Extra rest / rustiness observation

[M.W.]

Lots of talk about the advantage the 5-12 seeds have over the better-rested (rustier) 1-4 seeds in the second round.

It occurred to me it's mostly a 1H phenomenon.

The 5-12 seed is 5-0 straight up now (4-1 ATS), but the scoring split is 95-21 in the 1H and 48-61 in the 2H. Every game, the less-rested seed has done better in the 1H than in the 2H.

 

[M.W.]

Yesterday

1H Miami 14-0
2H OSU 14-10

Last year

1H PSU 17-7
2H PSU 14-7

1H Tex 17-3
2H ASU 21-7

1H OSU 34-8
2H Ore 13-7

1H ND 13-3
2H ND 10-7

 

[M.W.]

Love Ole Miss 1H today and will play Bama 1H as well.

 

[Inspekdah]

Surely the last year we see 4 byes if they don’t all move on today.

Playing an FCS school as a warm up is better than a 1 seed

 

[Inspekdah]

Love Ole Miss 1H today and will play IU 1H as well.

In the first matchup they dominated that first half

 

[M.W.]

I'm going to look to play Tech and UGA 2H.

 

[M.W.]

In the first matchup they dominated that first half

UGA's been a slow 1H team and a great 2H team the last two years.

 

[BiffTFinancial]

Love Ole Miss 1H today and will play Bama 1H as well.

Bama has really good 1Q (other than vs Vandy) under DeBoer don't know exact numbers

 

[Timh]

UGA's been a slow 1H team and a great 2H team the last two years.

I have always felt that Kirby adjusts as well as any coach in CFB.

 

[M.W.]

He surely ran circles around the Clemson brain trust last year.