Another awful production job on national TV. Sounds like McElroy and Joe Tessitore are trying to scream over a crowd that’s not really all that loud.
Ohio State has opened as 9.5 point favorites over the Irish. Only two college championship games have had as high or higher a spread - Georgia over TCU in 2022 (13.5 points) and Alabama over Ohio State in 2020 (9.5 points). Both were blowout wins for the favorites (58 and 28 point margins, respectively).
Gary Danielson, Legendary College Football Analyst for CBS, Announces Retirement Plans. J.J. Watt to call games with Ian Eagle for CBS Watt to work with Eagle as the CBS #2 team for the NFL broadcast. Charles Davis is replacing Danielson for college football.
Auburn - Baylor, with Baylor wearing “gold chrome on anthracite”. Cool uniform, obnoxious name for black and gold. Fun fact: Jackson Arnold was top ten recruit and ranked 4th among QBs in a class led by Arch Manning. LaNorris Sellers was ranked 34th.
Hate to agree with Urban Meyer, but going for it on 4th down anywhere on the field has gotten out of control. I’d like to see a stat that reflects momentum shift.
Arch Manning may end up being a very good quarterback, but nothing I’ve seen from him from the times I’ve watched justifies the way the media hypes him as some generational talent. I don’t see elite touch, his accuracy looks inconsistent, and his arm strength doesn’t strike me as special.
I don’t wish bad things for the kid, but he gets so much hype and benefit of any doubt based solely on his pedigree, his high school career and two starts last year against lousy teams. He has like a 3/4 side-arm throwing motion and I even heard someone last week trying to sell us that it gave him an edge over other QBs. Didn’t for others in the past.
Add to that - I don’t think Julian Sayin has looked so whopping good either. But Arch has tanked it, Jeremiah Smith has a couple drops and average production. So the narrative if this score holds will be about defense and the Julian Sayin’s coming out party.
I’m not giving up on The ‘Cuse just yet. Not going out on a limb for them, but they found a little momentum at 38-20 going into the 4th.
I really don’t care who wins Texas-OSU, but I was rooting hard that Texas wouldn’t make that 4th down. If Arch kept going and pulled off a comeback - holy hell. Tomorrow they’d be bronzing his junk.
