I’m still on cloud 9 as I write this. After winning the SEC championship, everything from this point on is just gravy. I’ll get into the game in a bit, but I still have the privilege to share the misery and genius of the message board universe.
Let’s start our trip up in Charlotte where the Greater Anderson Cow College played 3D chess for the regular season.
“We have the smarts.” Yeah, right. I’m guessing this genius is making Beef & Cheddar sandwiches after getting promoted from the curly fryer at the Anderson Arby’s.
Clemson blows a big lead over SMU and then kicks a 56 yard field goal on the game’s final play to get their ticket punched as the 12 seed to the CFP. Their reward is a trip to Austin to take on a Texas team that knows it has a favorable draw to the semifinals if they can beat the Tiggers before Christmas. This seems like a terrible matchup for Clemson given how the Georgia front 7 overwhelmed the Clemson offensive line in Atlanta. The question is whether Sark can rebuild Quinn Ewers’s confidence over the next 2 weeks to have him ready to make a playoff run.
Let’s go check in on the state of mind of the Bammer Nation after they find that their dance card is sending them to (checks notes) Tampa for the Reliaquest Bowl for a Rose Bowl rematch with Michigan instead of their rightful place in the ESPN Invitational.
Bammers online everywhere are trying to gaslight the entire college football world by saying “they wuz robbed” and so Greg Byrne should cancel every high-profile OOC game for eternity. They lost 3 games in the conference to unranked opponents including an embarrassing loss to Oklahoma in Norman. The Vandy loss also hasn’t aged well.
SMU’s comeback makes it easy for the committee to make the decision take out Alabama. Once again, Finebaum should be a joy later this afternoon.
Roll Tears Roll.
Let’s head to downtown Atlanta to check on the Hamburgers after the Dawgs win the SEC and take the #2 ranking and overall seed.
Any Shorthorn making a comment about officiating and SEC favoritism just makes me laugh. To my view on the game, Texas had their chances to get total control of the game in the first half but could only scrape out a 6-3 lead at the break due to a turnover, penalties, missed field goals and Georgia pass pressure. When you really watch the game closely, Texas really only generated yards off big plays even a couple of improvising plays.
When the Dawgs went to Gunner, it was like the light came on for the offensive line. They started moving the Texas defense and the receivers seemed to decide to start catching the ball (Get well soon, Carson). The fake punt and the drive that culminated from it was beautiful … scoring a TD there would have been the only thing to make it perfect.
To me, the most valuable player of the game was the Georgia front 7. They dominated the Texas run game that had been so potent, and you can’t say enough about the 6 sacks and how those sacks completely affected the game.
To end our trip, let’s take the MARTA east and north lines to North Avenue to check in on the Birmingham Bowl bound Jacketasses of StinkTalk.
Those self-proclaimed geniuses don’t even know how the format of the expanded playoff is supposed to work. I can’t blame them … when they have no reason to understand it, we shouldn’t be surprised when some Dudd-like nerd tries to use the FSU argument to say we shouldn’t be in (note the time of the comment at 10 pm). That commenter was probably watching cricket or quidditch world championship reruns or participating in a tricycle race before a big tickle pile.
In summary, that bunch makes it really easy to hate them for the real inferiority complex dumbass little brothers they are. I hope Diego Pavia goes full Auburn on their asses in Birmingham.
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog!
What did you see on Championship Saturday? Let us know in the comments below.
Any Texass fan who watched the first matchup and saw officials change a call that is not reviewable, watches their team tiptoe through the tulips of the softest SEC schedule ever devised, and then watches their team amass close to 300 yards offense in the first half to only score 6 points and have THAT take is likely smoking Matthew’s weed budget from Dazed and Confused.
And the Nerds don’t understand the CFP format because they never have to worry about that level of success. What dorks. Tuck Fech.
The SEC hasn’t called holding on offensive lineman during a pass since Peyton Manning played in the league.
Clemson didn’t get a single penalty Saturday. Not One.
Oh, and guess who was complaining about penalties? Ole Doug Whiner himself, James Franklin. The ratio was 5 to 3.
