College Football Thread

[Josh]

So far our 10 point loss is the smallest margin of the playoffs.  Will that change anybody's narrative? 

[DChoosier]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

So far our 10 point loss is the smallest margin of the playoffs.  Will that change anybody's narrative? 

No

[Artie86]

1 minute ago, DChoosier said:

Technically blown out. No.

Were we really ever in the game after 5 minutes? No.

I get that….I totally do. I could see and respect something like, “Indiana was on their way to a getting blown out, but made it close and respectable late in the game!”

[Alford Bailey]

Secretly hoping Notre Dame and Ohio State make it to the championship 

[Artie86]

9 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

The announcers and pundits keep blabbering about games that aren’t close but….HELLO, there were plenty of blowouts when it was just a 4 team playoff.

They keep acting as if such a thing has never happened and that blowouts are proof of a non-existent problem.

….they act as if the teams that missed out, like Alabama, Miami, South Carolina, etc, there most likely wouldn’t be blowouts! 

[DChoosier]

2 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Secretly hoping Notre Dame and Ohio State make it to the championship 

I’m overtly hoping OSU, who I never cheer for, beats TN. Can’t let the SEC BS ramp up even more.

Go OSU.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

As someone said earlier, I can find joy in either outcome. 
it would be hilarious to see the city of Columbus fully turn on Day and the AD/admin have to backtrack their recent comments as they let him go. **** Ryan Day

[RaceToTheTop]

Damn, Dick Vitale just called out Lane Kiffin for going on his little hissy fit.

Dicky V tweeted 'haven't you ever had a bad game?  Look at your game film against Kentucky and Florida.'

[RaceToTheTop]

4 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

….they act as if the teams that missed out, like Alabama, Miami, South Carolina, etc, there most likely wouldn’t be blowouts! 

Notre Dame went to A&M to start the season and beat them by 10.  Just like Alabama, South Carolina, and Ole Miss, A&M was 5 and 3 in the SEC.

[NashvilleHoosier]

4 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

I get that….I totally do. I could see and respect something like, “Indiana was on their way to a getting blown out, but made it close and respectable late in the game!”

Making the final score line respectable and close (10 points being close is debatable, especially when we were only 7 pt dogs) doesn’t erase what they eyes saw for 55 minutes. Which, unfortunately, was us being dominated and blown out. The shots we are taking might be ramped up a bit by our coach (who I absolutely love) going on the gameday set and spewing a bunch of completely unnecessary nonsense right before having our tails handed to us. 

[Demo]

5 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’m overtly hoping OSU, who I never cheer for, beats TN. Can’t let the SEC BS ramp up even more.

Go OSU.

Yup, just when I thought I couldn’t loathe SEC stan’s and network apologists any more, they have been so insufferable for the last 20 hrs that they’ve got me rooting for Ohio St to boat race UT.

Now I REALLY hate’em. 

[RaceToTheTop]

23 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

They’re petulant children who are throwing tantrums because their baby Alabama didn’t get into the playoff. Blowouts are absolutely nothing new in the playoffs. But because we aren’t a football brand, our ”blowout” is a referendum on our worthiness  

The average margin of victory in the last 10 national championship games has been 19.7 points.

Did the runner ups not deserve to be the playoffs?

[RaceToTheTop]

3 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Making the final score line respectable and close (10 points being close is debatable, especially when we were only 7 pt dogs) doesn’t erase what they eyes saw for 55 minutes. Which, unfortunately, was us being dominated and blown out. The shots we are taking might be ramped up a bit by our coach (who I absolutely love) going on the gameday set and spewing a bunch of completely unnecessary nonsense right before having our tails handed to us. 

EXCEPT if Alabama had gotten in over SMU or IU and was dominated for 55 minutes and then scored a couple of times late, that wouldn't be the narrative that ESPN and those with SEC bias would be citing.  

[NashvilleHoosier]

4 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

EXCEPT if Alabama had gotten in over SMU or IU and was dominated for 55 minutes and then scored a couple of times late, that wouldn't be the narrative that ESPN and those with SEC bias would be citing.  

Yeah, probably true. I’m as sick of the SEC bias and narrative as anyone. But we had a chance to change that narrative and did nothing but feed it. We deserved to be in the playoff for sure. Just seems like a lot of us are leaning on a very misleading final score and having a hard time accepting what that game was. We chatted a lot of $hit, didn’t back it up, and we’re getting crushed for it. We should wear it. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Tennessee fans traveled well 

[go iu bb]

51 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

 

Can someone please tell me how getting beat 27-17 is a blowout? I mean, yes, it was 24 points late, but we never quit and ended up getting it to a 10 point loss. I’m so sick of these game announcers keep comparing IU and SMU in the same sentence as “both blowouts”! Yes, SMU was blown out by 28 points, but not IU!

IU will end up at worst with the 2nd closest score in the 1st round. Possibly the closest. I also expect at least 2 more blowouts in the 2nd round. So as negative as the elitists are being right now, I think it'll start to look not so bad. Especially after some time when people look at only the final score.

[Hovadipo]

32 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’m overtly hoping OSU, who I never cheer for, beats TN. Can’t let the SEC BS ramp up even more.

Go OSU.

It certainly looks like you’ll get your wish early on. This looks like two very different levels of team here so far. 

[go iu bb]

50 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

The announcers and pundits keep blabbering about games that aren’t close but….HELLO, there were plenty of blowouts when it was just a 4 team playoff.

They keep acting as if such a thing has never happened and that blowouts are proof of a non-existent problem.

Elitist a$$hats. That's why.

[go iu bb]

49 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yup, just when I thought I couldn’t loathe SEC stan’s and network apologists any more, they have been so insufferable for the last 20 hrs that they’ve got me rooting for Ohio St to boat race UT.

Now I REALLY hate’em. 

What's funny is that while I never really liked the SEC I didn't hate them. That has quickly changed. I bet their constant whining is really turning a bunch of people against them.

[DChoosier]

9 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Tennessee fans traveled well 

Actually kind of astonishing they have that many fans there.

Because of the road team demand you would think the Stubhub prices would have been high but they were cheap which means a TON of OSU fans were selling. Surprising.