I had a dog in the fight for the Clemson game last night because my in-laws are hard-core Clemson fans (for reasons that escape me).
They love to tease me about Clemson’s superiority in all categories, while completely ignoring any redeeming qualities of Utah’s…
Having said that, I just couldn’t route for Ohio State either.
At any rate, did anyone think the refs were kind of slanted towards Clemson a bit? I’m not necessarily complaining about the targeting call, but it did seem the Tigers were getting a little bit of a nudge. I thought the fumble callback was pretty egregious. But maybe I’m not being fair.
The point being; it seems that our game with the longhorns is Texas’s game to lose. Does anyone else share that vibe?
Personally I hope we kick the living s*** out of them, because I view the beatdown of Oklahoma as most satisfying for the same reasons. I know it’s not cool to engage in schadenfreude, but, it just seems that some teams will always have the perennial winner tag and a decisive win could really help us in the realm of general consensus vs these “storied” institutions.
Go UTES!
I agree, I think that the view is TU “should” beat our Utes. Like you I hope that we kick the snot out of them. I have other reasons than they’re just our opponent. I have a hard time deciding who I dislike more, TU or BYU. Both for the same reasons, their insufferable fans.
As for OU, I don’t think they deserved to be there, and the score showed it. Now if our Utes had played well and be Oregon, we would have been at the Peach Bowl. I do believe that our Utes would have shown better than OU. Given time to prep, Whit (usually) has the team ready for an opponent.
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I went to bed and did not see the second half of the tODU vs Clemson game. I thought the targeting call was legit. Ironically, it was the same call that we did not get in the PAC 12 Championship Game vs Oregon.
I saw the replay of the Catch/Fumble/Scoop and Score and was in shock over the reversal. Receiver clearly had control of the ball and was bringing it down into a running position when it got punched out. I thought the evidence had to be overwhelming to reverse a call? Apparently, subsequent reviews by leading officials agree with this assessment:
https://sports.yahoo.com/report-college-football-officiating-coordinator-says-ohio-states-fumble-return-td-shouldnt-have-been-overturned-223515191.html
Can’t wait to see how Larry Scott’s boys do in the CFP Championship Game.
I did not realize establishing intent was a requirement to a targeting call.