2015 NCAA Football Thread

[FinsUp1214]

I have to admit, the Cotton Bowl was excruciatingly boring. I'd have much rather sat through an entire Twilight marathon.

It doesn't help matters that I usually find Alabama to be excruciatingly boring anyways and Michigan State was lethargic from the start. That just made for a cocktail of snooze. I really hope the NCG is a much better game.

Well, onto tomorrow! I think we're in for some really good ones.

[TheRicSlick]

I would've liked to score some points, but just being in the playoffs was great.

That raises this question, how would Iowa have fared against Bama?

[DEAD!]

Well, I guess Michigan State was like a lot guys without dates on New Year's Eve ... shutout.

[JayMac]

I think the National Championship should be good. Two pretty good offenses, and the defenses aren't too bad either.

[MJWalker45]

As good as Jake Coker played last night, I think Clemson will be a much bigger challenge. Michigan State's DBs were burnt like that all season. I don't think Coker will be able to get receivers that wide open against Clemson. The big if for Clemson will be containing Henry. Michigan State did a decent job in that respect. Also a far healthier and much more mobile quarterback causes Alabama fits. My heart says Clemson takes it but my head says Saban has a few more tricks in his bag that no one has seen yet.

[dfwabel]

Good job, Playoffs. Your "new tradition" really did forget that many Americans are still at work on NYE and not all are university employees or students.

Early ratings:

Cotton Bowl 9.9 overnight; Orange 9.7

For comparison, last years semifinals Rose (15.5) and Sugar (15.3), however according to ESPN it was 2nd & 3rd best ever streaming for WatchESPN (non-World Cup),behind only last year's CFP title game.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jksports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[hbgoo1975]

Why do I have the feeling that every Pac 12 team except for the Bruins and Trojans will win their Bowl Games this year? Which they did except for three more who have yet to play.

[See Red]

Yikes, Florida. Not completely unexpected, though.

[MJWalker45]

Good job, Playoffs. Your "new tradition" really did forget that many Americans are still at work on NYE and not all are university employees or students.

Early ratings:

Cotton Bowl 9.9 overnight; Orange 9.7

For comparison, last years semifinals Rose (15.5) and Sugar (15.3), however according to ESPN it was 2nd & 3rd best ever streaming for WatchESPN (non-World Cup),behind only last year's CFP title game.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jksports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The Michigan State/Alabama game started at 8 PM EST. I think the fact it was a blowout in the second half played a part. I know a lot of people were not working where I was at when the first game started. So those who wanted to watch the game live had the ability to do so. The only one's that should have been cranky were the New Years Eve shows.

[2001mark]

Good job, Playoffs. Your "new tradition" really did forget that many Americans are still at work on NYE and not all are university employees or students.

Early ratings:

Cotton Bowl 9.9 overnight; Orange 9.7

For comparison, last years semifinals Rose (15.5) and Sugar (15.3), however according to ESPN it was 2nd & 3rd best ever streaming for WatchESPN (non-World Cup),behind only last year's CFP title game.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jksports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

I was thinking last night, if they ever went to 8 team playoff, it'd probably be too much to care about.

[FinsUp1214]

*watching the Rose Bowl*

And....Christian McCaffery didn't win the Heisman...why?

[MJWalker45]

He didn't play Iowa a month ago? For supposedly one of the better defenses in the country, they look awful.

[2001mark]

Rose Bowl only on TSN2 in Canada. And Bell Media wonders why we hate them.

[Cujo]

Rose Bowl only on TSN2 in Canada. And Bell Media wonders why we hate them.

35-0. You're missing nothing.

[dfwabel]

Good job, Playoffs. Your "new tradition" really did forget that many Americans are still at work on NYE and not all are university employees or students.

Early ratings:

Cotton Bowl 9.9 overnight; Orange 9.7

For comparison, last years semifinals Rose (15.5) and Sugar (15.3), however according to ESPN it was 2nd & 3rd best ever streaming for WatchESPN (non-World Cup),behind only last year's CFP title game.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jksports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The Michigan State/Alabama game started at 8 PM EST. I think the fact it was a blowout in the second half played a part. I know a lot of people were not working where I was at when the first game started. So those who wanted to watch the game live had the ability to do so. The only one's that should have been cranky were the New Years Eve shows.

Network New Year's programming did just fine and was better than 2014.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/01/01/tv-ratings-thursday-dec-31-2015/

[Rockstar Matt]

Is Stanford that good or is Iowa extremely overrated (akin to Florida St last season)?

[hbgoo1975]

Iowa is getting killed out there.

[DS729]

It seems the CFB Playoff/New Year's Six has seemed to hit a Sophmote slump (barring the title game). A lot of blowouts between teams we had thought were equal and were "great" matchups for another.

Also, hopefully this year's Stanford changes the committee's thoughts regarding 2-loss teams. It's ridicolous to completely ignore a team because they have a "2" over in the loss column. And nice to see the B1G undo all of the "progress" they made last year in the bowl season (save for Ohio State).

[TheRicSlick]

All the games today have been blowouts, so much for the New Years football excitement.

[MJWalker45]

Is Stanford that good or is Iowa extremely overrated (akin to Florida St last season)?

I think Iowa went out with the big eyes and got caught up in the moment and were overwhelmed. Stanford did pull out all the stops but even without the trick plays they were just dialed in while Iowa was happy to be there.