All Things 2025 Playoffs and Bowl Thread

[TNGophfan]

Tech definitely deserved to be in. Thought their defense was terrific today. Offensively, not so much.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

I like the Rose Bowl, it isn't fancy, it doesn't have a ton of lights and crap.

It's just a big bowl with fans, no levels of suites and such.

It feels like a place football should be played, more than whatever fancy place will supplant it one day...

I think the city of Pasadena runs the whole event. Unless it signs off on moving it to SoFi or there are plans to replace the Rose Bowl, I don't see them moving the game soon.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Portland has a beautiful rose parade it goes back ages. We had 8mm movies of family. Rose city! Imma go look for those.

 

[GopherGrit]

I think the city of Pasadena runs the whole event. Unless it signs off on moving it to SoFi or there are plans to replace the Rose Bowl, I don't see them moving the game soon.

It's a big, expensive to maintain structure if it exists solely for one event per year.

I'm talking about UCLA's plans to move to SoFi.

 

[Unregistered User]

Roll Tide
Hotty Toddy

 

[WindyCityGopher]

Roll Tide
Hotty Toddy

I could never bring myself to cheer for a southern school against a traditional Big Ten school, and am not going to start today.

 

[GooningGopher]

I could never bring myself to cheer for a southern school against a traditional Big Ten school, and am not going to start today.

Please cheer for your buddy GooningGopher as he put money on bama.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Indiana getting kinda conservative with those running plays down in the redzone ...

 

[Unregistered User]

End of quarter…commercial

1 effing snap for a FG…commercial

sigh

 

[gopher7]

Indiana getting kinda conservative with those running plays down in the redzone ...

The Rose bowl is not the place to start running on 3rd and 9 in the Red zone when you have a Heisman quarterback

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

The Rose bowl is not the place to start running on 3rd and 9 in the Red zone when you have a Heisman quarterback

I agree, weird choice. They got scared IMO.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Indiana getting kinda conservative with those running plays down in the redzone ...

Think they had a headset issue

 

[Pompous Elitist]

ND could not beat BYU twice to make it to the playoff. What is their bitch? A win over Pitt and a couple of close loses are a good enough portfolio to be in over tech?

Bad loss by TT worse than two close losses to playoff teams in the first few weeks of the season with a team decimated by draft losses.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

The Rose bowl is not the place to start running on 3rd and 9 in the Red zone when you have a Heisman quarterback

How about a wildcat flip moving East-West on 4th and one from your own 30?

 

[Gilthorp57]

Not sure what Bama was doing there....

 

[MaxyJR1]

Or hand the team the ball on the 35

 

[MaxyJR1]

Bama playing like they had a bye.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Tech definitely deserved to be in. Thought their defense was terrific today. Offensively, not so much.

Channeling Brad Pitt if they’re good at defense why didn’t they defense good.

OK, their run stuffers are pretty good. I’ll give them that.

 

[GringaGopher]

Not sure what Bama was doing there....

Opposite of PJF but huge downside

 

[Mulligan]

Wow! For all of the bitching we do about our coordinators, the elites also can come up with some head-shaking plays and strategy. 4th down in their territory and you run that play?

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Bama playing like they had a bye.

They’re getting run off the field. Bad sign for the Tide.

Indiana looks elite in early goings.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Bama playing like they had a bye.

Or believe in the SEC BS / haven't learned about Indiana yet...

I kinda get it, if you're not paying close attention How good can Indiana be? isn't an unreasonable thought...

 

[Panthadad2]

I thought Indiana's weakness on D would be the run game without their top DL. Not so far...at all.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Cignetti doesn’t give a F about the bye team struggles.

 

[Unregistered User]

Bad loss by TT…

That bad loss was to an ok, 8 win team, and TT was without their QB, starting a true freshman in that game

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Ttu won the b12. In what world are they not getting in as one of the highest rated conf champs? Or have people forgotten selection criteria?

You’re right, but did the ranking make sense. Best versus most deserving versus whatever the committee makes up for their metrics that week.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

That bad loss was to an ok, 8 win team, and TT was without their QB, starting a true freshman in that game

Hmmm, ok. But their starter ain’t that great as we say today.

How many teams can make arguments about XYZ being out. Does Indiana get a mulligan for the best defensive player being out.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Bama playing like this is round robin play and they're taking this one off ...

 

[GooningGopher]

Bad loss by TT worse than two close losses to playoff teams in the first few weeks of the season with a team decimated by draft losses.

TT qb was out when they lost to asu on the road by 4 points. Tech’s body of work is much better than nd

 

[Hotrod56425]

First time watching Indiana. I definitely am not looking forward to our Gophers playing them. Offense, defense, special teams, and tackling and speed, and…, and…