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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #308 on: December 28, 2018, 03:34:19 PM »
I'm not right about stuff very often, but have seen this narrative unfold on countless occasions. 
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #309 on: December 28, 2018, 03:35:31 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 28, 2018, 01:44:17 PM
I feel a bit saddened for Mark Richt.  I can't help him any of course.  He's a truly nice guy (most of the time).

I fear he's just in a bad spot.
Why?  
He's nice...and?
He's in the job he applied for and accepted.  
He's a grown man millionaire who "fell" to a helmet program...why would anyone spend a moment feeling sad for him?!?
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #310 on: December 28, 2018, 03:36:49 PM »
I feel sad for Richt.  
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #311 on: December 28, 2018, 03:39:36 PM »
Tennessee beat Auburn @ Auburn.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #312 on: December 28, 2018, 03:41:16 PM »
yeah, but Auburn is motivated today

the question is why?
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #313 on: December 28, 2018, 03:56:42 PM »
Sometimes, stuff just clicks for a team.

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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #314 on: December 28, 2018, 03:57:07 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 28, 2018, 03:41:16 PM
yeah, but Auburn is motivated today

the question is why?
Because teams get motivated to play games and win?
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #315 on: December 28, 2018, 03:59:35 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on December 28, 2018, 03:25:24 PM
Looks like ole Brutus was right about teams crashing back to Earth after playing possessed vs the Buckeyes.
This remains a highly generous interpretation. Teams that lose to Eastern Michigan are often not great. That one of the most talented teams in the country couldn’t do the same might just say something about that talented team. 
It’s also weirdly selective. Like OSU is winning 11 games a season against THE BEST everyone has to offer?
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #316 on: December 28, 2018, 04:00:15 PM »
Because their hopes and dreams were not dashed in their previous game.  Why is this so hard to understand?
2018 teams eligible to not play motivated:
Michigan
Georgia

2017
Auburn - L
Wisconsin - W

2016
Michigan - L

2015
Iowa - L

2014
N/A

2013
Missouri - W
Ohio State - L


These teams were going to be in the NCCG or CFP, but lost their last game of the season, rendering their big goals moot.  Only two of them won in such a case.  This isn't some convoluted BS, based on Bama losing to Utah in 2008, it's a real, live thing.  It doesn't guarantee a loss in their bowl game, but it does guarantee these 21 year old kids have less to play for than they did the game before, and often times, this affects their play.  Period.
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #317 on: December 28, 2018, 04:10:29 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2018, 04:00:15 PM
Because their hopes and dreams were not dashed in their previous game.  Why is this so hard to understand?
2018 teams eligible to not play motivated:
Michigan
Georgia

2017
Auburn - L
Wisconsin - W

2016
Michigan - L

2015
Iowa - L

2014
N/A

2013
Missouri - L
Ohio State - L


These teams were going to be in the NCCG or CFP, but lost their last game of the season, rendering their big goals moot.  Only one of them won in such a case.  This isn't some convoluted BS, based on Bama losing to Utah in 2008, it's a real, live thing.  It doesn't guarantee a loss in their bowl game, but it does guarantee these 21 year old kids have less to play for than they did the game before, and often times, this affects their play.  Period.

Missouri won that bowl. Ohio State was in a shootout and led late in the fourth. Iowa, well Iowa wasn’t all that good. 
Bowls are weird and stupid, and finding patterns in them is often suspect. On the plus side, if this means UGA will loss, that’d be fine. 
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #318 on: December 28, 2018, 04:16:06 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 28, 2018, 03:56:42 PM
Sometimes, stuff just clicks for a team.


I side with this option
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #319 on: December 28, 2018, 04:16:36 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on December 28, 2018, 03:34:19 PM
I'm not right about stuff very often, but have seen this narrative unfold on countless occasions.
I will agree with half of this.......
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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #320 on: December 28, 2018, 04:58:23 PM »
Not what I was hoping for.

My scientific theory:  just one of those days, and once it starts the momentum just keeps it going.

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Re: Bowl Games SOC
« Reply #321 on: December 28, 2018, 04:59:20 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 28, 2018, 04:16:36 PM
I will agree with half of this.......
I spit up my lemonade on this one.......😂
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