Rivalry Weekend Chaos: Tradition and Pressure in College Football

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00:00I have a number of friends friends already that were just kind of at odds

00:03especially with the ending of that Florida Florida State game look I didn't

00:07expect Florida State to do anything spectacular I just thought it'd be like

00:11slightly less embarrassing and then the since when can we not plant the flag and

00:15when since when does anyone interrupt the trophies it's been part of tradition

00:19of college football forever and ever maybe the pressure is kind of getting to

00:23these guys because now that you think about it rivalry weekend the end of the

00:27regular season a lot of these games are do or die the brackets gonna completely

00:32blow up after today because we've seen a number of teams that needed to collect

00:35those W's fall short today that were sitting in a playoff bracket earlier but

00:40what is all of this what is all this chaos about dub since when can we not as

00:44the tradition dying where you can celebrate on your enemies field and let

00:47them know that you won and look it's it's all the same Casey as long as it

00:52doesn't get out of hand and you know all these players they're very tough

00:56individuals that's why they leave the helmets and the pads on it's a melee and

01:00that's as tough as it really gets as long as the fans aren't you know why I

01:05guess you know coming into harm's way and I love it this is the beautiful

01:10thing about college football about some of these rivalries that go back decades

01:14upon decades and on the betting side of things when you come into a week like

01:18this you can really just throw it all out the window you know we've got three

01:21touchdown favorites getting rolled just when you think you've got the cover you

01:26can forget about that one laden when there's so much pressure on the line we

01:29see it from all the skill positions it just gets a little tougher and trying to

01:33execute and you know fair play to the head coaches trying to prime up some

01:37of these big programs for a big spot like this especially some of the teams

01:40right in the hunt there now all the teams that needed a win you know coming

01:45out of the Saturday slate most of them have lived up to the billing but there's

01:49one or two who have really hurt their chances of playing in a championship

01:52game and so to trying to advance into the college football playoffs so it has

01:57been a wacky weekend we're still not through it yet