CFB Top25 Final Poll and Championship Game Recap

     Here is the Final  CFB Top 25 Poll after last nights College Football Championship Game. In a rematch  of last years Championship game between the Clemson Tigers and the Alabama Roll Tide. This game lived up to its billing and even though the game started out slow and at halftime it was only 14-7, the fireworks started early in the 3rd quarter and didn't end until the final game winning TD by Clemson with one second left on the clock. Clemson's QB Deshaun Watson was the catalyst for the Tigers and Watson and Clemson were not going to be denied their first Championship Title in College football since 1981.  
      The loss denied Nick Saban of winning his 6th National Championship Title and one has to wonder if His ego got the best of him.  There is no argument Saban is one of the top Head Coaches in all of College Football and some would argue possibly the greatest of all time. But his announcement of removing former OC Lane Kiffin 10 days before the Championship Game was a bold but puzzling move by Saban. The reasoning given was it was a mutual decision for Kiffin to move on for He had been announced as the new head coach at FAU.  But reports all season long indicated this would be Kiffin's last year at Alabama and there was a rift and divide growing between Saban and Kiffin. It was very strange timing when this all came to a boil and Saban blaming the lack of scoring by Alabama in the CFB Playoff game against Washington. So Kiffin went on his way and new OC Steve Sarkisian who was an offensive consultant all season long was now the new OC for the Roll Tide. But last night there was no doubt the offense was out of sync most of the night and except for a few big pass plays the offense looked out of whack and QB Jalen Hurts, an 18 year old Freshmen looked his age most of the game.  After getting out to a lead early on, Alabama went for long periods without truly moving the ball. Questionable offensive play calling and ultra conservative approach offensively in the 4th quarter contributed to the blown double digit lead.  Alabama's defense was on the field for over 34 minutes and 99 plays. Nick Saban was banking on his defense and running the ball would win this game but Clemson had too much firepower and in the end Saban and His ego might have cost Him and the Roll Tide the Collegiate Football National Championship.  
     The final CFB Top25 poll was updated by Joey the CFB Cat Analyst and also by CupofJoeintheD. Joey the CFB Cat Analyst was 34-7 in his Bowl picks this year and during the Season, Joey the CFB Analyst was an impressive 226-41 with 53 upsets picked. It has been an exciting College Football Season and Joey and I thank you for following us during the season. We look forward to March Madness and the upcoming 2017 CFB Season.     twitter; @cupofjoeinthed    email; cupofjoeinthed@gmail.com 


Final CFB Poll

My CFB Top 25     By; Joey Baloney aka The Cat

Joey the CFB Cat Analyst after His Final CFB Rankings

  1. Clemson
  2. Alabama
  3. USC
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Washington
  6. Penn State    
  7. Ohio State
  8. Florida State
  9. Oklahoma State
10. Wisconsin
11. Michigan
12. Stanford
13. Western Michigan
14. LSU
15. Virginia Tech
16. Florida
17. South Florida
18. West Virginia
19. Colorado
20. Louisville
21. Utah
22. Miami (Fla)
23. Auburn
24. Nebraska
25. Pittsburgh


 My Top 25      by  CupofJoeintheD
  1. Clemson                

Cup of Joe in the D

  2. Alabama
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Washington
  5. USC
  6. Ohio State            
  7. Florida State
  8. Penn State
  9. Michigan
10. Wisconsin
11. Oklahoma State
12. LSU
13. Florida
14. Stanford
15. Virginia Tech
16. Western Michigan
17. West Virginia
18. South Florida
19. Colorado
20. Louisville
21. Utah
22. Nebraska
23. Auburn
24. Miami (Fla)
25. Temple