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[mikeytbuckeyes]

They were talking on CFL today and one of the questions they asked was "who is playing the best football right now?" Now, I didn't have an issue with Robert Smith's answer (Clemson) but I had an issue with his reasoning. "They are playing so great on both sides of the ball..." Really? Has he not watched that "vaunted D" 2 of the last 3 weeks? NC State scored on them like a cheap hooker. They also got worked by a Syracuse team who was on their 5th STRING QB! As of late they have seemed to struggle. They are obviously good enough to win but ignoring their poor D play makes him sound ignorant.

[buckeyebikerbabe]

Clemson is their "golden child" this year, much like Oregon was last year.

[nerk]

Yesterday, they were talking about which one-loss team had the best shot at making the playoff at the end of the year.


They talk about all the teams except Alabama. They haven't been pondering that.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Nov 19, 2015 16:38:42 GMT -5 nerk said:

Yesterday, they were talking about which one-loss team had the best shot at making the playoff at the end of the year.


They talk about all the teams except Alabama. They haven't been pondering that.

Because that is a foregone conclusion

[nerk]

exactly Mikey.

and it shouldn't be.

[socaljd3]

Clemson looked mediocre against a very average Florida St team with their back up qb. That game was either or in the 3rd quarter.

If you look at okie st they've had 6 opponents put up 26 or more points on them...one put up 53, lol.

I'd have to say Bama, they've beaten 5 top 20 teams and their only loss was a close one...they're about the closest as anyone playing their best right now. OSU needs a stout win tomorrow to shed this overrated crap.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Alabama has beaten 5 top 20 teams? Based on when they played or their current rank?
If you base it on when they played then that is misleading. Remember in 06 when tOSU beat 2 #2's that year? Come to find out those teams were overrated.
That's how I feel about Alabama's schedule. This goes into our discussion about the "SEC myth" and Alabama's benefiting from this.

[skiodie]

Just my bias opinion and my Crimson and Cream glasses, I think OU is playing some decent ball right now. Not the best defense but they had one of the better offense going right now.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Nov 19, 2015 22:51:07 GMT -5 skiodie said:

Just my bias opinion and my Crimson and Cream glasses, I think OU is playing some decent ball right now. Not the best defense but they had one of the better offense going right now.

Oklahoma got a lot of love on CFL because of how they are playing right now. If they win out I see them getting in over ND.

[keln]

Clemson is overrated. I've been saying it for weeks. Just a matter of time until they are exposed.

I'll take a team with a so-called struggling offense but with a killer defense over a power-offense with a paper tiger defense any day.

Defense controls the battle space. That is absolutely everything in a game. Control the field and control time, then you control the outcome.

[WANG]

Nov 19, 2015 16:38:42 GMT -5 nerk said:

Yesterday, they were talking about which one-loss team had the best shot at making the playoff at the end of the year.


They talk about all the teams except Alabama. They haven't been pondering that.

Bama got a HUGE shot in the arm by beating, at the time, a very good LSU team.

Now we know that LSU was a paper Tiger, and that Ole Miss loss is very, very, bad.

So I am not sure why the media is making them out to be a "lock" right now.