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1. Oregon Oregon
2. Texas Texas
3. Notre Dame Notre Dame
4. Penn State Penn State
5. ~~SMU~~ SMU
6. Ohio State Ohio State
7. ~~Indiana~~ Indiana
8. Georgia Georgia
9. ~~Tennessee~~ Tennessee
10. South Carolina South Carolina
11. Arizona State Arizona State
12. Boise State Boise State
13. Alabama Alabama
14. Ole Miss Mississippi
T-15. Iowa State Iowa State
T-15. Miami Miami
17. BYU BYU
18. ~~Clemson~~ Clemson
19. ~~Army~~ Army
20. Colorado Colorado
T-21. Syracuse Syracuse
T-21. UNLV UNLV
23. Louisville Louisville
24. Illinois Illinois
25. Baylor Baylor

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[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Genuinely can't tell if this is a matchup of two good teams or two bad teams, like the signs point to both

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I think it’s 2 good teams that have made a lot of mistakes tonight.

[–] ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sark: We gotta play better to beat Alabama.

Me: No duh.

Me drinking burnt-orange kool-aid: Nah, we're gonna be wearing the icy white away unis, we'll be fine

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[–] nurple@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

FSU red zone defense: elite

FSU pass defense: lol

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Jesus, Brian Kelly is going to straight up murder his receiving corps after tonight.

[–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Penalties are killing FSU, dropped passes are killing LSU

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’ve always thought announcers are a little too hard on receivers, possibly because there are so many old QBs in the booth.

There’s a lot of “maybe not a perfect ball but you have to catch that!” when the replay actually shows the ball on his wrong shoulder, or behind him while the route has him sprinting, or the poor kid is completely screened by a closing defender on an underthrown ball. A lot of times it was a miracle the receiver got a hand on it at all, but as soon as he does it becomes his fault.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

And to that point, it’s maybe not the receivers Kelly will murder, but the entire defense. They’re cooked.

[–] nurple@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SirNuke@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Oh fine, I'll watch it then.

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

LSU is looking hefty early.

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

They’re acting like that interview was live but you could see refs hanging around on the field behind him lol. And a HC would never not be watching the game

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

First ranked vs ranked matchup of the year!

I’m excited for this game. I always am so football-starved by the time week 0 hits thay I dive in and end up watching a lot of blowouts since most teams schedule cupcakes for the first week (which is fine, that’s how it works). So I plan to really savor this game. But I’ve probably jinxed it and now it’ll also be a blowout.

I'm still not used to seeing BK wearing LSU gear. But I'm not part of the Tiger fay-muh-lee so I don't see shots of him on the sideline that much

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

hahaha "No YOU have the ball"

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Football confirmed being a hot potato.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

These Ford commercials remind me of 30 Rock having Stacy Keach do commercials for aggressively terrible couches.

[–] ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.social 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Has anyone told LSU that to score points, they have to go towards the end zone?

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

What a nice stop!

[–] enjoy_slurm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

But thats what the opponent will expect. Got to keep them guessing.

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[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's with all these on field interviews? I feel like we've gotten way more of them this season. They feel so tacky

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

It’s a growing trend, the XFL had soooo many of them. I hate it.

[–] enjoy_slurm@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Farmer fred going to make special teams run wind sprints

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

That was a legitimately hilarious response from Sark

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Kelly commited a cardinal sin of football, he forgot to make sure his d wasn't allergic to good tackles

[–] ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looked like an incomplete forward pass to me. Not sure what Bill LeMonnier was on about

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah he was saying the hit caused his arm to go forward and I was like “the rule is just if his arm is going forward when the ball is released so the reasoning you’re giving just confirms it’s an incomplete pass” lol

[–] nurple@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

If FSU can patch up their pass defense then they’re a playoff team

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those may or may not have been iffy calls, possibly

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A lot of really iffy calls going exclusively in LSU's favor.

Haha, was that FSU's band playing "Neck" after that awesome catch?

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lmao, it's like they didn't learn anything

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[–] ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, FSU really made something out of nothing on 3rd and long aaaaand as I write that, what a run to the house!

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[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Looks weird not having Allstate logo on the net. I'm not sure I like them having alcohol advertising instead.

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[–] enjoy_slurm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Special teams apparently give better that it receives

[–] ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do they just not practice special teams? Games are won and lost on special teams. Although as I write that, an interception makes this comment sort of irrelevant

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[–] ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well at least we know FSU's DBs can tackle (each other)

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Their secondary is looking sus as hell. The DL seems really good though.

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

FSU’s OL showed a lot of improvement last year but they’ve really struggled today. Could be that LSU’s D is just playing really well but I hope Travis isn’t running for his life all year like he used to have to do.

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that’s the right call, but I was just thinking of a way to make it less subjective. Let me know what you guys think.

What if it was only a pass if it makes it past the line of scrimmage? That would mean that forward screens behind the line that are dropped would be fumbles, but it’d mean that stuff like this that I think most people think feel like fumbles wouldn’t get called passes because the hit caused the QB’s arm to go forward.

[–] ToasterOverlord@fanaticus.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting. Would that make multi-forward passes legal? Not full-blown like in the XFL, but if the first one is behind LOS then you could design some intriguing plays

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Something tells me that's not how that play was drawn up. Impressive to make something out of nothing

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

That was some backyard football shit

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Well that’s schadenfreude blueballs for this Gator. After Week One, looks like college football has jumped the shark. Give me realignment rumors and NFL, please.

[–] Holomew@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I know there's plenty of evidence that these are both really good teams, but I'm getting big "Texas is back" vibes from it. I can't explain why.

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Obviously the catch and run was cool but what an effort by that defender to save the TD (well delay)

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