Football2016-2017 season (Page 5 of 8)

The Packers players and coaches need to go to intensive care they stink! Fire McCarthy,Dom Capers and get some fresh blood in the receiving corp even if you have to pay the big bucks for quality players the defense has more holes then a food strainer the offensive line totally sucks end of rant

That's 9 losses in a row for the forty niners,I think Seattlewon and Green bay is playing tonight I think.

I hope your huskies can pull something through. I hope your Seahawks do also. I am embarrassed to be a forty niner fan right now 10 losses in a row!!

The Bucs have won 3 in a row and I think this team is learning how to win and believe in themselves. Although still open to force the ball on occasion, Jameis Winston has thus far proven to be an upstanding citizen, a team leader and most importantly, a winner. The defense was certainly impressive in holding the Hawks to only 5 points.   

I am also becoming a believer in these Cowboys - I've been waiting on the bubble to burst all year, but Prescott and Elliott (behind the best OL in football) continue to impress week after week. Even with a suspect D, this team is really special - I cannot think of a tandem of rookies that have performed this well - ever.

With conference championship games still to be played this weekend, the last NCAA regular-season rankings have been released.  #1 is 12-0 Bama with wins over #11,14,21,and 22.  They will play #15 Florida for the SEC championship.  Win or lose they will be in the playoff.  #2 is 11-1 OSU with their #1 strength of schedule, having beaten #5,6,and 9 and a loss to #7. They won't be in the Big 10 championship game but I don't think the committee will drop them from the playoffs. Jim Hairball has been whining all week about "the spot" that supposedly cost #5 UM the game (although he doesn't mention the lost fumble and 2 picks) and there must be 10,000 pix posted on the net by Michigan fans "proving" Barrett didn't make the line of gain on 4th down but none of them show his forward progress before falling back.  Overhead shots show he not only made it, the refs may have spotted the ball a little short of his forward progress. As Jerome said, the Buckeyes won't be playing for the Big 10 championship, they have the best over-all record in the Big 10 but #7 PSU wins the in-conference tie breaker and will play #6 Wisconsin. The Lions are 10-2 with a win over #2 and losses to #5 and 25,  the #6 Badgers are also 10-2 with a win over #21 and losses to #2 and #5. Ranked at #3 is11-1 Clemson. Their strength of schedule is ranked 8th and they have wins over teams ranked 12, 13, 14 and a loss to #25.  They meet #23 Va Tech in their championship game and a win will put them in the playoffs.  At #4 is 11-1 Washington. They have the weakest strength of schedule (#15) among the top-ranked teams with wins over #18 and 20 and a loss to #11.  Still, if they win over #8 Colorado this weekend, it'll  beef up their resume and they'll be in the four-team playoff.  Should be an exiciting weekend of college football.

I'm a big Buckeye fan, but it seems odd that OSU is ranked #2 even though they can't be in the Big 10 conference championship. I'm not sure in my mind that they are currently one of the best 4 teams in college football.  They are the youngest of all the  "Power 5" teams, playing a lot of freshmen and sophomores so they are pretty inconsistent in their performance. Guess it'll all shake out soon and maybe they'll surprise me.

DE

Pac-12 Championship game today!   Go Dawgs!

That's good, because they're playing Colorado.     SC will most likely end up in the Rose Bowl, which will be an injustice to whoever loses tonight.

It was on Fox.  The Huskies won convincingly.   It was good because Jake Browning, the UW QB, had a *terrible* game.  Something like five completions the whole night.  So they just fed their running backs the rock and let the O-Line smash holes all the way to the end zone.  End result was 41 points and something like 65% of the minutes holding the ball.

So its UW v Alabama in the Peach Bowl for the right to play in the national championship game.   UW should expect to be heavy underdogs.  Alabama is huge and fast everywhere so any mistake will cost.

Ohio State is going to wreck Clemson.

Glad to see the Huskies make the playoffs.  I hope you're right Jerome, but 'm not too sure about the Buckeyes against Clemson.  Hopefully coach Meyer will have them playing better than they did their last few games.  I thought that Penn State might replace OSU in the top four.  I think they were the better team at the end of the season, but having two losses was too much to overcome with the committee.

Yeah, JV. 

Jake Browning - 21st in the nation in passing yards, ahead of Jalen Hurtz who isn't even in the top 40.     Browning is the sixth ranked QB in the nation  by QBR.  Hurts is #23.

Miles Gaskin - 15th in the nation in rushing yards, ahead of Damien Harris, who isn't even in the top 40.   The Huskies #2 rusher, Lavon Coleman,  is a 228lb hammer that is 150 yards short of a thousand for the season.  The Tides #2 rusher is.... Jalen Hurts.

John Ross - One of the fastest guys in FBS and the #23 receiver in the country by yards, ahead of ArDarius Steward, who isn't even in the top 40.

If anyone has JV players, it's Alabama's offense.  It's a one trick pony ridden by Jalen Hurts,  an undeniable absolute thoroughbred of an athlete.   Their offense is essentially "Jalen Runs the Ball."   We see what happens when they run into a tough run defense like LSUs.   The Tide lives and dies with it's defense, which is phenomenal.  It's ranked #1 in the nation, and it isn't even close.  However,  UW's is 10th, so they are really good, too.   

The key to this game offensively for the Huskies is going to be if John Ross and Jake Browning can take the top off of that Alabama defense so that Miles Gaskin and Lavon Coleman can find room to run.  Defensively it's going to be about containing Jalen Hurts and forcing him to beat them with his arm, rather than his legs.   UW has three "Sunday players" in their backfield.   What will hurt them defensively is a season ending injury to middle linebacker Aziz Victor.  That guy was an edge to edge tank, and he broke his leg against USC.

Should be a good game.