Championship week is underway with #10 Oregon vs #17 Utah for the PAC-12 title, so I guess we need a thread for it. Who I root for is TBD.
The Youths have the Ducks’ number.
"Amazing what a minute can do."
Cole Bishop, freshman defensive back for Utah and ex-Duke commit, playing well.
1 Georgia vs 3 Alabama is the game I am most interested in today. Georgia appears to be the odds on favorite to win it all but the road to the championship still runs through Alabama. Probably not a popular statement here but Roll Tide!
Last night I watched the first half and part of the 3rd quarter of UTSA vs Western Kentucky. An enjoyable game with two explosive offenses but the difference was UTSA defense with interceptions and forcing Western Kentucky to attempt field goals.
Bob Green
As a Georgia resident (transplanted from NC), I also will be pulling for Bama. Georgia fans are insufferable* even when they consistently underperform. I can’t imagine how bad they can get if they run the table.
*Not nearly as bad as unc or the terps, but bad.
Since you started it I'm going to express my unpopular opinions. My daughter goes to Alabama so I will be pulling for them.
Now for the really unpopular part: I wish we wouldn't expand the college playoff. The national championship game is at 4 today with these two teams. I will be happy to watch them again in a few weeks. But I'm not particularly keen on watching them be up 31 to 3 at the half in the National semifinals versus Cincinnati and whichever thick ankled kids from Michigan, Notre Dame or Oklahoma State get bludgeoned to death in the other semi. Four teams is the right number to get the best team as the champion. And that's what I'm interested in in college football. Ironically it's not what I'm interested in in college basketball. I love that the basketball tournament is a crapshoot, but I don't want that for football.
Alabama win would knock out Cincy or Oklahoma State. Given how homogeneous the playoffs have been so far, I'd much rather see the new teams in it, so I'm rooting for Georgia to crush them.
I know it has 0 chance of happening, but part of me wants to put 3 loss Utah in the playoff just to send a message and reward good non-conference scheduling. Two competitive losses in two road games to two really good non-power-five teams. If Utah was the exact same team but played Oklahoma's non-conference schedule, would they be in?