Peach Bowl: #1 Georgia vs #4 tOSU, Sat 12/31 8 ET on ESPN

[Hetuck]

I wonder how Georgia feels about this. Tell me they wouldn't rather be facing TCU than Ohio State. Michigan caught a huge break.

Georgia doesn’t care.

Figures OSU has to play them in the Peach Bowl.

 

[cincibuck]

Already crying. FUCK Kirby.

...Those guys had a week off, to get rusty, whereas we had a scrimmage against a pass-happy LSU team to help us get ready for their offense.

 

[cincibuck]

"From the North?" Hey, bud, look at our recent elections and say hello to Ohiabama. We're pick up drivin, AR-15 totin', MAGA-hatted copperheads and we're comin' for you."

 

[Abenaki]

I had a free week of HBO over Thanksgiving week and happened to catch an old movie, Down Periscope. It's not really a "good" movie, but it's a guilty pleasure. Anyway, theres a relevant quote in it:

Adm. Dean Winslow: Oh, don't think like that! Damn it to hell, don't go by the book, think like a pirate! I want a man with a tattoo on his dick! Have I got the right man?

We need the Ryan Day from 2020 with a tattoo on his dick. Let it all hang out, go for broke, balls the wall. If we get that, we'll win.

Anything less and we'll just see a repeat of the last regular season game the last two seasons.

 

[BigWoof31]

I wonder how Georgia feels about this. Tell me they wouldn't rather be facing TCU than Ohio State. Michigan caught a huge break.

Can't speak for Coach Smart or the team, but the cream rises to the top.
You have to play the best teams eventually. Losing in the semi-final vs. losing in the final sucks either way.

There is no revenge factor here because we never play the Buckeyes. The only area where we compete is on the recruiting trail.
We had never played Oklahoma till the Rose Bowl, never played Michigan till the Orange bowl. Same deal with this game.


It seems like complaining about "what might have been" doesn't get you ready for "what is coming"

 

[Bestbuck36]

All teams are still subject to the CFP committee's final ranking. So in theory, had Purdue upset Michigan for example (and its year 2024) Michigan likely stays a top 4 seed. Same could be said had LSU upset Georgia.....Georgia would certainly remain inside top 4 and get a bye. LSU would then probably be on the fringe of either hosting a 1st rd game or be an away team as one of "last 4 in". Purdue would get an auto invite and likely play an away game as one of the bottom seeds.

If you go by current CFB rankings, the playoff would've been:

1. Georgia - Bye
2. Michigan - Bye
3. TCU - Bye
4. OSU - Bye
#5 Alabama hosts #12 Tulane (highest ranked non P5 school....keep in mind Tulane actually finished #16 so you'd hear belly-aching from teams 13,14,15 who get bypassed by a non P5)
#6 Tennessee hosts #11 Penn State
#7 Clemson hosts #10 USC
#8 Utah hosts #9 Kansas State

Hope that helps....

Going a round deeper...

OSU would play winner of Bama/Tulane
TCU would play winner of Tennessee/PSU
Michigan would play winner of Clemson/USC
Georgia would play winner of Utah/Kansas State

All these games will be "neutral site" Bowl games.

That actually looks like a lot of fun to me. Only thing I'd like to change is the second round at home sites and only the final four at bowl sites. It gives those Top 4 another big payday and Home game for their fans before traveling. Also means Top 4 is very important still and southern teams would have to go north for playoff games.
It's basically NFL minor leagues anyway, play the playoffs that way.

 

[cincibuck]

The Buckeyes have never played a football game in Georgia. The only matchup with UGA was a 21-14 Bulldogs win in the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando after the 1992 season (1-1-1993).

The closest was the Gator Bowl in Jax against Florida after the 2011 season.

Buckeyes have played in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri, Alabama (Auburn in 1917), Oklahoma, and many times in Florida, Texas, and Louisiana.

Have yet to play in South Carolina, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

South Pacific never played south of the Mason-Dixon line.

