Arena 2023-24 NCAA Football Discussion

That was a great championship game! Even though Bama won.

I thought Bama was going to lose when they missed that field goal in the last minute of the game, which lead into OT. And in OT after that first down sack by Georgia, I thought the game was over. No way was that Tagovailoa, the true freshman (could have been a drinking game with the amount of time "true freshman" was said in the game), would get Bama a touch down, much less a field goal after taking a sack. But got to give credit to Tagovailoa as he read the defense and wanted to look off the safety. In his post game interview, Tagovailoa said he could hit the outside WR if he could move the safety. He really didn't move the safety per se, but he froze the safety long enough to where the WR was wide open down the sideline. Incredible poise and composure by the true freshman after taking a sack in a high pressure moment as there are some NFL QBs that would crumble under that pressure. Tagovailoa is going to make the Crimson Tide scary next year at QB as it opens up their offense.

I feel sorry for Georgia, but hats off to the tide.

 

My question is why Tua wasn’t starting the whole year outside of being a true freshman? I know Jalen has put up a lot of nice numbers but Tua is the better pure passer.

 

Nick Saban seems like such a dick, I guess it's fitting he wins in a time when Trump is prez and KD cuts to GSW for a ring. But a great QB move and mad props to Tua, kid stepped into incredible circumstances and made some incredible plays. That's part of what makes college football (and sports in general!) fun and he turned that game into a crazy one.

I wanna say Nick Bosa sends him into whatever is beneath the turf at Mercedes-Benz stadium though. C'est la vie, maybe we'll see next year!

 

Did you end up going to the hospital in flip - flops?

 

Speaking of, mad props to Rodrigo the Georgia kicker too...dude was NAILING his ****

Feel better dude! At least all your ligaments are intact

 

Sumlin to Arizona. I think that's a fantastic hire for the Wildcats

 

Washington State QB found dead of an apparent suicide.

 

Was depression the reason for the suicide? I did not see anything in the article noting that was the cause. In any case, from the outside, it's hard to imagine why a young person like Tyler Hilinski would want to end his life when it would seem the world and life still has much to offer no matter how bad life seems to be.

 

We'll probably never know all the reasons, but depression absolutely has to be a factor. Question is what factors triggered the depression and cause it to be such a degree that he would want to take his own life?

 

Oh, I didn't see that--good for him! I'm still kind of steamed on his behalf though that it didn't work out with the Browns.

Spoiler

Maybe the Browns would've won a game this season if they'd given Shaw more of a chance.

 

Schiano rumored to be out of Ohio State and heading to the NFL / Patriots.

 

Cool bye, I never really liked that dude and Larry can step into his role yeah?

 

Yeah. I'm not upset in the least.

I mean. I was kinda upset when Tennessee decided to not hire him. But more laughing at Tennessee.

 

Interesting offseason "What if?" about the current National Champions

 

Former Tennessee head coach Butch Jones likely to end up at Alabama

The meme man that keeps on memeing Does Saban just look for the most memed coach that was recently fired for having bad seasons and hiring them as a way to say "look at how much better I am at football than you"?

 

A fantastic hypothetical question in today's SI.com Dear Andy Mailbag:

If you could clone one player in College Football history one time to get a full 85-man roster, which player would you pick?


I'm going to need a little time to answer, but I promise I will provide my answer - likely to be a Buckeye.

 

College Bo Jackson?

 

Cam Newton / Vince Young/ Terrell Pryor all seem to be in a similar mold for what's going on there. You have to give up something in order to get there. Probably the right answer if we're being honest is someone in that mold.

I kind of want to go outside the box with Orlando Pace who I maintain is the best the college football player I've ever seen. Yeah, my secondary is going to get absolutely torched, but have you seen my pass rush? And my ability to run the ball? I'm going to bleed the clock and run every down, and dare you stop me. Four yards and a thunderstorm of dust, baby.

 

Sounds like it's time to fire up Madden...