re: Not much buzz for the National Championship

I will never pay that much for a ticket.

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Depends on how you define “buzz”. Quick look at Stubhub - nose bleed tickets are $2500 per ticket. Lower levels up to $8k per ticket. That’s insane.

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Dude, the SEC folks here are working hard to convince themselves that nobody is going to watch this game, that nobody cares.
You pointing out that it's the most expensive ticket in history isn't helping with their cope.

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If the two biggest brands in college football can't generate big numbers maybe don't play the natty this close February.

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I’m pretty confident the ratings will be massive

The only one coping here is you bud

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Ohio State vs Notre Dame.
Arguably the two biggest brands in College Football.
But yeah, nobody is going to watch.
So you're still in the denial phase ? or is it the anger phase ?

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honestly it's not a regional thing for me.

It's NFL playoff time now. Like somebody said already, it's following the Bills-Ravens game, and quality won't be close

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Zip it blondie

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You sound incredibly insecure.

I’ve been caught by surprise by the 1R, the SF rounds and the NC. There’s so much time between rounds it’s hard to figure out when the games are happening.

I also think having the 7 & 8 seeds in the title game is a little deflating. While I think ND would be in whether the format is 4 or 8 teams, I’m not sure OSU gets in either of those formats with 2 losses if a smaller 8 team format requires all 4 major conference champs and the highest ranked G5 team.

Thats why I don’t like this format. OSU loses to a 5-loss Michigan team at home on the last game of the season, sits home for the B10 Champ because of that loss, and gets rewarded with a home game? No doubt, they’re the hot team right now, but that’s why I hate large playoff formats. A team can get hot on a favorable draw and win it all despite choking in the most important games on their schedule.

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This is a college football message board. Of course we are watching.

That doesnt mean there isnt a lack of buzz.

Trust us. outside of yalls circles its insanely quiet

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All of this.

Not sure why that Buckeye poster is screeching about "cope". Two rounds of the NFL playoffs will have been completed between the CFP semis and national championship game. That's an eternity in the modern media world.

College football fans will still watch, and I'm sure ratings will be strong, but the hype/build-up for the game has been very subdued compared to previous years.

I will watch for sure and I'm hopeful it will be a close game.