If you're the (3) or (4) seed, then you would still be in the same boat.
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CFB 2013 |Bowl Games| FSU IS BACK BABY, JAMEIS HEI5MAN, & GATAS IN THE TOILET BOWL!
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You know it's bad when you have a CALSU fan clowning on your team.
Plus, a lot of the fans that can't afford to go to both games may opt to skip the first one, thinking that if they can only go one they'd prefer it be the championship. Attendance for the first round of the playoff in general could suffer a bit.
On the other hand, the cities they're currently picking for playoff cities definitely have an infrastructure advantage over having the games at home stadiums. Home stadium teams likely wouldn't even know if they're hosting a game or not until the last week of the season; can you imagine a city like Boise having only a month or so to get together a plan for that much media and festivities for what could be up to a week pre-game? Media already has trouble finding hotel rooms and such for things like College Gameday in cities like Lubbock, Stillwater, or Manhattan (Kansas), and a playoff game would have both media and fan attention that would dwarf Gameday.
sf2fanatic
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Beth Mowens has some beautiful eyes for an average lady..
It's a good thing that it's cheaper to fly around the holidays, right? (I know it's not, fan inclusiveness was clearly not a factor in any of the new system. Good thing we'll have a TRUE CHAMPION™ determined by a playoff of 4 teams from the 493052493450 that comprise Division IA.)
Purple Cheeto
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One thing I read a bunch of after Saturday was how good attendance was for all the bowls except Boise and most people were attributing it to regional matchups played at stadiums relatively close to both schools.
I don't know how much this will matter for the playoff but I think it shows that even for low tier bowls there is interest with the right matchups.
I don't know how much this will matter for the playoff but I think it shows that even for low tier bowls there is interest with the right matchups.
devildog820
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So, truly101, how should I feel about this Roper fellow?
Mark Long ‏@APMarkLong
Even with Duke OC Kurt Roper visiting today, Gators coach Will Muschamp has NOT offered job to anyone -- at least not yet
Seems like we are still waiting till after Jan 1st bowls.
Purple Cheeto
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Boise State sent their QB home from Hawaii for peeing off a hotel balcony.
Adjust your pick ems accordingly.
Adjust your pick ems accordingly.
Fall of the Boise St program
Seth Emerson ‏@SethEmerson 9m
News: Georgia has suspended S Josh Harvey-Clemons and CB Sheldon Dawson for the Gator Bowl. Violation of team rules, per announcement.
No Balcony involved, though.
GoldenEye 007
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I love how UCF is getting shit from some in the media for people not being able to afford a $500-$700 flight to Arizona while other BCS teams are getting a pass. UCF didn't even sell the least out of the BCS teams.
And goddamn bowls are a scam. Finally really saw it in practice.
And goddamn bowls are a scam. Finally really saw it in practice.
bucknuticus
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Another bowl update, Gardner for Michigan could be out for their game.
NEOPARADIGM
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bucknuticus
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FIrst time i saw that Nike commercial couple months back made me laugh, its pretty good.
perfectchaos007
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There are a lot of theories floating around about what truly transpired over that week, but bottom line is Mack's gone. Thats all I care about. Although if this report is true, I wish Powers was man enough to tell Mack that he was fired instead of using a page (Patterson), and to let Mack know he was being fired because Powers job depended on it.
Randolph Freelander
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"Sources" are now saying Florida is making the hire, with some confirmation from the local Duke beat writer
http://espn.go.com/college-football...da-gators-hire-kurt-roper-duke-blue-devils-oc
yeah so much for that lol.
This time of year most are assuming that's academics.
Whelp, so be it. Funny that Pat Dooley just yesterday said the wait for an OC hire would probably take until Jan 1st and beyond since the search was probably wider than the recent speculation of Roper. Hope for some of that Duke to Florida magic like when Spurrier came to UF (lofty, unreasonable hope -- more realistic hope is that the offense at least looks better in 2014 so that there isn't a reprise of "GATAS IN THE TOILET BOWL" -- of course this will probably require a much better performance by the O-line, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed).
Anyway, hopefully Duke finds a good replacement for Roper though I'm sure Cutcliffe could probably manage being the HBC and OC if pressed.
sf2fanatic
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Too bad Rose and MNC game is not being played this week. Sunny and beautiful right now. Feels more like the end of summer days.
killertofu
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Should we be excited about this hire...?
I thought it was a reference to Tyler Bray throwing beer bottles at cars a couple years ago.
GoldenEye 007
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Yes yes implode more Boise.
poor jamesinclair
Not a splash hire by any means, but could be very solid. He runs an up tempo spread.
GoldenEye 007
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To be fair, Boise has been good for like 10+ years.
So many low level BCS teams sucking on the welfare teat of the actual good teams above them. Those are the ones who should be called out!
When Roper ran plays that suited our personnel, he was good, when he didn't, welp. We ran a shitload of bubble screens when Connor Vernon was the number 1 guy, because he was great at making the 1st defender miss and getting yards. Our other receivers, not so much. Both he and Cut forgot for a good while that Duke had a competent running game. Once he realized this, he could make use of the personnel and did a good job. If you have a shitty QB though, get used to a lot of screen and sideline passes.
EDIT: On the plus side, rumors are floating that Cut will try to get another former QB to join his staff. If Tee Martin came to Duke, that would be huge.
I hate Tee Martin. He is such a dick.
"Ooh look at me, my name is Tee I think I will beat the Noles."
Stupid Tee.
GoldenEye 007
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The NJ Devil ESPN elevator commercial is a top 3 ESPN commercial easy.
If he comes to Duke, we will probably promote Scotty Montgomery and Tee will either be WR coach or QB coach. I don't know if Zach Roper is going with his brother or not.
I thought you guys only cared about the national championship game?
zyxwvu4321
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Merry Christmas CFB folks!
GodfatherX
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Merry Christmas CFGaf
not a christmas present, actually got this back in october but finally got done unpacking most of our stuff from the move and put this in a semi permanent place
not a christmas present, actually got this back in october but finally got done unpacking most of our stuff from the move and put this in a semi permanent place