January 08, 2019

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 5 comments

Separated at birth.

posted by beaverboard at 06:42 AM on January 08, 2019

My sizzling hot take for last night's football game:

Hey, Notre Dame gave up only 30 points to Clemson. I mean, if we're going to talk about who deserves to be in the playoffs...

posted by NoMich at 07:48 AM on January 08, 2019

Ha, that's funny NoMich. I was thinking the same thing. I was among the many who believed that Clemson's semifinal dismantling of Notre Dame was conclusive evidence that the Golden Domers were a fraud and had no business being there. I'm willing to admit that I might have been a bit hasty in that conclusion. Maybe Clemson is just that damn good?

posted by tahoemoj at 11:58 AM on January 08, 2019

They are, indeed, that damn good. Dabo has the ability to get top rated kids in Tennessee, Georgia, *and* Alabama.

I'm not looking forward to another year of Clemson v Alabama, but it seems kinda unavoidable right now.

posted by NoMich at 03:01 PM on January 08, 2019

Alabama needs to land around 6 studs on the defensive side to be competitive with Clemson. They need 2 or 3 guys who can pressure the QB and a couple of CBs and a Safety who can come out on top of a play or 2.

Better coaching wouldn't hurt either .. that fake FG and a few of the 3rd and 4th down gamble play calls looked like half the team didn't know what play was being run.

posted by cixelsyd at 04:23 PM on January 08, 2019

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