NBA OFF TOPIC THREAD

[WiggyRuss]

OSU beat #1 Oregon, #3 Penn State, what was Indiana when they beat them? like #9? Tennesee, Texas.....

obviously the playoff lends to this, but the # of really good teams OSU beat this year was ridiculous. Going through Tennesee, Oregon, Texas and ND to win the title is wild- they didnt have a SMU or any gimme game.

what a display of fortitude- they couldve folded after that Michigan game but instead they came together and played great football and beat Tenn by 25, Oregon by 20, Texas by 14, and Notre Dame by 11.

 

[ElPatron1]

OSU beat #1 Oregon, #3 Penn State, what was Indiana when they beat them? like #9? Tennesee, Texas.....

obviously the playoff lends to this, but the # of really good teams OSU beat this year was ridiculous. Going through Tennesee, Oregon, Texas and ND to win the title is wild- they didnt have a SMU or any gimme game.

what a display of fortitude- they couldve folded after that Michigan game but instead they came together and played great football and beat Tenn by 25, Oregon by 20, Texas by 14, and Notre Dame by 11.

That was a good game

Kinda shows that deciding the best teams based on regular season was pretty stupid when a lot of the teams don’t play each other. The new playoffs makes sure the best team actually wins

 

[Shanemansj13]

GG @bksballer89

 

[Shanemansj13]

OSU beat #1 Oregon, #3 Penn State, what was Indiana when they beat them? like #9? Tennesee, Texas.....

obviously the playoff lends to this, but the # of really good teams OSU beat this year was ridiculous. Going through Tennesee, Oregon, Texas and ND to win the title is wild- they didnt have a SMU or any gimme game.

what a display of fortitude- they couldve folded after that Michigan game but instead they came together and played great football and beat Tenn by 25, Oregon by 20, Texas by 14, and Notre Dame by 11.

They went through a gauntlet. The hardest road possible of the teams. What a turnaround. It’s unbelievable.

I will say if you win it in this new format you definitely have to earn it. Winning 3 or possibly 4 games like Ohio St did

 

[Shanemansj13]

Oh-io

 

[WiggyRuss]

gotta give ND credit- they never stopped fighting and made it a game when I thought it was pretty much over after the Buckeyes scored 10 to open the 3rd.

ND deserved to be in title game and showed it.

at the end of the day OSU's talent won out. all of blitz and Howard makes the throw to Jeremiah in single coverage.

 

[WiggyRuss]

They went through a gauntlet. The hardest road possible of the teams. What a turnaround. It’s unbelievable.

I will say if you win it in this new format you definitely have to earn it. Winning 3 or possibly 4 games like Ohio St did

if you were to re-rank- honestly- ND, Texas and Oregon would prob be 2, 3 and 4 or close- maybe PSU in there- no worse than beat 3 of other top 4 teams in the nation to win the title.

 

[WiggyRuss]

bringing back Downs on defense and Smith on offense is a nice way to start for next season. Gotta find some better corners though if you ask me.

QB should be interesting too. Losing Sawyer and Tuimoloau at DE is gonna hurt as well. Should be poised for another run though if they can get it together.

I wonder if Judkins comes back. Henderson is obv. gone. Judkins looked awesome today- that might be a spring board to the NFL- nothing left for him really. Would be nice if they gave him a nice NIL deal and he came back though.

 

[WiggyRuss]

I would love for the Browns to get Henderson and/or Sawyer in the early/middle rounds. I doubt Andrew Berry would take Sawyer though unfortunately.

 

[bksballer89]

GG @bksballer89

Game went as I expected. Just glad they showed some fight and went down swinging

 

[WiggyRuss]

ESPN's "Too Early" 2025 Rankings have 4 Big Ten Teams in the top 6.

Its funny how people though NIL would make CFB more lopsided but it has actually improved parity since none of these guys want to sit and they jump in the portal.

2nd year in a row for a Big Ten Champion. ND and PSU are climbing the rankings. Oregon looks to be really good. and then the Buckeyes- the only team in college football that seems to be good decade after decade.


Big Ten Rising

SEC falling

 

[Shanemansj13]

gotta give ND credit- they never stopped fighting and made it a game when I thought it was pretty much over after the Buckeyes scored 10 to open the 3rd.

ND deserved to be in title game and showed it.

at the end of the day OSU's talent won out. all of blitz and Howard makes the throw to Jeremiah in single coverage.

Yeah lots of people saying they didn’t deserve it is bs. They are fighters.

 

[Shanemansj13]

ESPN's "Too Early" 2025 Rankings have 4 Big Ten Teams in the top 6.

Its funny how people though NIL would make CFB more lopsided but it has actually improved parity since none of these guys want to sit and they jump in the portal.

2nd year in a row for a Big Ten Champion. ND and PSU are climbing the rankings. Oregon looks to be really good. and then the Buckeyes- the only team in college football that seems to be good decade after decade.


Big Ten Rising

SEC falling

Definitely more parity but the odds of a small school going through a gauntlet is slim to none. The winner will likely still be blue bloods

 

[WiggyRuss]

If I was a cynic I would say now that teams can LEGALLY pay players the SEC has lost its advantage. lol

 

[Shanemansj13]

bringing back Downs on defense and Smith on offense is a nice way to start for next season. Gotta find some better corners though if you ask me.

QB should be interesting too. Losing Sawyer and Tuimoloau at DE is gonna hurt as well. Should be poised for another run though if they can get it together.

I wonder if Judkins comes back. Henderson is obv. gone. Judkins looked awesome today- that might be a spring board to the NFL- nothing left for him really. Would be nice if they gave him a nice NIL deal and he came back though.

Ohio St will lose a lot of guys but they already got a handful of guys in the portal. Man question is QB-Sayin and reloading DL. New RB too, talented guys but not Judkins or Henderson.
Judkins is gone

 

[thunderc]

@bksballer89 Alvarez and Djokovic hooked up in a good one in Australia.

 

[bksballer89]

@bksballer89 Alvarez and Djokovic hooked up in a good one in Australia.

Yep watching. Can’t miss the goat in action

Smells like a 5 setter

 

[shopson67]

The Rams held Barkley to like 65 yards on 24 runs. Pretty great job stuffing it yesterday. But Barkley is a freak and killed them on the other 2 that could have been 10-15 yarders by any normal man.

Elliot being shaky was expected. Hope it doesn't bite them. Almost did.

But the Ravens just have to put the great Justin Tucker out there twice instead of doing monkey math early in the 3rd quarter. And they're probably in OT.

Those long runs by Barkley could've been done by any decent pro RB. Gaping holes and bad angles for support by the defense. At least Hurts had to break one tackle for his.

Did you see Tucker's season? He's fallen off quite a bit.

Maybe OT, but that's 1:30 back to Josh Allen to get into FG range.

 

[shopson67]

Andrews needs to retire it’s that simple

Yeah, he didn't just have his career high in TDs this year or anything on a career low in targets since his rookie year (per 17) due to their running game and improved WR play. He'll be 30 in September, he's not close to retiring. Overreaction, lol.

 

[shopson67]

That was a good game

Kinda shows that deciding the best teams based on regular season was pretty stupid when a lot of the teams don’t play each other. The new playoffs makes sure the best team actually wins

The extra bye weeks were a distinct disadvantage this year. Fix that and the timing of the transfer portal and we'll have a better product to judge IMO.