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Fun Weekend of Football

Enjoyed seeing all of the teams. Not the most competitive group of games we've ever seen, but some years are like that. One thing for sure, a season that none of the participants will soon forget. Fans of all participating schools should be proud of their teams. Saw players from both winning and losing teams laying it all on the line. That's what it's all about.
Like the playoff system or not, it once again proved its effectiveness. The best teams were crowned champions. Congratulations to all of them.

College Football Playoffs

Mizzou in, or out?

Had to start with that since this is a MOsports board.

NCAA, please expand the playoffs to 8 teams. There used to be so much debate about which two teams to put in the championship game, and you wisely expanded to four teams. But there’s almost always going to be a fifth or sixth team that has a good argument for making the top 4.

You don’t really see any arguments for Penn State, Clemson, or Washington being deserving (the current next tier of rated teams at 8, 9 and 10). Ie if the #9 team gets left out, pretty much nobody is saying they got screwed.

Let numbers 9 and below bowl eligible teams all play before new year’s. Then my tourney would look like this, for example, yearning for the old days of the big four bowl games on New Year’s Day:

11am - Orange Bowl
#3 TCU vs. #6 Tennessee

2pm - Cotton Bowl
#4 Ohio State versus #5 Alabama

5pm - Sugar Bowl
#1 Georgia vs #8 Clemson

8pm Rose Bowl
#2 Michigan vs #7 USC
(The old Big 10 vs PAC 10 matchup)

SEC, Big 10, Big 12, PAC 12 and ACC all represented.

January 8 - NCAA Final Four games at two prescheduled locations.

January 15 - Championship game at TBD
(Just six days after this years scheduled ‘ship)

New Years Day I’d be glued to the TV like the good old days.
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117th Annual TURKEY DAY game preview Webster Groves vs. Kirkwood...

Kirkwood Pioneers at Webster Groves Statesmen
What:
117th Turkey Day football game.

When: Noon, Thanksgiving Day.

Records: Kirkwood 6-4; Webster Groves 1-8.
Last year: Kirkwood 65, Webster Groves 0.
Rivalry record: Webster Groves leads the series 53-48-5.
On Webster Groves: Will be the final Turkey Day Game played at Moss Field before it undergoes renovation. … Ended 21-game losing streak with a 27-13 win over Northwest–Cedar Hill on Oct. 15. Had not won a game since November of the 2019 season. … Has not won a Turkey Day Game since 2013, when it pulled out a 21-19 victory at Kirkwood. … Last season’s 65-0 loss was the largest margin of defeat for the Statesmen in the rivalry. Webster Groves owns the largest margin of victory in the series with a 76-0 win in 1917. … First-year coach Connor White is the third coach for the Statesmen in their last three Turkey Day Games following Cliff Ice (2019) and Munir Prince (2021). ... The 2020 Turkey Day Game was called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. … Junior running back Trevion Hulsey has rushed for 513 yards and five touchdowns. Junior quarterback Qwalan Miller has passed for 488 yards, three touchdowns and been intercepted seven times. Junior receiver Jackson Torbit has caught 34 passes for 277 yards and two touchdowns. … Junior defensive lineman Gah Kaanagbara has made 56 tackles, five tackles for loss and four sacks. Sophomore Patrick Keegan moved from quarterback to linebacker and has thrived with a team-high 58 tackles. Junior defensive back Steve Maschak has made 30 tackles and three interceptions.

On Kirkwood: Has won a record eight consecutive Turkey Day Games. Last season’s 65-0 win was the largest margin of victory for the Pioneers in the rivalry. … Second-year coach Jeremy Maclin played in four Turkey Day Games as the Pioneers went 2-2 including a 20-19 defeat as a senior in 2005. … Has not lost at Moss Field since 2012. … Senior Deion Brown cemented his place as the program’s all-time best running back as he rushed for a single-season record 1,515 yards and 26 touchdowns. Rushed for a single-game record 352 yards and seven touchdowns against Lindbergh on Oct. 7. Did not score a touchdown in last year’s Turkey Day Game. … Senior quarterback Omar Hopkins passed for 772 yards, seven touchdowns and has been intercepted once. Junior quarterback Creighton Wise has passed for 758 yards, six touchdowns and has been intercepted three times. Senior receiver Tyler Macon has caught 40 passes for 444 yards and five touchdowns. … Senior defensive back Patrick Fortune has made 60 tackles, three tackles for loss and two interceptions. Senior linebacker Khalil Webb has made 46 tackles, six tackles for loss and two sacks. Senior defensive tackle Lorenzo Brinkley has made 34 tackles, five tackles for loss and three sacks.
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