Bowl Season/Championship Playoff 2024

[bearcatbret]

Just so everyone knows, the ND player who ran back the opening kick-off was just a lowly transfer from Marshall. I guess that you can find gems anywhere. It just goes to show you that sometime the underrated high school players are better than overrated high school players (Juice comes to mind).

[bearcatbret]

I really did not believe that ND would get past Penn State but they will be playing for the national championship against either tosu or Texas.

[Bearcat Chris]

That was one of the best FB games of the year. O$U plays Texas tonight, and that should be a good one too.

B.C.

[London 'Cat]

I went to bed at halftime and missed all the excitement. As boring as the first half was the second half was evidently exciting. Happy for all the ex-UC coaches that will now play for a national championship. Rooting hard for Texas tonight to close out the B1G from the natty.

[bearcatbret]

Texas had plenty of chances down inside the 10 with under 3 minutes to play. Then a fumble and the game was over. I hate to see tosu in the championship game but at least there are no SEC teams.

[Lobot]

Here we go tonight Marcus, Denbrock, Mickens and Gino vs. tOSU. Does ND have enough guys to pull it off?

[London 'Cat]

Here we go tonight Marcus, Denbrock, Mickens and Gino vs. tOSU. Does ND have enough guys to pull it off?

After the first half, the answer appears to be no.

[bearcatbret]

The final score did not show a total blowout but this game was not close after it was 7-7 early.

[London 'Cat]

Now that the first playoff season has ended, I hope they look back and change some things up. The seeding was all wrong - no need for the byes for conference champs. I am not sure they need 12 teams - at least 4 teams never had a chance at winning the championship. And I think it was too long - it should end no more than a week after the new year.

Having said that, I think a lot of teams will study aO$U's model going forward. That team supposedly spent $20M in NIL money but a closer examination, at least on defense, shows that the majority of those players were 3-4 year players on its roster. Smart coaches will use it as an example of why a player should stay the course at a school and grow together as a team, using the transfer portal to fill in holes on a roster. Depending on the transfer portal to build your team is not a recipe for success but can be used to supplement your roster. HS recruiting will remain the core of a team. Those coaches who can sell players that vision will be successful in the current playoff model.

[red_n_black_attack]

Now that the first playoff season has ended, I hope they look back and change some things up. The seeding was all wrong - no need for the byes for conference champs. I am not sure they need 12 teams - at least 4 teams never had a chance at winning the championship. And I think it was too long - it should end no more than a week after the new year.

Having said that, I think a lot of teams will study aO$U's model going forward. That team supposedly spent $20M in NIL money but a closer examination, at least on defense, shows that the majority of those players were 3-4 year players on its roster. Smart coaches will use it as an example of why a player should stay the course at a school and grow together as a team, using the transfer portal to fill in holes on a roster. Depending on the transfer portal to build your team is not a recipe for success but can be used to supplement your roster. HS recruiting will remain the core of a team. Those coaches who can sell players that vision will be successful in the current playoff model.

I think we can eliminate the conference championship games, and start the Playoff first weekend in December, maybe start a new tradition with Army/Navy as first game of the season.

As to 3-4 year players, I think every coach is preaching that right now. The problem is players have to go where they'll be paid, which means schools have to up their offers to players after freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons, unless the Wisconsin case works out for the BAdger allowing multi-year NIL deals.