step.
Until this year Freeman wasn’t so revered and even this year I’m sure he took a lot of darts after NIU. It may seem like a distant memory but it was this season. Winning has a way of erasing bad memories.
Tate right in the hands and drops it
But unlike PSU, they make up for it and still convert the TD
They also missed the TD earlier to Smith.
The way they’re playing lately they can still make up for missed opportunities.
But unlike PSU, they make up for it and still convert the TD
They also missed the TD earlier to Smith.
The way they’re playing lately they can still make up for missed opportunities.
Two all American caliber running backs and the best receiver in the country. Game-plan for them and its death by a thousand paper cuts with Ebeuka over the middle. Almost unstoppable when they get going
Pass to open the run, should be their MO.
Once they stopped trying to be Michigan, they’ve taken off.
Dominating first qtr but still just 7-0 and that penalty and the no give to Judkins killed the drive.
Until OSU gets some breathing room, this has the same feel of PSU ND. One team is dominating but not dominating yet on the scoreboard.
