Your National Championship Open Thread

Well, here we are. There are few people less qualified to do rundown of tonight’s game but I’ve been winging these things for quite some time now so whatever. But first, a few wee news items and notes.

Fallout:

-Of course the first is that the Pegula’s dropped the bomb on Bills coach McDermott to some surprise. It’s always risky to move on from a leader of men that made such a difference to Buffalo’s fortunes. Since he became coach the team has scored the most points and allowed the least-their point differential is 900+ and no other team is at 600. But he didn’t beat the teams he had to beat at the expected times so he’s gone.

-GM Beane is no longer, but only because he was kicked upstairs to President of Football Operations. That’s what not being able to find a wide receiver gets you.

-The Fins pivoted to the defensive side of the ball after shedding themselves of Daniel. (funny that teams do this all the time). Jeff Hafley, DC for the Packers for two years and a losing coach (22-26) at Boston College, is the hire. That makes eight straight coaches brought on board by Miami that have no NFL head coaching whatsoever. I guess the other side of this is that they don’t go down the Retread Road.

-Zach Charbonnett threw his ACL out of whack so he’s not available anymore for the Seahawks.

To The Game!

Miami/Indiana:

-Peeking in at the La Batard show there would appear to be excitement in the air all over town. Btw, it’s pretty much the worst platform to go to for actual analysis. They do love fighting and talking over each other on that show.

-It being the feel-good story it is, 78% of the betting money is on the Hoosiers.

-Sporty types down in Florida have their own happy tale to tell and that is Cristobal resurrecting the program from the dregs of several lousy seasons. There’s also the “Immigrant from Cuba does good” angle although he was born here. Kudos to him though for giving his hard-working parents credit whenever he can.

-Has there ever been a 2-loss National Champion? My guess is no.

-As stated before it is strange to see Indiana where it is but to have them be a juggernaut? That wasn’t remotely expected.

-They’ve played only three one score games this year.

-Let’s all recall that Miami got in at the expense of Notre Dame and laugh.

Have at it.