Villanova Grad Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Utah feeling very Utey so far tonight. (In my defense, someone was going to make that joke sooner or later. I feel absolutely no shame.)
Kevin Wilson Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Think that TD by Utah just sealed it, championship week starts off with a bang.
EVA Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 This will be the 2nd year in a row that Utah has dropped double L’s on the PAC-12’s playoff contender.
EVA Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Yeah, USC has played themselves out tonight. Welcome, Buckeyes.
Brian Fowler Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Somewhere in Bristol, there's an exec looking at the "most watched regular season games of the last ten and twenty years" list I was talking about last week and dreaming of what the NCG could be.
hammerva Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 3 hours ago, EVA said: Yeah, USC has played themselves out tonight. Welcome, Buckeyes. You misspelled Alabama I believe 1
Brian Fowler Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 1 hour ago, hammerva said: You misspelled Alabama I believe Admittedly, the committee apparently makes a decision then decides what the criteria is, but it would be very hard for them to justify flipping the ratings of Ohio and Bama, especially if Michigan and Georgia both win. I suppose if Purdue and LSU both pull an upset, then you could plausibly argue that Ohio's loss looks worse and the second Bama loss looks better now. But that would also fly in the face of the precedent that they've clearly set over the previous 8 years that two loses and your out.
EVA Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 All the angst over the USC/OSU/Bama situation just underscores the point I’ve always made about a 4-team playoff: there are rarely more than 2 or 3 truly elite teams in CFB in any given year! The last spot or two is always just splitting hairs between lesser-than teams who don’t really deserve to be in the convo for CFB’s best team anyway! The same will be true (x3) in a 12 team playoff. 1
Kevin Wilson Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 50 minutes ago, EVA said: All the angst over the USC/OSU/Bama situation just underscores the point I’ve always made about a 4-team playoff: there are rarely more than 2 or 3 truly elite teams in CFB in any given year! The last spot or two is always just splitting hairs between lesser-than teams who don’t really deserve to be in the convo for CFB’s best team anyway! The same will be true (x3) in a 12 team playoff. To be fair, that is true in every sport, its just about the content and the money Plus you know at some point a #8 seed or something will win the championship and everyone will be like SEE THIS IS WHY EXPANSION IS GOOD. 1
RIPPA Posted December 3, 2022 Author Posted December 3, 2022 They should make OSU/Bama play next week for the final spot 1
RIPPA Posted December 3, 2022 Author Posted December 3, 2022 Decided to make my life easier Anyway - the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, Pitt DT Calijah Kancey will skip Pitt's bowl game He cited a "health issue" but didn't specify further He also didn't address if he will be entering the draft or not
supremebve Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: They should make OSU/Bama play next week for the final spot Me and every other right thinking person will then go around saying that this is the real National Championship game (I will admit that Georgia is the best team this year, but Ohio State and Alabama are The National football programs).
Kevin Wilson Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 I'm not as... knowledgeable when it comes to college football as some of you are, while I watch it each week I tend to avoid the political side unless its particular juicy and entertaining. Anyway, as a moderately casual fan I do think its a bit unfair that some teams have an extra game against a tough opponent that other schools do not. We had USC losing yesterday and TCU in a tough fight today, while Ohio State gets to rest at home. I'm out invested enough emotionally to be outraged or anything, but if they are going full tournament model then it would be nice if the teams at least played the same number of games.
supremebve Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Kevin Wilson said: I'm not as... knowledgeable when it comes to college football as some of you are, while I watch it each week I tend to avoid the political side unless its particular juicy and entertaining. Anyway, as a moderately casual fan I do think its a bit unfair that some teams have an extra game against a tough opponent that other schools do not. We had USC losing yesterday and TCU in a tough fight today, while Ohio State gets to rest at home. I'm out invested enough emotionally to be outraged or anything, but if they are going full tournament model then it would be nice if the teams at least played the same number of games. It's because Ohio State played in the real B1GTen Championship game last week. The B1GTen West is like the nWo B-team. Hogan(Ohio State), Nash(Michigan), and Hall(Penn State) are in the east, and they play Buff Bagwell to decide the nWo champion. 3 2
hammerva Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) Kansas State about to make the Alabama/Ohio State argument irrelevant the way this D is playing Edited December 3, 2022 by hammerva
Villanova Grad Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Calling it now. Alabama not only gets spot in top 4, they somehow get four spots in top 4. It’ll be Alabama vs. Alabama & Alabama vs. Alabama inside a steel Alabama. 1
Brian Fowler Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Anyone who knows me very well at all knows I don't want Ohio to get in. But without suddenly making a massive change to how things work, there's just no other choice. There's basically no possible field except UGA, UM, TCU, and Ohio. There are no other undefeated or one loss teams in the entirety of D-1 FBS football.
Gonzo Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Who knew a quarterback named Duggan would be a tough guy? HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! U-S-A!
hammerva Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Man If TCU gets bounced out of the playoffs by 2 plays that was only a couple inches from TD in OT. I guess we will see what clout the Big 12 has. Which is probably none
Gonzo Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, hammerva said: Man If TCU gets bounced out of the playoffs by 2 plays that was only a couple inches from TD in OT. I guess we will see what clout the Big 12 has. Which is probably none If Alabama gets in ahead of TCU it's the committee's way of saying that if you're not in the B1G or the SEC you need to run the table to even be considered. Whether they want that or not is the question.
Brian Fowler Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Well there's something you don't see everyday.
Cobra Commander Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Suspect that the committee is hoping for a way to be flexible about Georgia/Michigan so that they don't have a first round rematch. Either Georgia/Ohio State and Michigan/TCU or Georgia/Ohio State and Michigan/Alabama.
Brian Fowler Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: Suspect that the committee is hoping for a way to be flexible about Georgia/Michigan so that they don't have a first round rematch. Either Georgia/Ohio State and Michigan/TCU or Georgia/Ohio State and Michigan/Alabama. If Michigan wins big tonight, especially if Georgia wins a close one, you could put Ohio at #3 and then use Michigan beating #3 by 22 on the road as an excuse to move them to number 1, I suppose. Or just not drop TCU and say Ohio is four because they have the fewest wins.
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