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cdj

12-03-2017, 10:24 PM

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Bowls (http://collegefootballbowlgames.com/blog/forty-postseason-games-comprise-2017-18-football-bowl-association-schedule)

Saturday, December, 16th

New Orleans Bowl (http://www.neworleansbowl.org/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): North Texas vs. Troy
12:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Cure Bowl (http://curebowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://cdn.voscast.com/player/player.php?host=s6.voscast.com&port=8790): Georgia State vs. Western Kentucky
1:30 pm
CBSSN / CBSSN Video (http://www.cbssports.com/watch/cbssportsnetwork/)

Las Vegas Bowl (http://www.lvbowl.com/): Boise State vs. Oregon
2:30 pm
ABC / espn3 Video (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64&channel=espn3)

New Mexico Bowl (http://www.gildannewmexicobowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Colorado State vs. Marshall
3:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Camellia Bowl (http://www.camelliabowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Arkansas State vs. Middle Tennessee
7:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Tuesday, December, 19th

Boca Bowl (http://www.thebocaratonbowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Akron vs. Florida Atlantic
6:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Wednesday, December, 20th

Frisco Bowl (http://thefriscobowl.com/): Louisiana Tech vs. SMU
7:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Thursday, December, 21st

St. Petersburg Bowl (http://stpetersburgbowl.com/): Florida International vs. Temple
7:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Friday, December, 22nd

Bahamas Bowl (http://www.bahamasbowl.com/): Ohio vs. UAB
11:30 am
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Idaho Potato Bowl (http://www.famousidahopotatobowl.com/): Central Michigan vs. Wyoming
3:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Saturday, December, 23rd

Birmingham Bowl (http://www.birminghambowl.com/): South Florida vs. Texas Tech
11:00 am
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Armed Forces Bowl (http://www.armedforcesbowl.com/): Army vs. San Diego State
2:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Dollar General Bowl (http://dollargeneralbowl.com/): Appalachian State vs. Toledo
6:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Sunday, December, 24th

Hawaii Bowl (http://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Fresno State vs. Houston
7:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Tuesday, December, 26th

Heart of Dallas Bowl (http://theheartofdallas.org/): Utah vs. West Virginia
12:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Quick Lane Bowl (http://www.quicklanebowl.com/): Duke vs. Northern Illinois
4:15 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Cactus Bowl (http://www.fiestabowl.org/cactus-bowl.php) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Kansas State vs. UCLA
8:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Wednesday, December, 27th

Independence Bowl (http://www.independencebowl.org/): Florida State vs. Southern Miss
12:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Pinstripe Bowl (http://www.pinstripebowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Boston College vs. Iowa
4:15 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Foster Farms Bowl (http://www.levisstadium.com/foster-farms-bowl/): Arizona vs. Purdue
7:30 pm
FOX / FSGo Video (https://www.foxsportsgo.com/)

Texas Bowl (http://thetexasbowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Missouri vs. Texas
8:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Thursday, December, 28th

Military Bowl (http://www.militarybowl.org/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Navy vs. Virginia
12:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Camping World Bowl (http://campingworldbowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech
4:15 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Alamo Bowl (http://www.alamobowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Stanford vs. TCU
8:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Holiday Bowl (http://sandiegobowlgames.com/holiday-bowl/): Michigan State vs. Washington State
8:00 pm
FS1 / FSGo Video (https://www.foxsportsgo.com/)

Friday, December, 29th

Belk Bowl (http://www.belkbowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Texas A&M vs. Wake Forest
12:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Sun Bowl (http://www.sunbowl.org/): Arizona State vs. North Carolina State
2:00 pm
CBS / CBS Video

Music City Bowl (http://www.musiccitybowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Kentucky vs. Northwestern
3:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Arizona Bowl (http://www.azbowlgame.com/): New Mexico State vs. Utah State
4:30 pm
CBSSN / CBSSN Video (http://www.cbssports.com/watch/cbssportsnetwork/)

Cotton Bowl (http://www.attcottonbowl.com/home/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Ohio State vs. USC
7:30 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Saturday, December, 30th

