They got it right this time. The right four teams in the playoff. The right bowl matchups. The right Heisman winner.
Overall - we naysayers have little to fuss about this past season. Sure we can rant about the overrated teams (Penn State, Utah, Minnesota) and who really had the toughest schedule (Bama?) or even the final rankings (why was Georgia so high). But "they" really are getting better at putting together the playoff and I hope it continues.
Some great bowl games
BYU-Hawaii was fun with the Warriors taking a quick 14-0 lead only to be held nearly scoreless the 2nd half by BYUs defense. BYU pulled ahead but then made some odd calls down the stretch as if they wanted to give Hawai'i a shot - and Hawai'i took it to pull out the W.
Georgia payed better than last year's flat bowl loss to Texas. Maybe they manned-up about losing out on the playoff and went out and did what they should of done last year. It was their best game since early-season.
Speaking of Texas, they may stumble during the season but their past two bowl outings have been dominant wins over Georgia and Utah. And somethin' just ain't right at Utah. For Whittingham to have his worst games in the Pac-12 Championship and then not be able to nullify that loss with a solid bowl win is just very un-Utah like. There must be something else going on behind the scenes...
The playoff games were a blast, as they have been the past few years. Usually in a blow-out win like LSU over Oklahoma I stop watching in the 3rd quarter. But I couldn't look away - LSU was just too good to not keep watching. And the Clemson-Ohio State back-and-forth even kept my wife interested!
Weird seeing Alabama out of the playoff but they took care of business as expected. The SEC in general did, winning 8 of 10 bowl appearances. The PAC-12 didn't live up to its "yea but we play each other" hype as evidenced in a 4-3 bowl season. And the Big 12 with one win, just one?
The Championship Game
Once LSU figured out the Clemson defense there was no stopping them. Kudos to Clemson for controlling early and confusing the LSU offense from the start - they did their homework. But championship teams are the ones best at making in-game adjustments and the LSU coaching staff did just that to perfection. Clemson tried to do the same but simply had no chance once LSU got rolling. What a great overall team - coaches and players and fans. Congrats!
Overall - we naysayers have little to fuss about this past season. Sure we can rant about the overrated teams (Penn State, Utah, Minnesota) and who really had the toughest schedule (Bama?) or even the final rankings (why was Georgia so high). But "they" really are getting better at putting together the playoff and I hope it continues.
Some great bowl games
BYU-Hawaii was fun with the Warriors taking a quick 14-0 lead only to be held nearly scoreless the 2nd half by BYUs defense. BYU pulled ahead but then made some odd calls down the stretch as if they wanted to give Hawai'i a shot - and Hawai'i took it to pull out the W.
Georgia payed better than last year's flat bowl loss to Texas. Maybe they manned-up about losing out on the playoff and went out and did what they should of done last year. It was their best game since early-season.
Speaking of Texas, they may stumble during the season but their past two bowl outings have been dominant wins over Georgia and Utah. And somethin' just ain't right at Utah. For Whittingham to have his worst games in the Pac-12 Championship and then not be able to nullify that loss with a solid bowl win is just very un-Utah like. There must be something else going on behind the scenes...The playoff games were a blast, as they have been the past few years. Usually in a blow-out win like LSU over Oklahoma I stop watching in the 3rd quarter. But I couldn't look away - LSU was just too good to not keep watching. And the Clemson-Ohio State back-and-forth even kept my wife interested!
Weird seeing Alabama out of the playoff but they took care of business as expected. The SEC in general did, winning 8 of 10 bowl appearances. The PAC-12 didn't live up to its "yea but we play each other" hype as evidenced in a 4-3 bowl season. And the Big 12 with one win, just one?
The Championship Game
Once LSU figured out the Clemson defense there was no stopping them. Kudos to Clemson for controlling early and confusing the LSU offense from the start - they did their homework. But championship teams are the ones best at making in-game adjustments and the LSU coaching staff did just that to perfection. Clemson tried to do the same but simply had no chance once LSU got rolling. What a great overall team - coaches and players and fans. Congrats!