All Things 2025 Playoffs and Bowl Thread

[gopher7]

Almost statistically impossible not to have this when you load the playoffs with 5 teams.

 

[Schnauzer]

I actually feel bad for Alabama with all their futility trying to keep up with B1G speed and athleticism

 

[Pompous Elitist]

It’s so dumb that they keep putting these G5 schools in the playoffs

Some very serious pundits like Paul Finebaum predicted an Alabama win

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Some very serious pundits like Paul Finebaum predicted an Alabama win

So did Saban, and I can't remember who else of GameDay. I wasn't watch closely apparently, only 1 of the 3 pickers chose Indiana.

 

[Panthadad2]

...and I thought Indiana would struggle on defense without their best defensive lineman. Instead, they give total belt to ass.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Field goal here?

So did Saban

Really? The old man has lost it…

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

...and I thought Indiana would struggle on defense without their best defensive lineman. Instead, they give total belt to ass.

Showing up with a good scheme and playing well is a much better reaction to a key injury than wetting the bed and making excuses.

 

[upnorthkid]

Alabama is just so poorly coached execution wise. Mind boggling when compared with how they were under Saban

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Let's not be too hard on Bama. This is just one data point, and it shouldn't overshadow how utterly dominant their numerous hypothetical wins are.

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

Bama still deserves to be in the championship.

 

[Tech Machine]

Lmao

Will Cignetti be happy about this one? Not a chance.

I wonder how he looks with a bad team. Could be a stand in for the grinch when he is undefeated.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

So did Saban, and I can't remember who else of GameDay. I wasn't watch closely apparently, only 1 of the 3 pickers chose Indiana.

Howard also picked Bama. Galloway was the lone picker of IU

 

[Panthadad2]

 

[Panthadad2]

Mendoza is the biggest weirdo nerd of all times. A really good weirdo nerd. Like a walking SNL skit. They media can't get enough of him!

 

[Nax5]

Mendoza is the biggest weirdo nerd of all times. A really good weirdo nerd. Like a walking SNL skit. They media can't get enough of him!

I'm always deeply uncomfortable when he is staring down the camera.

 

[Arminius]

With the game slipping out of reach maybe Alabama players or caoches go into self-preservation mode. This is an unmitigated disaster.

My Penn State buddy in New Ulm says Kaden is done at 'Bama...we shall see.

 

[Unregistered User]

Bama still deserves to be in the championship.

Saban would probably put forward that the final 8 teams should be reevaluated after these games to see if they should ignore the results and put in “the best 4 teams” and he would fully support making it an all sec final 4

 

[Unregistered User]

My Penn State buddy in New Ulm says Kaden is done at 'Bama...we shall see.

Well, they should know

 

[Panthadad2]

I'm always deeply uncomfortable when he is staring down the camera.

Cignetti is a huge weirdo nerd too, so I suppose him and Mendoza go together like peas and carrots. A great team.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

My Penn State buddy in New Ulm says Kaden is done at 'Bama...we shall see.

I heard he's going to transfer back to Iowa, he wants them to buy him another new truck

 

[GophersInIowa]

Big Ten teams now 4-0 against SEC teams in the playoffs since 2023.

 

[Gilthorp57]

I think they were going to give the offensive game MVP to Mendoza, but he told them them to give it to the IU Oline.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

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

How much did you lose?

 

[Unregistered User]

My wife has a good friend who has a son at Indiana. After the B10 championship game there was a student rally with the team and head coach, and she asked him if he was going to go. He said he was not, and when asked why not he replied that all those with cignetti have the feeling of a church revival meeting…way too preachy.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Now if Ole Miss can just beat Georgia, that would make my day, hate Georgia.

 

[Husker Dont's]

My wife has a good friend who has a son at Indiana. After the B10 championship game there was a student rally with the team and head coach, and she asked him if he was going to go. He said he was not, and when asked why not he replied that all those with cignetti have the feeling of a church revival meeting…way too preachy.

I would take Cignetti in a heartbeat!

 

[WindyCityGopher]

I'm always deeply uncomfortable when he is staring down the camera.

As someone who formerly worked in media relations with professional athletes, someone in IU media relations badly needs to media train him to look at the interviewer while answering their questions, not the camera.

 

[Panthadad2]

As someone who formerly worked in media relations with professional athletes, someone in IU media relations badly needs to media train him to look at the interviewer while answering their questions, not the camera.

NOOOOOOOOO! Don't change! Those interviews are total classics. Not kidding.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

So did Saban, and I can't remember who else of GameDay. I wasn't watch closely apparently, only 1 of the 3 pickers chose Indiana.

Well Saban has to, but he also has become a hot take artist lately…

 

[Panthadad2]

Can both Ole Miss and Georgia lose this next game? That would be ideal.