The official National Championship thread.

[BradyFTW!]

Not sure if Mariota is worth a #1 overall pick

Oregon is missing their top 2 receivers, think we're seeing a lot of the effects of that. Not having Carrington is really killing them right now.

 

[Joker]

overthrowing simple sideline outs is due to their 2 top receivers being out?

 

[BradyFTW!]

overthrowing simple sideline outs is due to their 2 top receivers being out?

That was one bad throw. Every QB makes occasional bad throws. Your whole schtick on this thread is sort of like watching Jets-Pats in week 16 and concluding that the Pats suck and the NFL is stupid.


Neither of these teams has played in a couple weeks and they're both missing key players. I dunno why anyone would be surprised that the offense isn't in sync.

 

[Dragda]

Oregon starts slow but usually wins. Stupid not to take the points on the five yard line.

 

[BradyFTW!]

As far as trick plays go, that was a pretty dumb one.

 

[Joker]

are you a Duck fan, FTW? If so, not being sarcastic. I could care less about either team as far as affiliation goes. Just looking coldly at PROSPECTS for the next level.Marriota is a great kid with good character. As an NFL QB prospect it looks to me like he's got a lot of work to do to play in a pro set.

Now the OSU running back and a couple of their LB's? yeah..they look like no brainers. Lot of mid round secondary players too.

 

[Froob]

How is this Ohio State's QB only 3rd start? Is their main guy hurt? Seems pretty damn good for a backup.

 

[Dragda]

are you a Duck fan, FTW? If so, not being sarcastic. I could care less about either team as far as affiliation goes. Just looking coldly at PROSPECTS for the next level.Marriota is a great kid with good character. As an NFL QB prospect it looks to me like he's got a lot of work to do to play in a pro set.

Now the OSU running back and a couple of their LB's? yeah..they look like no brainers. Lot of mid round secondary players too.

I'm a Duck fan. Mariota is not playing well tonight but he's a decent pro prospect. If I were a GM, though, I'd draft someone else number one overall. Marcus is the kind of player that will take a while to learn the pro game, but if given a long leash will become a good NFL QB. He's not a franchise saver type though. A team with a great defense--Bills for example--could use him.

 

[BradyFTW!]

are you a Duck fan, FTW? If so, not being sarcastic. I could care less about either team as far as affiliation goes. Just looking coldly at PROSPECTS for the next level.Marriota is a great kid with good character. As an NFL QB prospect it looks to me like he's got a lot of work to do to play in a pro set.

Now the OSU running back and a couple of their LB's? yeah..they look like no brainers. Lot of mid round secondary players too.

I don't really have a college allegiance (Babson didn't have a football team), if anything I'm pulling for OSU since I like Meyer purely on account of he and Belichick being buddies.

I agree that Mariota needs work to succeed in the pros, but that's true of just about every college prospect not named Andrew Luck. I like his chances over most, and I think you'd have a more favorable impression of he wasn't throwing to such awful receivers. He's made a couple of bad throws, but conversely the best throw he's made tonight was straight-up dropped.

Just wait, even with the offense shorthanded I still think Mariota will improve a lot in the second half. The first half wasn't representative of the kind of player he is, and he has a history of rising to the occasion in the second half. He's pretty comfortably the best QB prospect since Luck, IMO, and I say that as someone with no particular affinity for Oregon. Granted, that basically just means he's a better prospect than Geno, Bridgewater, Manziel and Carr.

 

[Tunescribe]

I wonder if Tebow has lost his virginity yet.

 

[BradyFTW!]

I wonder if Tebow has lost his virginity yet.

Gronk said he was going to take it, and Gronk gets what he wants.

 

[TBR]

None of those signs were funny. At all.

 

[Tunescribe]

Gronk said he was going to take it, and Gronk gets what he wants.

Yeah, I remember him saying that. It grosses me out.

 

[Froob]

Jeese these college games take forever. Stop ****ing around, some of us have 8 am classes lol.

 

[Froob]

None of those signs were funny. At all.

What'd they say? Wasn't paying attention.

 

[Joker]

The talk is this kid will be the #1 pick in the NFL draft. That's Tony Mandarich territory to me. Winston is more ready and HE may fall out of the 1st round if he gets in anymore scrapes. I think this draft will be heavy in quality front seven players. I've seen a number of "passes the eye test" LB's and DE's during this bowl season.

Anyway, I want to see a close game and watch for the player(s) that elevates his play. In other words, the pro. To me these games are nothing more than pro exhibitions anyway.

 

[BradyFTW!]

I like how Tebow is preaching the exact opposite of what every coach ever advocates.

"Don't take what they're giving you! Be a hero! Go make impossible plays!" Great advice, timmy

 

[Dragda]

Number 15, the Buckeyes RB, would be the player I want the most.

This is the Ducks best shot at a championship ever. This is stressing be the F out.

I stress eat when my team is in championship games. So far I've eaten a throw pillow and a napkin.

 

[Dragda]

damn

 

[Joker]

Zeke Elliot...beast