Any team can have a bad day. Peyton got thumped by Seattle in the Super Bowl. That being said, TCU got every lucky break against Michigan: two pick-sixes, three goal-line stands and a no-call on a clear targeting penalty on the last play in a one-score game. TCU's luck would've run out if Michigan had punched in just one of those possessions on the goal line or thrown one less interception.
Not sure how many times he was open either, bc you know, he wasn’t visible on the field. His numbers aren’t that impressive either. People are freaking out about his size and speed.
From just the box score alone, barely any of TCU's receiving corps was visible on the field. 9 players were thrown to, and only 2 of those 9 had more than 1 reception. And, of course, Georgia would obviously put their best DB on Johnston (which they did). On one of Duggan's picks, he overthrew Johnston - not sure if Duggan and Johnston just weren't on the same page or what, but it's not like Johnston was thrown to all night and couldn't catch or otherwise make a play. According to Sportsnaut, Johnston was targeted 3 times - a catch, a pass that was the aforementioned pick and another ball that I don't have info on. https://sportsnaut.com/wins-losers-georgia-tcu-cfp-national-championship/ I don't think scouts and people are going to look at this game and decide that Johnston isn't going to be a good NFL WR and/or that his draft stock is going to plummet just because he was basically a zero in the national championship game. Not sure if size and speed matters more to a RB or a WR heading into the draft, but people are rightfully justified in 'freaking out' about those two physical factors. You can't teach those, but you can teach how to catch better, work ethic, routes, etc.
Coach Prime reminds me of Penny and memphis. Gathers all the hype with notable recruits and transfers and a significant list of them. But in the end didn't really amount to the level expected. We'll see how this works out for Colorado
This is exactly what I thought. (hopefully not Clyde at UH) I do hope he makes Colorado a fun team again.
Odd to see you say this given how closely you follow college football. Basically the NCAA lost a bunch of anti-trustish lawsuits in regards to how they regulate player movement, compensation, etc.
As Donny said, the Supreme Court stripped the NCAA of their ability to regulate much of college sports - most importantly, the whole NIL thing. That's why it's basically the wild west. The NCAA has no authority over anything, and neither the federal or state governments have regulated anything, so it's basically anything-goes. Even if a bunch of schools leave the NCAA and formulate their own governing rules, there's nothing that would indicate they could regulate it either. They could pay players directly, but then boosters could just pay them way more for NIL and you'd have the same problems.
Thought you meant there was something specific that does not allow the NCAA to regulate NIL at all. There are still 2 major rules for NIL: no pay for play and no inducements to high school kids. Problem is that the NCAA had almost no way to properly investigate this. They’ve admitted to this and just passed a new bylaw to address it (see below). Likely too little too late though. As far as schools leaving the NCAA, the idea is forming a brand new league with own rules, own oversight, etc…Can’t remember where I read it but basically a lot of the limitations placed on the NCAA wouldn’t necessarily apply to a SEC league. https://www.si.com/college/2023/01/30/ncaa-enforcement-name-image-likeness-more-room-investigations
