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I'm cautiously optimistic about next season. Arizona should be better, but it all depends on how the secondary and retooled offensive line come together. Anu is going to improve (he was great through most of the season, though he faded down the stretch), and the skill positions are deep as hell. Scooby's back, too, to terrorize Pac-12 offenses, which should help the defense a bunch. We also miss Oregon on the schedule, though we play @Stanford and @Washington. I mean, this year was a success beyond what anyone could have reasonably hoped for. Next year has the potential to be better. ROSE BOWL???
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Halah posted:Yeah, Zeke had something like 900 yards in the last four games, setting records in the last three, which is just madness. You can't really count on that over a whole season. Pfft, Zeke is totally going to break Barry's record by 300 yards. And given that Zeke put up all those yards against elite teams, he's obviously going to average 300 against the Hawaiis and Indianas of the world.
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Jan 13, 2015 18:44
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chaoslord posted:You mean the cool and good playoff system, right? I hope that both Arkansas and Tennessee are still ranked when they play. The Vols have to play at the Swamp and they have OU at home, while Texas A&M looks to be Arkansas' toughest game before Tennessee. So I think it looks doubtful, but I'm not buying Tennessee as a top 25 team until they prove it.
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Detroit_Dogg posted:They were the youngest team in the nation I think. Yeah. They had freshman all over the place. Their QB is going to be really good. Also on that game, there was a UT fan at the bar I was at and he was by far the nicest opposing fan I've ever interacted with, which is saying something given how nice Big Ten fans generally are. I kept watching that beating for way longer than I would have otherwise just because he was such a friendly dude and I was enjoying drinking and talking about football with him. He spent the whole pregame talking about what a great program Iowa was and how worried he was about the game, which I guess says something about how far Tennessee has fallen. So anyway I guess go Vols and go that dude.
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Jan 13, 2015 18:46
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Rad Valtar posted:One of ESPNs anchors just asked Kiper if Elliot should sit out next year since he can't enter the draft yet...What? Also all of the analyst are riding the Cardale hype train saying a good second round pick. I gotta think that's gonna cool off, but I suppose there's something to be said for not giving people a chance to pick apart your flaws. That is such an absurdly tiny sample size though.
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MourningView posted:I gotta think that's gonna cool off, but I suppose there's something to be said for not giving people a chance to pick apart your flaws. That is such an absurdly tiny sample size though. I wonder if the small sample size will end up helping him even more than that though. Like a GM telling himself "Ok, this guy is huge, has a monster arm, has done very well against elite competition, and he doesn't have much wear and tear on him despite his play style."
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Jan 13, 2015 18:55
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Cardale Jones is a redshirt sophomore, huh? Honestly... it's not the craziest idea in the world for him to declare right now. I mean, it's not a good idea for his development as a professional player, he clearly needs more experience, but his hype is through the roof, his stock can literally only go down from here.
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nate fisher posted:I hope that both Arkansas and Tennessee are still ranked when they play. The Vols have to play at the Swamp and they have OU at home, while Texas A&M looks to be Arkansas' toughest game before Tennessee. So I think it looks doubtful, but I'm not buying Tennessee as a top 25 team until they prove it.  The streak must live on
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A small sample size that likely won't get much bigger unless Barrett just falls apart altogether physically. Definitely needs to declare and bank on his hype. Then he has to perform well at camp or he'll just float into obscurity like Tajh 
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JT Jag posted:Cardale Jones is a redshirt sophomore, huh? If I were Jones I'd declare. There's no guarantee he's the starter next year considering Miller and Barrett will be healed up. If you declare you get a team to take a flyer on you in the 2nd-4th round (maybe higher since the position is so shallow this year,) draw a salary while holding a clipboard for the next few years while being able to cash in on every Ohio endorsement in existence and at worst be a washout/perennial NFL backup that keeps cashing checks. Considering his youth/inexperience he would probably be on the Rodgers plan with at least three years of waiting before he would have any expectations from a team standpoint. If he stays and starts he would be a guaranteed top 5 pick if he comes close to the success Ohio State had this year, but that's a lot of ifs.
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MourningView posted:I gotta think that's gonna cool off, but I suppose there's something to be said for not giving people a chance to pick apart your flaws. That is such an absurdly tiny sample size though. like you said there are worse ways to waste a mid to late round pick than on a dude thats got some good arm strength and size
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CubsWoo posted:If I were Jones I'd declare. There's no guarantee he's the starter next year considering Miller and Barrett will be healed up. If you declare you get a team to take a flyer on you in the 2nd-4th round (maybe higher since the position is so shallow this year,) draw a salary while holding a clipboard for the next few years while being able to cash in on every Ohio endorsement in existence and at worst be a washout/perennial NFL backup that keeps cashing checks. Considering his youth/inexperience he would probably be on the Rodgers plan with at least three years of waiting before he would have any expectations from a team standpoint. I think if you get a team with an aging QB where he can sit for a few years behind a guy like say Drew Brees and get paired with a good QB coach why wouldn't you take a flyer on him.
