National Title Game Open Thread/Coaches Room Discussion

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[RF2044]

Have to say, that was probably the best national championship game I've ever seen. Tremendous athleticism on both sides of the ball, big plays for both sides, and the game literally went down to the final second of regulation.

You don't see too many that bring it the way these two did last night. Not a Clemson fan, but was exciting to see them dethrone Alabama / Saban.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

I've done a 180. I love the guy.

He's a Devo type - love him when he plays on your squad, hate him if he plays for most anyone else.

 

[TheCusian]

Dino was trying to help Dorean live a little. By the end he was laughing pretty good. It's hard for douches.

 

[SWC75]

Not at all

First one perhaps

Second one, you cannot say the defender didn't initiate contact

The first one does not look like the Clemson player initiated the contact. On the second one, he obviously does.

Alabama DB: Pick play is 'somewhat illegal'

 

[upperdeck]

I think they get away with the first one because the WR was pretending to put his hands up like he was just stopping his route and looking for the pass.

Second one, as you said, the defender CLEARLY initiated the contact.

Pick plays annoy the . . . . out of me, but by the letter of the law, the 2nd was definitely legal and I'd say the first probably was too.

no it was not.. the defender can initiate the contact, but the offense can not block thru it, defender has the right to his position too.

 

[orangeinjersey]

I went to bed at the half, were there any other Dino comments about our team, besides the no one to run comment, and him giving the Daz the stink eye for trying to play him by "forgetting" that Clemson shut out SU?

 

[Orangepace]

I went to bed at the half, were there any other Dino comments about our team, besides the no one to run comment, and him giving the Daz the stink eye for trying to play him by "forgetting" that Clemson shut out SU?

There was one snippet somewhere around 5 mins left in the game:

Dino - "Clemson should definitely take a shot down field here."
Addaz - "Babers, all you want to do is throw it vertically."
Dino - "I want to run the ball, but you keep putting 8 in the box. So I'm going over the top."
Addaz - **Death stare at Dino.**
Dino - **Laughs.**
​

I'm not sure if there is some sort of feud between the two, but Addazzio seemed to make it pretty clear he wasn't a Dino Babers fan.

 

[tbonezone]

Boulware is a dbag.

true dat. but alabama's brown is just as bad. glad clemson won.

 

[OrangePA]

"There's emotion in your face right now...Why?"

That's the single dumbest question I've heard a reporter ask. Oh Lord

It was just a version of the same question that is always asked nowadays - over and over again. Something like "when you realized that you won the game, how did you feel? or what was going through your mind? or what emotions hit you???"