***2022-23 CFB Bowl Games Thread***
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Ha! Ha!
At the end of the day, I only care about one SEC team in Bowl Games. Hope they (Alabama) care enough to hang with the Big Xii Champions (K-State) tomorrow.
Good luck to Iowa vs. Kentucky in the Music City. The Tide is (0-2) in that Bowl Game losing to VPI in 1998 and Minnesota in 2004. I was at both games!
OMG Brock Purdy is EVERYWHERE. Just got a mention during the Orange Bowl.
Why can't we get a special teams coach with energy like the one for TN? Man, that guy is intense! I'd love to see that passion in our kicking game.
They do.
As Curt said, coaches decide how many players will dress out. Campbell usually dresses around 85 for home games. Big 12 road games are limited to 70 (with a few exceptions).
But that doesn't necessarily alleviate the issue of duplicate numbers. I can go back to 2000, when Sage Rosenfels (18) was the starting QB, and Marc Timmons (18) was a significant player on defense. There were several times when Rosenfels initially got credited with a Timmons tackle, until they corrected it with the proper #18. Prior to that, if there were two guys issued the same number, it was usually one starter and one bottom-of-the-barrel walk-on.
The NCAA has tried to crack down on it, updating the rules to get rid of triplicate numbers (even though ISU had 2 this year), and that no two players on the same side of the ball (i.e., offense) can wear the same number.
Sometimes guys will get promised a certain number. There's also usually an opportunity to change numbers during the offseason. Occasionally, guys will change numbers due to a rules conflict. I get the feeling that the number-assigning process varies greatly from school to school, and doesn't necessarily have a lot of strategy involved. But, the widely-accepted practice just for a special teams unit is to toss an unused pullover on one guy.
Tennessee did the same thing to Bryce Young all day too. He was a walking bruise after the game. No late hit or targetting calls either like their would have been in the Big Xii. The thing is that Tennessee's secondary sucks, so the QB just has to hit a home run every now and again. If they do, and they stop trying field goals, Clemson will win.
2012 Notre Dame vs Pitt. Notre Dame is undefeated and made a huge comeback to send it to overtime. ND fumbles on the goal line in OT. Pitt misses a gimme field goal. Fortunately for Notre Dame, the refs didn't notice that Notre Dame had two #2's on the field on that missed FG. ND ends up winning and staying undefeated.
Side notes:
Geeky intriguing to me how "red" Clemson's orange looks when paired w/ Tennessee's hue.
Bonus that it's happening in Orange Bowl.
As you were.
Geeky intriguing to me how "red" Clemson's orange looks when paired w/ Tennessee's hue.
Bonus that it's happening in Orange Bowl.
As you were.
clemson should have like 21 points. that was a terrible decision by the young QB there. jeepers.
