2023 NFL/CFB News and Nonsense

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How does a team (Cleveland Browns) not have an emergency backup place kicker on the roster? In a close game, that could have been disastrous.
 
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does that press release mean the Cowboys can blame that for getting firmly trounced by the Bills recently?
 
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I just saw 55-3 still in the 3rd. I've been painting a closet because the game has been so thrilling. Feel sorry for the attending fans who spent a ton of money this weekend to see a crappy game. .
 
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I’m disappointed that either one of those 2 teams had to win .. Those 2 are our biggest rivals …
 
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42-3 at the half! This is what happens when a team shows up at full strength!
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63-3 final

The Seminoles played without their top two quarterbacks, top two running backs, top two receivers, starting tight end, three starting defensive linemen, two of three starting linebackers and three starting defensive backs. They were down 29 scholarship players in all. Pretty hard to be competitive under those circumstances.

Penn State had a less dramatic, but the same issue as their 2 starting cornerbacks, starting edge rusher, and starting offensive lineman and Remington Award winner (all 4 are projected to go in the first 2 rounds of the draft). Ole Miss took advantage of the cornerback situation.

From an ESPN article:
"People need to see what happened tonight, and they need to fix this," Georgia Coach Kirby Smart said, lamenting the flood of opt-outs and portal entries on teams playing in non-playoff bowl games. "It needs to be fixed. It's very unfortunate that they have a good football team and a good football program, and they're in the position they're in."
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For his part, Smart said the impact of the opt-outs was notable, and even with an expanded playoff coming next year, the bowls outside the playoff risk becoming glorified scrimmages.

"You can say it's their fault and they have to solve their own problem," Smart said. "We had our guys, and they didn't have their guys. College football has to decide what they want. I know things are changing. But there's still going to be bowl games outside of those. People need to decide what they want and what they want to get out of it, because it's really unfortunate for those kids on that sideline that had to play in that game and didn't have their full arsenal. And it affected the game, 100%."
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Bowls, other that the CFP bowls, mean nothing anymore. I don't even bother watching them.
 
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bruceb58 said:
Bowls, other that the CFP bowls, mean nothing anymore. I don't even bother watching them.
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I hear a lot of people SAY that bowls don’t mean anything anymore, but they sure get upset if they don’t go their team’s way… not saying that is the case with you, Bruce, just saying there have been a lot of people online complaining about their teams play and very upset at the coaches or opt out players while at the same time saying the bowl doesn’t mean anything. If it doesn’t mean anything, 1) Why did you watch, and 2) Why are you upset?
 
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