 

[WilliamTSherman]

I had a free week of HBO over Thanksgiving week and happened to catch an old movie, Down Periscope. It's not really a "good" movie, but it's a guilty pleasure. Anyway, theres a relevant quote in it:

Adm. Dean Winslow: Oh, don't think like that! Damn it to hell, don't go by the book, think like a pirate! I want a man with a tattoo on his dick! Have I got the right man?

We need the Ryan Day from 2020 with a tattoo on his dick. Let it all hang out, go for broke, balls the wall. If we get that, we'll win.

Anything less and we'll just see a repeat of the last regular season game the last two seasons.

Taken from reddit:

A white guy gets “Wendy” tattooed on his dick.

It only shows “Wy” when flaccid.

He goes on vacation to Jamaica. In the bathroom peeing, he glances over at a Jamaican guy next to him and sees “Wy” tattooed on his dick too.

He says, What a coincidence! Is your wife named Wendy too?

The Jamaican man notices the guy’s dick tattoo and says, Nah mon.. mine says “Welcome to Jamaica. Have a nice day”

 

[cincibuck]

Wait, are you BKB too?

The real question is, is JSN BKB?

 

[Jake]

Can't speak for Coach Smart or the team, but the cream rises to the top.
You have to play the best teams eventually. Losing in the semi-final vs. losing in the final sucks either way.

There is no revenge factor here because we never play the Buckeyes. The only area where we compete is on the recruiting trail.
We had never played Oklahoma till the Rose Bowl, never played Michigan till the Orange bowl. Same deal with this game.


It seems like complaining about "what might have been" doesn't get you ready for "what is coming"

Georgia and Ohio State met once on January 1, 1993, in the Citrus Bowl. Cooper was our coach, so we can all guess who won (UGa, 21-14).

 

[John Droescher]

Thanks for your valued opinion

Oh By the way, No fairweather fan here. Been following the Bucks since the Keith Byer days. You can look him up with google.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Oh By the way, No fairweather fan here. Been following the Bucks since the Keith Byer days. You can look him up with google.

Maybe you should look him up if you don’t even know what his name is?

It’s “Byars”.

 

[Buckeneye]

I had a free week of HBO over Thanksgiving week and happened to catch an old movie, Down Periscope. It's not really a "good" movie, but it's a guilty pleasure. Anyway, theres a relevant quote in it:

Adm. Dean Winslow: Oh, don't think like that! Damn it to hell, don't go by the book, think like a pirate! I want a man with a tattoo on his dick! Have I got the right man?

We need the Ryan Day from 2020 with a tattoo on his dick. Let it all hang out, go for broke, balls the wall. If we get that, we'll win.

Anything less and we'll just see a repeat of the last regular season game the last two seasons.

Jesus, Buckman!

Classic slapstick 90's comedy.

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

I was actually thinking going full Cleveland Cavaliers and wearing the black unis would be cool buuuut we're the away team.

From an alternate uniform perspective, there's only so much you can do with a white uniform. That one white alternate worn during the Pryor era was cool, but I'm gonna need to see buckeye stickers on the helmet.

Just gimme the classic gray stripes on a white uniform and I'm good.

Make them earn the stickers for this game. On top of that I’d say they should black stripe back on.

 

[BigWoof31]

Off Topic but we have 20+ days to talk about the game so I don't mind.
Choosing not to focus on the Buckeyes yet and instead enjoy Bama fans melting down because they were excluded despite TCU's loss.

2022 Blog Poll Regular Season Finale — Don’t schedule quality teams; don’t leave your fate to others - Roll 'Bama Roll (rollbamaroll.com)

It all culminated in a CFP Selection that was more about optics than data; geographic inclusivity than strength of schedule; human interest over quality.

The CFP Committee in essence signaled that quality wins are meaningless, that stepping outside of an average conference to schedule quality games is irrelevant, that not getting the shit kicked of you is unimportant. And, in just a few short weeks of inconsistent talking points and indefensible analysis, the Exalted rendered almost a decade of all prior CFP “rationale” moot.

I’m so glad we destroyed college football for this.

And I shan’t be watching a second of it, despite my disgust, frustration, and even disinterest with this iteration of the Alabama Crimson Tide. It really is about selecting the four best teams; the rightness of the cause. And there is no actuarial or analytical case that can be made for TCU’s inclusion.