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Voting closed: October 22, 2020, 02:05:59 PM

[Yankguy1]

Locksley is a local guy who somehow has developed a reputation  a recruiting guru.  Aside from his lousy career record, he's also had some ethical issues pop-up in the past.  Perhaps he's past that. 

They have Butch Jones coming into join him.  I guess as OC. 

[whiskeypriest]

Locksley is a local guy who somehow has developed a reputation  a recruiting guru.  Aside from his lousy career record, he's also had some ethical issues pop-up in the past.  Perhaps he's past that. 

They have Butch Jones coming into join him.  I guess as OC.

Did a bang up job recruiting for the Lobos.

[Espnthree]

Clemson's blowout win resulted in the lowest overnight TV ratings of the CFP era.  The ratings were off about 12% from last year probably due in large part to the lop sided score. In broader terms the average rating for the six rotation Bowls and the CG was about 8.5, approximately 14% less than the inaugural season of 2014. 

[Espnthree]

As expected;


SAN JOSE, Calif. -- There will be no immediate changes to the four-team format of the College Football Playoff, as university presidents and conference commissioners decided at a joint annual meeting on Monday morning at the Fairmont Hotel that they were in "unanimous agreement that the playoff has been a tremendous success."

"As far as expanding the number of teams in the playoff, it's way too soon -- much too soon -- to know if that is even a possibility," Mississippi State president Mark Keenum, chair of the playoff board of managers, said in a prepared statement.

[CaptainCargo]

Well. As I always say.
Offense and defense wins championships.

Well you're half right. That's pretty good for you.

Yep. Offense won that Championship.

The Clemson defense with their two interceptions and stuffing the Bama offense when it mattered won that championship. Holding Bama to only 4 YPC under their 5.2 ypc avg, no run longer than 15 yards. Holding the Bama offense to 30 points under their seasonal average. Clemson's offense while great merely did what they have done all year long. In fact the Tigers offense averaged 44.3 ppg and scored basically that same exact amount in this game.

Bama's defense failed. Clemson's defense was superb.

But feel free to be wrong and disagree. :-)

ClemSIN's offensive dominance put pressure on the Alabama offense that caused them to make.changes to their game plan that served Bama poorly. Do you think Bama tries a fake field goal if the score is 21 - 16? It is one of those things, like an onside kick, that you suspect Bama players have a merely theoretical knowledge of. If it is.a.close game, do they eschew field goals in the second half? 37 offensive points against Ala fucking bama? Who does that?

Defense wins championships the same way offense wins championships. You need enough offense to win with your defense and enough defense to win with your offense. ClemSIN was dominant on both sides of the ball. They had offense and defense to spare. To say one side of the ball won this championship does a tremendous disservice to the other side.

You keep tellin yersef that brudder. :-)

[CaptainCargo]

Who was calling the plays for Bama ?  I doubt they got on the plane back home and if he did I wonder if he got off.


Maryland's next head coach.  He of the 3-31 career record.

LOL

[Espnthree]

Media verdicts after watching the game last night:



The story of the game was the struggles Alabama's defense experienced going up against Trevor Lawrence and Clemson’s terrific offense

Clemson had mercy, or it would've set the scoring record vs. a Saban Alabama Team

Tigers CRUSH Tide to reclaim throne

Alabama experiences complete collapse in worst game of Saban era

Clemson Won the National Title by Humiliating Nick Saban

Clemson dominated — yes, dominated — Alabama for the national title

Clemson routs Alabama 44-16 to win national title

[Espnthree]

Kliff Kingsbury to the Arizona Cardinals

[TrojanHorse]

Alabama lost by 28; Notre.Dame by 27. Clearly Alabama, like Notre Dame, did not belong in the playoffs. Should have been Ohio State in the playoffs, despite Clemsoning against Purdue....

They would have lost by 29

[TrojanHorse]

Who was calling the plays for Bama ?  I doubt they got on the plane back home and if he did I wonder if he got off.

I though the same thing.  Presumably Saban will fire the OC over the next week or so. Maybe he'll try to kire Kliff Kingsbury away from Arizona.  ...and Kliff will take the interview

[bankshot1]

Matchup           Tigers.           TIDE
1st Downs                   21             23
3rd down efficiency   10-15   4-13
4th down efficiency   1-1             3-6
Total Yards            482            443
Passing                    347            295
Comp-Att                    20-32   22-36
Yards per pass            10.8            8.2
Interceptions thrown       0             2
Rushing                     135            148
Rushing Attempts      31             37
Yards per rush               4.4   4.0
Penalties                     1-12   6-60
Turnovers                        0             2
Fumbles lost                0             0
Interceptions thrown        0             2
Possession.                               Bama


Footnote:   As much as the haters want to say THE Tide was dominated....
                 The Stats don't quite support that assertion.
The SCOREBOARD doesn't always reflect everything.
Hence the often-said:  "And it really wasn't that close", as the scoreboard might suggest.
Works the other way, too.

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

If you watched the game, 44-16 captured the essence of Clemson's domination.

Bama won the 1st down battle?

BFD.