Gator Bowl (http://www.gatorbowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://cdn.voscast.com/player/player.php?host=s6.voscast.com&port=8790): Mississippi State vs. Louisville
11:00 am
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Liberty Bowl (http://www.libertybowl.org/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Iowa State vs. Memphis
11:30 am
ABC / espn3 Video (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64&channel=espn3)

Fiesta Bowl (http://www.fiestabowl.org/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Penn State vs. Washington
3:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Orange Bowl (http://www.orangebowl.org/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Miami vs. Wisconsin
7:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Monday, January, 1st

Outback Bowl (http://www.outbackbowl.com/): Michigan vs. South Carolina
11:00 am
ESPN2 / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Peach Bowl (http://peachbowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Auburn vs. UCF
11:30 am
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Citrus Bowl (http://buffalowildwingscitrusbowl.com/) http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): LSU vs. Notre Dame
12:00 pm
ABC / espn3 Video (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64&channel=espn3)

CFP Semifinal http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Rose Bowl (http://www.tournamentofroses.com/): Georgia vs. Oklahoma
4:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

CFP Semifinal http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn): Sugar Bowl (http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/): Alabama vs. Clemson
7:45 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

Monday, January, 8th

CFP Final http://lsufootball.net/misc/sound.gif (http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?s=espn)
7:00 pm
ESPN / WatchESPN (http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule?categoryId=64)

SmoothPancakes

12-04-2017, 08:47 AM

Ahh, my chance to defend my title. :)

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CLW

12-04-2017, 02:51 PM

Ahh, my chance to defend my title. :)

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Only if I choose to not enter. :nod:

SmoothPancakes

12-04-2017, 04:43 PM

Only if I choose to not enter. :nod:You entered last year, I still ended up winning. :)

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CLW

12-04-2017, 05:19 PM

You entered last year, I still ended up winning. :)

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Only because I was honest after receiving the script late and not flipping g the title game pick to clemson

cdj

12-16-2017, 08:54 AM

Games begin today, so make sure to get your picks in (at least for those).

SmoothPancakes

12-16-2017, 01:03 PM

Yeah, I was going through my picks last night to get them in before games started today. We'll see how it plays out!

souljahbill

12-16-2017, 03:30 PM

Yikes! I missed this thread! [emoji24]

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cdj

12-21-2017, 06:19 PM

943993091983335424

souljahbill

12-21-2017, 07:21 PM

So we win by default?

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cdj

01-01-2018, 12:07 PM

So far it looks like UCF can't handle the Auburn D-Line, killing their offense. Hoping they can figure out something for the upset.

steelerfan

01-01-2018, 12:23 PM

Go Irish!

SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 03:39 PM

souljahbill

01-01-2018, 03:41 PM

UCF gets it done! From 0-12 to 13-0!

Maybe after YET ANOTHER New Years Bowl victory over a power 5 school, maybe the Group of 5 teams will finally start getting some goddamn respect.

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One of the few games I had a rooting interest in. Go little guy! Thanks for carrying our torch this year, UCF!

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cdj

01-01-2018, 03:57 PM

UCF gets it done! From 0-12 to 13-0!

Maybe after YET ANOTHER New Years Bowl victory over a power 5 school, maybe the Group of 5 teams will finally start getting some goddamn respect.

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...but then we'd miss out on half the field being from the SEC. the greatest conference every season even when it isn't.

cdj

01-01-2018, 05:07 PM

The Coaches Film Room on ESPNEWS is cool but man, Gary Patterson is just such a chatterbox no one else can barely get a word in.

SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 05:07 PM

ESPN is now doing their special coverage for the semifinal games too. Got the main broadcast on ESPN, Command Center (lots of camera feeds) on ESPN 2, the Data Center (lots of stats and info) on ESPN Goal Line, and then my favorite, the Coaches Film Room on ESPN News with coaches Dino Babers, Bret Bielema, Larry Fedora, Dana Holgorsen, Gary Patterson, Major Applewhite and Matt Luke breaking down the Xs and Os of the game.

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 06:52 PM

And we've got ourselves a ball game fellas. Georgia comes roaring back in the third quarter and we were tied 31-31 with 41 seconds left in the 3rd. The momentum has been 100% Georgia - 0% Oklahoma this third quarter.

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 07:08 PM

Oklahoma scored a TD to go up 31-14 with just seconds left until halftime and the game seemed to be on the verge of a blowout.

