2024 CFB Talk Thread: Home of the Mega Blue Bloods & FSU

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  1. fish

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  2. CB

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    a look at projected win totals across my model, FPI, FEI, and Kelly Ford
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    :shrug:
     
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    UNC at 19 wow we should be pretty good
     
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    does it have somewhere that list all teams with their projected win total? I see I can go team by team but not seeing a comprehensive list to quickly pull from

    btw, love this site allows me to export a workbook; save hand keying shit lol

    nevermind, found it
     
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  9. CB

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    created a make shift model for G5 programs. obviously no recruiting data, but can at least see the projections by each team. Might look into incorporating this for 2025 so I have all 134 teams

    Boise St
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    Liberty
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    Memphis
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    Appalachian St
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  13. Sir Phobos

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    Beta must be the one ranking who managed to look at VT's schedule and make competent decisions.

    FPI is just abysmally bad. FPI looks at our schedule and everything we return and goes "no change from 2023". hysterical.
     
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  15. IvanTheTerrible

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    That App St Liberty game is going to be a good one.
     
  16. Jimmy the Saint

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    App will have the entire nation behind them.
     
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    This got me good

     
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  18. CB

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    I want to see how the committee handles a 13-0 Liberty vs a 12-1 Boise (loss to Oregon) or 12-1 Memphis (loss to FSU)

    you gotta take Boise or Memphis, right? at least they played a P4 opponent. that Liberty schedule is a fucking joke outside of App St
     
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  19. IvanTheTerrible

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    I think the committee will want an AAC or WAC 12th seed over Liberty. Last year was a bit weird with them getting the nod for that bowl game against Oregon
     
  20. IvanTheTerrible

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    Homer take here: Tulane beats Memphis.
     
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    How is this kid not on a south Louisiana team
     
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  22. Jimmy the Saint

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    If it's undefeated Liberty vs. a 1-loss I don't think there's much of a discussion. Didn't it come down to Liberty or a 2-loss SMU for the NY6 spot?
     
  23. CB

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    now here's the twist; Boise is in line for the 12 seed and would have to travel to Eugene where they lost to Oregon by 27 in September...does that deter the committee from selecting the Broncos?
     
  24. Sir Phobos

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    Liberty has a shit defense, all they need is one game where their O is out of sorts and they will get beat.
     
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    do they play zone defense in the big 10?
     
  26. CF3234

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    20 years of medicority has taken its toll, because I don't consider that much of a drop off at all. To me that's the difference between winning a couple of 50/50 games and losing them to make a great season into a playoff appearance one. For everyone except the Bama's/UGAs/OSUs of the world, that is the peak you can hope to achieve.
     
  27. afb

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    I feel like a 3 win change is a pretty big drop off
     
  28. TC

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    You mean a 13-1 team
     
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  29. Dan Kendra

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    If the first 13 didn't count, we aren't going to count the last one.

    Also, non zero chance that Ireland wants nothing to do with hosting future college football games after one of our fans causes an international incident on the College Gameday set.
     
  30. CF3234

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    To me 12 to 9 isn't that big of a drop off because the margins are so small at the top. There's the few elite programs who always hover around 11-12 wins, and then a bunch of teams who are always in the 9+ territory hoping it all comes together for one year where they can make a run to the playoffs before dropping back the following year. FSU falls into that category. So to me, falling back into that 9+ win category where a few breaks puts them in the top 4 is not a drop off. It's just the normal rotation underneath the elite programs.

    This applies even more to a program like FSU that is very portal dependent. Being able to replace all of those starters and still be a 9+ win program would be one hell of an acomplishment from Norvell.
     
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  31. TC

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    Font size 1 million:

    :meh:
     
  32. afb

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  33. afb

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    no one is predicting post season games that's why I talked about the regular season + CCG

    but whatever makes you feel better
     
  34. PSU12

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    You asked about him before
    Jake Scott but it appears AJ Harris will be a starting CB for us and has gotten rave reviews in camp. Our CB room wasn’t phenomenal but it wasn’t bad either so I’m guessing UGA’s 1’s and 2’s must be certified dudes.
     
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  36. The Banks

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    Hate using previous year teams as any metric but Liberty was literally the worst undefeated team in modern CFB history and could have lost to an unmotivated Oregon team by 60+ had they kept their foot on the gas. I would say a lot depends on how Liberty looks against Appy, how Boise looks against Oregon, and how Memphis looks against FSU. Would love to see the committee tell the G5 schools to play someone decent or don’t expect to get the invite.
     
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  37. CB

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    games expected to be the most competitive of opening weekend:

    North Dakota St @ Colorado (34-26 type game)
    North Carolina @ Minnesota (27-24)
    TCU @ Stanford (35-27)
    #19 Miami @ Florida (27-24)
    Miami (OH) @ Northwestern (24-20)
    UNLV @ Houston (30-27)
    #7 Notre Dame @ #20 Texas A&M (24-21)
    Wyoming @ Arizona St (26-20)
    #23 USC vs #13 LSU (35-28)

    Others with potential to be competitive:

    Florida Atlantic @ Michigan St (29-17)
    #14 Clemson vs #1 Georgia (31-17)
    Virginia Tech @ Vanderbilt (34-20)
    #8 Penn St @ West Virginia (31-21)
    South Dakota St @ #17 Oklahoma St (32-22)
    UCLA @ Hawaii (34-21)
     
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  38. Jake Scott

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    We didn't want to lose him but our CB recruiting has been ridiculous. No way to keep them all. He's on the smaller side but our staff liked him a lot. He plays physical, will hit.
     
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    the UGA db trickle down is real
     
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  40. Jake Scott

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    we spent a lot to keep the ones we could. Poors
     
  41. Saul Shabazz

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    you aint spend no money

    Kids just dont want their family members to start falling victim to single car accidents
     
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  44. PSU12

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    If you have any others this winter please put in a good word. Daniel Harris, preferably.
     
  45. Jake Scott

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    Sounds like he will get the start vs Clemson.

    Between him and Julio Humphrey they negotiated NIL almost daily.
     
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    Annual 9 day alert

     
  47. TC

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    Has a car dealership in this area now :themoreyouknow:

    Actually Peter Boulware
     
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  48. Saul Shabazz

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    was at a movie that stopped the previews an upped lights as Pete and Dugans walked in wit a group of Becky's

    90% sure it was Idle Hands lol
     
  49. CB

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  50. CB

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    question on Cover 3 today: UGA, OSU, Oregon, and Texas or the field to win the title?

    I'd take the top 4
     
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