Fiesta Bowl Game Thread: #2 Ohio St (13-0) vs #3 Clemson (13-0) (ESPN 8PM EST)

[GreyWolf1129]

Nothing like watching a game where the officials end up being the MVP.

 

[BowlBrother85]

check the rules

I know the rules. Tackles are made with the helmet making initial contact all the time. What made this hit illegal, was the helmet to helmet, but the QB was crouching down to brace for the contact.

 

[joevol33]

Here comes the comeback!

 

[TJVol95]

They needed that

 

[hog88]

I prefer the day when we didn’t let players have water when they messed up

Me too

 

[LittleVol]

Tuff run by Etienne!

 

[joevol33]

Tuff run by Etienne!

That was all him.

 

[Orange defense]

Touchdown!

 

[BreatheUT]

So Lawrence ducks to get lower and is then getting at a level where the defenders head is...

Not fair...

Agreed. DB is about 5'11 and Lawrence is 6'5".

 

[alaVOL]

Hang in there Tigers. Get a 3 and out!

 

[Boston Vol]

Ohio St having to settle for three field goals might come back to bite them in the ass.

 

[zeppelin128]

Etienne might will Clemson back in this game on his own.

 

[GVol1966]

Isn't the very purpose of a playoff to determine who the best team over the long haul is? Why then would you not want to include a reasonable number of "eligibles", and let them sort it out on the field? Yes, there are going to be blowouts, but there will also be the occasional upset, and a majority of competitive games.

If anything, tonight shows what happens when you let a committee set a small field. An 8-team bracket using the old BCS formula might not have given us a different champion, but it would have given four more teams the opportunity to upset them.

Football is played on the field. Settle it on the field, not in a boardroom.

Hey NCAA ask the high schools how it’s done!
Hint: Schools with 300 kids don’t play against the schools with 3000 kids.
Understand?

 

[volinbham]

get a stop and I believe they get the ball to start the 2nd half

 

[BreatheUT]

30 yards of penalties and momentum

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Great run by Etienne.

 

[GreyWolf1129]

Next possession and the first two of the 3rd quarter will tell us a lot.

 

[BigOrangeAl 1979]

I hate Dabo

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

That’s a BS call that wasn’t targeting

The head twist by Young should have been a personal foul.

 

[Volnut]

OSU could have put them away, but for now Clemson is back in it.

 

[joevol33]

Agreed. DB is about 5'11 and Lawrence is 6'5".

I hate the rule cause the defensive players can't help it in a case like that, but I've seen it a bunch. Irk me, unless it happens to bama, Florida, or Georgia, then I laugh.

 

[golfballs]

The head twist by Young should have been a personal foul.

Not sure about that but I do think he was trying to get a whack at him. Herby said OSU told their players to make Lawrence feel the hits....

 

[BreatheUT]

That was hard for Clemson. It will only get tougher. Fields is like Cam Newton out there against a team used to weak competition.

 

[joevol33]

I hate Dabo

I couldn't tell at all by your posts

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

There is nothing wrong with that.

Certainly is. Where have you been the last 5 years?