Game Thread: Cotton Bowl, CFP Semi : (8) Ohio State vs. (5) Texas, 7:30pm ET, ESPN, 1-10-25

[dtgreg]

Run 4 straight times

Coach Stallings?

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

Coach Stallings?

That close in, yes..................

 

[B1GTide]

That close in, yes..................

Maybe - OSU has the best goal line defense in the country this year. Very hard to run on us down there. But still have to try with Manning under center.

 

[BamaMoon]

Maybe - OSU has the best goal line defense in the country this year. Very hard to run on us down there. But still have to try with Manning under center.

QB under center. Play action to the RB and hit TE in the back of the EZ. Works almost every time. Don't know why teams don't do it more often.

EDIT: I know, most teams don't ever go under center!

 

[crimsonaudio]

 

[DzynKingRTR]

my favorite commercial right now is the one for the college football playoff. In the commercial it states "this year no one will have done what one team will do." My thought was nah lots of teams have beaten mediocre teams win a title

 

[B1GTide]

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They played on week nights. Killed the ratings, but not as much as going head to head with the NFL would have.

 

[crimsonaudio]

They played on week nights. Killed the ratings, but not as much as going head to head with the NFL would have.

Guess we'll see how the CFPCG game pans out ratings-wise - isn't it on a Monday night like it has been the last few years?

 

[foreveratidefan]

I am starting a t-shirt company that has the phrase. "we spent millions of dollars on NIL and all we got was this lousy t-shirt "

Like this?

 

[DawgAlum2054]

the AMAZING sark offense put up 14 points against ohio state

16 against Georgia in regulation in SEC championship
17 against TAMU
20 against Arkansas
15 against Georgia the first time

Texas averaged 33.0 points per game this season. Alabama averaged 32.3

 

[B1GTide]

Guess we'll see how the CFPCG game pans out ratings-wise - isn't it on a Monday night like it has been the last few years?

Monday night has been established as a great ratings night for football for decades. I think they will be fine.

 

[davefrat]

They played on week nights. Killed the ratings, but not as much as going head to head with the NFL would have.

I didn't even know the ND-PSU game was on until like the 2nd quarter.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

the AMAZING sark offense put up 14 points against ohio state

16 against Georgia in regulation in SEC championship
17 against TAMU
20 against Arkansas
15 against Georgia the first time

Texas averaged 33.0 points per game this season. Alabama averaged 32.3

As crazy as this sounds, there are a decent number of Texas' fans who aren't impressed with Sark's offense and playcalling.

 

[DawgAlum2054]

As crazy as this sounds, there are a decent number of Texas' fans who aren't impressed with Sark's offense and playcalling.

as they shouldn’t be

it was the underrated defense that got them far, not the over rated offense

I don’t know why the media obsessed over the offense so much

 

[crimsonaudio]

As crazy as this sounds, there are a decent number of Texas' fans who aren't impressed with Sark's offense and playcalling.

Not crazy at all, imo.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

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Although scheduling was probably the most likely cause of low ratings I'll mention another thought. How important does having an undefeated team involved in the CFP impact ratings? 5 out of the last 6 seasons an undefeated team has won the championship. This season the ratings for the Ohio State-Oregon Rose Bowl were decent I think but after that game no undefeated remained. Last season the NCG featured Washington and Michigan, both undefeated at the time drew around 25 million viewers.

 

[uafan4life]

FYI - here's a couple pictures of my wife - a former Kilgore College Rangerette - on the field during pregame with the current Rettes and another 700-something former Rettes...