Running CFB playoff thread

[Chef2]

I can see Sark weighing his options.
I can also see Sark looking at his check stub every two weeks and saying "Why would I leave?"
It wouldn't have surprised me if Jerruh had a car waiting for him outside the locker room taking him out to his place for a chat.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Is Ryan Day the first coach to be taking his team to a national championship while simultaneously being on the hot seat for being 1-4 against the school rival?

With a little luck he loses the next one and we get to watch the sizzling aftermath.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I think SEC rage is the most enjoyment some get out of the sport any more.

Works for me, although the fans using James Franklin and Ryan Day as punching bags is pretty good as well.

 

[Hermes]

I find Ryan Day to be the sympathetic character and the villain to be all of Ohio State and its fans. The man was hated by that fanbase from the jump because he isn't a monumental brick like Woody or Urban Meyer. I hope he wins it all (I can't root for good things for Notre Dame, I don't have it in me) and leaves them.

 

[micropolitan guy]

It's 5-3 for the Big Ten, right? Indiana lost.

Indiana's only two losses? To the only two teams left playing.

Yes, forgot about Indiana.

 

[Chef2]

I find Ryan Day to be the sympathetic character and the villain to be all of Ohio State and its fans. The man was hated by that fanbase from the jump because he isn't a monumental brick like Woody or Urban Meyer. I hope he wins it all (I can't root for good things for Notre Dame, I don't have it in me) and leaves them.

Ohio State fans don't care if you're Ryan Day, Jason Day, or Jesus Christ himself as long as you beat Michigan. That's how delusional this fanbase is.
He's playing for the National Championship in a week and change, and 2 months ago, people wanted him fired.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Half of them still kinda want him fired.

 

[swingline]

He's got the look of the least favored brother.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Ohio State fans don't care if you're Ryan Day, Jason Day, or Jesus Christ himself as long as you beat Michigan. That's how delusional this fanbase is.
He's playing for the National Championship in a week and change, and 2 months ago, people wanted him fired.

It is not so much delusional as misguided, myopic and juvenile. Judging a coach based on one game and one foe grants that foe disproportionate control over you. When you do that, you contradict the claims that gave rise to the entire fandom: that your team/school/entity is vastly superior to the opponent.

 

[Della9250]

It is not so much delusional as misguided, myopic and juvenile. Judging a coach based on one game and one foe grants that foe disproportionate control over you. When you do that, you contradict the claims that gave rise to the entire fandom: that your team/school/entity is vastly superior to the opponent.

harbaugh was one more loss away from being fired and look how that turned out

 

[Neutral Corner]

It is not so much delusional as misguided, myopic and juvenile. Judging a coach based on one game and one foe grants that foe disproportionate control over you. When you do that, you contradict the claims that gave rise to the entire fandom: that your team/school/entity is vastly superior to the opponent.

Sure. That said, what happens to an X coach that has a very solid winning record but loses four out of five to Y, where

X = Alabama and Y = Auburn

X = Texas and Y = aTm

X = Georgia and Y = Georgia Tech

This board can name these pairings all afternoon.

 

[Hermes]

I grew up an Ohio State fan. I'm not looking at this from the outside.

Even if you win, they want a certain kind of person in that job. Even Earl Bruce and Jim Tressel weren't completely what they wanted. They finally found it in Urban Meyer. They won't be happy until they find that combination of arrogant and remorseless again. Day's days are numbered even if he wins it all. It might be five years or two years, but he's been deemed not fit for that job and will be pushed out eventually.

I have this theory that Tressel is only retroactively considered a great. At the time he was grumbled about just like Kirk Ferentz but was unfireable because he beat Michigan.