Other Bowl Games

[teamchemistry15]

That makes 21 unanswered in the second half for Jawja. They are up 38 to 31 now.

[justford]

38 all now

[Spiritof96]

Heck of a game...

[Blue Heaven]

Heck of a game...

Yep. Best I have seen since last years Championship.

[Lighthouse]

Tied at 45 now. Probably going to OT.

[Catsrock]

This is a doosey. Classic unless you really like defense.

[Spiritof96]

Tied at 45 now. Probably going to OT.

should uga have gone for 2? Kidding.

[Blue Heaven]

The Freshman Fromm is poised for a youngster.

[Spiritof96]

OMG!!!

[Spiritof96]

OMG!!!

OMG AGAIN!!!

[Catsrock]

Yep.

[Old School]

UCF was winless last season I believe. They are on the cusp of being undefeated this year. That jas got to be some kind of record.

UCF played in a bowl game last year, but they were 0-12 in 2015 and it has been a remarkable turnaround.

I don't know how many people saw it in that game, but one of their defensive players only has one hand, and he had a pretty big game today. I'm surprised that kid hasn't received national attention yet. I suspect there is a pretty inspirational story there.

[Old School]

The SEC has taken a beating this year and UCF goes undefeated and smashes Auburn. Tell me again we dont need 8 teams!

We had a thread about that a while back. I think my only contribution to it was a question that no one really answered: in how many of the past 20 years or so did the team that would've been #4 in a playoff have as much of a claim to deserving a national championship as the #1 team?

[Catsrock]

I cannot answer that.

[Old School]

Once again SEC being exposed in the bowl games. Very overrated league the last couple of years.

The SEC has two teams in the playoff. That resulted in matchups like a ranked Northwestern team, 7-2 in the Big Ten, vs. an unranked Kentucky team that was 4-4 in conference play. The country has been used to seeing a lot of bowl games where, say, the #4 or #5 SEC team beats the #2 or #3 Big Ten team. But pull your teams from further down and those wins become tougher.

I don't think you'll have any real measure of how the SEC measured up this year until after the playoff is finished.

If tonight ends with two SEC teams defeating the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the polls and playoff rankings, which happen to be the Big XII and ACC champions, I think it's pretty hard to say that the SEC is overrated.