#5 Oregon vs #1 Indiana The Peach Bowl

[Chapow]

Geezus. Cignetti is savage. Running up the score like this on a helpless cupcake like Oregon is just cold blooded.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Geezus. Cignetti is savage. Running up the score like this on a helpless cupcake like Oregon is just cold blooded.

It warms my heart.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

Mendoza and jeanty could be interesting together. Id trade Crosby and beef up the oline as much as possible to protect him and help jeanty but they could be a good long term combo. Knowing the raiders though they'll get flashy weapons instead and get him killed.

 

[NoGain]

What is it about college football players and even coaches and the glory to God thing when they win? I never see it anywhere quite as much as I do in college football. It's almost obligatory. It's like God is always on the winning side. I don't mean to be a downer about this, but it's so predictable it's become a private joke to myself.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Quack Quack

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Traits are showing. There is room for you Nogain. Consider that your team isn't ranked. It's much better winning.

Typical Duck response. Typical Duck CHOKE

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Oregon is getting embarrassed but at least they got two playoff wins and beat the Huskies!

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Next time Oregon wins.

Do they?

 

[Bobblehead]

Raiders have the 1st pick? Watch them pass on Mendoza.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

No doubt ^

 

[TwistedHusky]

I'll say the same thing I said when Indiana waxed Bama. I don't think it mattered who the opponent was.
Indiana would have done the same thing to any school they faced.
I don't think the coach, whether Kalen or Dan, could stop it.
Indiana is like this crazy crimson and cream Anaconda. It just keeps circling and squeezing. You watch as score gets farther and farther apart. You also watch each chance you had, on a play you should have made, not happen - and then Indiana comes back and scores again when you failed. (In this game, the sign was Mendoza fumbling - then picking up his own fumble and running with it. The Ducks missed a huge chance to turn the game around).

I don't think any gameplan the Ducks came up with would have worked, because playing a game with no mistakes is almost impossible. But Indiana makes almost no mistakes. Worse, it seems to always capitalize on whatever small mistake the opposing team makes.
Whatever team played IU would have lost by 3+ TDs.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Glorious

 

[SocialParasite]

Glorious

Dang Soulfish, you've been relentless with these responses.

 

[NoGain]

I'll say the same thing I said when Indiana waxed Bama. I don't think it mattered who the opponent was.
Indiana would have done the same thing to any school they faced.
I don't think the coach, whether Kalen or Dan, could stop it.
Indiana is like this crazy crimson and cream Anaconda. It just keeps circling and squeezing. You watch as score gets farther and farther apart. You also watch each chance you had, on a play you should have made, not happen - and then Indiana comes back and scores again when you failed. (In this game, the sign was Mendoza fumbling - then picking up his own fumble and running with it. The Ducks missed a huge chance to turn the game around).

I don't think any gameplan the Ducks came up with would have worked, because playing a game with no mistakes is almost impossible. But Indiana makes almost no mistakes. Worse, it seems to always capitalize on whatever small mistake the opposing team makes.
Whatever team played IU would have lost by 3+ TDs.

It was a weird college football season. There weren't powerhouse teams like some of Saban's Bama teams, or Burrows LSU team, or some of those Georgia teams of the last decade. Almost every top team had weaknesses of a kind. Indiana hit on all cylinders and there was no other top team with top recruits that could put it all together. Kind of a perfect storm for them.

I heard a really interesting analysis about the post NIL/transfer portal era. It's creating more parity in college football, leveling the playing field amongst the top teams because these elite powerhouse teams can't retain their players if they get a better deal or more playing time somewhere else. The powerhouse schools are losing their depth.

Anyway...

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Dang Soulfish, you've been relentless with these responses.

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It's glorious. First the Niners....now the Clucks. What a week.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Pow

 

[SoulfishHawk]

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[SoulfishHawk]

Respect....

 

[TwistedHusky]

It was a weird college football season. There weren't powerhouse teams like some of Saban's Bama teams, or Burrows LSU team, or some of those Georgia teams of the last decade. Almost every top team had weaknesses of a kind. Indiana hit on all cylinders and there was no other top team with top recruits that could put it all together. Kind of a perfect storm for them.

I heard a really interesting analysis about the post NIL/transfer portal era. It's creating more parity in college football, leveling the playing field amongst the top teams because these elite powerhouse teams can't retain their players if they get a better deal or more playing time somewhere else. The powerhouse schools are losing their depth.

Anyway...

I disagree.

When you beat top ten teams in the CFB playoffs by over 30 points each?
You are a powerhouse.

IU looks like it goes down as one of the all time better college teams. Maybe not as many NFL players on that team as some of the all time greats but they might have an all time great coaching staff. Time will tell.
A dominant NC after only 2 years is a hell of a coaching job.