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Related: About this forumDoes anyone from outside of Alabama or Ohio give a shit about this game?
Really?
underpants
(182,848 posts)Born in Ohio. GO BUCKEYES
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)You are from Ohio.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)hlthe2b
(102,320 posts)That said, I'm not watching.
Enterstageleft
(3,398 posts)context PLEASE!!!!
rsdsharp
(9,188 posts)in college football.
Enterstageleft
(3,398 posts)Not taking it out on you rsdsharp, just trying to put things in order.
rsdsharp
(9,188 posts)Now if the Hawkeyes were playing, Id feel differently.
Enterstageleft
(3,398 posts)rsdsharp
(9,188 posts)Enterstageleft
(3,398 posts)rsdsharp
(9,188 posts)one of whom was his cousin.
RockRaven
(14,979 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)And don't care about the team.
OneBlueDotBama
(1,385 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)Lots of Ohio State fans all over the country, but most people only really care about the teams that they closely follow.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Roll Tide.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)They've got the better team.
They'll need to make a lot of mistakes to lose this one.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)2014 was different, even as Alabama had a big lead early in that game. tOSU was moving the ball on them really well in that semifinal game even as they fell behind.
Not the same feel this time at all.
Very disappointed that Trey Sermon broke his collar bone, but he likely wouldn't have been enough to keep them in this game regardless.
Edit: Plus this is a very down year for the Buckeyes defense. Only real hope for them was to win an offensive shoot-out imo.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)the colleges.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)I still don't care for millionaire Dabo Swinney for "going off" a few years ago about how it would be so wrong for the players to get paid at all. (I think he later backed off a bit, but that particular video still ticked me off.)
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)Meanwhile, more missed tackles by the Buckeyes defense like I've seen all season. It's not only the strength of the 'Bama players, trust me, but that helps them too.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Even with DeVonta out, they are moving the ball.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)The Buckeyes defense just isn't very good this year either, at least compared to some past seasons.
Alabama is VERY solid too, from top to bottom. They definitely earned the trophy.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)Hassler
(3,382 posts)Even the I did care
oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)I forgot all about it.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)And I wanted to watch the game for days.
Then I remembered it early this evening.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)This crap of picking 4 teams from some preordained collective of teams is a sham.
Are the teams good, sure.
Do they deserve to be there? Their fans think so.
If they are the best, they could play in a real playoff of 20 teams and get there because they proved themselves to be the best.
Joelteply
(38 posts)I buy every streaming service but refuse to buy cable
BasicallyComplicated
(60 posts)Hulu/Disney +
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)Enterstageleft
(3,398 posts)TheFarseer
(9,323 posts)Because theyre in our conference and Im sick of Alabama but the buckeyes getting rolled is not ruining my night.
Bradshaw3
(7,524 posts)The CFP winner has come down to Alabama and Clemson, with LSU an outlier last year. Ohio State, Georgia and Oklahoma have gotten in but it's really come to those two as to having a chance at winning it all for the most part. It's getting old for the average fan, which is one reason they need to at least go to an eight team playoff to help interest.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)So all the best recruits go to Alabama then they go back to the title game. It is a never ending cycle.
Also mid-majors pretty much have no shot. They even had a better shot under the BCS. If Boise State didn't lose to Colin Kaepernick and Nevada Boise State probably would have been in the national title game that year.
Auggie
(31,177 posts)their offense looked and played like a pro-style offense. Blocking, routes, plays, performance. If you were a top recruit why wouldn't Alabama be your first choice, especially if you had aspirations to play in the NFL?
I watched until halftime. By then it was clear Ohio was totally out-coached and out-classed.