Instead of calling Texas the hamburgers, how about the short ribs? Little more double edged. 😉
I like it.
The McRibs.
Or just Steers. They are after all, sans balls.
Funny thing is they did call a holding call on our center, but wasn’t a hold IMO. He had his hands well inside.
Have to agree with the Bama guy, the SEC and $ankey did in fact fail….
Saban was clearly upset yesterday on ESPN. He kept rambling about strength of schedule, and even misspoke a couple of times as if he was still Bama’s coach playing an SEC schedule. Missing this playoff is a huge deal for the Gumps. I don’t think they have big time NIL money. Playoff exposure is a major selling point to attract recruits and players, and the Bama brand is officially in decline. Ryan Williams could be the youngest player to hit the transfer portal.
Watching Saban wear a Crimson blazer and whine about Bama was probably the best thing I’ll see all week.
Round the bowl,
And down the hole.
Roll Tide Roll.
HBTFD
Sure wish we could get off the field on third down.3rd and Schuman?????? just sayin’.
Don’t you do that Ricky Bobby, don’t you put that jinx on that boy.
The CFP is whack. They value all wins the same. Saban isn’t wrong, wins against crappy teams have the same value as wins against ranked teams. Otherwise SMU and Indiana are never in the conversation. Loses are ranked though. And rather arbitrarily in some cases. SMU loses close to a three loss Clemson team that wasn’t ranked in the top 12. But they both get in based solely on the fact that it was a conference championship. If conference leadership is smart they quit playing championship games and start remaking schedules to make the season as easy as possible for as many teams as possible. Unfortunately, this won’t happen for the same reason we’re destroying the game we all used to love. Money. The idiots in charge will “fix” these problems by expanding the field and creating additional brackets. Because we all know at least 16 to 24 teams are legitimate national championship contenders every year. There are times when I’m sort of happy I’m old and on the downhill side of the bell curve of my life trajectory.
Same.
Sorry, it was 2 unranked opponents plus the hillbillies.
That afternoon and evening couldn’t have gone any better. We moved into a new house on 11/18 and this was our first time entertaining guest. This house is almost twice the size or our old home in Dunwoody.
Anyway let me set the picture. We have a nearly 2K sq ft basement with a bar! The home theater area was perfect for a group of old friends, 3 of which I met my sophomore year back in 1982. We had a great time drinking, eating and watching a classic SECCG. As the final play unfolded we were all standing in anticipation, and erupted with joy as Etienne bulldozed into the endzone. The best part we my wife yelling “Suck it Texas!” Oh what a great day!
Query: It looks like the matchups for the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl won’t be set until after the New Years Day games (i.e., they are not fixed on the top/bottom of the bracket yet).
Anyone find anything on how that process works? I am assuming Oregon would get to choose and they’d choose first? Dallas is only half the travel as Miami for them, but maybe they don’t want to play Texas there???
I can’t imagine Oregon is going to choose to play in Miami even if they have to play Texas in Dallas.
I saw yesterday that our half of the bracket goes to Orange and the other half goes to Cotton.
Lived in Texas for over 25 years. Lots of great friends. Every f’ing horns fan among them (which is most) are sore losers. Oh, well. We now know what they mean holding up their 2 fingers…it’s how many times Georgia beat’em! 🤣. #FTMF
Great weekend. I bought really good tickets because of the price drop. My wife and I went up and stayed near the Benz. Last minute deal. Dawgs were awesome. Texas fans we saw were nice, but seemed humiliated. Went to a bar and had too many beers watching Clemson and SMU put the Elephants out! EE is right, it’s all gravy from here!
Love all of the gnashing of teeth and whining from the Bama, Texas & GT message boards. Clemson fans are just stupid (just like their HC). It’s funny that the 2 most favored/privileged teams in college football (Bama and Texas) think that conspiracies are why they didn’t get their way when it was their own fault. Texas should have had more than 6 points in the first half of the SECCG and Bama should have beaten Vandy and Oklahoma if only both teams had played better!
https://www.reddit.com/r/georgiabulldogs/s/vNE9x1a5ct
Speaking of genius, did y’all see this? LOL