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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:35 AM Jan 2015

Interesting dynamic in this playoff.

Heretofore, in college ball, you always knew who your opponents would be, sometimes years in advance -- and several weeks for the bowl game.

Now here comes this playoff. You get a whole week and a half to prepare for an opponent you didn't have scheduled. Could it be that Oregon and its Chip Kelly impersonator was thinking 'Bama all the way?

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Interesting dynamic in this playoff. (Original Post) KamaAina Jan 2015 OP

Could it be that Oregon had two players suspended a couple of days before the big game? TexasTowelie Jan 2015 #1

If that were different I don't think it would have mattered. Auggie Jan 2015 #2

Oregon is a bully team Yavin4 Jan 2015 #3

You must be thinking of last year. KamaAina Jan 2015 #4

TexasTowelie

(112,478 posts)

1. Could it be that Oregon had two players suspended a couple of days before the big game?

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:43 AM

Jan 2015

Could it be that Oregon was not allowed to hold practices as long as those permitted for Ohio State? Just a few of the questions in my view.

Auggie

(31,203 posts)

2. If that were different I don't think it would have mattered.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 10:02 AM

Jan 2015

Consider that Ohio turned the ball over four times.

No, they beat Oregon in the trenches. And soundly. With a third string QB.

Yavin4

(35,446 posts)

3. Oregon is a bully team

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:11 PM

Jan 2015

They can only win when everything is going their way. Run into a little adversity and they wither away. Stanford was able to beat them just by hanging in the game and getting a few stops.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. You must be thinking of last year.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:20 PM

Jan 2015

They killed us this year. As did the Little Sisters of the Poor, for that matter. Their only loss until last night came to Arizona.

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