Oh my apologies. I guess just the group of IU fans I watched the game with. They were literally pissed by his coaching and gutless calls the entire game saying how different it was. Then again they probably arent on the Purdue board after midnight still seeking validation.
He coached scared against ND.
So then 68 is clearly way too many for college basketball right? Can't be having blowouts in the first round anymore. Are you sure 4 isn't too many? Considering the amount of blowouts in the first round of the 4 team playoff? Maybe 2 is too many. Can't have any blowouts in the national championship game right, so let's just pick the champion without playing the game.
Since you're just soooooo worried about blowouts...
Na you and he are obsessed with how much time you spend here begging for our approval. Most would get what I meant since it has been mentioned many times, but you being not the sharpest bulb has to have it explained to you it seems.
You sure are with how much time you spend here instead of with your kids oh deadbeat dad. We are living rent free in your empty head 24x7 because we aren't bowing down and worshiping your indinia loosiers.. and it clearly bothers you.
How did IU do against NIU? That would've been harder than any of the non conference games they scheduled.
I'm against unnecessary blowouts. I'm for giving power conference champions a shot. If blowouts occur there, so be it. I don't need or want to see the fourth best team from any conference blown out.
The “facts” were weighed by a national committee of experts who found them worthy of inclusion in the CFP. As the ninth best team in the nation and the ten seed. That “wrongly” characterization is your… opinion. And that’s all good. Message boards are great for opinions!
They paid to have 3 wins. Hey still played 9 conference games. It just happens that Nebraska fell off after the IU game, Northwestern, Maryland, Michigan, Washington all fell off from last season. Indiana has no power there but they took care of business and blew the doors off everyone on the schedule besides Michigan and Ohio State. Indiana without a doubt deserved where they got to by doing what the teams behind them couldn't do, WIN.
IU won 11 games. So they got in. You can argue that. I know the Alabama fans are pissed because of the eye test. Which is how selections were made in the past. The media has to stop complaining because their favorite blue blood didn’t get selected. And there is no way to compare schedules without deep analysis which was the computer model we didn’t like either. So there is bias and the human element.
Complete domination by their opponents in those games.
You’re delusional if you thought indiana had a chance to beat ND in Bloomington. They were completely mismatched. Home field is an advantage but it’s 2.5-3 points. The home team won each game because they were the better team. And it wasn’t even close.
It was a good season for them, but at the end of the day they didn't beat anyone good. Wouldn't trade that whole season for any of our top 5 upsets under Brohm. Hopefully Odom will bring back respectability. You should hope IU didn't make the same mistake with Cignetti they did with Allen after 2020.
Glad you think so. Many disagree and criteria will likely change going forward based on what IU did this season. It is funny to me that nobody could see this coming with 18 team conferences now a thing. There is probably going to be a B1G or SEC team every year that dodges most of the top teams at the top of the conference. Then the formula is simply to be a better than average team and schedule yourself wins out of conference. Of courses TV won't like that and things will change because of the money. But kudos to IU for being in the right place at the right time.
Yeah I can. I have.
Yes, I believe all but probably SMU would have better chances at home. Especially Tennessee and Clemson. A home crowd helps a ton.
I just don't see any reason for any Big Ten team to schedule an extra big game out of conference. A team like Alabama may schedule a Wisconsin but that's essentially just a 9th conference game and the other 3 are gimme games.
Yes. 2.5-3 points. Lots of data points. Don’t let facts / science / math get in the way of logic.
The norm is only a few haves and a whole bunch of have nots. Lots of lousy games and many fans will lose interest. Count me as one of them.
Considering the numbers for the Ohio St-Tenn and IU/ND games... No one is losing interest. Those games absolutely killed it.
You're wasting your time trying to reason with facts to the Indinia fans. It's like trying to explain Physics to your toddler... sure they look at you like they understand or are interested, but reality they just sit their drooling on themselves while they try not to crap their pants.
Not necessarily -- it's a sliding scale with subjectivity no matter how many are selected. Last year? FSU was the lightning rod for unfair treatment. If someone is an SEC all-in fan? Then this year's oversight was Bama or maybe S. Carolina.
Your response and how you 100% missed what I said proves my point better than I could have hoped.
No, I didn't miss anything and it did not prove any point. You deliberately and repeatedly spelled Indiana wrong, and then equated the entirety of over 1,000,000 alums, students, and in-state friends and relatives to drooling toddlers who don't understand, crap their pants, and dress like clowns.
Without a doubt. 16 is a great number. No byes. No need for auto seeds. And it'd be incredibly difficult to win a national championship. Home field for the Top 8. Neutral sites after.
You make it seem like the 4 team playoff was super competitive. I'll give you a hint, it wasn't.
Accept your premise, BUT they also deserve total ridicule for playing some of the worst football I’ve ever seen and wasting their one shot (they wont be back). And it was against a suspect ND team that basically put their offense (Love) on the sidelines after the longest td run in playoff history to rest his knee.
