People have convinced themselves a path of two low teens/high 20s caliber teams is an easier path to the Semis than 1 game vs a talented but flawed 2 loss team
All three have better wins. SMU’s loss was by 3. Had Indiana kept it close with Ohio State they’d probably be closer to Notre Dame.
You’re a Colorado fan talking about overrated teams a few days after letting a 4 win team beat you down and rush for 400 yards, come on.
Nobody thinks this will happen. But also there’s a difference losing to the #1 team in the country and losing to say #14 Arizona State.
Oh, I apologize. I was unaware a team getting steamrolled means you can’t criticize a team who keeps skating by mountain west bottom feeders. Carry on!
The fact that we’re still having meaningless conference championship games is so dumb. But money, so…
think the plan is for there to be a B1G/SEC non conf scheduling alliance to offset the loss of inventory for that 1 singular game replacing 1 game that draws 17m viewers for like 10 that draw 6m.
Notre Dame 5 seed, B1G CG loser 6. Done 1. 13-0 Oregon 2. SEC winner 3. 11-1 Notre Dame 4. 11-2 Ohio State
if games ended at 2 minutes left, VT is 8-2-1 this season. a moderately decent coach has this team at 10-1 or 11-0, flat out.
You’re already right below Penn State, your rivalry win over 6-5 Southern Cal on the road is stronger than Penn State beating 4-7 Maryland at home. Plenty enough to justify you jumping them. Then for the Ohio State argument. Same number of wins. Your loss was early and you’re a way different team now and Riley Leonard is now serviceable rather than benchable. Their loss was more recent.
We also beat USC? I think it’s pretty clear they’re rightfully being held to account for that god awful NIU loss.
Boise is a top 20-15 team. They are closer to 20 than 15, top 4 talk is dumb, but the bottom half of the top 25 is flimsy. Like, I’m not going to beat my chest about thumping Illinois. Edit: let’s say chaos happens, I don’t care about the result in September with Boise, and don’t think Oregon would lose to either, but I’d rather head to the Blue than to Boulder in the first round. Because two elite players > one. Boise couldn’t throw against Oregon in perfect weather/game situations, I think the QB was like 15/40.
I can see us possibly passing Penn State if we beat up on USC, but the B1G championship game loser is not going to fall behind us. The Committee won’t penalize them for losing a conf championship game, plus they’ve explicitly stated they won’t manipulate rankings for the sake of setting up matchups.
Good point you barely beat them and needed some help from the refs. If Notre Dame blows em out…committee loves common opponents.
Can still do it this week for the reasons I gave. They can claim y’all were neck and neck and the strong win over Southern Cal was a difference maker.
I would love nothing more than ND shitting themselves against USC after feasting on a bunch of service academies.
I accept that ND is going to get into the playoffs if they beat USC but no one will convince me they're deserving of a top 8 seed with that schedule and NIU loss.
When it all settles, I got... 1 Ohio St (12-1) 2 Georgia (11-2) 3 Miami (12-1) 4 Iowa St (11-2) 12 Alabama (9-3) @ 5 Oregon (12-1) 11 Boise St (12-1) @ 6 Texas (11-2) 10 Indiana (11-1) @ 7 Notre Dame (11-1) 9 Tennessee (10-2) @ 8 Penn St (11-1)
idk what you mean by nobody bc you were reaching so far but also, Arizona State does not play in the SECCG. Take a lap around the tundra.
USC being some sort of final tiebreaker is hilarious. How about which team lost to a 6-5 MAC team and which lost to #2?
would any win of any form have Georgia (beating #3 Texas) jump Miami (beating #9 SMU) or what do the scorelines need to look like for that to happen think Georgia would need to look sound/solid and Miami to be shaky. They gave SMU a lot of respect tonight (idk why after a UVA win) so Miami has a big opportunity with that data point to play the 7/10 winner.
Boise is already ahead of Alabama and will get two more wins in the scenario, and notably a conference championship that the committee says they value a lot. Bama gets a win over 5-7 Auburn and jumps em?
You said SEC CG or ACC CG losers, I assumed you meant to include Big XII CG losers as well since there’s not much of a difference between the ACC and Big XII
Natural habit to put G5 at 12. Flip them and Bama UGa with another 2 score win coupled with Miami erasing another double digit 4th qtr deficit
Bama as 12 seed would be the fair and equitable resolution for whichever B1G team gets the 5 seed insane ratings and at least 1 team with nfl talent before the semis
I don't have a take on which path is better/easier, I just think that tweet was misleading bc it's missing the biggest part of the context that makes it more fair
In gaming this out, the path for Bama is... Miami loses @ Cuse and then SMU beats Clemson in Charlotte? Or Miami smokes SMU Either probably gets Bama inside the cutline
Am I an idiot for continuing to listen to the cover 3 podcast and fornellis rants on too many teams in the playoff... It's like he's just discovered that the "best" teams don't always win a playoff tournament. Maybe I'm just extra cranky lately. The regular season still matters (differently, but still) but give me more good postseason games and the potential for chaos
True but there also a rust factor, and the fact that games aren’t 7 days apart. First option plays 12/7 then not again til 1/1. 25 days off. Second option plays 12/7 then 12/20 then 1/1. So 13 days then 12 days.
The SEC continuing to shit the bed against UF while Miami blew them out on the road is carrying a lot of water imo.
Wonder what the spread would be if they were to play this Saturday with a fully healthy Lagway. Completely different team than week 1.