How many first downs, yards or TOP did Clemson forego due to the pick-6 and the other interception that put the ball at mid-field?

two or three stats are telling,

3rd down efficincy (Bama's D couldn't get Clemson off the field, and Bama offense couldn't stay on) and that Bama went for it 6-times on 4th dowm.

And turnovers.

Clemson 2-0.

Clemson milked the last 10 minutes of that game and easily could have hung another 7  or more points on a totally beaten Bama.

that game was all but over in the 2nd qtr.

[Espnthree]

So is the one you omit -penalties.

7 penalties in all, 6 against the Tide.....hardly a balance and hardly the average number of penalties called in college games.

So it was a clean, hard fought game, and virtually penalty free game and you aren't happy about that?
LOL

[Espnthree]

Pretty competitive Bowl Season
No Conference Stands out but a few might want some do-overs.

American Athletic Conference
Record: 2-5 (28%)
Wins: Tulane, Cincinnati
Losses: South Florida, Memphis, Houston, Temple, UCF

Atlantic Coast Conference
Record: 6-5 (54.5%)
Wins: Wake Forest, Duke, Syracuse, Virginia, Clemson (vs. Notre Dame), Clemson (vs. Alabama)
Losses: Georgia Tech, Miami, Virginia Tech, Pitt, North Carolina State
NOTE: Boston College's bowl game against Boise State has been canceled.

Big Ten Conference
Record: 5-4(55%)
Wins: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State
Losses: Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State

Big 12 Conference
Record: 4-3 (57%)
Wins: TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas
Losses: West Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma
HIGHLIGHTS: Alabama wins shootout with Oklahoma

Conference USA
Record: 4-2(66%)
Wins: UAB, Marshall, Florida International, Louisiana Tech
Losses: Middle Tennessee State, North Texas

Mid-American Conference
Record: 1-5 (20%)
Wins: Ohio
Losses: Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan, Buffalo

Mountain West Conference
Record: 3-2 (60%)
Wins: Fresno State, Utah State, Nevada
Losses: San Diego State, Hawaii
NOTE: Boise State's bowl game against Boston College has been canceled.

Pac-12 Conference
Record: 3-4 (43%)
Wins: Washington State, Stanford, Oregon
Losses: Arizona State, California, Utah, Washington

Southeastern Conference
Record: 6-6 (50%)
Wins: Auburn, Florida, Alabama (vs. Oklahoma), Kentucky, LSU, Texas A&M
Losses: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi State, Georgia, Alabama (vs. Clemson)

Sun Belt Conference
Record: 3-2 (60%)
Wins: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Troy
Losses: Louisiana, Arkansas State

Independents
Record: 2-1 (67%)
Wins: BYU, Army
Losses: Notre Dame

[bankshot1]

Matchup           Tigers.           TIDE
1st Downs                   21             23
3rd down efficiency   10-15   4-13
4th down efficiency   1-1             3-6
Total Yards            482            443
Passing                    347            295
Comp-Att                    20-32   22-36
Yards per pass            10.8            8.2
Interceptions thrown       0             2
Rushing                     135            148
Rushing Attempts      31             37
Yards per rush               4.4   4.0
Penalties                     1-12   6-60
Turnovers                        0             2
Fumbles lost                0             0
Interceptions thrown        0             2
Possession.                               Bama


Footnote:   As much as the haters want to say THE Tide was dominated....
                 The Stats don't quite support that assertion.
The SCOREBOARD doesn't always reflect everything.
Hence the often-said:  "And it really wasn't that close", as the scoreboard might suggest.
Works the other way, too.

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

If you watched the game, 44-16 captured the essence of Clemson's domination.

Bama won the 1st down battle?

BFD.

How many first downs, yards or TOP did Clemson forego due to the pick-6 and the other interception that put the ball at mid-field?

two or three stats are telling,

3rd down efficincy (Bama's D couldn't get Clemson off the field, and Bama offense couldn't stay on) and that Bama went for it 6-times on 4th dowm.

And turnovers.

Clemson 2-0.

Clemson milked the last 10 minutes of that game and easily could have hung another 7  or more points on a totally beaten Bama.

that game was all but over in the 2nd qtr.

Banks,  you damn the stats, then selectively pick 2 or 3.
The ones you cite are telling,
So is the one you omit -penalties.

7 penalties in all, 6 against the Tide.....hardly a balance and hardly the average number of penalties called in college games.

Clemson won.

Deej

I don't damn the statistics, but I do damn a conclusion that tells me those stats indicate a close game

It wasn't close,

I noted the stats that to me were more indicative of the game that was played and offered my conclusions.

Penalties?

Clemson was the more disciplined team too and played a cleaner game, and were flagged less.

They were the more poised team last night, and typically the more penalzized team loses.

And I hate flags, I'm in the let 'em play column, call it if its obviopus.

But if you're insinuating that the refs had an undue influence on that game,

Don't.

thats the loser's lament.

Clemson destroyed Bama, fair and square.

and Happy New Year

[TrojanHorse]

The SCOREBOARD doesn't always reflect everything.

That is true...but it does reflect the most important thing.

You left out goal line and fake field goal defensive stands in your stats also...that one was pretty telling