Since then, Georgia responded with a 50+ yard field goal as time expired going into halftime to jumpstart a current 24-0 run to take a 38-31 lead. This is just insanity. Oklahoma has gone full meltdown in this second half. The fourth three and out of the second half just now for the Sooners.

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 07:40 PM

And Georgia then promptly proceeds to shit themselves. :fp:

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 07:50 PM

55 seconds is WAY too much time left on the clock. That might kill Georgia.

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 07:54 PM

Georgia gets lucky and they manage to stop the Sooners offense. And we are headed to overtime!

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 08:02 PM

What a horrible timed drop for Georgia. Their defense is going to have to play the best series they have ever played in their lives right here.

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 08:17 PM

Wow! In double overtime, Georgia blocks Oklahoma's field goal attempt. Any score and Georgia wins!

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 08:18 PM

And just like that, a 27 yard touchdown rush and Georgia knocks off Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl, 54-48 in double overtime! What a game!

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cdj

01-01-2018, 08:55 PM

SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 09:39 PM

Oklahoma went too conservative in the OTs and deserved to lose that one after withstanding the UGA rally initially.

Clem-Bama is a slugfest compared to the shootout from the first game. Hoping Clemson can pull it out to avoid an all SEC championship. :sick:Yeah, they really dialed it back in OT. Outside of that throw on the defensive offside penalty that Mayfield chucked into the end zone (and still had intercepted), they didn't really take any risks or try for any major plays like they did in regulation.

And God, I didn't even realize that initially, that we could end up with an all SEC final. :fp:

If that happens, I may just skip the national championship game entirely for the first time. I'm not sure I can deal with the SEC mass masturbation.

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SmoothPancakes

01-01-2018, 10:43 PM

Jesus Christ Clemson sucks.

And with that, I am officially skipping and ignoring this year's national championship game because fuck the SEC.

Maybe I'll spend national championship game night playing my NCAA dynasty instead.

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souljahbill

01-02-2018, 08:13 AM

SEC-It just means more.
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Alabama and Georgia have to carry the torch for how terrible the SEC was during bowl season.

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steelerfan

01-02-2018, 09:19 AM

Was hoping for Georgia vs Clemson but I was expecting Oklahoma vs Alabama. I'm glad Georgia is in the championship and I really hope they win it (but I doubt it).

jaymo76

01-03-2018, 12:29 AM

Was hoping for Georgia vs Clemson but I was expecting Oklahoma vs Alabama. I'm glad Georgia is in the championship and I really hope they win it (but I doubt it).

Jesus Christ Clemson sucks.

And with that, I am officially skipping and ignoring this year's national championship game because fuck the SEC.

Maybe I'll spend national championship game night playing my NCAA dynasty instead.

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As it stands now, I really don't have any reason to watch the game. In addition to hating Alabama I am STILL in the camp that Alabama should NOT have been in the playoff, regardless of their victory. It makes a mockery of the whole concept of conference championships.

CLW

01-03-2018, 08:16 AM

I was at the Rose Bowl and it felt like an Epic game in the stands no idea how well it came across on TV. OU went down the only way I thought they could lose in a wild shoot out where the lack of defense just finally burnt them.

CLW

01-03-2018, 08:17 AM

BTW - looks like the banned RAM is the winner. Interesting.....

SmoothPancakes

01-03-2018, 10:35 AM

BTW - looks like the banned RAM is the winner. Interesting.....So I take that makes you the winner by default as the highest non-banned finisher?

And amazing he somehow managed to finish on top of this. Must have gotten tired of my bitchslapping him in the NFL Pick Em for the last three straight years. For as much as he claimed to know about the NFL being "rigged", he sure sucked massively at picking NFL games over the course of a season.

