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Not really. Born in 78. Was watching polka dot door and sesame street at the time. Just know I'd lose all respect for a coach who went for a tie in that spot.

I was around but I don't remember the '66 Parseghian thing, MSU/Notre Dame. I do remember the '69 de facto title game in which Royal went for 2 to avoid the tie. But I thought Osborne with the great comeback on the road, just take the tie and the national title. He didn't even have one yet. The problem was with the rule ... not having OT. I remember a Florida/Florida state thing, crazy comeback by Noles from down 31-3. He took the 31-31, which Osborne should have done.

But if Osborne was going to go for it, just run the sweep. I swear I think on that last drive they had a 4th and 12 and just ran the sweep for 15. Just running over them. XP = title, sweep = title. It was kind of like Carroll/Seattle on the goal line.

Osu really helped Miami bleed the clock

Teams with byes have yet to make the semifinals.

Was gonna say Osborne called the wrong play. I can’t remember if there was a timeout before the try. Great read & tackle by the Miami player.

My recollection is at least one of the announcers were a bit surprised he went for it. Don’t think he hesitated or huddled with assistants.

It’s a fascinating discussion. Lot of big name coaches at the time take the tie, no doubt.

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I wonder if being OC on that 1970 team affected Osborne’s decision.

they didn't **** the bed, they got beaten straight up by a better football team, just like when they lost to indiana.

I tried to tell you guys.

OSU's defense was excellent, but all the pundits (and Vegas) were acting like they were some unbeatable juggernaut, and they just weren't. Their offense was extremely mediocre every time they played an opponent with a pulse.

Miami just beat them up in the trenches, particularly in the first half, and then made a spectacular defensive play. Then the U players on the field refused to allow the game to come down to some boneheaded Cristobal decision, and they deservedly got the W

To be fair, two of those five teams were Boise State and ASU who would have been huge underdogs anyway.

if IU and UGA lose today, the narrative will really start to mean something

This. Ohio State was massively overrated all year. The product of playing one of the easiest schedules in team history which admittedly wasn't their fault. Arch wasn't ready yet, Penn State imploded, and Michigan sucked.

In the bigger picture they still had a good year. To lose all that talent in the draft, dealing with a mediocre offensive line that cant run the ball plus having a 1st time starter QB and still win 12 games is impressive.

Beating everyone you're supposed to beat is still an accomplishment but this will go down as one of the most empty 12 win seasons ever. They played two real teams all year and lost both. No Big Ten Championship, and got bounced from the playoffs right away. At least they ended the streak against a shit Michigan team I suppose.

makes me grumpy UO isn’t wearing green, yellow, or chrome helmets
anywho, go ducks!

Fun game so far. Feels like a war out there.

two very physical teams, TT has gotta be wearing out

32-13 snap difference
16:05 to 5:22 TOP difference

huge goal line stop for TT

That’s ball game imo. What a dumb throw

Feel like Tech's defense is putting on one of the best performances I've ever seen, and they are getting absolutely ****ed in every way by their offense and special teams

special teams has a missed fg, gave up a fake punt for a 1st down, was just offsides on a punt for a first down, and gave up 2 long returns

offense has just been atrocious

basically had to deal with 5 turnovers and being on the field 100% of the game

Tech's defense is legit.
Their offense is complete ****. They'll be shopping for a QB and some WR's tomorrow.
They were outbid by LSU for the cincy QB, they should be upping their bid.

Oregon doesn't kneel. Lol.

*exhale*

Belt to ass

The question of Rest vs. Rust seems to be Rust in these cases.

Proposal: Give the teams the ability to "defer" their bye. Now, if you think this would allow them to pull a bracket shenanigan to play different teams, no.

If the number 1 seed defers, the number 8 seed becomes the number 1, and the number 1 seed becomes the number 8. Since the 1 seed would normally play the winner of the 8 and 9 seed, the original 1 seed would actually have to play both, assuming they win the first game.

If the number 2 seed defers, 2 and 7 swap. If the number 3 seed defers, 3 and 6 swap. If the number 4 seed defers, 4 and 5 swap.

Then, do it again, If 1 deferred, then the original 8 could defer and swap with 9. If 2 deferred, then the original 7 could defer and swap with 10. If 3 deferred, the original 6 could defer and swap with 11. If 4 deferred, the original 5 could defer and swap with 12.

It keeps the same teams in the same bracket "wedge", but just playing in a different order, if the higher ranked seed so chooses.

Would teams have the stones to defer? Unlikely, since a first round exit for a top 4 team that deferred would probably be seen as one of the worst decisions in CFP history. But it would give an option for a coach who has full faith that his team can win the first round, and then play better in the second round than if they had been resting longer.

Lanning is now 48-7 as HC
the losses in order:

'neutral' site (Atlanta) vs Smart
home vs DeBoer
@ Jonathan Smith
@ DeBoer
neutral vs DeBoer
neutral vs Day
home vs Cignetti

what an outlier that '22 Beaver game was