#2 Georgia Bulldogs vs #7 Notre Dame - 2025 Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff Quarterfinals - On Right Now on ESPN!

[FS4LFE]

SEC hype needs to stop. And I say this as a Gator fan. The transfer portal has allowed the rest of college football to catch up to them. You could true that the Big 10 and Big 12 is better than the SEC.

 

[Drake's Tan]

We gotta change philosophy on defense or something. We keep losing to dual threat qbs. Which is why we struggle against Alabama lately. When are we going to get a serious dual threat qb?

Most teams struggle against dual threat QBs

At least the ones who are somewhat competent at throwing the ball.

 

[Drake's Tan]

SEC hype needs to stop. And I say this as a Gator fan. The transfer portal has allowed the rest of college football to catch up to them. You could true that the Big 10 and Big 12 is better than the SEC.

B1G definitely is better

Big 12, probably not.

BYU, Colorado, Arizona State, Iowa State, and Kansas State are really good teams but none are elite.

 

["It Was Always Jerry"]

Most teams struggle against dual threat QBs

At least the ones who are somewhat competent at throwing the ball.

Its a constant with us though.

 

[Drake's Tan]

Bye week teams went 0-4.

Conference Championship games are important to those who are in the fringe and need to win to be in (Clemson for example) but if you're in win or lose, is it worth playing in?

 

["It Was Always Jerry"]

Bye week teams went 0-4.

Conference Championship games are important to those who are in the fringe and need to win to be in (Clemson for example) but if you're in win or lose, is it worth playing in?

We needed it or would've been a 3 loss team.

 

[In The Zone '98]

Bye week teams went 0-4.

Conference Championship games are important to those who are in the fringe and need to win to be in (Clemson for example) but if you're in win or lose, is it worth playing in?

The final 8 are all 99 overall teams

It isn't supposed to be easy

 

[10bandz]

Bye week teams went 0-4.

Conference Championship games are important to those who are in the fringe and need to win to be in (Clemson for example) but if you're in win or lose, is it worth playing in?

I was talking about this in one of the threads yesterday. It's too long of a layoff for the bye week teams.

They gotta go to 8 or 16 with no byes.

 

[10bandz]

The final 8 are all 99 overall teams

It isn't supposed to be easy

Who said anything about easy, all the games were won by 2+ scores except TX-AZST and even that game needed a comeback. There were no wire to wire competitive games and the rust for the layoff definitely played a part. Teams coming off momentum from last weeks playoff win vs teams who havent played in 21+ days

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

One thing I noticed is these SEC teams are getting out-physicaled in these bowl games. Never thought I'd see the day. It would be one thing if it was just one team, but it's been MULTIPLE SEC teams getting pushed around in the trenches this postseason.

Scary hours.

SEC now...is going through what Nebraska did a generation ago.

NU had the best S & C program, partial qualifiers etc. They didn't always win but they were ALWAYS in the mix. By the late 90s and early 00s, their advantage eroded as the rest of CFB caught up to their training techniques.

Bama/Saban basically did what Nebraska did but modernized. The rest of the SEC plus Clemson started adopting the Bama's training and narrowed the gap.

Now you got NIL + transfer portals + everyone being big and physical like the SEC. Level playing field so coaching and "the little things" matter. SEC teams can't just out-athlete you anymore because errbody got ath-o-leets now.

 

[CrimsonTider]

SEC hype needs to stop. And I say this as a Gator fan. The transfer portal has allowed the rest of college football to catch up to them. You could true that the Big 10 and Big 12 is better than the SEC.

The big 12

 

[concise]

how these guys lose to NIU lol

Northern Illinois didn't have working tablets that day so Notre Dame couldn't use theirs either ... which wound up making it harder to make in-game adjustments

NIU coach thinks no iPads played a part in Notre Dame football upset

While Notre Dame football would never blame a massive upset on lack of a tablet, Thomas Hammock thinks it played a part.

slapthesign.com

 

[Ohene]

Northern Illinois didn't have working tablets that day so Notre Dame couldn't use theirs either ... which wound up making it harder to make in-game adjustments

NIU coach thinks no iPads played a part in Notre Dame football upset

While Notre Dame football would never blame a massive upset on lack of a tablet, Thomas Hammock thinks it played a part.

slapthesign.com

very interesting

 

[Roid Jones]

SEC hype needs to stop. And I say this as a Gator fan. The transfer portal has allowed the rest of college football to catch up to them. You could true that the Big 10 and Big 12 is better than the SEC.

 

[K-Deini]

My PSU playoff threads got us 2-0

Also got notre dame 2-0