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Great White Hope posted:I wonder if the small sample size will end up helping him even more than that though. The Cardale Jones story is completely bonkers, though, so I could totally see something very silly happening with him.
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I can't tell if people are just being funny or they actually think TCU would've beaten Ohio State....
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Mahoning posted:I can't tell if people are just being funny or they actually think TCU would've beaten Ohio State.... What would lead you to doubt they could?
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Mahoning posted:I can't tell if people are just being funny or they actually think TCU would've beaten Ohio State.... well if VT can who couldn't (besides Oregon and Alabama lololololol) (TCU #1)
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Scarf posted:What would lead you to doubt they could? I don't doubt that they COULD. But it was pretty obvious that with the way Ohio State played at the end of the year, I don't think anyone was going to beat them. I mean, they completely shut down the Heisman Trophy winner last night and probably could've won 63-20 had they not tripped over their dicks for 3 quarters. I think an OSU-TCU game would have played out similarly.
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Mahoning posted:I can't tell if people are just being funny or they actually think TCU would've beaten Ohio State....
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Penn State took Ohio State to double overtime without any functional offense so I'm pretty sure TCU had a chance
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Cardale may be a redshirt sophomore, but he's actually 22 years old due to his prep school time. Staying 2 more years would actually be a negative in NFL scouts eyes.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Did you watch the snuff film that TCU filmed for the Peach Bowl? To be fair Ole Miss got shut out by Arkansas.
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Strobe posted:Nah man you don't understand OU did get obliterated, I think you mean Auburn. Which is also true.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Did you watch the snuff film that TCU filmed for the Peach Bowl? Yeah but they played a team from that garbage conference. I can't even remember what its called anymore.......
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MourningView posted:OU did get obliterated, I think you mean Auburn. Which is also true. I think he actually means Texas. That said, TCU didn't belong in the playoff. If you're going to argue a Big 12 team should have been in, you have to go with Baylor by virtue of them beating TCU.
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Scarf posted:What would lead you to doubt they could? It's entirely possible, as much as it's possible for any major team to beat any other major team. There's no argument to made for it beyond the theoretical. Every team TCU beat finished the season with 4+ losses. Xombie fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Jan 13, 2015 |
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Did you watch the snuff film that TCU filmed for the Peach Bowl? Ole Miss was pretty bad by the end of the season, though.
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Xombie posted:It's entirely possible, as much as it's possible for any major team to beat any other major team. Did you watch TCU play at all this year? They woodshedded just as many teams as Ohio State, and often more severely and had similar close-calls. The only notable difference is that they didn't lose to Virginia Tech.
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Scarf posted:Did you watch TCU play at all this year? They woodshedded just as many teams as Ohio State, and often more severely and had similar close-calls. Yeah but the important thing is that they will have a sweet co-champion banner to unveil, and didn't have to split the money with lesser teams that could have given them a champ game.
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Great White Hope posted:I think he actually means Texas. A 3 point loss to Baylor on the road isn't exactly conclusive as hell so we're going with the team that wasn't likely to poo poo the bed again in a bowl(sorry aff)
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TCU in conference play: Points for: 428 Points against: 223 Average margin per game: 22.7 points TCU did some major asskicking this year. OSU lost to Virginia Tech by two touchdowns.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I'm cautiously optimistic about next season. Arizona should be better, but it all depends on how the secondary and retooled offensive line come together. Anu is going to improve (he was great through most of the season, though he faded down the stretch), and the skill positions are deep as hell. Scooby's back, too, to terrorize Pac-12 offenses, which should help the defense a bunch. We also miss Oregon on the schedule, though we play @Stanford and @Washington. I mean, this year was a success beyond what anyone could have reasonably hoped for. Next year has the potential to be better. The Pac-12 South is going to be ridiculous next year.
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go3 posted:A 3 point loss to Baylor on the road isn't exactly conclusive as hell so we're going with the team that wasn't likely to poo poo the bed again in a bowl(sorry aff) Going into this year Baylor had a more recent bowl win against a vaguely meaningful team though?
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Scarf posted:Did you watch TCU play at all this year? They woodshedded just as many teams as Ohio State, and often more severely and had similar close-calls. Ohio State beat 3 teams that finished in the AP Top 5. TCU didn't beat a single team in the top 15. That doesn't say much except that TCU didn't really play many good teams, meanwhile Ohio State poo poo housed 2 of the 3 teams they played that finished in the top 5. Oh and the #13 team too. By a larger margin than TCU's Peach Bowl win.
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I don't get why people mentioning the VT loss. The only thing the team that lost to VT and the one that played last night have in common are the uniforms.
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Xombie posted:It's entirely possible, as much as it's possible for any major team to beat any other major team. Anyway this will be resolved when TCU and Ohio State make the playoffs next season.
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