Fiesta Bowl - Michigan vs TCU

[utvolpj]

Official’s didn’t want the heat that would have came with calling it.

Agreed. But by rule I think it could have been called

 

[YankeeVol]

Sure they'll play for the NC but they're still not one of the 2 best

Well that’s not how it works so…sorry. Maybe you can tweet the CFP to consult you first next year

 

[hog88]

Agreed. But by rule I think it could have been called

By the rule book it probably should have been called.

 

[ETV]

I have never heard that as criteria. It's always did he launch? Did he hit head or neck? That's what has been forced down our throats for years. He didn't make contact with head or neck. He assisted on a tackle.

ARTICLE 4. No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting. When in question, it is a foul. ...

 

[utvolpj]

Well that’s not how it works so…sorry. Maybe you can tweet the CFP to consult you first next year

So the 2 best teams always play for the NC? Good luck with that stance

 

[VOLNPA]

ARTICLE 4. No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting. When in question, it is a foul. ...

I still think he hit the name plate. I'll watch again and if I'm wrong, I'll concede, but that's how I saw it.

 

[ETV]

No disrespect but screw "Per the rule book"

None taken. Remove the rule since it's selectively being applied.

 

[DaddyChad]

Screw Georgia and Ohio st. I hope they both lose to TCU.

I mean that’s cool but not possible. Lol

 

[loservol]

just watched TCU whip Michigan. an observation: TCU is a mature beefed up Tennessee. Sonny Dykes runs the same offense that he and Josh learned from Mike Leach !

Boooo! TN or even Bama (yuck) could have beat that TCU team tonight

 

[DaddyChad]

Tcu appears to have a rabbits foot with a slew of four leafed clovers shoved up their arse.

Yeah I’m going to bump this comment bc anyone that’s seen TCUs season knows what an improbable run this has been. Idk if they’re even one of the four best teams in the country but somehow they get the breaks to go their way most of the time. Hoping their magical run continues next game.

 

[VOLNPA]

UM also clearly had a huge incomplete pass that wasn't reviewed. It's not like they got jobbed. Refs were eh all the way around

 

[loservol]

Yeah I’m going to bump this comment bc anyone that’s seen TCUs season knows what an improbable run this has been. Idk if they’re even one of the four best teams in the country but somehow they get the breaks to go their way most of the time. Hoping their magical run continues next game.

That's because they didn't have to play an SEC team all season. We will see what happens next week, unless they luck out and get Ohio State.

 

[vols40]

None taken. Remove the rule since it's selectively being applied.

I hate the rule. No matter who its called on. At the least some type of intent should need to be shown.

 

[AthensVol2007]

Win their weak conf

They went 9-0 in the regular season; a conference title game is meaningless in the grand scheme of things when you play every opponent.

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

None taken. Remove the rule since it's selectively being applied.

I understand your point, but it's not "selectively" being applied. It is subjectively being applied, and that's the case for likely a majority of rules in football (e.g. pass interference, holding, a catch or not a catch, a fumble or not a fumble, etc.).

 

[BUBear]

Somewhere @BUBear is still cussing Gary Patterson.

You misspelled Fatterson

 

[AthensVol2007]

So the 2 best teams always play for the NC? Good luck with that stance

For the most part yes. That’s evident by the trend of blowouts in the semifinals since the playoffs inception.

 

[YankeeVol]

So the 2 best teams always play for the NC? Good luck with that stance

You’re right. They should have put Bama in.

 

[utvolpj]

You’re right. They should have put Bama in.

They were actually better and more deserving than tcu

 

[YankeeVol]

They were actually better and more deserving than tcu

Lol.

 

[utvolpj]

Lol.

Ask k state. They played both back to back

 

[YankeeVol]

Ask k state. They played both back to back

I’ll get right on that. Why don’t you hold your breath until I do...

 

[captainsword]

Good point.

I think it was caught behind the line of scrimmage so can’t be penalized for lineman downfield.

 

[BUBear]

just watched TCU whip Michigan. an observation: TCU is a mature beefed up Tennessee. Sonny Dykes runs the same offense that he and Josh learned from Mike Leach !

Josh learned that offense from watching Briles run it at Baylor and then hired Jeff Lebby to install it at UCF

 

[AustinMem]

Josh learned that offense from watching Briles run it at Baylor and then hired Jeff Lebby to install it at UCF

When does Baylor play their playoff game?
Oh, didn’t make it? Well, at least they went to a good bowl, right?
No? Well at least they went to a crappy one and beat up on someone, right?