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jaymo76

01-03-2018, 03:56 PM

CLW

01-04-2018, 08:49 AM

LOL Ram is talkin' smack on the ESPN page

SmoothPancakes

01-04-2018, 12:12 PM

LOL Ram is talkin' smack on the ESPN page

Time to go knock him down a peg.

cdj

01-05-2018, 08:11 PM

We will have to evaluate the process once bowl season is officially over. We didn't foresee or think someone banned would win an event pick 'em. :D

cdj

01-05-2018, 08:14 PM

With UCF claming to be a "National Champion" before waiting for an actual outlet to proclaim them as such, Tulane is now retroactively producing 1998 National Champion t-shirts for their undefeated season (https://campusconnection.cc/products/tulane-1998-undefeated-national-champions-shirt). :D :fp:I hope UCF is proud of what they've started.

souljahbill

01-05-2018, 08:29 PM

SmoothPancakes

01-05-2018, 08:52 PM

You know what, I actually love like these moves! If Alabama and Texas A&M and others can arbitrarily claim national championships just because some random poll (out of like 50 at the time) had them ranked #1 a hundred years ago, to hell with it, let these guys claim national titles. After all, UCF was the sole unbeaten team this year. Any other year in college football history, if a major team did that, they'd probably be claiming it too.

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cdj

01-05-2018, 09:02 PM

SmoothPancakes

01-05-2018, 09:10 PM

I think my only real issue with it is that UCF didn't wait for any outlet to proclaim them #1....they started saying 'champs!' just for going undefeated.

If any respectable outlet proclaims a team #1, I don't have any problem with them claiming a title. That's part of what makes CFB fun IMO.Yeah, that part I get why it's rubbing a lot of people the wrong way. They just basically proclaimed themselves champions rather than having someone rank them #1 first.

Maybe it's due to me being a mid-major fan and the mid-majors usually getting screwed over time after time after time by the power schools, that I'm willing to look the other way and root on UCF on this.

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cdj

01-05-2018, 09:48 PM

I can get that part of it.

For the future, I'd like to first see the push to allow voters to proclaim any team #1, not having the playoff winner locked in like the coaches have to do. Of course, I don't think the media or coaches have the brass to vote anyone else as the champ. However, at least that option would provide a chance for a non-power conference team to be #1 like it did with BYU in '84.

The current push to expand the playoffs to eight still wouldn't have gotten UCF in, so the next push after that should be for better G5 representation and ranking procedures by the committee. They seem to change their focus yearly (weekly?) and seemingly buried UCF during the later stages of this season.

SmoothPancakes

01-05-2018, 11:30 PM

If they would do an 8 team playoff correctly, UCF could have gotten in and we would have had a hell of am entertaining playoff.

Do all P5 champions (Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia, Ohio State and USC), the highest ranking G5 champion (UCF) and two at large teams (likely would have been Alabama and Wisconsin).

If you seeded them solely off rankings, you'd have:

Clemson vs UCF
Oklahoma vs USC
Georgia vs Wisconsin
Alabama vs Ohio State

Now in my opinion, those would have been some entertaining games! Granted Georgia vs Oklahoma and Ohio State vs USC were entertaining as hell, but even those four playoff games in an 8 team playoff likely would have been just as entertaining.

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cdj

01-08-2018, 07:47 PM

I like that ESPN has multiple ways to watch the game. I think the Coaches Filmroom is the best by far.

souljahbill

01-08-2018, 08:58 PM

I like that ESPN has multiple ways to watch the game. I think the Coaches Filmroom is the best by far.

That’s what I’m watching

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cdj

01-08-2018, 09:40 PM

Refs mess up the offsides on the punt block, Bama goes Fr QB, and now they have all the momentum.

cdj

01-08-2018, 10:09 PM

#42 just saved #48's scholarship:

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CLW

01-08-2018, 11:16 PM

Nick Saban has made one hell of a deal with the devil

cdj

01-08-2018, 11:23 PM

Nick Saban has made one hell of a deal with the devil

Sheesh, no kidding. The fine print in that contract must have said 'not eligible for kickers,' however.

steelerfan

01-09-2018, 10:16 AM

I hate Alabama.

That's all I have to add to the conversation.

cdj

01-09-2018, 11:50 AM

That’s what I’m watching

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I flipped through some of the other ESPN channel coverage last night and it was terrible.

At halftime, the 'Voices' broadcast had someone painted in all orange juggling oranges while Kenny G played. ESPN Goalline had three people on a couch, two staring down at their phones before one (the female) looked up to see Bama QB Tua and suggested some braids for his hair. I quickly went back to the Coaches Filmroom.

souljahbill

01-09-2018, 01:08 PM

I hate Alabama.

That's all I have to add to the conversation.

‘Nuff said

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